Cone of Cold

Cone of Cold
	Cone of Cold; Level 18 Frost mage ability; 4% of base mana; 12 sec cooldown; Instant; Targets in a cone in front of you take (43.125% of Spell power) Frost damage and have movement slowed by 70% for 5 sec.;
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	12 seconds
Radius	12 yd
Other information
Level learned	18
Improvements	[Coldest Snap], [Freezing Cold]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Cone of Cold ; Movement slowed by 70%. ; Duration: 5 seconds ;

For other uses, see Cone of Cold (disambiguation).

Cone of Cold is a level 18 mage ability. It deals light damage and snares targets in a cone in front of the caster.

Trivia

Cone of Cold is...
- A common mage ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "'The chill of frost will pierce flesh and bone, all the way to your very core.' —"Black Ice" Fizzlefreeze"
- A common mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "Magi of the Kirin Tor were casting Cubes of Cold for many years before Cones came into fashion some 90 years ago."
- One of Jaina's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.
This ability was mentioned in the April Fools' Day 7.8.0 patch notes: "Cone of Cold never bothered me, anyway."

Gallery

A gnome mage casting Cone of Cold.
In the TCG.

Patch changes

Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now learned by all mages (was Frost only).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 18 (was 34).
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Cone of Cold damage increased by 170%.
Hotfix (2017-01-23): Increased the damage of Cone of Cold by 4%.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 99%.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 34 (was 36).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Frost at level 36 (was all mages at level 28). Damage increased by 20%. Now slows for 70% (up from 60%) for 5 seconds (down from 6 seconds).
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Cooldown increased to 12 seconds (up from 10).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 28 (was 18).
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now slows targets by 60%, up from 50%. Now learned at level 18 (was 26).
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.
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): The mana cost on this spell has been reduced by approximately 15%.
Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): The bonus this spell receives from effects that increase spell damage has been increased.
Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Targets that are immune to movement slowing effects will no longer be affected by Cone of Cold's movement slowing effect. Damage will still be caused.
Patch 0.9 (2004-08-17): Area of effect has been widened at its base, so it should be much easier to use on targets that are close to the Mage.
Patch 0.7 (2004-06-15): Mana cost, duration, damage and cooldown increased.
Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): Added.