Frostfire Bolt

Frostfire Bolt
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

In the Trading Card Game.

"Fire so hot it numbs, and frost so cold it burns." —Suvok Frozeneye

Frostfire Bolt is a Frostfire mage hero talent.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-08-19): Damage reduced by 13% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2025-05-27): Damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2025-04-15): Damage increased by 15%.
  
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Will now appropriately consume [Overflowing Energy] when it critically strikes.
  
• 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.
    
• Hotfix (2024-10-08): damage increased by 15%.
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-24): Damage increased by 100% in PvP combat (was 75%).
  
• 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.
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-16): Fixed an issue that caused Frostfire Bolt to consume [Ice Floes] when instant cast from [Frostfire Empowerment].
  
• Hotfix (2024-09-03): Damage increased by 25% for Fire.
  
• 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

  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.
  

• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Removed. Replaced by [Flurry].
  
• Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 20% more damage.
  
• Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Replaced by Fireball for Fire mages.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Frostfire Bolt's damage has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Replaced by [Arcane Blast] for Arcane mages.
  

• 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 increased by 15%.
  

• 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).
  

• Patch 4.0.6 (2011-02-08): Mana cost has been reduced to 9% of base mana.
  
• 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.
  

• Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.
  

Other versions

• Wrath Classic

  Frostfire Bolt
  Frostfire Bolt Level 75 mage ability 40 yd range 14% of base mana 3 sec cast Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 629 to 731 Frostfire damage, slowing movement speed by 40% and causing an additional 60 Frostfire damage over 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resists.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frostfire
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	75
  Improvements	[Chilled to the Bone], [Empowered Fire], [Hot Streak], [Improved Scorch], [Missile Barrage], [Torment the Weak]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Frostfire]
  Related debuff
  Magic Frostfire Bolt Movement slowed by 40%. 20 Frostfire damage every 3 sec. Duration: 9 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Frostfire Bolt
  Frostfire Bolt Level 56 mage ability 40 yd range 9% of base mana 2.5 sec cast Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 818 Frostfire damage and slowing the target by 40% for 9 sec. This spell will be checked against the lower of the target's Frost and Fire resists.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frostfire
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	56
  Improvements	[Frostfire Orb], [Hot Streak], [Improved Hot Streak]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Frostfire]
  Related debuff
  Magic Frostfire Bolt Movement slowed by 40%. Duration: 9 seconds

• MoP Classic

  Frostfire Bolt
  Frostfire Bolt Level 1 mage ability 40 yd range 4% of base mana 2.75 sec cast Launches a bolt of frostfire at the enemy, causing 1561 Frostfire damage and slowing the target by 40% for 8 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frostfire
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	1
  Improvements	[Critical Mass], [Fingers of Frost]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Frostfire Bolt]
  Related debuff
  Magic Frostfire Bolt Movement slowed by 40%. Duration: 8 seconds

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