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[[File:Wiz-frost-nova1.jpg|thumb|350px|Frost Nova in action.]]'''Frost Nova''' is a Utility Defensive [[Wizard skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 14, sending out a flash of severe frost, damaging and often slowing enemies. This skill deals damage, but only just. The purpose of it is to freeze enemies in a defensive effort. The duration of the freeze is quite short, so it's really just a delay, and one the Wizard needs to react instantly to, either running or teleporting to safety, or else unleashing powerful attack magics at once.
==Background==
==Skill Rune Effects==The following is a very quick list. See Refer to the [[Frost Nova rune effects]] page article for a more thorough summary descriptions of all five rune effectsin this skill, or any of the individual rune pages for numbersincluding screenshots, screenshotsvideos, blue quotesstrategy tips, and much moreother related information.
{{Active skill description header}}</noincludeskill class="Wizard">{{Skill effects|Frost Nova|IconFrostNova.png|([[clvl|Level]] 1)|An explosion of ice freezes nearby enemies for {{c_lime|4}} seconds and causes {{c_lime|2 - 3}} Cold damage.<br/skill>Cooldown: {{c_lime|12}} seconds}}|-| width<skill class="40pxWizard" | [[image:IconCrimson.jpg|40px|link=Crimson]]| widthrune="140pxShatter" | [[Chill to the Bone]]| Enemies take {{c_lime|X}} more damage while frozen or chilled by >Frost Nova.</skill>|-| width<skill class="40pxWizard" | [[image:IconIndigo.jpg|40px|linkrune=Indigo]]| [[Nova Shatter]] | A frozen enemy that is killed has a {{c_lime|X%}} chance of exploding in a smaller "Cold Snap">Frost Nova causing {{c_lime|X - X}} cold damage.</skill>|-| width<skill class="40pxWizard" | [[image:IconObsidian.jpg|40px|linkrune=Obsidian]]| [["Frozen Mist]] | The ">Frost Nova no longer freezes enemies, but instead leaves behind a mist of frost for {{c_lime|X}} seconds that deals {{c_lime|X}} cold damage per second to enemies standing in it.</skill>|-| width<skill class="40pxWizard" | [[image:IconGolden.jpg|40px|linkrune=Golden]]"Deep Freeze">Frost Nova</skill>| [[Cold Snap]] | Reduce cooldown to {{c_lime|X}} seconds.|-| width<skill class="40pxWizard" | [[image:IconAlabaster.jpg|40px|linkrune=Alabaster]]| [[Deep Freeze]] | If "Bone Chill">Frost Nova hits at least {{c_lime|X}} targets, you gain {{c_lime|X%}} chance to critically hit for {{c_lime|X}} seconds.|-<noinclude/skill>|}
==Skill Design==
[[image:Wiz-frostnova-runed1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Frost Nova rune'd to freeze 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.
However, its is improved over the D2 version in several ways. It now has a pretty good chance of freezing the enemy rather than just chilling it, and it casts very quickly; so fast you can hardly even see the ring expanding out. It looked much faster and less detailed in the [[BlizzCon 2009]] build than it has in previous screenshots, which I found disappointing.
==Synergies==
<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==={{Beta skill notes}} Frost Nova 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>
With the Patch 13 changes, it was classified as a Defensive skill and moved to level 4.
===Previous Versions===
See the [[Wizard skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Frost Nova and other Wizard skills.
===In Other Games===
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==References==
* [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 5th Sep 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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