Freezing Trap

Freezing Trap
	Freezing Trap (3 ranks); Level 10 hunter ability; 50 Mana; 30 sec cooldown; Instant; Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will break the ice. Trap will exist for 1 min. Only one trap can be active at a time.;
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Frost
Cooldown	30 seconds
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Clever Traps]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Freezing Trap Effect ; Frozen. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

Freezing Trap
	Freezing Trap (3 ranks); Level 10 hunter ability; 50 Mana; 15 sec cooldown; Instant; Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will break the ice. Trap will exist for 1 min. Traps can only be placed when out of combat. Only one trap can be active at a time.;
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Frost
Cooldown	15 seconds
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Clever Traps]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Freezing Trap Effect ; Frozen. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

Freezing Trap
	Freezing Trap; Level 10 hunter ability; 40 yd range; 30 sec cooldown; Instant; Hurls a frost trap to the target location that incapacitates the first enemy that approaches for 1 min. Damage may break the effect. Limit 1. Trap will exist for 1 min.;
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Physical
Cooldown	30 seconds
Radius	3 yards
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Diamond Ice], [Improved Traps], [Moment of Opportunity]
Related debuff
	Magic ; Freezing Trap ; Incapacitated. ; Duration: 1 minute ;

In the TCG

Freezing Trap is a hunter ability. This trap offers long-duration crowd control that breaks on damage.

Hunters who start in Exile's Reach unlock this by completing [1-10] A Hunter's Trap.

Notes and trivia

Freezing Trap has a PvP duration of 8 seconds and is subject to diminishing returns.
Immunities such as [Ice Block] and [Divine Shield] can break Freezing Trap's effect.
Using [Tame Beast] on a frozen target will not break the effect.
Freezing Trap is a common Hunter spell in Hearthstone. The flavor text reads: "'Dang, that's cold.' - appropriate response to Freezing Trap, or a mean joke."

Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Now breaks based on a small damage threshold instead of any damage.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Duration decreased to 6 seconds in PvP combat (was 8 seconds).
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Now removes active Murder of Crows debuffs on the target when it is applied.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 18).
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Now available to all Hunters. Now learned at level 18 (was 16).
Hotfix (2016-12-06): Freezing Trap will no longer cause the target's next cast to fail in certain cases.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 16 (was 28).
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now available only to Survival.
Hotfix (2015-01-08): Freezing Trap now has a trigger radius of 3 yards (down from 5 yards).
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now has a new appearance.
Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Now has a PvP duration of 8 seconds.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Freezing Trap now lasts 1 minute and hunters can have multiple traps active. Talents enhancements also adjusted.
Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Freezing Traps are now affected by diminishing returns.
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): Freezing Trap now shares the same duration in pvp as other long-duration forms of crowd control (ie: polymorph, fear, sap).
Patch 1.4.0 (2005-04-19): Visual changed.

Freezing Trap
Freezing Trap (3 ranks) Level 10 hunter ability 3% of base mana 30 sec cooldown Instant Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 10 sec. Any damage caused will break the ice. Trap will exist for 30 sec. Only one trap can be active at a time.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Frost
Cooldown	30 seconds
Other information
Level learned	10
Improvements	[Lock and Load], [Point of No Escape], [Trap Mastery]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Freezing Trap]
Related debuff
Magic Freezing Trap Effect Frozen. Duration: 10 seconds

Freezing Trap
Freezing Trap Level 28 hunter ability 30 sec cooldown Instant Place a frost trap that freezes the first enemy that approaches, preventing all action for up to 1 min. Any damage caused will break the ice. Only one target can be Freezing Trapped at a time. Trap will exist for 1 min.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Frost
Cooldown	30 seconds
Other information
Level learned	28
Improvements	[Lock and Load], [Point of No Escape], [Trap Mastery]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Freezing Trap]
Related debuff
Magic Freezing Trap Frozen. Duration: 1 minute

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