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Cold Snap
Cold Snap icon Instantly strikes a target with cold damage and a slowing effect.
Type Skill Gem
Attribute Intelligence

Old Description[]

With a mere snap of the fingers, a wielder of frost summons a razor-sharp bed of ice crystals beneath the feet of a target. Unlike a regular bolt of ice, which flies through the air and gives the target time to dodge, the effect of Cold Snap is instant and nearly unavoidable. This gives the caster a trade-off, sacrificing brute force for finesse and speed. While initial hits of Cold Snap cause little damage and reduced movement speed, higher levels of the spell hit much harder, and will freeze the target in place. A frozen target will be completely paralyzed, unable to attack or defend, and completely vulnerable to subsequent attack.

Description[]

Damage isn't everything. Weavers of Magic often find themselves facing a difficult dilemma in combat: fight or flight. When the latter option is decided, nothing does a better job of ensuring safety than Cold Snap. With a snap of the fingers, the caster summons a clump of freezing ice crystals from the ground. These frosty shards stab upward at the targeted location, impaling and freezing anything they strike. Though the damage from Cold Snap is low, it is a powerful when employed against other players in combat.

Ice crystals protrude from the ground at target location. Monsters in this area take damage and become frozen. This spell can deliver Area of Effect cold damage to any place within line of sight. It has no maximum range.

Progression[]

Level Lvl. Int. Mana
Cost
Cold
Damage
Freeze
Chance
Exp.
1 4 16 11 5-10 25% 841
2 6 20 12 8–12 26% 3,099
3 9 27 14 10-15 27% 7,433
4 12 33 15 13-19 28% 15,249
5 15 39 17 16-24 29% 41,517
6 19 48 18 21-32 30% 81,983
7 23 56 19 27-41 31% 199,180
8 28 67 21 37-56 32% 604,431
9 33 77 23 49-74 33% 631,832
10 39 90 25 29–44 34% 959,669
11 35%
12 46 89 29 40–60 36% 2,737,323
13 49 95 30 45–68 37% 3,289,072
14 52 100 31 63–94 38% 3,351,233
15 54 104 32 68–102 39% 9,936,192
16 56 107 33 74–111 40% 21,346,246
17 57 109 33 77–115 41% 50,693,883
18 42%
19 43%
20 44% N/A

Gem Quality[]

Each percentage of quality adds +1% Increased chill duration; +0.5% Increased freeze duration.

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