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Chains of Ice
Spell frost chainsofice
  • Chains of Ice
  • Row 1 death knight talent
  • 30 yd range
  • 1 Rune
  • Instant
  • Shackles the target with frozen chains, reducing movement speed by 70% for 8 sec.
Properties
Class Death knight
School Frost
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Improvements Inv shoulder 130 [Bitter Chill], Spell frost frostarmor [Deathchill], Spell frost chainsofice [Proliferating Chill]
Related debuff
Spell frost chainsofice
  • Magic
  • Chains of Ice
  • Slowed by frozen chains.
  • Duration: 8 sec

Chains of Ice is a death knight talent that slows the target. It is automatically learned for Frost death knights.

Trivia[]

This spell originally belonged to mages somewhere in the game development, and it worked exactly like priest shackle undead, but it was scrapped at some point.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 13 ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Chains of Ice now has a spell highlight on the action bar when the Death Knight has 20 stacks of Spell frost frozencore [Cold Heart].
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-03-25): Chains of Ice will once again be removed from the target when spells like Spell holy sealofvalor [Blessing of Freedom] are used.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 13 (was 56). All death knights can now use Chains of Ice.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now learned at level 56 (was 63) and range increased to 30 yards (was 20).
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-10-10): Now reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for Unholy and Frost Death Knights in PvP situations (was 70%).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Blood or applies Spell deathknight frostfever [Frost Fever]. Now reduces movement speed by 70%, up from 60%.
  • Cataclysm Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Now reduces movement by 60%, down from 95%. The target no longer regains a % of their movement each second
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): The ability now innately applies Frost Fever to a target.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Hotfix (2009-12-14): Chains of Ice is no longer limited to a single target. In addition, when Chains of Ice is used on a snare immune target with Spell shadow twilight [Endless Winter] talented, it will once again apply Frost Fever.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This ability will no longer appear to land on targets which are immune.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04): Now reduces movement by 95% instead of 100%. The main effect of this change will be that targets of Chains of Ice will not have to re-issue a movement command to continue moving.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): This ability is no longer able to land on death knights who have Anti-Magic Shell active.
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Added.

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