Mage skill · frost · aims at one target · evolves into Rime Tempest
Rime Splinters
A fan of ice splinters at close range; each one chills. It aims itself at the nearest elite in range, or the nearest monster when there is no elite. 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: 5 splinters of 10 damage, 3.2 tiles, 1 chill stack each · 3.0 s cooldown (1.8 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 2: 5 splinters of 12 damage, 3.4 tiles, 1 chill stack each · 2.8 s cooldown (1.68 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 3: 5 splinters of 15 damage, 3.6 tiles, 1 chill stack each · 2.6 s cooldown (1.57 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 4: 5 splinters of 18 damage, 3.9 tiles, 1 chill stack each · 2.4 s cooldown (1.43 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 5: 5 splinters of 22 damage, 4.2 tiles, 1 chill stack each · 2.2 s cooldown (1.32 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
| Rank | Cooldown (s) | Damage | Length (tiles) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.2 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 12 | 3.4 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 15 | 3.6 |
| 4 | 2.4 | 18 | 3.9 |
| 5 | 2.2 | 22 | 4.2 |
At every rank: Range 4.5 tiles.
Evolution: Rime Tempest
Rank 5 + Whetstone → Rime Tempest. Hold Rime Splinters at rank 5 and any rank of Whetstone, and the next level-up’s first card is the evolution, drawn in gold. Seven splinters fly instead of five: a foe at arm's length freezes in one cast.
- Change from rank 5
- +20% damage, +15% area, -10% cooldown
- Damage
- 22 → 26.4
- Cooldown
- 2.2 s → 1.98 s
- With Quick Hands 5
- 1.18 s
Whetstone is also the key to Riven Spark, so one passive can open two evolutions.