Ice Armor

Ice Armor
Ice Armor (4 ranks) Level 30 mage ability 240 Mana Instant Increases Armor by 290 and frost resistance by 6. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
Other information
Level learned	30
Improvements	[Frost Warding]
Related buff
Magic Ice Armor Increases Armor by 290, Frost resistance by 6 and may slow attackers. Duration: 30 minutes
Related debuff
Magic Chilled Movement slowed by 30% and time between attacks increased by 25%. Duration: 5 seconds

Ice Armor is a mage spell that grants a self buff which increases armor and frost resistance, and has a chance to snare attackers. Enemies that attack with melee have a chance to become chilled, slowing their movement and attack speed. This is an improved version of [Frost Armor].

Rank	Armor	Frost resist	Level	Cost
1	290	6	30	80
2	380	9	40	1 50
3	470	12	50	3 20
4	560	15	60	4 20
5	645	18	69	11
6	930	40	79	15

Notes

The secondary effects are a 30% snare and a 25% [Slow] in a debuff called "Chilled".

The amount of frost resistance granted is the same amount granted by similar ranks of [Mage Armor], which gives resistance to all schools.

It is possible for an enemy to resist the secondary effects, which are bundled into one debuff called "Chilled". You'll see "attacking mob resists your Chilled".

Only one armor self-buff can be active at a time.

Tips and tactics

The snare effect means never having to fight aggressive mobs you'd rather run past, assuming they don't resist every time. On foot, a chasing creature will get in 2 or 3 hits (some things run faster and swing faster than others) before you outpace them; mounted characters will be hit a single time before getting away. A very good thing to be able to do.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Merged into [Frost Armor].
  
• Patch 2.4.3 (2008-07-15): No longer a Magic effect and cannot be dispelled.
  
• Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Rank 5 will now still trigger a chill effect when all damage received is prevented by a damage shield, such as [Mana Shield].
  
• Patch 1.12.0 (2006-08-22): Chilled effect: Due to the haste effect change, the tooltip has been changed to 25%.
  
• Patch 1.8.0 (2005-10-10): Fixed a bug where the Chilled effect caused by Ice Armor was not removed properly when shapeshifting.
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (2005-07-12): Targets that are immune to movement slowing effects will no longer be affected by the Chill's movement slowing effect. Targets will still have their melee attack speed reduced.
  
• Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Mana cost reduced.
  

Other versions

• BC Classic

  Ice Armor
  Ice Armor (5 ranks) Level 30 mage ability 240 Mana Instant Increases Armor by 290 and frost resistance by 6. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	30
  Improvements	[Frost Warding]
  Related buff
  Ice Armor Increases Armor by 290, Frost resistance by 6 and may slow attackers. Duration: 30 minutes
  Related debuff
  Magic Chilled Movement slowed by 30% and time between attacks increased by 25%. Duration: 5 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Ice Armor
  Ice Armor (6 ranks) Level 30 mage ability 24% of base mana Instant Increases Armor by 290 and Frost resistance by 6. If an enemy strikes the caster, they may have their movement slowed by 30% and the time between their attacks increased by 25% for 5 sec. Only one type of Armor spell can be active on the Mage at any time. Lasts 30 min.
  Properties
  Class	Mage
  School	Frost
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	30
  Improvements	[Frost Warding]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Frost Armor],  [Glyph of Ice Armor]
  Related buff
  Ice Armor Increases Armor by 290, Frost resistance by 6 and may slow attackers. Duration: 30 minutes
  Related debuff
  Magic Chilled Movement slowed by 30% and time between attacks increased by 25%. Duration: 5 seconds

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