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Frost Nova

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[[File:Wiz-frost-nova1.jpg|thumb|350px~~|right~~|Frost Nova in action.]]

'''Frost Nova''' is a Defensive [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 4, sending out a flash of severe frost, damaging and often slowing enemies.

==~~Skillrune~~ Skill Rune Effects==

The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Frost Nova 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 Design==

[[image:Wiz-frostnova-runed1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frost Nova freezing EVERYONE.]]

Frost Nova is pretty much the same [[skill]] it was in D2, but with vastly improved graphics. Instead of just a ring of frost, it now sends out a gaseous ring that's speckled with dozens of shooting, snowball-like projectiles. As it was in D2, the skill is not very damaging and is best used for defensive purposes, a fact that's reinforced by the eternity of a 12 second cool down it's saddled with.

==Synergies==

~~Frost Nova benefits from the~~ The following [[Wizard passives]]provide a benefit to Frost Nova, runed or not: ~~None added yet.~~{{Passive skills header}}{{Wizard Passive Evocation}}{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}

<blockquote>''The nova doesn’t just chill, it freezes the non-bosses, and for more than a second, which I was surprised to see at just level one. Presumably chill time is reduced on higher difficulty levels, as it was in D2, but this was a very powerful spell for so low in the skill tree.</blockquote>

Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], allowing skills to unlock steadily from levels 1 to 30. Consequently, all skill levels were adjusted and Frost Nova became a level 1 skill.

===Beta===

~~Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, and~~ {{Beta skill notes}} Frost Nova ~~became a level 1 skill. It~~ was moved to level 2 during the [[beta]], and [[Flux]] explained how to use it correctly:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-one]

<blockquote>''Besides the cooldown time, Frost Nova is limited by having a fairly short range. You have to be in the middle of a big pack or right at the edge in order to hit more than just a few enemies with this one, and the freeze time is just 4 seconds. Like most of Diablo III’s defensive skills it’s not a “cast it and relax” type thing. You’ve got to drop this one and immediately continue your attack with other skills, since those monsters aren’t going to hold still for long.</blockquote>

~~When~~ With the ~~skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta~~ Patch 13~~]] in February 2012~~changes, ~~Frost Nova~~ it was classified as a Defensive skill and moved to level 4.

===Previous Versions===

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-wizard BlizzCon 2010 Wizard Hands-on Report]

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] -- — IncGamers 5th Sep 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/wizard-beta-skills-mega-report-part-one Wizard Beta Skills Mega-report: Part One] -- — IncGamers 4th Oct 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

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[[category:Active skills]]

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