Starlight Wardens
Frost Nova

Skill

Frost Nova

A skill for Staff, Wand. Carried by 4 weapons.

What it does, and who carries it

A ring of ice bursts out and freezes what it touches.

The skill takes its weapon's element and applies that element's effect.

Kinds that can carry it:

Staff · Wand

Weapons with this skill

Hoarfrost Staff · Frost Needle · Aurora's Reach · Everwinter

Boons and gear that shorten a skill's cooldown never take a cast below 40% of its cooldown.

The numbersEvery value, with its unit

Each weapon sets its own values, so the table below lists them weapon by weapon.

WeaponRadiusDelayDamageFreezeCooldown
Hoarfrost Staff5 m0.3 s59.71.5 s12 s
Frost Needle5 m0.3 s27.61.5 s12 s
Aurora's Reach7 m0.3 s1412.5 s12 s
Everwinter7 m0.3 s162.22.5 s12 s

What changed

  • Tuned in 11.7

    Cooldown floor for refunds (of the cooldown): – → 40%

    Why: chains of refunds let one Warden recast a ground skill again and again from a safe spot. Builds that refund less than 60% are untouched.

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