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[[File:Ray-of-frost1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ray of Frost in action in the [[beta]].]]
Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Ray of Frost became a level 21 skill. When the skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]]in February 2012, Ray of Frost was classified as a Secondary skill and dropped all the way down to level 5, giving players their first opportunity to try it out.
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[[File:Ray-of-frost1.jpg|thumb|400px|Ray of Frost in action in the [[beta]].]]
'''Ray of Frost''' is 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.
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==Background==
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.
==Development==
'''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 tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Ray of Frost became a level 21 skill is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.