Frozen Orb (mage ability)

For the item, see  [Frozen Orb].

Frozen Orb
Frozen Orb Row 2 Frost mage talent 40 yd range 1% of base mana 1 min cooldown Instant Launches an orb of swirling ice up to 40 yds forward which deals up to (222.6% of Spell Power) Frost damage to all enemies it passes through over 15 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Grants 1 charge of Fingers of Frost when it first damages an enemy. Enemies damaged by the Frozen Orb are slowed by 30% for 3 sec.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	1 minute
Talents
Talent required	[Ice Lance]
Related debuff
Frozen Orb Movement slowed by 30%. Duration: 3 seconds

Frozen Orb is a Frost mage ability. It launches an orb forward that pulses AoE damage and a snare effect for 15 seconds. The orb stops moving once it damages an enemy.

Improvements

• Talents

  • [Fingers of Frost]
  • [Everlasting Frost]
  • [Ice Caller]
  • [Freezing Rain]
  • [Cold Front]
  • [Freezing Winds]

• PvP talents

  • [Concentrated Coolness]

Notes

• Damaging a critter will not cause Frozen Orb to stop moving.
• Despite what the tooltip says, Frozen Orb cannot grant [Fingers of Frost] unless the Fingers of Frost talent is also taken. This only matters while leveling, since it isn't possible to move on to row 5 of the Frost tree without taking Fingers of Frost.

Trivia

• This ability has been mentioned in multiple April Fools' Day patch notes:
  • 7.8.0 Patch Notes: "The Artifact Traits 'The Storm Rages' and 'Let It Go' have been removed from the game, along with the Frozen Orb ability, because seriously that movie came out like 4 years ago and we're tired of hearing about it EVERY SINGLE DAY."
  • Patch 9.4.0: "Frozen Orb now afflicts you with Insomnia if you stay up late pondering it."

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2023-11-21): Damage increased by 75% (was 30%) in PvP combat.
  
• Hotfix (2023-08-07): Damage decreased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
  
• Hotfix (2023-07-18): Damage reduced by 5%.
  
• Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Radius increased by 15% and damage increased by 7%.
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 8%.
  
• Hotfix (2023-03-28): Fixed an issue that caused Frozen Orb's duration to be longer or shorter than intended.
  
• Hotfix (2022-11-21): Damage reduced by 15%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Frost talent (was a level 38 Frost ability).
  
• Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Damage increased by 20% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 9.2.0 (2022-02-22): Damage reduced by 12%.
  
• Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02): No longer maximum target capped and instead deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 38 (was 57). Now capped at 8 targets.
  
• Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Fixed a bug causing Frozen Orb to deal an extra pulse of damage. Increased the damage of each pulse by 5%. Total damage is unchanged.
  
• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11):
  • Now applies a 30% snare for 3 seconds (was 50% snare for 15 seconds).
  • Fixed pathing issues that could cause some spells such as Frozen Orb to become stuck.
    
• Hotfix (2017-01-23): Damage increased by 4%.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Increased the damage of Frozen Orb by 12%.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 57 (was 83). Slow inreased to 50% (was 30%). Damage increased by 5%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-07-25): Fixed a bug that was closing the loot window when Frozen Orb dealt damage.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now learned at level 83 (was 62). Slow duration increased to 15 seconds (was 2 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 20%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now only available to Frost.
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

Talent	Debuff
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