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Skill · Instant

Frost Nova

An icy ring that damages and can freeze enemies solid.

How it plays

How to use Frost Nova

Frost Nova bursts around you and can freeze what it hits, stopping the horde long enough to reposition. Frozen enemies are free targets for your other skills.

An icy ring damages foes and can freeze them solid.

Upgrades

Frost Nova upgrades

Pick Frost Nova again on level-up to strengthen it. Its upgrade tracks are damage, area size, cast speed and duration; rarer picks raise them by more.

Items

Items that change Frost Nova

No item targets Frost Nova directly, so general boosts carry it: the Hammer, the Drums and the Hook raise damage, cast speed and critical hits for every skill.

Potions

Best potions for Frost Nova

Might

Increases all skill damage.

Magnitude

Increases every skill's area of effect.

Haste

Increases cast speed for every skill.

Persistence

Increases a timed skill effect's duration.

Synergies

Frost Nova pairs well with

Instant · Lightning

Lightning

Instant hits with no travel time, ideal against fast enemies.

Projectile · Fire

Fireball

Area damage that deletes clustered packs.

Melee · Arcane

Shadow Dagger

An orbiting ring of blades that punishes anything close.

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