Mage skill · frost · aims at the thickest pack · evolves into Permafrost
Hoarfrost Field
Frost spreads under the thickest pack, chilling all who stand in it again and again. It aims itself at the densest pack of monsters in range (no aiming by hand). Every foe it hits takes 1 chill stack: each stack slows it by 15% (a boss is never slowed), and at 4 stacks the chill becomes a freeze that holds it still and stops its bite for 2 s. A heavy hit (a leap or charge landing, or one dealing 8% of its life) shatters the ice for 100% more damage. Stacks last 3 s from the latest hit, 4 at most.
A level-up offers it as one of three cards.
Rank by rank
A level-up card offers a skill you do not have while one of your 6 slots is free, or the next rank of one you have, up to rank 5. These are the lines the card shows:
- Rank 1: A 1.6-tile field for 3 s: 4 damage and 1 chill stack every 0.5 s · 10.0 s cooldown (6 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 2: A 1.7-tile field for 3.5 s: 5 damage and 1 chill stack every 0.5 s · 9.5 s cooldown (5.7 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 3: A 1.8-tile field for 4 s: 6 damage and 1 chill stack every 0.5 s · 9.0 s cooldown (5.4 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 4: A 2-tile field for 4.5 s: 8 damage and 1 chill stack every 0.5 s · 8.5 s cooldown (5.1 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 5: A 2.2-tile field for 5 s: 10 damage and 1 chill stack every 0.5 s · 8.0 s cooldown (4.8 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
| Rank | Cooldown (s) | Damage | Radius (tiles) | Lasts (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 4 | 1.6 | 3 |
| 2 | 9.5 | 5 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 4 | 8.5 | 8 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 5 | 8 | 10 | 2.2 | 5 |
At every rank: Range 7 tiles.
Evolution: Permafrost
Rank 5 + Broad Shoulders → Permafrost. Hold Hoarfrost Field at rank 5 and any rank of Broad Shoulders, and the next level-up’s first card is the evolution, drawn in gold. A wider field that holds longer and chills twice as fast: packs freeze where they stand.
- Change from rank 5
- +40% damage, +30% area, +30% duration, -10% cooldown
- Damage
- 10 → 14
- Cooldown
- 8 s → 7.2 s
- With Quick Hands 5
- 4.32 s
Broad Shoulders is also the key to Ashrain, so one passive can open two evolutions.