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Winter's Grasp
 | Winter's Grasp | ||
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| Description | The caster envelops the target in frost, freezing lower-level targets solid Those that resist suffer a penalty to movement speed |
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| School | Primal | Type | Charges |
| Conjuration | Fast (1 second) | Range | Medium (25m) |
| Target Type | Valid Targets | Hostile | |
| Activation | 20 Mana | Upkeep | 0 |
| Fatigue | 0 | Cooldown | 8 |
| Damage Potential | 36 + .36 instant Cold Damage per point of Spellpower. | ||
| Prerequisites | None | ||
| Required by | {chain_children} | ||
Effects
- (Target) Target is hit for (100.0 + Spellpower)*0.36 points of instant Cold Damage.
- (Target) Target have a 5% chance per level to resist being paralyzed for 5.0 seconds.
- Targets resisting the effect are slowed to 80% of their normal speed for the same duration.
- (Target) The cold from winter's grasp is not strong enough to freeze a target to the point where it can be shattered.
Passive Effects
Learning this ability does not grant additional passive effects.
Threat
Threat describes the amount of hate an action generates on it's target. Abilities that inflict damage always generate threat proportional to the amount of damage dealt.
- This ability does not generate additional threat.
Role
A instant spell low entry requirements, Winter's Grasp nevertheless fills two important tactical roles at once.
It not only deals a significant amount of cold damage, which augmented by Spellpower, increases as the mage becomes more powerful, it also has a good chance of temporarily paralyzing the target, offering an emergency way out when things get too hot.
Winter's Grasp does not have a projectile and does not require line of sight to cast, just a general knowledge of the position of the enemy. Use a Rogue character to scout ahead and around corners to obtain intelligence on enemy positions, then blast them with Winter's Grasp.
With Winter's Grasp ability to freeze enemies losing effectiveness in higher levels, the spell loses some of it's appeal on higher levels, but stays useful as a baseline damage spell.