| Ice Barrier | |
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| Properties | |
| Class | Mage |
| School | Frost |
| Cooldown | 30 seconds |
| Talents | |
| Talent tree | Frost, Tier 4 |
| Talent required | None |
| Improvements |
 [Ice Floes] |
| Related buff | |
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[[Category:mage abilities]][[Category:mage abilities]]
Ice Barrier is a mage spell that shields the caster for up to 60 seconds, absorbing damage similar to a priest's 
[Power Word: Shield] spell. The shield absorbs physical, magical, and most environmental damage (fall damage is not absorbed). Damage from DoTs such as poison is also absorbed. The total amount the shield can absorb is increased by 80.7% of the caster's frost spell power.
While shielded, spells do not lose casting time due to push-back interruption. However, debuffs such as snares, 
[Counterspell], and 
[Silence] still pass through.
Ice Barrier stacks with the mage spells 
[Mana Shield] and 
[Mage Ward], as well as other damage shield spells such as [Power Word: Shield].
Calculation
Amount Absorbed = Base Absorb + (Frost Spell Power * .807)
Ice Barrier can be enhanced by 
[Glyph of Ice Barrier], increasing base damage absorbed by 30%. With this glyph, the calculation is
Amount Absorbed = (Base Absorb * 1.3) + (Frost Spell Power * .807)
Patch changes
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): No longer has [Cold Snap] as a prerequisite. - Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): The talent, [Ice Block], required to obtain Ice Barrier was removed from the Frost (talent tree), moving [Cold Snap] up in its place to make room for a new talent, [Icy Veins].
- Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Ice Barrier will gain an additional benefit from frost spell damage gear, however the base amount of damage absorbed for ranks 5 and 6 has been lowered.
- Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Ice Barrier Rank 6 was added.
- Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): Ice Barrier received an overhaul in the 1.11 mage talent review. The spell was changed to stack with [Power Word: Shield] (which previously overwrote it), had its cooldown reduced from 2 minutes to 30 seconds, gained the benefit of frost spell damage, and was prioritized to absorb damage before [Mana Shield], thus saving mana when using both shields.
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