Cold Damage

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Crushing Blow Enhanced Minimum Maximum Adds Damage Damage + % Damage to Demons to Undead Deadly Strike Magic Fire Lightning Cold Poison Skill Damage ATD/ATLD DR/MDR Resistance Maximum Enemy Resist Immune Absorb Sunder Cold damage overlay Cold Damage is normally less damaging than fire, but any accompanying cold length can chill, reducing attack rate and movement speed, and summing with Slows Target, Holy Freeze and Decrepify. The magnitude of this effect is determined by the target's chill effectiveness. [1] Damage of multiple types can be applied by the same attack, but only one damage overlay is displayed at a time: this means that cold damage can still be applied even if the only overlay displayed is for fire, lightning or poison damage. It is not added to Smite or Lightning Bolt. Targets turn blue until the slowing effect of cold length expires. This takes precedence over turning green while poisoned, but poison damage is still applied (although there will be no visual indication that it has expired unless cold length expires first). Cold length applied by player, mercenary or pets is reduced to 1/2 in Nightmare and 1/4 in Hell. Cold Resist reduces both cold damage and cold length. Half Freeze Duration will halve cold length but it has no effect on cold damage. Cannot be Frozen prevents cold length from being applied. Cold length does not apply to units that are Immune to Cold or which have 0 chill effectiveness. Drinking a Thawing Potion after cold length has been applied will remove it. When cold length is applied to a target that has already been chilled, it will overwrite the existing length if it is equal to or greater than the existing length. If a monster dies as a result of any cold damage, there is ~25% chance that it will shatter and leave no corpse as long as at least 1 frame (0.04 second) of cold length applied after its cold resistance but before any difficulty level penalty. This does not prevent it from dropping items, but it will prevent a Barbarian from using Find Potion or Find Item. Item Charm Small Charm Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl (1-2) (2-4) 25 1 Snowy Small Charm 20 27 (3-4) (5-8) 25 1 Shivering Small Charm 34 42 (5-7) (9-14) 25 1 Boreal Small Charm 58 66 (8-10) (15-20) 25 1 Hibernal Small Charm 83 91 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 2 25 1 Small Charm of Frost 10 14 2 (3-4) 25 1 Small Charm of the Icicle 15 21 3 (5-6) 25 1 Small Charm of the Glacier 25 33 (4-5) (7-9) 25 1 Small Charm of Winter 38 46 Large Charm Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl (2-3) (3-5) 25 1 Snowy Large Charm 13 18 (4-5) (6-10) 25 1 Shivering Large Charm 21 29 (6-10) (11-20) 25 1 Boreal Large Charm 41 49 (11-15) (21-30) 25 1 Hibernal Large Charm 61 69 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 (2-3) 25 1 Large Charm of Frost 6 9 2 (4-5) 25 1 Large Charm of the Icicle 11 15 3 (6-8) 25 1 Large Charm of the Glacier 18 25 (4-6) (9-12) 25 1 Large Charm of Winter 27 35 Grand Charm Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 (2-3) 25 1 Snowy Grand Charm 6 9 (2-4) (4-8) 25 1 Shivering Grand Charm 11 15 (5-7) (9-15) 25 1 Boreal Grand Charm 22 30 (8-13) (16-25) 25 1 Hibernal Grand Charm 38 45 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 2 25 1 Grand Charm of Frost 3 5 2 (3-4) 25 1 Grand Charm of the Icicle 6 8 3 (5-7) 25 1 Grand Charm of the Glacier 11 15 (4-6) (8-11) 25 1 Grand Charm of Winter 17 23 Any socket Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 (3-5) 50 2 Jewel of Frigidity 12 16 (2-3) (6-10) 50 2 Jewel of the Icicle 29 37 (4-5) (11-15) 50 2 Jewel of the Glacier 50 58 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 24 38 3 0.12 Rainbow Facet Jewel 49 No Helm Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 6 22 100 4 Vampire Gaze Grim Helm 41 No Circlet Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl (6-9) (19-30) 25 1 Snowy circlet 18 25 Amulet Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 (3-6) 50 2 Amulet of Frost 41 55 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder (1-2) (3-5) (50-250) (2-10) The Eye of Etlich Amulet 15 No Body armor Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 37 133 50 2 Duress body armor 47 No Weapon Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl (6-9) (19-30) 25 1 Snowy weapon 18 25 (10-15) (31-45) 50 2 Shivering weapon 26 35 (16-23) (46-90) 75 3 Boreal weapon 40 50 (24-45) (91-140) 100 4 Hibernal weapon 60 70 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 1 25 1 Weapon of Frost 1 1 1-3 1 (1-2) 50 2 Weapon of Frost 2 3 4 1 (3-4) 75 3 Weapon of the Icicle 2 9 13 (2-4) (4-15) 100 4 Weapon of the Glacier 2 20 27 1 Excluding orb, staff and wand 2 Excluding orb and wand Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 1 3 25 1 Chipped Sapphire in socket 1 No 3 5 35 1.4 Flawed Sapphire in socket 5 No 4 7 50 2 Sapphire in socket 12 No 6 10 60 2.4 Flawless Sapphire in socket 15 No 10 14 75 3 Perfect Sapphire in socket 18 No 3 14 75 3 Thul Rune in socket 23 No Melee weapon Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl (5-9) (16-50) 150 6 Melee weapon of Winter 1 37 45 1 Excluding orb and wand Axe Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 40 40 50 2 Coldkill Hatchet 36 No 50 200 100 4 Famine axe 65 No 176 397 100 4 Gimmershred Flying Axe 70 No Claw Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 50 50 100 4 Natalya's Mark Scissors Suwayyah 79 No Club Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 14 75 3 Black club 35 No 205 455 125 5 Nord's Tenderizer Truncheon 68 No Hammer Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 14 75 3 Black hammer 35 No 130 180 (130-180) (5.2-7.2) Lawbringer hammer 43 Yes 50 200 100 4 Famine hammer 65 No 127 364 150 6 Immortal King's Stone Crusher Ogre Maul (4 items) 76 No Mace Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 14 75 3 Black mace 35 No 3 14 75 3 Heart of the Oak mace 57 No 63 112 125 5 Sureshrill Frost Flanged Mace 39 No 1 200 (1-200) (0.04-8) Baranar's Star Devil Star 65 No 100 220 (100-220) (4-8.8) Voice of Reason mace 43 Yes Polearm Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 14 75 3 Obedience polearm 41 Yes 4 44 (4-44) (0.16-1.76) The Reaper's Toll Thresher 75 Yes Scepter Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 5 75 3 Stormeye War Scepter 23 No 3 14 75 3 King's Grace scepter 25 No 130 180 (130-180) (5.2-7.2) Lawbringer scepter 43 Yes Staff Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 14 75 3 Heart of the Oak staff 57 No Sword Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 3 5 50 2 Gleamscythe Falchion 13 No 3 14 75 3 King's Grace sword 25 No 3 14 75 3 Spirit sword 25 Yes 10 30 150 6 Shadowfang Two-handed Sword 12 No 25 35 50 2 Sazabi's Cobalt Redeemer Cryptic Sword 73 No 25 75 75 3 Death's Touch War Sword (2 items) 6 No 50 140 75 3 Bing Sz Wang Dacian Falx 43 No 130 180 (130-180) (5.2-7.2) Lawbringer sword 43 Yes 100 220 (100-220) (4-8.8) Voice of Reason sword 43 Yes 237 486 150 6 Frostwind Cryptic Sword 70 No 250 500 250 10 Azurewrath Phase Blade 85 Yes Wand Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 4 8 75 3 Gravenspine Bone Wand 20 No 25 75 50 2 Sander's Superstition Bone Wand 25 No Missile weapon Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 55 160 (55-160) (2.2-6.4) Harmony missile weapon 39 Yes Bow Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 15 30 75 3 Endlesshail Double Bow 36 No 20 30 75 3 Arctic Horn Short War Bow (3 items) 2 No Crossbow Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 32 196 200 8 Buriza-Do Kyanon Ballista 41 No 63 324 33 1.32 Hellrack Colossus Crossbow 76 No Throwing weapon Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 176 397 100 4 Gimmershred Flying Axe 70 No Shield Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 27 53 150 6 Tiamat's Rebuke Dragon Shield 38 No Ring Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 15 45 100 4 Raven Frost Ring 45 No Belt Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Min Alvl 1 (3-6) 50 2 Belt of Frost 41 55 Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 13 21 75 3 Snowclash Battle Belt 42 No Gloves Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 1 6 50 2 Frostburn Gauntlets 29 No 6 18 150 6 M'avina's Icy Clutch Battle Gauntlets 32 No 137 270 250 10 M'avina's Icy Clutch Battle Gauntlets (4 items) 32 No Set bonus Min Max Frames Seconds Source Min Rlvl Ladder 6 14 100 4 Arctic Gear (Full) 2 No 15 20 50 2 Vidala's Rig (Full) 14 No Skill Amazon Skill Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Cold Arrow 1 Min 2*slvl + 1 2.5*slvl - 3 4.0*slvl - 27 8.0*slvl - 115 21*slvl - 479 6 Max 2*slvl + 2 2.5*slvl - 2 4.5*slvl - 34 8.5*slvl - 122 22*slvl - 500 +% 12*Ice Arrow.blvl Sec 1.2*slvl + 2.8 Ice Arrow 2 Min 6*slvl 12*slvl - 48 18*slvl - 144 26*slvl - 320 36*slvl - 600 18 Max 6*slvl + 4 13*slvl - 52 19*slvl - 148 27*slvl - 324 38*slvl - 632 +% 8*Cold Arrow.blvl Freezing Arrow 2 Explosion Min 10*slvl + 30 15*slvl - 10 20*slvl - 90 22*slvl - 134 24*slvl - 190 30 Max 10*slvl + 40 15*slvl 20*slvl - 80 22*slvl - 124 24*slvl - 180 +% 12*Cold Arrow.blvl 1 Converts min(2*slvl + 1 , 100) % physical attack damage to cold damage as well 2 Freeze length is applied, but cold length from items is added and converted to freeze length; cold damage from items and Holy Freeze is also added Assassin Skill Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Blades of Ice Min 8*slvl + 7 10*slvl - 9 20*slvl - 169 30*slvl - 389 40*slvl - 669 24 Max 8*slvl + 27 10*slvl + 11 22*slvl - 181 32*slvl - 401 42*slvl - 681 +% 8*Phoenix Strike.blvl Sec 0.4*slvl + 3.8 Druid Skill Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Arctic Blast (1/256) 1 Min 64*slvl + 20 72*slvl - 44 80*slvl - 172 96*slvl - 524 116*slvl - 1084 6 Max 64*slvl + 96 76*slvl 84*slvl - 128 100*slvl - 480 124*slvl - 1152 +% 15 * Cyclone Armor.blvl+Hurricane.blvl Sec 0.6*slvl + 3.4 Hurricane Min 7*slvl + 18 10*slvl - 6 12*slvl - 38 14*slvl - 82 16*slvl - 138 30 Max 7*slvl + 43 10*slvl + 19 12*slvl - 13 14*slvl - 57 16*slvl - 113 +% 9 * Twister.blvl+Tornado.blvl Sec 2 1 Actual cold damage per second is * 25/512; displayed cold damage per second is * 25/256 [2] [3] Paladin Skill Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Vengeance +% 6*slvl + 64 + 10*Resist Cold.blvl + 2*Salvation.blvl of physical attack damage 18 Sec 0.6*slvl + 0.6 Holy Freeze Radial Min slvl+1 2*slvl - 7 3*slvl - 23 4*slvl - 45 5*slvl - 73 18 Max slvl+2 2*slvl - 6 3*slvl - 22 4*slvl - 44 5*slvl - 72 +% 15*Resist Cold.blvl + 7*Salvation.blvl Holy Freeze Attack Min 5*slvl + 5 10*slvl - 35 15*slvl - 115 20*slvl - 225 25*slvl - 365 Max 5*slvl + 10 10*slvl - 30 15*slvl - 110 20*slvl - 220 25*slvl - 360 +% 15*Resist Cold.blvl + 7*Salvation.blvl Sorceress Skill Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Ice Bolt Min slvl+2 2*slvl - 6 3*slvl - 22 4*slvl - 44 5*slvl - 72 1 Max 1.5*slvl + 3.5 2.5*slvl - 4.5 3.5*slvl - 20.5 4.5*slvl - 42.5 5.5*slvl - 70.5 +% 15 * Frost Nova.blvl+Ice Blast.blvl+Glacial Spike.blvl+Blizzard.blvl+Frozen Orb.blvl Sec 1.4*slvl + 4.6 Frost Nova Min 2*slvl 3*slvl - 8 4*slvl - 24 5*slvl - 46 6*slvl - 74 6 Max 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 +% 10 * Blizzard.blvl+Frozen Orb.blvl Sec slvl+7 Ice Blast 1 Min 7*slvl + 1 14*slvl - 55 21*slvl - 167 28*slvl - 321 35*slvl - 517 6 Max 7.5*slvl + 4.5 14.5*slvl - 51.5 21.5*slvl - 163.5 28.5*slvl - 317.5 35.5*slvl - 513.5 +% 8 * Ice Bolt.blvl+Blizzard.blvl+Frozen Orb.blvl Shiver Armor Min 2*slvl + 4 3*slvl - 4 4*slvl - 20 5*slvl - 42 6*slvl - 70 12 Max 2.5*slvl + 5.5 3.5*slvl - 2.5 4.5*slvl - 18.5 5.5*slvl - 40.5 6.5*slvl - 68.5 +% 9 * Frozen Armor.blvl+Chilling Armor.blvl Sec 4 Glacial Spike 1 Min 7*slvl + 9 13*slvl - 39 14*slvl - 55 15*slvl - 77 16*slvl - 105 18 Max 7.5*slvl + 16.5 13.5*slvl - 31.5 14.5*slvl - 47.5 15.5*slvl - 69.5 16.5*slvl - 97.5 +% 5 * Ice Bolt.blvl+Ice Blast.blvl+Frozen Orb.blvl Blizzard Min 15*slvl + 30 30*slvl - 90 45*slvl - 330 55*slvl - 550 65*slvl - 830 24 Max 16*slvl + 59 31*slvl - 61 46*slvl - 301 56*slvl - 521 66*slvl - 801 +% 5 * Ice Bolt.blvl+Ice Blast.blvl+Glacial Spike.blvl Sec 4 Chilling Armor Min slvl+3 2*slvl - 5 3*slvl - 21 4*slvl - 43 5*slvl - 71 24 Max 1.5*slvl + 4.5 2.5*slvl - 3.5 3.5*slvl - 19.5 4.5*slvl - 41.5 5.5*slvl - 69.5 +% 7 * Frozen Armor.blvl+Shiver Armor.blvl Sec 4 slvl-4 slvl-4 slvl-4 slvl-4 Frozen Orb Min 10*slvl + 30 12*slvl + 14 14*slvl - 18 14.5*slvl - 29 15*slvl - 43 30 Max 10.5*slvl + 34.5 12.5*slvl + 18.5 14.5*slvl - 13.5 15*slvl - 24.5 15.5*slvl - 38.5 +% 2*Ice Bolt.blvl Sec slvl+7 1 Freeze length is applied, not cold length Missile Assassin Missile Skill level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Phoenix Strike 1 Third charge Min 4*slvl + 12 8*slvl - 20 12*slvl - 84 20*slvl - 260 28*slvl - 484 30 Max 4*slvl + 28 8*slvl - 4 13*slvl - 84 21*slvl - 260 29*slvl - 484 +% 10*Blades of Ice.blvl Sec 0.4*slvl + 3.6 0.6*slvl + 2 0.8*slvl - 1.2 0.8*slvl - 1.2 0.8*slvl - 1.2 1 Freeze length is applied, not cold length Pet Necromancer Pet Missile level Min Rlvl 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 > 28 Necromage Min lvl 2*lvl - 8 3*lvl - 24 4*lvl - 46 5*lvl - 74 12 Max 3+lvl 2*lvl - 5 3*lvl - 21 4*lvl - 43 5*lvl - 71 Sec Missile level (lvl) Lvl if(slvl < 4 , 0 , [slvl-2 /2] ) + Skeleton Mastery.slvl Monster Monster Normal Nightmare Hell Ghostly Min [MonLvl*0.33] [MonLvl*0.33] [MonLvl*0.33] Max [MonLvl*0.5] [MonLvl*0.5] [MonLvl*0.5] Sec 6 6 6 Cold Enchanted Unique Min [MonLvl*0.66] [MonLvl*0.66] [MonLvl*0.66] Max MonLvl MonLvl MonLvl Sec mlvl*0.2 + 4 mlvl*0.2 + 4 mlvl*0.2 + 4 Cold Enchanted minion Min [MonLvl*0.33] [MonLvl*0.33] Max [MonLvl*0.5] [MonLvl*0.5] Sec mlvl*0.2 + 4 mlvl*0.2 + 4 mlvl*0.2 + 4 Spectral Hit Unique Min [MonLvl*0.66] [MonLvl*0.66] [MonLvl*0.66] Max MonLvl MonLvl MonLvl Sec 1.6 1.6 1.6 [4] [5] [6] When a Cold Enchanted Unique releases a level [mlvl/2] coldunique nova, it applies the following: Stat Level 1-8 9-16 17-22 23-28 >28 Minimum Cold Damage 4*lvl + 2 5*lvl - 6 6*lvl - 22 8*lvl - 66 10*lvl - 122 Maximum Cold Damage 4*lvl + 4 5*lvl - 4 6*lvl - 20 8*lvl - 64 10*lvl - 120 Cold Length (Seconds) lvl+2 [7] Level > 19 Aura Enchanted monsters can be enchanted with max( [mlvl/7] , 1) Holy Freeze. Cold damage and length is added to attack damage of some monsters, while others can fire missiles or use skills applying it. Reference Inferno & Arctic Blast Bug (Technical Discussion) Item cold damage: unspecified cold length (Technical Discussion) Nefarius, Boss Status Modifications (1.11b) (Phrozen Keep) Onderduiker, Chill Effectiveness (Technical Discussion) Onderduiker, Monster Bonuses, Death Damage and Corpse Explosion (Technical Discussion)