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Revision as of 17:17, 10 August 2011
Ice Armor is a Wizard skill unlocked at level 2, slowing movement and attack speeds of enemies attacking the character and damaging them a little as well.
Contents
Background
| Diablo III Active Skill [e] | |
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| Ice Armor | |
| Used by: | Wizard |
| Enabled at: | Clvl 2 |
| A field of ice slows movement and attack speed of enemies that attack you at close range, and causes X cold damage. | |
| Type: | Debuff/AoE Damage |
| Resource Use: | Costs Arcane Power |
| Alabaster rune: | Unknown |
| Crimson rune: | Unknown |
| Golden rune: | Unknown |
| Indigo rune: | Unknown |
| Obsidian rune: | Unknown |
Lacking physical armor, a Wizard needs magical protection in dangerous places. This Ice Armor will have a chilling impact upon anyone striking her, cooling them to the point where their movements becomes slower, and limiting their ability to move around as well as delivering some pain from the cold.
Skill Design
Pretty straightforward skill. Useful especially when trying to run away from things, but also if the Wizard is occupied in melee combat, it will lower the damage she takes in a fray. It likely won't increase Armor or any other defensive stat.
The duration of the spell was shown as almost exactly 3/8 duration with 2 minutes left so it's safe to assume the duration is 6-8 minutes, but we do not know what the exact duration of the spell is.
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: Slows enemies striking the caster. Deals 1 cold damage. (A)
- Rank 2: Increases Freezing effect on nearby enemies and to enemies striking the caster. Deals 2 cold damage.
- Rank 3: Increases Freezing effect on nearby enemies and to enemies striking the caster. Deals 3 cold damage. (A)
- Rank 4: Increases Freezing effect on nearby enemies and to enemies striking the caster. Deals 4 cold damage. (A)
- Rank 5: Increases Freezing effect on nearby enemies and to enemies striking the caster. Deals 5 cold damage. (A)
(A) = Assumed
Synergies
- No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.
Skill Rune Effects
The following rune effects for Ice Armor are known:
- Unknown rune: Adds a Holy Freeze-like Aura. (Seen on video here.)
Development
Ice Armor was first shown in August 2009 at GamesCom, seen in the gameplay demo. It was then not known if the spell was a Wizard skill or a shrine effect. The spell was seen more clearly at BlizzCon 2009, where it was a Tier I skill on the Storm Skill Tree. Unfortunately, this skill was unnecessary in the PvP demo, as Flux explained:[1]
As with the other defensive skills, this was just not needed at Blizzcon. I cast it a few times between battles, but never took any hits when I had it active.
It was still in the game as of BlizzCon 2010, but moved to Tier 2 in the new tree-less skill system. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Ice Armor became a level 2 skill.
Media
Ice Armor can be seen in action on video here:
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
Ice Armor active.
Skill icon.
References
- BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees
- JudgeHype.com July 2011 Press Event Coverage - The Wizard (Translated by Zediono)
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