Frost Nova

Template:D2 CS Like the Lightning Nova, this spell is effective against large groups of swarming melee attackers. Although less damaging than its electrical kin, the immobilizing effects of the cold can convey other advantages.

Details

Level 1-60 stats

Template:D2 Stat |- !align=left|+% Cold Damage |10*(Blizzard.blvl+Frozen Orb.blvl) |- !align=left|Cold Length (Frames) |175+(25*slvl) |- !align=left|Next Delay (Frames) |4 |}

Template:D2 Skill |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |2*slvl||(3*slvl)-8||(4*slvl)-24||(5*slvl)-46||(6*slvl)-74 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |(2.5*slvl)+1.5||(3.5*slvl)-6.5||(4.5*slvl)-22.5||(5.5*slvl)-44.5||(6.5*slvl)-72.5 |}

• Cast rate

Frost Nova can damage and chill a target if any part of it is within an approximate 8 yard radius of the caster (or the target when cast on striking).

Source

Skill bonus

• +(1-3) Frost Nova (Sorceress Only) can spawn on ilvl <37 Sorceress orbs and staves.

Template:D2 Skill bonus |- | +3 !align=left|The Iron Jang Bong War Staff |28||No |- | +3 !align=left|Ormus' Robes Dusk Shroud |75||No |}

Charged suffix

Template:D2 Skill charged |-valign=top |17||28||39||50||61||72||83||94||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| |33||37||41||45||48||52||56||60||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| |align=left|

• Orb
• Staff

|6||12||12 |-valign=top |24||42||60||78||96||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| |22||25||27||30||32||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| ||bgcolor=black| |align=left|

• Circlet
• Amulet
• Dagger

|6||24||24 |}

Chance to Cast

On Striking

Template:D2 Skill chance |- |3||10 !align=left|Dangoon's Teaching Reinforced Mace |68||No |- |8||33 !align=left|Shadow Killer Battle Cestus |78 !Yes |- |22||25 |align=left|Ice missile weapon |65 !Yes |}

When Struck

Template:D2 Skill chance |- |4||5 |align=left|Hit Power item |13||No |- |5||10 !align=left|Coldkill Hatchet |36||No |- |9||5 !align=left|Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield |38||No |}

• Frost Shield suffix also applies % Chance to Cast Frost Nova When Struck.

Level	% Chance	Item	Min Rlvl	Min Alvl
3	5	Armor Amulet	9	12

When You Level-up

Template:D2 Skill chance |- |43||100 !align=left|Rainbow Facet Jewel |49||No |}

Level 1-60 stats

Details

Template:D2 Level 1-10 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17||18 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |2||4||6||8||10||12||14||16||19||22 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |4||6.5||9||11.5||14||16.5||19||21.5||25||28.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |8||9||10||11||12||13||14||15||16||17 |}

Template:D2 Level 11-20 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |19||20||21||22||23||24||25||26||27||28 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |25||28||31||34||37||40||44||48||52||56 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |32||35.5||39||42.5||46||49.5||54||58.5||63||67.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |18||19||20||21||22||23||24||25||26||27 |}

Template:D2 Level 21-30 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |29||30||31||32||33||34||35||36||37||38 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |60||64||69||74||79||84||89||94||100||106 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |72||76.5||82||87.5||93||98.5||104||109.5||116||122.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |28||29||30||31||32||33||34||35||36||37 |}

Template:D2 Level 31-40 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |39||40||41||42||43||44||45||46||47||48 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |112||118||124||130||136||142||148||154||160||166 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |129||135.5||142||148.5||155||161.5||168||174.5||181||187.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |38||39||40||41||42||43||44||45||46||47 |}

Template:D2 Level 41-50 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |49||50||51||52||53||54||55||56||57||58 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |172||178||184||190||196||202||208||214||220||226 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |194||200.5||207||213.5||220||226.5||233||239.5||246||252.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |48||49||50||51||52||53||54||55||56||57 |}

Template:D2 Level 51-60 |- !align=left|Mana Cost |59||60||61||62||63||64||65||66||67||68 |- !align=left|Min Cold Damage |232||238||244||250||256||262||268||274||280||286 |- !align=left|Max Cold Damage |259||265.5||272||278.5||285||291.5||298||304.5||311||317.5 |- !align=left|Cold Length (Seconds) |58||59||60||61||62||63||64||65||66||67 |}

Reference

• Cold Spells (Arreat Summit)