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
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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 25 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| 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 |
| Cold Length | 8s | 9s | 10s | 11s | 12s | 13s | 14s | 15s | 16s | 17s | 18s |
| Level | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mana Cost | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 |
| Damage (per bolt) | 158–163 | 170–175 | 182–187 | 194–199 | 206–211 | 220–225 | 234–239 | 248–253 | 262–267 |
| Cold Length | 19s | 20s | 21s | 22s | 23s | 24s | 25s | 26s | 27s |
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