Sorceress · Cold Skills

Frost Nova

Required level 6ColdClassic

What it does

creates an expanding ring of ice that damages and slows all nearby enemies.

How Frost Nova works, in depthThe Sorceress's cold ring. 75–86 damage at level 20 to everything around her, a chill of 8 seconds plus 1 a level, 9 mana plus 1 a level, the 4-frame next-hit delay, and Blizzard and Frozen Orb at 10% a hard point.

Items that give Frost Nova

9 items

+ levels to the skillyour own class only

The Iron Jang BongUnique · War Staff	+3 to Frost Nova (Sorceress Only)	28

Chargescast from the item until the charges run out

of Frost NovaSuffix	Frost Nova charges (level and number set by item level)	24

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

Rainbow FacetUnique · Jewel	100% Chance to cast level 43 Frost Nova when you Level-Up	49
Shadow KillerUnique · Battle Cestus	33% Chance to cast level 8 Frost Nova on striking	78
IceRuneword	25% Chance to cast level 22 Frost Nova on striking	65
ColdkillUnique · Hatchet	10% Chance to cast level 5 Frost Nova when struck	36
Dangoon's TeachingSet item · Reinforced Mace	10% Chance to cast level 3 Frost Nova on striking	68
Tiamat's RebukeUnique · Dragon Shield	5% Chance to cast level 9 Frost Nova when struck	38
of Frost ShieldSuffix	5% Chance to cast level 3 Frost Nova when struck	12

Per level

before synergies, masteries and +skills from items

Level	Cold Damage	Cold Length	Mana cost
1	2-4	8	9
2	5-7	9	10
3	8-11	10	11
4	11-14	11	12
5	14-18	12	13
6	17-21	13	14
7	20-25	14	15
8	23-28	15	16
9	27-33	16	17
10	31-37	17	18
11	35-42	18	19
12	39-46	19	20
13	43-51	20	21
14	47-55	21	22
15	51-60	22	23
16	55-64	23	24
17	60-70	24	25
18	65-75	25	26
19	70-81	26	27
20	75-86	27	28
21	80-92	28	29
22	85-97	29	30
23	91-104	30	31
24	97-110	31	32
25	103-117	32	33
26	109-123	33	34
27	115-130	34	35
28	121-136	35	36
29	128-144	36	37
30	135-151	37	38

Also raised by

items that add levels without naming it

Synergies

per hard point in

Blizzard: +10% Cold Damage per Level
Frozen Orb: +10% Cold Damage per Level

Leads to

BlizzardLevel 24

Boosts

Ice BoltCold Skills

Source: skills.txt row “Frost Nova” 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