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Comentado por 6984

Don't bother getting rank 5, just stick with rank 1. You do not use the spell for damage - 100 damage at this level is pathetic anyway. Save your gold and mana.

This is a very useful spell, allowing you to step/blink back and fire away. Effective in soloing, or mass PvP charge. Also helpful in chasing runners, although the range is somewhat short. One of the most used spells.
Frostbite, a talent, gives similar results - every time you chill someone they have a chance of freezing.

Comentado por 7449

This is one of the most important spells in the mage's selection, as mages are "clothies" and as such, MUST avoid melee combat. This spell allows that.

It is also the reason that mages are very good at defending in WSG, as they can stop several enemies in the flag room, for the mage's teammates to destroy.

Comentado por 8243

For you potential Frost Mages out there, here is a helpful hint:

When you get to the point where upgrading your Frost Nova, this is a must have. Once you spec this up, go for Shatter in your Frost talent tree. This is pretty much the only reason you go frost mage because it makes you crit very often.

So now when you use Frost Nova, they get frozen, as quickly as possible hit them with all the frost spells you got. This will do about 1000 damage everytime.

Comentado por 8403

Melee classes hate mages almost only because of this spell. Use this to freeze them in place and blink to safety (or run if you don't have blink), then blast them from your new location to seal the deal. Melee classes who can't get close to their targets are doomed. >=D

Comentado por star1

i am a frost and arcane mage, everyone i have talked to, hates it when mages use frost nova and then run around them at a safe point and cast the aoe arcane until they are dead ,, which for me its fun bc if u have the skills and know your class of a mage good, u can take out about 4 at a time , while u run in circles .. just make sure u have a big mana pool :)

Comentado por starkill

frost nova is a very usfall spell for getting out of warrior owning me right now situations. you just frost and blink very simple but very effective.

Comentado por Hansol

This is very usefull when AoE grinding, You can hold off the enemys from attacking you, if you did you wouldnt be able to channel blizzard because of it beeing canceled. Also used to travel and stop what ever is chasing you, Blink and Frost Nova works very well.

Comentado por Wildarms1

rank 1 frostbolt owns the highest rank. you can just as easily kite any melee with it and frost nova rank 1 would just ice the cake.

Comentado por Mikezila

Heard they were renaming this "Freeze".

Comentado por 23914

You might want to note that Mobs will always try to attack something. So if you frost nova them and you're then out of reach they'll try and attack something else unfriendly, in my case it was the level 17 Warlock I was twinking through Deadmines that had decided to stand in the middle of the group of mobs I was aoe-ing... Not a good sight. This is probably one of the few cases in which mobs will ignore their agro-metres.

Comentado por 11655

Unfortunately, as of patch 2.0.10 Frost Nova will now break on first crit, regardless. This was to prevent Ice Lance spamming.

Comentado por 24390

how big is the radius of this spell?
10 yards?

Comentado por 83517

Rank 1 frost nova is the only rank of this spell that can be overwritten by a frostbite, using any higher rank will only grant you this message upon a frostbite proc: "a more powerful spell is already active"

Personally, I use rank 1 exclusively since I've specced frostbite and consider the chance of getting a frostbite proc more valuable than doing negligably more damage with frost nova.

Comentado por 116979

And the point of rank 5 Frost Nova is..?? They might as well remove rank 2-3-4-5.

Comentado por Nerobyrne

Definately, using frost nova rank 1 has saved my life so many times on my 70 mage....because I can use it even if my mana is really low....for me it has made a huge difference, being able to freeze with 50 mana instead of 200+....I know that the dmg is less, but that hasn't bothered me really, i don't even notice it. Also, it's nice to be able to get 1.6k crits with only 150 mana, especially in pvp^^

Comentado por 87278

also remember if your fighting another mage....blink out of this, and fast

Comentado por 150366

Be careful when using this spell in instances. If you frost nova a group of mobs, and the tank moves away from them, they will hit whoever they can reach if they're melee. This usually means that frost nova kills the rogue.

Comentado por 34516

I recomend using this rank all the time. The argument that its damage output compared to other ranks is feeble. More then likely your using this spell for the effect not the damage.

Comentado por Mindburn

Can be dispelled by a warlocks felhunter using Devour.

Comentado por marjak93

"Damage caused may interrupt the effect."
What is the chance of this happening?

Comentado por 357824

20 second cooldown as of patch 3.1.2

Comentado por 307766

Nice herioc macro

#show Frost Nova
/cast Frost Nova
/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Creature\\ShadeOfAran\\AranFrost01.wav")

Comentado por Sounder

Assuming all relevant talents, what's the maximum number of times a mage can root someone with Frost Nova and Freeze in a 2-minute period?

I'll take a crack at it based on what I know, please let me know if I missed something:

Talents used:
Ice Floes
Summon Water Elemental
Enduring Winter
Cold Snap

Cold Snap cast after 61 seconds.

Talented Frost Nova cooldown: 20 sec.
Frost Nova cast at 0, 20, 40, 60, 62, 82, 102.

Talented Summon Water Elemental duration: 60 sec.
Freeze cast at 2, 27, 52, 64, 89, 114.

Total root effects in 2 minutes: 13. (Not counting Frostbite procs.)

Comentado por 486620

I don't see much of a use for Frost Nova. It just adds a small amount of damage. Does it increase how much damage the ice can take before it brakes? If not, I suggest not using this yet... wait for like rank 3 or 4

Comentado por Torkan91

I don't know if anyone has else has seen the same thing as me, but I can no longer see the Frost Nova "AoE effect" when I use it. Also, I have all my video settings on maximum, and I have asked friends if it's the same thing for them. Now I only see the target getting frozen if it hits.

Comentado por 583111

According to what i found on the forums here on wowhead, the freeze will break after 40% of the targets maximum HP is dealt, and with the glyph 48%.
Glyph of frost nova synergy...

Comentado por 121904

As a side note: Frost Nova can be blinked out of by mages, can be Freedomed by Paladins, Druids can shapeshift out of it, Ret/Holy Paladins, Resto Druids, Resto Shamans and Priests can Cleanse it off.

Comentado por seahen

Radius is 12 yards, the same as for Cone of Cold, even though it's not indicated above. I tested this with the training dummies in Org.

Comentado por 915925

Maybe the most usefull spell that one mage use.

Comentado por Thottbot

god this is one of the most useful skill a mage has. 55 mana for an 8 second root is absolutely AMAZING. plus 55 mana is practically nothing at later levels

Comentado por Thottbot

yea, lol . . . a bit dense there, dude. I think it became a tad obvious when he said only a certain nationality would understand this, lol. Remember to read an ENTIRE post, and understand it, before looking dumb. Granted, you amused me, so I forgive you.

Heh, granted could just because my guild for some reason is full of Aussies (in a US server, not sure if Australia uses the same realms, but I can't complain, it's a damn good guild :P), and I've picked up on their sense of humor, or I really need a new group of friends not using that kind o'ineundo, lol.

Comentado por Thottbot

This spell rocks, and the short cooldown should allow you to use it every battle. This is a nice "panic button" if you pull to many mobs or get ambushed in PvP. Just cast it, then Blink away.

Well... I guess Gnomes, Mages, Priests, and Shaman can dispel it or escape.

Comentado por Thottbot

absoulute best spell ever, except fo maybe ice barrier (this is mage speaking) im lvl55 and this is the best spell a mage could have because it allows you to blink away then start destroying the enimie with barely a scrtch on me

and guys, its not root, its nova....

Comentado por Thottbot

My question is this: Does arcane explosion break Frost Nova? (i don't play mage) If it doesn't, would useing frost nova on melee-classes targets + spamming Cone of Cold & Arcane Explosion + using cold snap and a second frost nova be a good strategy?

In the words of Fabio "Rrlrlroooooott Me!"

Comentado por Thottbot

Galacticus...one you can't spam CoC its on a cool down and there is a change that any damage will break it...64 undead mage...Burning Legion...

Comentado por Thottbot

Guys, i have 1 question. Does an Additional damage from pyroblast or Fireball breaks the Frost nova?

Comentado por Thottbot

First of all please read the description of the spell. It can be broken by any damage but can also keep the enemies rooted. I managed to clear a whole load of mobs with blizzard before the root broke. It is an excelent spell to use to get out of tricky situations. I'd like to share this little tactic with all you mages out there: Me and my friend are both mages( 64 and 66 to be precise ) and we came up with a tactice we call crossfire. Because we dont have a tank we had to come up with this ourselves and use it a lot. We're both frost specced so this works even better. One mage blinks past a group of enemies and one mage stays behind. Then both mages run into the enemies, one uses arcane explosion and the other frost nova ( slightly after aracance explosion ). Now the enemies are rooted we both blink forward, turn around then both use Blizzard. This slows them down and may break the root so we boht run through again and the other uses frost nova whilst arcane explosion then both blink ( or run depending on cooldown), turn around then use blizzard again. We may do this a third time if the enemies are still above, or on, half health. If the enemies are below we run thorugh them again and use all our AoEs and fireblast and scorch on individuals. Using this method we can clear dungeons that are meant to be tackled with a group and because mages can make free food and water and mana crystals downtime is extremely low. Thought I'd share it with all mages as it can be done after level 22 (when you learn scorch) or even level 20 as the minimum (when you learn Blizzard). It nets serious xp and you just need two mages to do this. I'd only advise doing it in later dungeons once you have improved Blizzard as this keeps the enemies in place for the next frost nova. Cone of Cold can be used to slow enemies down if needed so you can get some arcane missiles or fire balls in if you want. This tactic really does work on dungeons which are your level and usualy require a full party! And the root joke is funny but I laughed even more when the guy thought he was being serious about the root effect ^^. Till then ( or my next post have fun playing and remember to travel in Azeroth but more importantly travel outside of Azeroth with real mates! ( my mage friend goes to same school as me so...)

Porek, Human Mage
level 64
Arathor
p.s. feel free to add me for any help.

Comentado por Thottbot

lol This is very useful for hordes of Leper Gomes coming after you xD

Comentado por Thottbot

Druids can break the root effect by any transformation, much like breaking entangling roots. Mages can obviously blink-out.

Frost resistance doesn't help with the movement impairing effects, just the damage.

My hunter has a good time with these mage twinks, and can usually take them down: viper sting, silencing shot, etc.... scatter shot when they move inside minimum...

The new 10-sec max on effects like these (including my freeze traps.. boo) will make this spell less dominating.

It's rare to see a mage actually use a frostbolt in PvP. Blink/Nova/AE etc. seems to be the routine.

Looking for ways that each of the various classes can use to combat this evil little spell! eg: Will Rogue "evasion" work? Insignia of the Horde (or the Alliance equivilent)?

Comentado por Thottbot

This spell is soooooo cheap beacause they can just cast the spell and run to a father place and do firebolt and kill.

Comentado por Thottbot

would useing this blink then pyro work or there isn't enough time?

Comentado por Thottbot

whoever said this spell is cheap you have permission to say that the whole class of mage is "cheap" as almost every spell we have has some movement impairing/stopping effect. Its the way we are. if your a warrior, i feel sorry for you. well not really >:D

Comentado por Thottbot

it seems frost nova does not make any impression on druid - just shiftshape and no more tied... the same applies to druid's roots

Comentado por Thottbot

damaged caused may interupt this effect my ^&*!ing arse

Comentado por Thottbot

Yes it does. and crits will almost always break it.

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