Ray of Frost - Revision history

Flux at 07:17, 8 June 2012

2012-06-08T07:17:07Z

MrFrye: new skill templates

2012-05-20T06:49:25Z

new skill templates

Maurish: Updated skill rune table

2012-05-13T11:01:38Z

Updated skill rune table

MrFrye at 08:27, 22 April 2012

2012-04-22T08:27:42Z

MrFrye: beta patch 17 update

2012-04-22T07:29:39Z

beta patch 17 update

MrFrye: beta patch 14 update

2012-03-12T00:09:31Z

beta patch 14 update

MrFrye at 17:52, 4 March 2012

2012-03-04T17:52:13Z

MrFrye: skill effects switched to DB link

2012-03-04T17:34:11Z

skill effects switched to DB link

Flux at 13:03, 22 February 2012

2012-02-22T13:03:49Z

Maurish: Added synergies

2012-02-17T13:31:51Z

Added synergies

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 '''Ray of Frost''' is a Secondary [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 2. It fires a straight beam of [[cold]] that chills and damages a single enemy, while draining Arcane Power steadily.
-<br><br>__TOC__
+This skill is often compared to [[Disintegrate]] as both fire a straight beam of energy, but they are quite different in function. Both have a high resource drain while active, but Ray of Frost does not pierce, making it much less damaging against multiple enemies. It does do good damage to a single target though, and the chilling effect slows enemies, making it helpful to land more hits on an approaching foe.
 ==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.
+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.
 ==Skill Rune Effects==
-The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ray of Frost 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.
+Refer to the [[Ray of Frost rune effects]] article for thorough descriptions of all five rune effects in this skill, including screenshots, videos, strategy tips, and other related information.
 {{skill description header}}

@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 ==Synergies==
 The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Ray of Frost, runed or not:
-{{Passive skills header}}
+{{skill description header}}
-{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}
+<skill class="Wizard">Glass Cannon</skill>
@@ Line 79: / Line 80: @@
 {{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|secondary}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
-[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Wizard active skills]]

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ray of Frost 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 class="Wizard">Ray of Frost</skill>
@@ Line 71: / Line 77: @@
-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|Secondary}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|secondary}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
-{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard}}
+{{Skill navbox Diablo III|Wizard|Secondary}}
 [[category:Wizard skills]]
 [[category:Active skills]]

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
-==Skillrune Effects==
+==Skill Rune Effects==
 The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Ray of Frost 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.
@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 ==Synergies==
-Ray of Frost benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]: None added yet.
+The following [[Wizard passives]] provide a benefit to Ray of Frost, runed or not:
 ==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.
 ===Beta===
-Skill tiers were removed shortly before the [[beta]] started in September 2011, 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. For March's [[Beta Patch 14]], it was dropped even further to level 2, but its damage output was increased slightly.
+{{Beta skill notes}}
 ===Previous Versions===
@@ Line 60: / Line 66: @@
 ==References==
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-wizard-skill-trees/ BlizzCon 2009 Full Wizard Skill Trees]
-* [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=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/forums/showthread.php?p=8007624#post8007624 Silva's Wizard Runestone Effects] — IncGamers 5th Sep 2011
-* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] -- Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/wizard/active/ Wizard Active Skills] — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:IconRayFrost.png|left]]
 '''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.
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==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.
@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 ==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 is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.
+'''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. Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Ray of Frost became a level 21 skill.
-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]], 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.
+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.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[File:IconRayFrost.png|left]]
-'''Ray of Frost''' is an Offensive [[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.
+'''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.
 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.
-==Beta Screenshots==
+==Skillrune Effects==
-<gallery>
+==Skill Design==
-File:Ray-of-frost1.jpg
+This [[skill]] targets much like Disintegrate, but trades the piercing of that skill for a slowing cold effect. This makes Ray of Frost excellent against single targets, but much less damaging on the whole, especially against large groups of enemies.
-===Ray of Frost Video===
+==Ray of Frost Video==
 A video of Ray of Frost and all of its rune effects can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the DiabloInc You Tube channel].
 <youtube>k2Uo2X8iF0U</youtube>
@@ Line 54: / Line 34: @@
 '''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 is assumed to still be available in Blizzard's internal game build today.
-Skill tiers were removed for the [[July 2011 Press Event]], and Ray of Frost became a level 21 skill.  Not until the [[Beta Patch 13]] in February 2012 did fans get to use it, thanks to the much lowered Clvl requirement.
+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]], 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.
@@ Line 79: / Line 59: @@
 Image:Ray_of_Frost2.jpg|Casting the spell before the hordes of [[skeleton]]s arrive.
 Image:Rayoffrost_runed.jpg|Ray of Frost with all five [[rune]] effects.
 </gallery>

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:31, 17 February 2012
Line 33:		Line 33:

	==Synergies==		==Synergies==
−	* No [[synergies]] with any of the [[Wizard passives]] ~~are yet known.~~	+	Ray of Frost benefits from the following [[Wizard passives]]:
		+	{{Passive skills header}}
		+	{{Wizard Passive Glass Cannon}}
		+	{{Wizard Passive Black Ice}}
		+	{{Wizard Passive Arcane Dynamo}}