Arctic Blast

Artic Blast
A spout of ice that freezes your enemies.
Class	Druid
Skill Tree	Elemental Skills
Level	6
Prerequisites	None
Damage Type	Cold
Mana Cost	4
Other Stats
Synergies	Hurricane, Cyclone Armor

• Active Effect : A spout of ice that freezes your enemies.
• Required Level : 6
• Prerequisites : None
• Gives synergy to : None
• Receives synergy from :

Hurricane: +15% Cold Damage Per Level

Cyclone Armor: +15% Cold Damage Per Level

Usage

Arctic Blast is basically a cold-based Inferno, and it does substantially less damage than the Sorceress spell; however, it chills everything it touches, making it a nice skill for slowing down a large group of monsters or to keep a Unique chilled. Unfortunately, it doesn't give any bonuses to any useful skills, it cannot be used in conjunction with Tornado (as Hurricane can), and it doesn't deal quite enough damage (even with maxed synergies) to justify dropping more than one point in it.

For Windy Druids, it will be fairly useful until you get Hurricane - it's also the only way (before you get to character level 30) you can deal with physical immunes aside from any elemental damage on your weapon or your mercenary. The best way to use Arctic Blast is not to target a single enemy, but to right click on the ground behind any enemies, and then maneuver it around with your mouse like a frosty flamethrower. Chill every enemy, and then go to work in melee with your minion/party members.

When this skill is maxed, its range can reach the edge of the screen.

History

Aided by the will of the North Winds, the Druid conjures up a chilling torrent of frost that incapacitates all caught within the frozen blast.

Skill Progression

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Mana Cost	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	12
Cold Damage (per second)	8-15	14-21	20-28	26-34	33-40	39-46	45-53	51-59	58-66	66-74	73-81
Cold Length	4s	4.6s	5.2s	5.8s	6.4s	7s	7.6s	8.2s	8.8s	9.4s	10s
Range (yards)	5.3	6	6	6.6	6.6	7.3	7.3	8	8	8.6	8.6

Level	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	25
Mana Cost	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	19
Cold Damage (per second)	80-89	87-96	94-103	101-111	108-118	116-126	123-135	131-143	139-151
Cold Length	10.6s	11.2s	11.8s	12.4s	13s	13.6s	14.2s	14.8s	15.4s
Range (yards)	9.3	9.3	10	10	10.6	10.6	11.3	11.3	12

Druid Skills

Elemental Skills — Firestorm • Molten Boulder • Arctic Blast • Fissure • Cyclone Armor • Twister • Volcano • Tornado • Hurricane • Armageddon
Shape Shifting Skills — Werewolf • Lycanthropy • Werebear • Maul • Feral Rage • Fire Claws • Rabies • Shock Wave • Hunger • Fury
Summoning Skills — Raven • Poison Creeper • Oak Sage • Summon Spirit Wolf • Carrion Vine • Heart of Wolverine • Summon Dire Wolf • Solar Creeper • Spirit of Barbs • Summon Grizzly