Ice Nova

For the TCG ability, see Ice Nova (Wrathgate).

Ice Nova
Ice Nova Row 6 mage talent 40 yd range 25 seconds cooldown Instant Causes a whirl of icy wind around the enemy, dealing (138% of Spell power) Frost damage to the target and reduced damage to all other enemies within 8 yds, and freezing them in place for 2 sec.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Frost
Cooldown	25 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Cryo-Freeze] or [Reduplication]/ [Reabsorption] or [Quick Witted]
Related debuff
Magic Ice Nova Frozen. Duration: 2 seconds

Ice Nova is a mage class talent.

It is an exclusive choice node with [Ring of Frost].

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Damage is no longer increased by 8% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Now a choice node with [Ring of Frost].
  
• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 6 class talent (was a level 15 Frost talent).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now deals reduced damage on secondary targets.
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now available at level 15 (was 60).
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-23): Increased the damage of Ice Nova by 42%.
  
• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Increased the damage of Ice Nova by 12%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-23): Ice Nova (Talent) damage increased by 13%.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-02): Ice Nova is no longer freezing the animations of NPC and player characters.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage increased from 250% to 400% and no longer replaces [Frost Nova]. Now available at level 60 (was 75).
  
• Hotfix (2016-03-03): Now deals 20% less damage against another player.
  
• Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Now roots the target instead of stunning them, but the root is no longer affected by diminishing returns.
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB