Frost Spirit/history

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June 27, 2023

  • Spirits have been reworked. A spirit will now grant an initial effect when summoned, slam the ground for a secondary effect, and then grant boons to nearby allies for a period of time.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  30 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit at the target location and apply resistance to nearby allies. The spirit will slam the ground and then shake, granting boons to nearby allies.

Resistance.png Resistance (4s): Nondamaging conditions currently on you are ineffective.
Resolution.png4 Resolution (10.5½s): Incoming condition damage decreased by 33%.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Radius.png Radius: 360
Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description

August 23, 2022

  • Spirits: (PvE only) All ranger spirits are now immune to crowd control on a PvE map.

August 02, 2022

  • Spirits: Fixed a bug that caused spirit boons to be granted in a circle around the ranger instead of the spirit.

June 28, 2022

  • Spirit skills now affect 5 allied targets.
    • Spirits no longer apply effects when an ally in the radius strikes an enemy. Instead, each spirit applies a boon to allied targets in the radius at each 3-second interval. The Nature's Vengeance trait increases the base duration of these boons by 50% and causes spirits' activated skills to apply alacrity to allies in an area.
    • Spirits and their applied boons are as follows:
    • Frost Spirit: Might
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that grants might to nearby allies.
Spirits lose health when granting boons to allies and die if the summoner moves out of range.

Might.png Might (9s): 30 Condition Damage, 30 Power
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Health Loss.png Health Loss per Interval: 70.5½%
Interval.png Interval: 3 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 600
Miscellaneous effect.png Distance: 5,000

— In-game description

October 26, 2021

  • Frost Spirit: Positive percentage-based enhancements now display with a "+." For example, swiftness now displays "+33% Movement Speed" instead of "33% Movement Speed."
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that increases damage for nearby allies.
Spirits lose health when granting boons to allies and die if the summoner moves out of range.

Frost Spirit.png Spirit of Frost (6s): +5% Damage
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 10
Health Loss.png Health Loss per Interval: 70.5½%
Interval.png Interval: 3 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 600
Miscellaneous effect.png Distance: 5,000

— In-game description

March 05, 2019

  • Spirits have been reworked as follows: When a spirit pulses its passive effect, it loses health equal to a percentage of its maximum health. (7.5% for nonelite spirits, 3% for elite spirits.) The effect radius of a spirit's active skill has been reduced from 1,000 to 600 for all spirits. Spirits now die automatically if the ranger moves away from the spirit beyond a range of 5,000. Spirits also die automatically if the ranger transitions between water travel and land travel. Fixed a bug that caused underwater spirits to use their unique skill when killed.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that increases damage for nearby allies.
Spirits lose health when granting boons to allies and die if the summoner moves out of range.

Frost Spirit.png Spirit of Frost (6s): Increases outgoing damage.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 10
Health Loss.png Health Loss per Interval: 70.5½%
Interval.png Interval: 3 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 600
Miscellaneous effect.png Distance: 5,000

— In-game description

December 11, 2018

  • Frost Spirit: The name of the spirit that is summoned by this skill has been changed from Spirit of Frost to Frost Spirit to be consistent with other ranger spirit names.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Spirit of Frost (6s): Increases outgoing damage.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 10
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

May 08, 2018

  • Frost SpiritCold Snap: Increase strike damage dealt to a target has been increased from 75% to 100%. Damage increase has been reduced from 10% to 5%.

November 07, 2017

  • Frost Spirit: Increased the number of targets affected by the Spirit of Frost from 5 to 10 targets.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Spirit of Frost (6s): Increases outgoing damage.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 10
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • All ranger spirits have had their chance-on-hit effects increased to 75%.
  • The recharge of all nonelite ranger spirits has been reduced to 20 seconds.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
4 Hero points
Game link
1 Activation time  20 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Spirit of Frost (6s): Increases outgoing damage.
Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

September 15, 2014

  • Frost Spirit: Removed the internal cooldown from this spirit's passive effect.
Frost Spirit.png

Frost Spirit

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Slot
Utility
Type
Spirit
Sequence
Frost Spirit.png → Cold Snap.png
Training cost
3 Hero points
Game link
10.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Frost Spirit (6s): 35% chance to grant 10% bonus damage on hit.
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

November 26, 2013

  • Frost Spirit: Decreased the hit-point value of the underwater version of this spirit to be consistent with the land version.
    • Summoning the spirit will now put its activated skill on a 1-second cooldown; this will fix an issue that caused the skill to begin recharging without firing when activated immediately.

September 03, 2013

10.5½ Activation time  25 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Frost Spirit (6s): 35% chance to grant 10% bonus damage on hit.
Duration.png Effect recharge: 10 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

August 20, 2013

10.5½ Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Frost Spirit (6s): 35% chance to grant 10% bonus damage on hit.
Duration.png Effect recharge: 10 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds
Radius.png Radius: 1,000

— In-game description

April 30, 2013

  • Frost Spirit no longer applies 10% damage buff to siege weapons.

Original version

10.5½ Activation time  60 Recharge time  
Frost Spirit

Spirit. Summon a frost spirit that has a chance to grant bonus damage to nearby allies.

Frost Spirit.png Frost Spirit (6s): 35% chance to grant 10% bonus damage on hit.
Duration.png Effect recharge: 10 seconds
Duration.png Duration: 60 seconds

— In-game description