Frozen Orb (mage ability)

Frozen Orb
Frozen Orb Level 38 Frost mage ability 40 yd range 1% of base mana 1 min cooldown Instant cast Launches an orb of swirling ice up to 40 yards forward which deals up to (325.4% of spell power) Frost damage to 8 enemies it passes through. Grants 1 charge of Fingers of Frost when it first damages an enemy. Enemies damaged by the Frost Orb are slowed by 30% for 15 sec.
Usable by
Class	Mage
Properties
School	Frost
Cooldown	1 minute
Other information
Level learned	38
Improvements	[Concentrated Coolness], [Lonely Winter]
Affects	[Fingers of Frost]
Related debuff
Frozen Orb Movement slowed by 30%. Duration: 15 seconds

Frozen Orb is a level 38 Frost mage ability. It will attack all nearby enemy targets and apply a slow effect on them, triggering [Fingers of Frost].

Improvements

• [Concentrated Coolness] (honor talent)
• [Lonely Winter]

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25):
  • Damage increased by 5%.
  • Now learned at level 57 (was 83).
    
• Hotfix (2016-07-25): "Fixed a bug that was closing the loot window when Frozen Orb dealt damage."
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Damage increased by 943.8%, slow duration increased to 15 seconds (up from 2 seconds).
  
• Hotfix (2014-10-17): "Damage increased by 20%."
  
• Hotfix (2013-03-12): "Blind should now break on damage from Frozen Orb."
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB