Sorceress · Cold Skills

Blizzard

Required level 24ColdClassic

What it does

summons massive shards of ice to destroy your enemies.

Casting Delay: 1.8 seconds

How Blizzard works, in depthThe Sorceress's hail of ice. 570–619 damage a shard at level 20, a shard every 4 frames for 4 seconds in a 4.67-yard circle, of which about 4 hit a standing target, a 1.8-second casting delay, 23 mana plus 1 a level, and three synergies at 5% a hard point.

Items that give Blizzard

9 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

SnowclashUnique · Battle Belt	+2 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)	42

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

Nord's TenderizerUnique · Truncheon	Level 16 Blizzard (12/12 Charges)	68
of BlizzardSuffix	Blizzard charges (level and number set by item level)	60

Chance to castfires on its own when you hit, are hit, kill …

Rainbow FacetUnique · Jewel	100% Chance to cast level 37 Blizzard when you Die	49
IceRuneword	100% Chance to cast level 40 Blizzard when you Level-Up	65
Ars Dul'MephistosUnique · Occult Tome	15% Chance to cast level 28 Blizzard when struck	78
StormchaserUnique · Scutum	4% Chance to cast level 6 Blizzard when struck	35
Zakarum's HandUnique · Rune Scepter	6% Chance to cast level 5 Blizzard on striking	37
SnowclashUnique · Battle Belt	5% Chance to cast Blizzard when struck (level set by item level)	42

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Cold Damage	Chill length	Mana cost
1	45-75	4	23
2	60-91	4	24
3	75-107	4	25
4	90-123	4	26
5	105-139	4	27
6	120-155	4	28
7	135-171	4	29
8	150-187	4	30
9	180-218	4	31
10	210-249	4	32
11	240-280	4	33
12	270-311	4	34
13	300-342	4	35
14	330-373	4	36
15	360-404	4	37
16	390-435	4	38
17	435-481	4	39
18	480-527	4	40
19	525-573	4	41
20	570-619	4	42
21	615-665	4	43
22	660-711	4	44
23	715-767	4	45
24	770-823	4	46
25	825-879	4	47
26	880-935	4	48
27	935-991	4	49
28	990-1047	4	50
29	1055-1113	4	51
30	1120-1179	4	52

Some values here are the table's raw numbers; the game's tooltip may word them differently.

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Ice Bolt: +5% Cold Damage per Level
Ice Blast: +5% Cold Damage per Level
Glacial Spike: +5% Cold Damage per Level

Requires

Leads to

Frozen OrbLevel 30

Boosts

Source: skills.txt row “Blizzard” and skilldesc.txt of build 3.3.93847. Mana = (mana + lvlmana × (level − 1)) × 2^manashift ÷ 256; damage brackets at levels 2–8, 9–16, 17–22, 23–28, 29+ scaled by HitShift. · Report incorrect data

Unless stated otherwise, everything here is Diablo II: Resurrected build 3.3.93847, Reign of the Warlock.