Ice Barrage
Sorcerer · Mage
Opens a rift that repeatedly shoots a barrage of ice shards in a target direction for 5 seconds.
More information
Ice Shards are cold projectiles that will curve to nearby targets.
The shards have a freeze rate of 40.
Added damage is applied at 120% effectiveness.
None escape the wrath of winter
Effect
Frostbolt
- Base damage per hit
- 24 Cold
- Critical strike chance
- 5 % · 200% critical damage
- Added damage effectiveness
- 120 %
- Counts as
- Spell
Base values before skill tree nodes, passives and gear.
Skill tree: Ice Barrage
The skill tree as it appears in game. A specialized skill gains one point per level up to level 20; the number on a connection shows how many points the previous node needs.
Hover or tap a node for its description. The number on a node is its maximum points.
All nodes as a list (30)
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Frigid Barrage
max 5
Ice Barrage hits have a higher chance to freeze enemies.
- +40% Freeze Rate Multiplier
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Subthermal Velocity
max 3
When a target is frozen by Ice Barrage, you are granted increased cast speed for 4 seconds.
This effect can stack a limited number of times.- 10% Increased Cast Speed Per Stack fixed
- 1 Maximum Stacks
Requires 2 points in Frigid Barrage
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Intensifying Cold
max 3
Each ice shard released by Ice Barrage has a higher chance of freezing enemies than the previous shard.
This effect resets when Ice Barrage is recast.- 10 Maximum Stacks fixed
- +10% Freeze Rate Multiplier Per Ice Shard
Requires 2 points in Frigid Barrage or 2 points in Hail Storm
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Frigid Doom
max 1
When Ice Barrage hits an enemy it has a chance to cast Frost Nova, a cold spell that damages nearby enemies.
- 10% Chance To Cast Frost Nova
Requires 3 points in Intensifying Cold
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Hail Storm
max 5
Ice Barrage has a faster rate of fire.
- +5% Fire Rate
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Warding Bolts
max 3
You have a chance to gain ward on hit with Ice Barrage.
- +15% Chance To Gain Ward
- 7 Ward Gain fixed
Requires 2 points in Hail Storm
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Cryogenesis
max 4
Ice Barrage deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers), but has a shorter duration.
- +20% Damage
- -10% Duration
Requires 2 points in Hail Storm
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Ice Spire
max 1
Ice Barrage has a faster rate of fire, but you move more slowly while it is active.
- +30% Fire Rate
- 30% Reduced Movespeed fixed
Requires 3 points in Cryogenesis
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Ice Shield
max 1
When you cast Ice Barrage you now also summon an Ice Shield in the target direction, a shield that blocks projectiles. Ice Shield lasts 2 seconds.
Ice Barrage has a longer cooldown.- Ice Shield On Activation
- +4 Cooldown (Seconds)
Requires 4 points in Cryogenesis
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Shattering Bulwark
max 1
When Ice Shield expires it explodes, freezing nearby enemies.
- Ice Shield Detonates On Expiration
Requires Ice Shield
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Deep Shield
max 1
Ice Shield lasts longer, but Ice Barrage has a longer cooldown.
- +2 Ice Shield Duration (seconds)
- +2 Ice Barrage Cooldown (seconds)
Requires Ice Shield
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Frost Armor
max 2
While Ice Shield is active, you deal more global cold damage and take less cold damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).
- 30% More Global Cold Damage
- -10% Cold Damage Taken
Requires Deep Shield
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Looming Frost
max 4
Each ice shard released by Ice Barrage deals more damage than the previous shard (multiplicative with other modifiers).
This bonus stacks, but is reset on recasting Ice Barrage.- +5% Damage Per Ice Shard fixed
- 5 Maximum Stacks
Requires 2 points in Hail Storm or 2 points in Eternal Winter
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Sleetfire
max 1
Ice Barrage has significantly increased fire rate, but while it is active all skills have increased mana cost.
- 50% Increased Fire Rate
- 50% Increased Mana Cost
Requires Looming Frost
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Eternal Winter
max 3
Ice Barrage lasts longer.
- +1 Duration (Seconds)
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Challenge the Elements
max 1
Ice Barrage hits against bosses and rare enemies grant increased fire rate to the remaining hits. This effect stacks up to a cap.
- 10% Increased Fire Rate Against Rare Enemies
- 20% Increased Fire Rate Against Bosses
- 100% Maximum Increase
Requires 2 points in Eternal Winter
This bonus is additive with other sources of Increased Rate of Fire on this tree.
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Brightlance
max 1
Ice Barrage hits deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers), but no longer seek nearby enemies.
- +30% Hit Damage
- No Homing fixed
Requires Eternal Winter
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Aura of Frost
max 4
Ice Barrage creates a Chilling Aura around you. The aura repeatedly applies chill to nearby enemies for a duration. This effect can apply multiple stacks of chill to the same enemy.
- Chills Nearby Enemies fixed
- 0.5 Chill Duration (seconds)
Requires 2 points in Warding Bolts
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Biting Cold
max 4
Ice Barrage deals more cold damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and has more critical strike chance.
- +8% Cold Damage
- 8% Increased Crit Chance
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Nailed Shot
max 3
Each ice shard cast by Ice Barrage has a chance to pierce all enemies (continue through enemies hit).
- +34# Pierce Chance
Requires 2 points in Biting Cold
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Hypothermia
max 4
Ice Shards that pierce enemies have a chance to inflict them with Frostbite.
- +50% Frostbite Chance with Piercing
Requires 3 points in Nailed Shot
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Sublimation
max 3
Ice Barrage deals more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers), and its ice shards become larger.
Ice Barrage has a slower fire rate, and there is a longer delay between each shard being created and released.- +30% Damage
- +10% Ice Shard Size
- -13% Fire Rate
- +30% Delay Before Each Ice Shard fixed
Requires 2 points in Biting Cold
The fire rate modifier is multiplicative with other fire rate modifiers on this tree.
The change to the delay does not affect the frequence at which shards are created. -
Wintry Blast
max 1
Ice Barrage now fires 5 ice shards in a cone in front of you, but has a slower fire rate and costs more mana.
- 4 Extra Projectiles
- -40% Fire Rate
- +20% Increased Mana Cost
Requires 2 points in Sublimation
The fire rate modifier is multiplicative with other fire rate modifiers on this tree.
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Yrun's Conquest
max 3
Ice Barrage releases ice shards in a wider cone.
- +30 Cone Width (Degrees)
Requires Wintry Blast
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Brittle Fragments
max 1
Ice Shards cast by Ice Barrage shatter and deal cold damage in a cone behind the target. This does not work on piercing projectiles.
- Ice Shards Shatter On Hit
Requires 2 points in Sublimation
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Frozen Ballista
max 1
Ice Barrage deals significantly more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers) and has a shorter cooldown, but now only lasts 1 second and fires 3 projectiles.
- +100% Damage
- -1.5 Cooldown Duration (seconds)
- 3 Projectiles
- 1 Duration (second)
Requires 3 points in Sublimation
This node does not prevent additional projectiles created with Wintry Blast or Ice Burst.
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Jagged Ice
max 3
Ice Barrage has more critical strike chance against frozen targets (multiplicative with other modifiers).
- 20% More Crit Chance Against Frozen Targets
Requires 2 points in Biting Cold or 2 points in Shattered Skin
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Shattered Skin
max 3
Ice Barrage hits deal more damage to frozen targets (multiplicative with other modifiers).
- 15% More Hit Damage To Frozen Targets
Requires 2 points in Jagged Ice or 2 points in Frigid Barrage
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Ice Burst
max 1
Ice Barrage instantly fires 5 ice shards in a cone.
- +5 Ice Burst On Activation
Requires 3 points in Frigid Barrage
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Arctic Storm
max 3
Ice shards released via Ice Burst have a higher chance to freeze enemies, and deal more damage (multiplicative with other modifiers).
- +40% Ice Burst Damage
- +40% Ice Burst Freeze Rate Multiplier
Requires Ice Burst