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'''Ray of Frost''' is an Offensive a Secondary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 5. It fires a straight beam of [[cold]] that chills and damages a single enemy, while draining Arcane Power steadily. Ray of Frost had only been seen in videos until the February 2012 [[Beta Patch 13]] and the huge skill and runestone revision that patch introduced to the beta. At that point Ray of Frost was moved down to Clvl 5, giving players a chance to try it out. ==Function==
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==Background==
[[File:Ray-of-frost1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ray of Frost in action in the [[beta]].]]
The skill is fun to use and very effective against single targets, with good damage and the slowing property. However the Arcane Power drain is quite high, and thus the damage per second is much lower than a number of other early-game Wizard skills. The fact that the skill does not pierce, as the similar [[Disintegrate]] skill does, makes it less useful against large groups of enemies.
==Beta ScreenshotsSkillrune Effects==The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ray of Frost rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more. <skill class="Wizard">Ray of Frost</skill>
A video of Ray of Frost and all of its rune effects can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
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'''Ray of Frost''' was first seen at [[BlizzCon 2008]], but only in the gameplay movie; the Wizard used it against the trap laid out by the [[Skeleton King]]. It was available in the gameplay demo at [[BlizzCon 2009]], but was unfortunately too high level to try out by the fans. The skill is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.
Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Ray of Frost became a level 21 skill. Not until When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012 did fans get , Ray of Frost was classified as a Secondary skill and dropped all the way down to use itlevel 5, thanks giving players their first opportunity to the much lowered Clvl requirementtry it out.
Image:Ray_of_Frost2.jpg|Casting the spell before the hordes of [[skeleton]]s arrive.
Image:Rayoffrost_runed.jpg|Ray of Frost with all five [[rune]] effects.
File:Ray-of-frost4.jpg|Players finally getting to use it with [[Beta Patch 13]].
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