Difference between revisions of "Black Ice (passive)"

ADVERTISEMENT
From Diablo Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
m
(fixed links)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
<noinclude>
 
<noinclude>
'''Black Ice''' is a [[passive skill]] available exclusively to the [[Wizard]]. It increases damage done to targets frozen by the Wizard.
+
'''Black Ice''' is a [[passive skill]] available exclusively to the [[Wizard passives|Wizard]]. It increases damage done to targets frozen by the Wizard.
  
  
Line 36: Line 36:
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7962606#post7962606 JudgeHype.com July 2011 Press Event Coverage (Translated by Zediono)]
+
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
  
  
 
{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard}}
 
{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard}}
[[category:Wizard skills]]
+
 
 +
[[category:Wizard passives]]
 
[[category:passive skills]]
 
[[category:passive skills]]
[[category:skills]]
 
 
</noinclude>
 
</noinclude>
  

Revision as of 05:22, 17 August 2011

Black Ice is a passive skill available exclusively to the Wizard. It increases damage done to targets frozen by the Wizard.


Lore

Not known yet.


Design

Damage dealt to frozen targets is increased by 20%.

It's not known if this applies only to frozen targets, or to chilled targets as well. Since Champions, Bosses, and other players in PvP can not be frozen (just chilled) that seems to limit the utility of this skill a bit. Also consider that anything frozen can be refrozen and kept frozen, thus dying helplessly with or without bonus damage effects.

Level Requirement


Synergies

Wizard active spells that can freeze targets include:

Ray of Frost and Blizzard only chill; they do not freeze. (Though perhaps a runestone might add that property, making them eligible for a bonus from Black Ice?

This might be a useful passive for a Battle Mage, since Ice Armor adds to armor as well as freezing melee attackers.


Development

Passive skills have had a long and storied history. When Diablo III debuted at the WWI 2008, skill trees included passive skills, much like in Diablo II. In 2010, it was announced that passive skills had been renamed traits and separated out from active skills. At the July 2011 Press Event, Blizzard announced that passive skills were once again in the game, replacing the traits system. Like many passive skills, Black Ice was moved directly from a trait of the same name when traits were changed back to passive skills in early 2011. Neither the name nor the function changed, though the stats may have been tweaked slightly.

See the traits page for more details on previous versions of this and many other passive skills.


References