Frostfire Bolt

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Frostfire Bolt
Inv ability frostfiremage frostfirebolt.png
  • Frostfire Bolt
  • Row 2 Frostfire mage hero talent
  • Replaces [Fireball] or [Frostbolt]
  • 40 yd range
  • 2% of base mana
  • 2 sec cast
  • Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing (110% of Spell power) Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional (40% of Spell power) Frostfire damage over 8 sec.

    Frostfire Bolt generates stacks for both Fire Mastery and Frost Mastery.
Properties
Class Mage
School Frostfire
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Talents
Talent required [Frostfire Mastery]
Other information
Improvements [Frostfire Empowerment], [Severe Temperatures], [Thermal Conditioning]
Related debuff
  • Magic
  • Frostfire Bolt
  • Movement speed reduced by 50% and receiving (1% of Spell power) damage every 1 sec.
  • Duration: 8 seconds
"Fire so hot it numbs, and frost so cold it burns." —Suvok Frozeneye[1]

Frostfire Bolt is a Frostfire mage hero talent.

Patch changes

  • The War Within Hotfix (2025-08-19): Damage reduced by 13% in PvP combat.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2025-05-27): Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2025-04-15): Damage increased by 15%.
  • The War Within Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Will now appropriately consume [Overflowing Energy] when it critically strikes.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-10-28):
    • Will now deal damage regardless of your line of sight with the target.
    • Now requires that you face your target to fire a projectile.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-10-08): damage increased by 15%.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-09-24): Damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 75%).
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-09-18): Fixed an issue that caused Frostfire Bolt to not deal its damage if its missile lands on targets out of line of sight.
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-09-16): Fixed an issue that caused Frostfire Bolt to consume [Ice Floes] when instant cast from [Frostfire Empowerment].
  • The War Within Hotfix (2024-09-03): Damage increased by 25% for Fire.
  • The War Within Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Re-added and redesigned as a row 2 Frostfire hero talent (was a level 1 mage ability): Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing (110% of Spell power) Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 50%, and causing an additional (40% of Spell power) Frostfire damage over 8 sec. Frostfire Bolt generates stacks for both Fire Mastery and Frost Mastery. Replaces [Fireball] or [Frostbolt]. Icon updated from Ability mage frostfirebolt.png
    Old: Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing (161.7% of Spell power) Frostfire damage and slowing the target's movement by 40% for 8 sec.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed. Replaced by [Flurry].
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Replaced by Fireball for Fire mages.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-17): Frostfire Bolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Replaced by [Arcane Blast] for Arcane mages.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.5.3 (2025-12-09): 5.5.1 damage increase decreased to 5% (was 15%).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.5.1 (2025-09-23): Damage increased by 15%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Movement speed reduction duration reduced from 9 to 8 sec. No longer checks against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resists. Now learned at level 1 (was 75).
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost has been reduced to 9% of base mana.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer causes additional damage over 9 sec. Casting time reduced to 2.5 sec, down from 3 sec. Now costs 16% of base mana, up from 14% of base mana. Now deals 700 to 893 damage, up from 722 to 838.

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