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Frozen Orb

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Frozen Orb is a Sorcerer skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player Exploits Condition
Cold Dmg Frozen
Chills (CC)
Vulnerable
+ Mana
Core
Frost

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.


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Frozen Orb

Mana Cost: 40
Lucky Hit Chance: 4%
Unleash an orb that Chills (CC) for 34% and expels piercing shards, dealing a total of 52% damage. Upon expiration, Frozen Orb explodes, dealing 50% damage and Chilling enemies for 8.7%.

Enchantment
Whenever you cast a Non-Basic Skill, you have a 30% chance to launch a Frozen Orb at a Nearby enemy.

Damage: Cold
Tags: Core, Frost

Upgrades

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Enhanced Frozen Orb

While Healthy, the explosion of Frozen Orb deals 45% [x] increased damage.

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Greater Frozen Orb

Frozen Orb's explosion has a 40% chance to make all enemies hit Vulnerable for 3 seconds. Frozen enemies area always made Vulnerable.

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Destructive Frozen Orb

Frozen Orb's explosion restores 5 Mana when hitting a Frozen enemy.


Items that work with Frozen Orb

The following items either:

  • Grant a bonus when using Frozen Orb
  • Create a condition Frozen Orb can exploit
  • Exploit a condition Frozen Orb creates

Legendary Aspects

Accelerating Aspect
Offensive Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by 10 - 30% [+] for 5 seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction All
Aspect of Biting Cold
Offensive When you Freeze (CC) an enemy there is a 25 - 45% chance they become Vulnerable for 3 seconds.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Forgotten Depths
(Map)
Dry Steppes Sorcerer
Aspect of Control
Offensive You deal 20 - 40% [x] more damage to Immobilized (CC), Stunned (CC), or Frozen (CC) enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Sunken Library
(Map)
Kehjistan Sorcerer
Aspect of Efficiency
Resource Casting a Basic Skill reduces the Mana cost of your next Core or Mastery Skill by 35 - 55%.

Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Domhainne Tunnels
(Map)
Scosglen Sorcerer
Aspect of Frozen Orbit
Offensive Frozen Orb deals 30 - 50% increased damage and explodes an additional time.

Gloves, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Sorcerer
Aspect of Shared Misery
Utility Lucky Hit: When you hit a Crowd Controlled enemy, there is up to a 35 - 55% chance for that Crowd Control effect to spread to another unaffected enemy.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
Oblivion
(Map)
Hawezar All
Aspect of the Umbral
Resource Restore 1 - 8 of your Primary Resource when you Crowd Control an enemy.

Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Champion's Demise
(Map)
Dry Steppes All
Elementalist's Aspect
Offensive Core Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a 25 - 45% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Pallid Delve
(Map)
Dry Steppes Sorcerer
Everliving Aspect
Defensive You take 10 - 30% less damage from Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies.

Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction Sorcerer
Exploiter's Aspect
Utility You have 20% [x] increased Crowd Control Duration. While enemies are Unstoppable, you deal 25 - 45% [x] increased damage to them.

Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction All
Smiting Aspect
Offensive You have 13 - 23% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance against Injured enemies. While you are Healthy, you gain 25 - 45% [+] increased Crowd Control Duration.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
N/A Extraction All
Storm Swell Aspect
Offensive You deal 15 - 35% [x] increased damage while Ice Armor is active. This amount is increased by another 15% against Frozen (CC) enemies.

Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)
Onyx Hold
(Map)
Dry Steppes Sorcerer

Unique Items

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Ahavarion Spear of Lycander

"The angel Lycander left us a portion of her power in this spear. It is all the proof I need that she watches over us still." - Oracle Argoysni

Type: Mythic Unique Staff
Class: Druid, Sorcerer

Description: Gain a random Shrine effect for 20 seconds after killing an Elite enemy. Can only occur once every 30 seconds.

  • +159.5% Critical Strike, Vulnerable, and Overpower Damage

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
  • +18.0% All Stats
  • +33.0% Movement Speed
  • +66.0% Resistance to All Elements
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore +66.0% Primary Resource
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Banished Lord's Talisman

"His name has been lost to history, but to have been exiled from a land as cursed as Hawezar, his deeds must have been truly depraved." - Scholar's Notes

Type: Unique Amulet
Class: All Classes

Description: After you spend 275 of your Primary Resource, your next Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal [20 - 60]%[x] increased damage.

  • +25.0% Resistance to All Elements

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
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Blue Rose

"Her lover's spirit faded, and in her sorrow she wept frozen tears. Where they fell, roses of the purest ice would blossom each winter." - Greenslade's Tales, Chapter 7: "The Myth of Irina Coldheart"


Type: Unique Ring
Class: Sorcerer

Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a 30% chance to form an exploding Ice Spike, dealing [75 - 150] Cold damage. Triple this chance if the enemy is Frozen (CC).

  • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
  • +10.0% Cold Resistance

Affixes: (Item Power 925)
  • +[251.0 - 350.0]% Ice Spike Damage
  • +[129.5 - 170.0]% Cold Damage
  • +[9.0 - 11.0]% Critical Strike Chance
  • +[26.0 - 35.0]% Chance for Ice Spikes to Explode Twice
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Frostburn

A touch so frigid it stops the heart and chills the very soul.


Type: Unique Gloves
Class: All Classes

Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a [20 - 60]% chance to Freeze enemies for 3 seconds.


Affixes: (Item Power 925)
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% Chance to Deal +[900 - 2,400] Fire Damage
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a 40% Chance to Deal +[900 - 2,400] Cold Damage
  • +[142.5 - 182.1]% Fire and Cold Damage
  • +[10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed
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Godslayer Crown

"The Sahptev faithful believe in a thousand and one gods. If it takes me as many lifetimes, I will find and kill them all." - Gaspar Stilbian, Veradani Outcast"

Type: Unique Helm
Class: All

Description: When you Stun (CC), Freeze (CC), or Immobilize (CC) an Elite enemy, or damage a Boss, it Pulls (CC) In Nearby enemies. You deal [30 - 60]%[x] increased damage to them for 3 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 12 seconds.


Affixes:

  • % Cooldown Reduction
  • + % Crowd Control Duration
  • + # Maximum Life
  • + % Damage
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Iceheart Brais

The mad artisan saw his fingers turn black from frostbite as he worked the cloth, but refused to stay the needle and thread for even a moment.


Type: Unique Pants
Class: Sorcerer

Description: Enemies that die while Frozen (CC) have a [21 - 40]% chance to unleash a Frost Nova.


    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • +[57.5 - 80.0]% Cold Resistance
    • +[974 - 1,427] Maximum Life
    • +[57.0 - 75.0]% Frost Nova Size
    • +[4.0 - 6.0]% to Shatter's Damage Echo
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    Melted Heart of Selig

    "Do not allow your passions to become obsessions. Fuel the fire that burns within you, but it is madness to allow yourself to become ash to please an uncaring universe." - Last words of Master Selig

    Type: Mythic Unique Amulet
    Class: All Classes

    Description: Gain 60 Maximum Resource.When taking damage, 75% is drained as 2 Resource for every 1% of Maximum Life you would have lost.

    • +3.0% Maximum Resistance to All Elements
    • +30.0% Resistance to All Elements

    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • 15.0% Damage Reduction while Healthy
    • +15.0% Lucky Hit Chance
    • +25.0% Movement Speed
    • 15.0% Resource Generation
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    Mother's Embrace

    "Every tome, every scroll, every book in this temple produces the same answer. The only being willing to stand against the Eternal Conflict, against the Prime Evils, was Lilith." - Elias


    Type: Unique Ring
    Class: All Classes

    Description: If a All Classes_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, [30 - 60]% of the Resource cost is refunded.

    • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
    • +10.0% Shadow Resistance

    Affixes: (Item Power 925)
    • +[10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed
    • +[6.0 - 8.0]% Critical Strike Chance
    • +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance
    • +[47 - 65] All Stats
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    Paingorger's Gauntlets

    Crafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass.


    Type: Unique Gloves
    Class: All Classes

    Description: Damaging enemies with a Non-Basic Skill cast marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill's damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing [100 - 200]%[x] increased damage.


      Affixes: (Item Power 925)
      • +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed
      • +[2 - 4] to Basic Skills
      • [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction
      • Lucky Hit: Up to a +[13.5 - 22.5]% Chance to Stun (CC) for 2 Seconds
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      Penitent Greaves

      Remorseful devotees of the Cathedral of Light must undertake a grueling pilgrimage, journeying across the frigid glacier known as the Serac Rapture. Only then may their gravest sins be forgiven.


      Type: Unique Boots
      Class: All Classes

      Description: You leave behind a trail of frost that Chills enemies. You deal [12 - 25]%[x] more damage to Chilled enemies.

      • Evade Grants +125% Movement Speed for 2.0 Seconds
      • Evade Grants Unhindered for 2.0 Seconds

      Affixes: (Item Power 925)
      • +[16.0 - 25.0]% Movement Speed
      • +[41.5 - 55.0]% Chill Slow Potency
      • +[4.0 - 6.0]% Critical Strike Chance Against Chilled Enemies
      • +[46.5 - 60.0]% Cold Resistance
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      Ring of Starless Skies

      "Yours is the power to pluck the stars from the heavens with the ease of a child gathering fruit from the bough." - Unknown

      Type: Mythic Unique Ring
      Class: All Classes

      Description: Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by 10%[x] for 3 seconds, up to 50%[x].

      • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
      • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements

      Affixes: (Item Power 925)
      • +17.5% Attack Speed
      • +12.5% Critical Strike Chance
      • +12.5% Lucky Hit Chance
      • +2 to Core Skills
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      Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop

      "Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholein with a few other 'worthless trinkets'. I hid my delight at receiving such a treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins." - Rakhaan


      Type: Unique Ring
      Class: Sorcerer

      Description: For each type of Elemental damage you deal, gain [10.0 - 20.0]%[x] increased damage for 4 seconds, up to [40.0 - 80.0]%[x] . Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses.

      • +10.0% Resistance to All Elements
      • +4.0% Resistance to All Elements

      Affixes: (Item Power 925)
      • +[57.0 - 75.0]% Non-Physical Damage
      • [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction
      • +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance
      • +[2 - 3] to Potent Warding


      Paragon Glyphs

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      Advantage

      Magic: Barbarian / Necromancer / Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you gain + 1.1% increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
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      Control

      Rare: Necromancer / Sorcerer / Rogue

      Bonus:

      • For every 5 Intelligence (Necro) purchased within range, you deal + 2% (lvl 1) - 10% (lvl 21) increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
      • For every 5 Intelligence (Rogue) / 5 Dexterity (Sorc) purchased within range, you deal 3% (lvl 1) - 15% (lvl 21) increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.

      Additional Bonus:

      Requirements: 40 Int (Necro), 25 Int (Rogue), 25 Dex (Sorc) (in radius range)

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      Electrocute

      Rare: Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Lightning damage and damage reduction modifiers.

      Additional Bonus:

      Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)

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      Elementalist

      Rare: Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.

      Additional Bonus:

      • Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element.

      Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)

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      Frostbite

      Rare: Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal + 3% (lvl 1) - 15% (lvl 21) increased damage to Chilled (CC) targets.

      Additional Bonus:

      • Enemies deal 15% reduced damage to you for 5 seconds after they are no longer Frozen.

      Requirements: 25 Willpower (in radius range)

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      Subdue

      Magic: Barbarian / Druid / Necromancer / Rogue / Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • For every 5 Dexterity (Barb/Druid/Necro/Sorc) / Intelligence (Rogue) purchased within range, you gain + 0.8% increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
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      Winter

      Rare: Sorcerer

      Bonus:

      • Grants + 25% (lvl 1) - 125% (lvl 21) bonus to all Rare nodes within range.

      Additional Bonus:

      • Whenever you Chill (CC) or Freeze (CC) an enemy, you deal x 4% increased Cold damage for 10 seconds, up to x 18%.

      Requirements: 25 Dexterity (in radius range)


      Item Affixes

      The following Affixes are particularly useful with Frozen Orb

      Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Gloves Weap 1H Weap 2H Off-Hand
      Ranks to Frozen Orb
      [2 -3]
      Core Skill Damage
      [12.5 - 19.5%]
      Core Skill Damage
      [25 - 39%]
      Frost Skill Damage
      [10.5 - 17.5%]
      Damage to Chilled Enemies
      [7 - 14%]
      Damage to Chilled Enemies
      [14 - 28%]
      Damage to Frozen Enemies
      [9.5 - 16.5%]
      Damage to Frozen Enemies
      [19 - 33%]
      Cold Damage
      [10.5 - 17.5%]
      Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
      [5 - 12%]
      Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
      [10 - 24%]
      Crowd Control Duration
      [5 - 12%]
      Staff: Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
      [35%]
      Vulnerable Damage
      [9.8 - 19.6%]
      Vulnerable Damage
      [19.6 - 39.2%]
      Attribute Amulet Ring Helm Chest Gloves Weap 1H Weap 2H Off-Hand



      Changes to Frozen Orb

      Patch 1.2.0, October 17, 2023

      • Enhanced Frozen Orb
        • Threshold for bonus damage reduced from 50 to 40 Mana.
        • Maximum distance reduced from 6 to 4.
        • Additional functionality: Bonus explosion damage is increased to x45% against Elites.

      Patch 1.0.3, June 27, 2023

      • Initial base damage increased from 32% to 36%.
      • Explosion base damage increased from 29% to 34%.
      • Greater Frozen Orb - Chance to apply Vulnerable increased from 25% to 30%.