Frozen Orb

Frozen Orb

Class: Sorceress
Required Level: 30
Skill Tree: Cold Spells
Requires: Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Frost Nova, Glacial Spike, Blizzard
Active
Cost: 25 Mana
Cooldown: 1 second

A pulsating orb that shreds an area with ice bolts.

Damage Type: Cold
Synergies: Ice Bolt, Frost Nova, Glacial Spike, Ice Blast

Frozen Orb is a Sorceress Skill in Diablo II.

Lore[]

An intimidating sight that strikes fear into the hearts of her opponents, the Frozen Orb is an awesome spectacle to behold. The Orb coalesces from the air, unleashing freezing bolts at all nearby, and wreaking havoc, seemingly at random, before bursting into a brilliant explosion of frigid destruction.

General Information[]

Active Effect: A pulsating orb that shreds an area with ice bolts.
Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Frost Nova, Glacial Spike, Blizzard
Gives synergy to:

Ice Bolt: +15% Cold Damage Per Level

Frost Nova: +10% Cold Damage Per Level

Ice Blast: +8% Cold Damage Per Level

Glacial Spike: +5% Cold Damage Per Level

Receives synergy from:

Ice Bolt: +2% Cold Damage Per Level

Frozen Orb sends a large piercing projectile at enemies, which all the while sends swirls of Ice Bolts at enemies. When the Frozen Orb explodes, a particularly large rosette of Ice Bolts bursts outwards. The orb itself deals little damage, but passes freely through enemies, only exploding if it travels maximum distance or collides with a solid wall.

A very powerful spell that's effective against large groups of enemies, Frozen Orb will still deal altogether less damage than Blizzard, due to its lack of effective synergies. Still, it is the skill of choice for builds like the Meteorb Sorceress, due to its crowd control abilities.

To effectively use this skill, the sorceress should aim to stand at a distance such that the orb will explode right on top of an enemy, This will result in the enemy being hit by a lot of ice bolts, giving the sorceress a way to focus damage on an enemy with this skill. Note that generally, Frozen Orb is much less effective in narrow corridors and against single foes.

Skill Progression[]

Cold Length: 8s...29s (max on Frozen Orb 22).
The orb itself does damage identical to what each bolt dishes out, but at a rate of 3/sec. as it passes through an enemy.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mana Cost	25	25.5	26	26.5	27	27.5	28	28.5	29	29.5	30	30.5	31	31.5	32	32.5	33	33.5	34	34.5	35	35.5
Damage (per bolt)	40–45	50–55	60–65	70–75	80–85	90–95	100–105	110–115	122–127	134–139	146–151	158–163	170–175	182–187	194–199	206–211	220–225	234–239	248–253	262–267	276-291	290-305
Cold Length	8s	9s	10s	11s	12s	13s	14s	15s	16s	17s	18s	19s	20s	21s	22s	23s	24s	25s	26s	27s	28s	29s (max)

Level	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Mana Cost	36	36.5	37	37.5	38	38.5	39	39.5	40	40.5	41	41.5	42	42.5	43	43.5	44	44.5	45	45.5	46	46.5
Damage (per bolt)	304-320	319-335	333-350	348-365	362-380	377-395	392-411	407-426	422-442	437-457	452-473	467-488	482-504	497-519	512-535	527-550	542-566	557-581	572-597	587-612	602-628	617-643

Level	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66
Mana Cost	47	47.5	48	48.5	49	49.5	50	50.5	51	51.5	52	52.5	53	53.5	54	54.5	55	55.5	56	56.5	57	57.5
Damage (per bolt)	632-659	647-674	662-690	677-705	692-721	707-736	722-752	737-767	752-783	767-798	782-814	797-829	812-845	827-860	842-876	857-891	872-907	887-922	902-938	917-953	932-969	947-984

Sorceress Skills

Fire Spells — Fire Bolt • Warmth • Inferno • Blaze • Fire Ball • Fire Wall • Enchant • Meteor • Fire Mastery • Hydra
Lightning Spells — Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Static Field • Lightning • Nova • Chain Lightning • Teleport • Thunder Storm • Energy Shield • Lightning Mastery
Cold Spells — Ice Bolt • Frozen Armor • Frost Nova • Ice Blast • Shiver Armor • Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Chilling Armor • Frozen Orb • Cold Mastery