Frostbolt
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| Frostbolt | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Mage |
| School | Frost |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Other information | |
| Level learned | 1 |
| Improvements |
 [Brain Freeze],  [Deep Shatter],  [Fingers of Frost],  [Frostbite],  [Frozen Touch],  [Lonely Winter],  [Piercing Cold],  [Slick Ice],  [Wintertide] |
| Related debuff | |
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Frostbolt is a level 1 mage ability.
Trivia
- Frostbolt is...
- An uncommon mage ability in the Trading Card Game. Its flavor text reads: "'Wearing heavy plate is taxing enough without having to lug around another eighty pounds of ice.' —Warrax"
- A basic mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "It is customary to yell "Chill out!" or "Freeze!" or "Ice ice, baby!" when you play this card."
- One of Jaina's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.
Gallery
In the TCG and Hearthstone.
Alternate TCG art.
Patch changes
Hotfix (2024-09-24): Damage increased by 150% in PvP combat (was 118%). - Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Damage increased by 10%.
Hotfix (2024-03-12): Damage increased by 10%. - Hotfix (2023-12-19): Damage increased by 15%. Does not apply to PvP.
- Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 150% in PvP Combat (was 100%).
- Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Frostbolt damage reduced by 12%.
- Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 116% in PvP combat (was 100%).
- Patch 10.0.7 (2023-03-21): Deals 100% increased damage in PvP combat (was 50%).
- Hotfix (2023-01-09): Damage increased by 20%.
- Hotfix (2022-12-19): Damage increased by 15%.
Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): Damage increased damage by 8%. - Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Now deals 100% more damage in PvP combat (was 15%).
- Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): All mages can now use Frostbolt.
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Now applies a snare for 8 seconds (was 15 seconds). 
Patch 7.3.0 (2017-08-29): Frostbolt has received a new spell animation. - Hotfix (2017-01-23): Damage increased by 4%.
- Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage reduced by 17%.
- Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Damage increased by 5%. Additionally, Frostbolt now snares targets by 50% in PvE (was 30%).
- Hotfix (2016-10-13): No longer deals increased damage in PvP (was a multiplier of +10%).
- Hotfix (2016-09-23): Damage increased by 8%. Now reduces movement speed by 50% in PvP (PvE value remains 30%). Damage is now increased by 10% in PvP (was 20%).
- Hotfix (2016-08-26): Damage increased to 185% of Spell Power (was 170%). Now deals 20% additional damage in PvP.
- Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage reduced by 5%. Now reduces movement speed by 30% (was 50%). Now learned at level 1, but is unavailable to Fire and Arcane.
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage. - Hotfix (2014-12-08): Damage increased by 25%.
- Hotfix (2014-10-30): Damage reduced by 20%.
- Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 20%.
- Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Frostbolt can no longer be used to heal the mage's Water Elemental.
Patch 5.5.3 (2025-12-09): 5.5.1 damage increase decreased to 5% (was 15%). - Patch 5.5.1 (2025-09-23): Damage and healing increased by 15%.
- Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 10% less damage and no longer increases the damage of any spells. The damage for those spells have been increased instead.
- Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 12 Frost specialization ability (was a level 7 ability for all mages). Movement speed reduction increased from 40% to 50%, and duration increased from 9 to 15 sec. Now also causes the target to take an additional 8% damage from Frostbolt and Ice Lance, and Water Elemental's Waterbolt, stacking up to 3 times.
Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26): Damage has been increased by 10%. - Hotfix (2010-12-02): Damage increased at low levels.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now learned at level 7 (was 4).
Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): Spell power scaling on this spell has been increased by approximately 5%. - Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Mana cost reduced by approximately 15%.
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Damage on rank 12 was increased slightly to ensure it did more damage than rank 11 at all levels. - Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Rank 11 is now available from mage trainers at level 60.
Patch 1.9.0 (2006-01-03): Rank 11 added, learned from 
[Tome of Frostbolt XI]. - Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Targets that are immune to movement slowing effects will no longer be affected by Frostbolt's movement slowing effect. Damage will still be caused.
Other versions
Classic
Frostbolt 
- Frostbolt (11 ranks)
- Level 4 mage ability
- 30 yd range
- 25 Mana
- 1.5 sec cast
- Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 18 to 20 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 5 sec.
Properties Class Mage School Frost Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 4 Improvements 
[Arctic Reach], 
[Improved Frostbolt]Related debuff - Magic
- Frostbolt
- Movement slowed by 40%.
- Duration: 5 seconds
BC Classic
Frostbolt - Frostbolt (14 ranks)
- Level 4 mage ability
- 30 yd range
- 25 Mana
- 1.5 sec cast
- Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 20 to 22 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 5 sec.
Properties Class Mage School Frost Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 4 Improvements [Arctic Reach], [Empowered Frostbolt], [Improved Frostbolt]Related debuff - Magic
- Frostbolt
- Movement slowed by 40%.
- Duration: 5 seconds
Wrath Classic
Frostbolt - Frostbolt (16 ranks)
- Level 4 mage ability
- 30 yd range
- 6% of base mana
- 1.5 sec cast
- Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 18 to 20 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 5 sec.
Properties Class Mage School Frost Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 4 Improvements [Arctic Reach], 
[Chilled to the Bone], [Empowered Frostbolt], 
[Enduring Winter], [Improved Frostbolt], 
[Missile Barrage], 
[Torment the Weak], 
[Winter's Chill]Related debuff - Magic
- Frostbolt
- Movement slowed by 40%.
- Duration: 5 seconds
Cataclysm Classic
Frostbolt - Frostbolt
- Level 7 mage ability
- 35 yd range
- 13% of base mana
- 1.5 sec cast
- Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 17 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 40% for 9 sec.
Properties Class Mage School Frost Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 7 Improvements 
[Early Frost], 
[Enduring Winter], 
[Piercing Chill], 
[Shatter]Related debuff - Magic
- Frostbolt
- Movement slowed by 40%.
- Duration: 9 seconds
MoP Classic
Frostbolt - Frostbolt
- Level 12 Frost mage ability
- 40 yd range
- 4% of base mana
- 2 sec cast
- Launches a bolt of frost at the enemy, causing 1 Frost damage and slowing movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Properties Class Mage School Frost Cooldown None/Global Cooldown Other information Level learned 12 Improvements [Fingers of Frost]Related debuff - Magic
- Frostbolt
- Movement slowed by 50%.
- Duration: 15 seconds
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