Blizzard

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Blizzard
Blizzard Level 12 Frost mage ability 40 yd range 2.5% of base mana 8 sec cooldown 2 sec cast Ice shards pelt the target area, dealing (129.6% of Spell power) Frost damage over 12 sec and reducing movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	8 seconds
Other information
Level learned	12
Improvements	[Bone Chilling], [Controlled Instincts], [Freezing Rain], [Frigid Winds], [Ice Caller]
Related debuff
Blizzard Movement slowed by 50%. Duration: 3 seconds

In the TCG.

Blizzard is Frost mage ability. It is a ground-targeted AoE that deals damage over 8 seconds and applies a snare to targets it hits.

Notes

• Blizzard deals damage in 9 ticks. The first tick happens as soon as the cast finishes, and the remaining 8 have a base tick rate of 1 second.
• Haste causes Blizzard to deal the same damage over a shorter duration. It will not add extra ticks.

Trivia

• Blizzard is...
  • One of the Mage's spells in Warcraft II. Its description in the Tides of Darkness game manual reads: "Summoning torrential storms from the frozen Mountains of Northeron, this potent spell calls down a fierce tempest of ice to assault the enemies of the Mage with a flurry of cold blades. Blizzard can be cast over large portions of the battlefield, making it an extremely powerful spell when facing legions of Orcish troops."
  • One of the Archmage's spells in Warcraft III. Its description in the Reign of Chaos game manual reads: "One of the Alliance's most feared spells, Blizzard has become even more effective and deadly since its original inception during the First War. Calling down shards of freezing ice to batter and rend their enemies, Archmagi have been known to route entire armies using this spell."
  • A rare mage ability in the Trading Card Game.
  • A rare mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "This spell can be very Entertaining."
  • One of Jaina's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.
• In Classic Era, Blizzard (Rank 1) has a spell ID of 10, the lowest ID of any player-obtainable spell.

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

This mage, wizard and sorcerer spell calls freezing sleet, snow and hailstones on foes. The cutting ice shards and hail pound down upon the caster's enemies and foes, battering them and causing slashing, impact and cold damage.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25):
  • Damage increased by 8%.
  • Increased to a 12 yard radius (was 8 yards).
  • Duration increased to 12 seconds (was 8 seconds).
    
• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13):
  • Damage increased by 50%.
  • Damage is no longer increased by 9% in PvP combat.
    
• Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage decreased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-18): Damage reduced by 4%.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11):
  • Blizzard has been removed from the talent tree is and is now learned baseline at level 12 (was a row 2 Frost talent).
  • Damage reduced by 12%.
    
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 12%.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-21): Now deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 talent. Rank 2 converted into the [Snowstorm] talent. Rank 3 removed.
  
• Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Damage reduced by 12% and reduces the cooldown of [Frozen Orb] by 0.25 seconds each time Blizzard deals damage (was 0.5 seconds).
  
• Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 3 added at level 52: Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 14 (was 18). Rank 2 now learned at level 47 (was 63).
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Blizzard now applies a 50% snare for 3 seconds (was 50% snare for 15 seconds) and range increased to 40 yards (was 35 yards). Spellpower co-efficient reduced by ~12%.
  
• Hotfix (2018-08-03): Damage once again correctly reduces the cooldown of Frozen Orb.
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-23): Increased the damage of Blizzard by 4%.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Blizzard no longer activates [Fingers of Frost]. Rank 2 added at level 63: Each time Blizzard deals damage, the cooldown of Frozen Orb is reduced by 0.5 sec.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 10%. Snare increased to 50% (up from 30%). Now learned at level 18 (was 44).
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Blizzard damage increased by 36%, and mana cost reduced by 50%.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer channeled. Now has a 2 second cast time and an 8 second cooldown (up from no cooldown). Movement speed reduction reduced to 30% (down from 50%). Damage increased by 20%. Now learned at level 44 (was 52).
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now only available to Frost mages.
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now deals 40% more damage.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Blizzard now also reduces movement speed of affected targets by 50%.
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 70%.
  
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Range increased to 35 yd (was 30). Now requires level 52 (was 20).
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): The tooltip on this ability will now update properly from all talents which increase its damage by a percentage. Also fixed a bug where some trinkets were not triggered by this spell.
  
• Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): New visual for the ground effect.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Blizzard can now trigger the talent [Brain Freeze]. New spell animation.
  
• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): This spell is now capable of critical strikes.
  
• Patch 2.4.0 (2008-03-25): The casting bar will now display properly when casting Blizzard with spell haste.
  
• Patch 2.2.0 (2007-09-25): This spell is now affected by area damage caps. Its bonus damage coefficients have also been increased.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Now affected by spell haste.
  
• Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Blizzard will now be able to gain a Clearcasting state from [Arcane Concentration].
  
• Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Fixed a bug where area of effect periodic damage spells were being resisted more frequently than they should have been when casting lower level ranks of the spell (affected spells included Blizzard).
  
• Patch 1.1.0 (2004-11-07): Deals its damage in more frequent intervals.
  

Other versions

• Classic

  Blizzard
  Blizzard (6 ranks) Level 20 Frost mage ability 30 yd range 320 Mana 8 sec cooldown Channeled Ice shards pelt the target area doing 208 Frost damage over 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	20
  Improvements	[Arctic Reach], [Improved Blizzard]
  Related debuff
  Blizzard 26 Frost damage every 1 second. Duration: 8 seconds

• BC Classic

  Blizzard
  Blizzard (7 ranks) Level 20 Frost mage ability 30 yd range 320 Mana 8 sec cooldown Channeled Ice shards pelt the target area doing 208 Frost damage over 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	20
  Improvements	[Arctic Reach], [Improved Blizzard]
  Related debuff
  Blizzard 26 Frost damage every 1 second. Duration: 8 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Blizzard
  Blizzard (9 ranks) Level 20 Frost mage ability 30 yd range 74% of base mana 8 sec cooldown Channeled Ice shards pelt the target area doing 296 Frost damage over 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	20
  Improvements	[Arctic Reach], [Improved Blizzard], [World in Flames]
  Related debuff
  Blizzard 37 Frost damage every 1 second. Duration: 8 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Blizzard
  Blizzard Level 52 Frost mage ability 35 yd range 74% of base mana 8 sec cooldown Channeled Ice shards pelt the target area doing 4176 Frost damage over 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	8 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	52
  Improvements	[Ice Shards]
  Related debuff
  Blizzard 522 Frost damage every 1 second. Duration: 8 seconds

External links

Talent	Debuff
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Rank 1	Rank 6
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Rank 1	Rank 7
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Rank 1	Rank 9
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