Ice Bolt [1], Frozen Armor [1], Frost Nova [6], Ice Blast [6], Shiver Armor [12], Glacial Spike [18], Blizzard [24], Chilling Armor [24], Frozen Orb [30], Cold Mastery [30]

The Sorceress' area attacks, such as the Blizzard spell, can stack up every time she (or another player) casts it. Two or three Blizzards overlapping will do the damage equal to two or three Blizzards. Note that this applies to monsters casting area spells as well.

Frozen vs Slowed (Chilled) Monsters
Frozen monsters do not suffer a Defensive Rating decrease when frozen, as Stone Cursed monsters did. In addition, not all chilled (slowed) monsters shatter into fragments upon death, only a percentage of them. All frozen monsters will shatter, however.

Frozen Armor vs Shiver Armor vs Chilling Armor
Only one type of cold armor can be active at one time. You can, however, use one cold armor, with Energy Shield, Enchant, and Thunderstorm at the same time. Frozen Armor Freezes a Melee Monster that attacks you. For some players Frozen Armor is the most desirable because it Freezes the monster, which will give you time to move out of the way. Frozen Armor however offers the least Defense Bonuses. Shiver Armor does not freeze but does Cold Damage to a Melee Monster that attacks you. Chilling Armor only works against Ranged Attackers, it will not respond to Melee attacks but will still provide a Defense Bonus. Because you cannot have all three active at once, it's best to decide which one you will use. You can however switch between Chilling Armor and Shiver/Frozen Armor when dealing with Ranged vs Melee Monsters. This will, however, require intense micromanagement.

Before placing more than one point into the Cold Armor spells (and using +Skills to boost them), keep in mind that at higher difficulty levels you may have to be constantly running to avoid death. When you're running your Defense is "0" since you will always be hit when monsters are in range. Also, Cold Lengths are reduced by 1/2 in Nightmare, and 3/4 in Hell difficulty.

Ice Bolt Required Level: 1 Prerequisites None

One of the first spells a novice of the frigid elements learns is the power to summon crystals of pure freezing energy. When hurled at her enemies, these bolts subject their targets to freezing pain and impaired movement.

Effect: Shoots a bolt of ice that damages and slows your victim.

A great early level spell useful for chilling monsters. Before placing more than one point into in Ice Bolt, keep in mind that Ice Blast is available at level 6. You can find an Ice Bolt staff to raise yourself up until you can get to higher level spells. Ice Blast will freeze monsters and blast them into pieces making it impossible for other Monsters to raise them.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 3
Damage	3-5	4-6	5-8	6-9	7-11	8-12	9-14	10-15	12-18	14-20	16-23	18-25	20-28	22-30	24-33	26-36	29-39	32-42	35-46	38-49
Cold Length (seconds)	6	7.4	8.8	10.2	11.6	13	14.4	15.8	17.2	18.6	20	21	22.8	24.2	25.6	27	28.4	29.8	31.2	32.6

Ice Bolt Receives Bonuses From
Frost Nova: +15% Cold Damage Per Level
Ice Blast: +15% Cold Damage Per Level
Glacial Spike: +15% Cold Damage Per Level
Blizzard: +15% Cold Damage Per Level
Frozen Orb: +15% Cold Damage Per Level

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Frozen Armor Required Level: 1 Prerequisites None

This defensive spell is a useful tool for protecting the novice from the dangers of combat. This icy shield both protects the Sorceress and impairs the progress of all who would attack her with blade or club.

Effect: Gives a defense bonus and freezes any melee attacker that hits you.

Player vs Player - Other players will be Chilled instead of being Frozen.

Before specializing too heavily in Frozen Armor, consider that Cold Lengths are reduced to 1/2 in Nightmare and by 3/4 in Hell. At level 20, Frozen Armor will only freeze for less than a second in Hell difficulty.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 7
Defense Bonus %	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125
Duration (seconds)	120	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228	240	252	264	276	288	300	312	324	336	348
Freeze Length (seconds)	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	1.9	2	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8	3	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4

Frozen Armor Receives Bonuses From
Shiver Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Shiver Armor: +5% Freeze Length Per Level
Chilling Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Chilling Armor: +5% Freeze Length Per Level

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Frost Nova Required Level: 6 Prerequisites None

Like the Lightning Nova, this spell is effective against large groups of swarming melee attackers. Although less damaging than its electrical kin, the immobilizing effects of the cold can convey other advantages.

Effect: Creates an expanding ring of ice and frost that damages and slows enemies.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Cold Damage	2-4	4-6	6-9	8-11	10-14	12-16	14-19	16-21	19-25	22-28	25-32	28-35	31-39	34-42	37-46	40-49	44-54	48-58	52-63	56-67
Cold Length (seconds)	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27

Frost Nova Receives Bonuses From
Blizzard: +10% Cold Damage Per Level
Frozen Orb: +10% Cold Damage Per Level

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Ice Blast Required Level: 6 Prerequisites: Ice Bolt [1]

The freezing damage of this spell can shatter an opponent into icy shards, leaving enemy spellcasters little material with which to resurrect their minions. In this way the Sorceress can make quick work of those who would use the dead against her.

Effect: Creates a bolt of ice that completely freezes a target.

Player vs Player - Other players will be Chilled instead of being Frozen.

An upgrade to Ice Bolt, Ice Blast will Freeze a monster in place. The monster will be frozen and unable to attack until it thaws out. If you continue to attack the Monster while frozen it will shatter into pieces making it impossible to raise by other monsters. This is handy to use against Fallen Shaman, Greater Mummies and anything else that will raise monsters. Ice Blast can quickly immobilize a big army making them easy to take one by one. This is a very party friendly spell. You can freeze the monsters while a Paladin or Barbarian shatters them for example.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	6	6.5	7	7.5	8	8.5	9	9.5	10	10.5	11	11.5	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15
Cold Damage	8-12	16-21	23-29	31-37	38-45	46-53	54-61	61-69	76-85	91-100	106-116	122-132	137-147	152-163	167-179	182-194	205-218	227-241	250-264	273-287
Freeze Length (seconds)	3	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.8	4	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.8	5	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.8	6	6.2	6.4	6.6	6.8

Ice Blast Receives Bonuses From
Ice Bolt: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Glacial Spike: +10% Freeze Length Per Level
Blizzard: +8% Cold Damage Per Level
Frozen Orb: +8% Cold Damage Per Level

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Shiver Armor Required Level: 12 Prerequisites: Frozen Armor [1], Ice Bolt [1], Ice Blast [6]

A significant upgrade from frozen armor, this defensive shield deals an icy blast to any attackers, numbing them with cold, searing pain.

Effect: Defense bonus, plus any melee attacker that attacks you takes damage and is slowed.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 11
Defense Bonus %	45	51	57	63	69	75	81	87	93	99	105	111	117	123	129	135	141	147	153	159
Damage	6-8	8-11	10-14	13-16	15-19	17-22	19-25	21-27	25-31	28-35	31-39	34-43	38-46	41-50	44-54	47-58	52-63	56-68	61-73	65-77
Duration (seconds)	130	142	154	166	178	190	202	214	226	238	250	262	274	286	298	310	322	334	346	358
Cold Length: 4 Seconds

Shiver Armor Receives Bonuses From
Frozen Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Frozen Armor: +9% Cold Damage Per Level
Chilling Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Chilling Armor: +9% Cold Damage Per Level

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Glacial Spike Required Level: 18 Prerequisites: Ice Bolt [1], Ice Blast [6]

More powerful than an Ice Blast, this is the offensive spell of choice for a higher-level Sorceress seeking a quick deathblow. The Sorceress who wields this spell will find herself often treading over the shattered and frozen remains of her opponents.

Effect: A shard of ice that inflicts massive cold damage and explodes to freeze nearby enemies.

A more powerful spell than Ice Blast, Glacial Spike fires much faster than Ice Blast, and does an area Freeze attack that Freezes monsters within a radius of 2.6 yards.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	10	10.5	11	11.5	12	12.5	13	13.5	14	14.5	15	15.5	16	16.5	17	17.5	18	18.5	19	19.5
Damage	17-26	25-34	33-42	40-51	48-59	56-67	63-75	71-84	85-99	100-113	114-128	128-143	143-158	157-173	171-188	185-202	201-218	216-234	232-250	247-266
Freeze Length (seconds)	2	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	3	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.9	4	4.1	4.2

Glacial Spike Receives Bonuses From
Ice Bolt: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Ice Blast: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Blizzard: +3% Freeze Length Per Level
Frozen Orb: +5% Cold Damage Per Level

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Blizzard Casting Delay: 1.8 Seconds Required Level: 24 Prerequisites Ice Bolt [1], Ice Blast [6], Frost Nova [6], Glacial Spike [18]

This is the most effective offensive spell that this discipline has to offer. With the invocation of this spell, entire hordes of enemies are left chilled or dead, drowned in a hail of ice. Wretched survivors of this wintry storm can do little but crawl and lament their fallen kin before they, too, succumb to the cold.

Effect: Summons an ice storm to rain cold death onto your enemies.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Damage per Second	51-86	69-104	86-123	103-141	120-159	138-178	155-196	172-215	207-250	241-286	276-322	310-357	345-393	379-428	414-464	448-500	500-553	552-606	603-658	655-711
Duration: 4 Seconds

Blizzard Receives Bonuses From
Ice Bolt: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Ice Blast: +5% Cold Damage Per Level
Glacial Spike: +5% Cold Damage Per Level

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Chilling Armor Required Level: 24 Prerequisites Frozen Armor [1], Ice Bolt [1], Ice Blast [6], Shiver Armor [12]

The best defensive spell available to a Sorceress is manifest in this formidable armor. The spell actually defends against ranged attacks, turning aside arrow and bolt. Those seeking to engage the Sorceress shall soon feel the icy bite of their folly.

Effect: Confers a defense bonus and launches an ice bolt against ranged attackers.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost: 17
Defense Bonus %	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115	120	125	130	135	140
Damage	4-6	5-8	6-10	7-11	9-13	10-15	11-17	12-18	14-21	17-24	19-27	21-30	22-33	26-35	28-38	30-41	34-45	37-49	41-53	44-57
Duration (seconds)	164	170	176	182	188	194	200	206	212	218	224	230	236	242	248	254	260	266	272	278

Chilling Armor Receives Bonuses From
Frozen Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Frozen Armor: +7% Cold Damage Per Level
Shiver Armor: +10 Seconds Per Level
Shiver Armor: +7% Cold Damage Per Level

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Frozen Orb Casting Delay: 1 Second Required Level: 30 Prerequisites Ice Bolt [1], Ice Blast [6], Frost Nova [6], Glacial Spike [18], Blizzard [24]

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.

Effect: A pulsating orb that shreds an area with ice bolts.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34
Cold Damage	40-45	50-55	60-65	70-75	80-85	90-95	100-105	110-115	122-127	134-139	146-151	158-163	170-175	182-187	194-199	206-211	220-225	234-239	248-253	262-267
Cold Length (seconds)	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27

Frozen Orb Receives Bonuses From
Ice Bolt: +2% Cold Damage Per Level

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Cold Mastery Required Level: 30 Prerequisites: None

Once mastery over this powerful elemental force is attained, a Sorceress achieves perfect command over this school of magic. Her freezing spells are now of such potency that those adversaries formerly impervious to their effects soon find themselves the surprised victims of a vicious, chilly assault.

Passive Effect: Pierces the cold resistance of your enemies.

Player vs Player - This will cut other Player's Cold Resistances, even when maxed.

Cold Mastery will only lower the resistance of monsters that are hit by the Sorceress, this bonus cannot be shared with party members.

Cold Mastery will not work against monsters that are Immune to Cold. So even if you have Enemy Resistance -105%, they will still be Cold Immune and you will still be unable to damage them. So what's the point of 100%+ you might ask? Well if they are NOT Cold Immune, it will lower their Cold Resistance down below 0% which essentially means they will take more damage. It's just like when *you* have negative resistances in Nightmare/Hell difficulty.

If a target has 75% Cold Resistance and you use Skill Level 1 Cold Mastery, the target's resistance will be 75% - 20% = 55%.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Enemy Resistance -%	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105	110	115