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Ice Barrier

Ice Barrier
Spell ice lament.png
  • Ice Barrier
  • Self  range
  • 30 seconds cooldown
  • 21% of base mana
  • Instant cast
  • Instantly shields you, absorbing X damage. Lasts 60 sec. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.
Usable by
ClassMage
Properties
TypeDefensive
SchoolFrost
Cooldown30 seconds
Talents
TalentedYes
Talent treeFrost, Tier 7
Talent requiredCold Snap
Improvement
talents
Precision, Frost Channeling, Ice Floes
Other information
Ranks8
Related buff
Spell ice lament.png
  • Magic
  • Ice Barrier
  • Absorbs damage.
  • Duration: 1 minute

Ice Barrier is a mage spell that shields the caster for up to 60 seconds, absorbing damage similar to a priest's Power Word: Shield spell. The shield absorbs physical, magical, and most environmental damage (fall damage is not absorbed.) Damage from DoTs such as poison is also absorbed. The total amount the shield can absorb is increased by 80.67% of the caster's frost spell damage.

While shielded, spells do not lose casting time due to push-back interruption. However, debuffs such as snares, counterspell, and silence still pass through.

Ice Barrier stacks with the mage spells Mana Shield, Fire Ward, and Frost Ward, as well as other damage shield spells such as Power Word: Shield.

Rank Damage Absorbed Level Cost
1 438 40[1] Talent
2 549 46 17s 0c
3 678 52 19s 0c
4 818 58 21s 0c
5 925 64 25s 0c
6 1075 70 60s 0c
7 2800 75 75s 0c
8 3300 80 75s 0c
  1. Minimum level to acquire the talent.

Calculation Edit

Amount Absorbed = Base Absorb + (Frost Spell Dmg * 80.67%)

Ice Barrier can be enhanced by Glyph of Ice Barrier, increasing damage absorbed by 30%. With this glyph, the calculation is

Amount Absorbed = (Base Absorb + (Frost Spell Dmg * 80.67%)) * 1.3

Patch changes Edit

  • TBC Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): The talent, Ice Block, required to obtain Ice Barrier was removed from the Frost (talent tree), moving Cold Snap up in its place to make room for a new talent, Icy Veins
  • TBC Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Ice Barrier will gain an additional benefit from frost spell damage gear, however the base amount of damage absorbed for ranks 5 and 6 has been lowered. 
  • TBC Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Ice Barrier Rank 6 was added. 
  • Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-20): Ice Barrier received an overhaul in the 1.11 mage talent review. The spell was changed to stack with Power Word: Shield (which previously overwrote it), had its cooldown reduced from 2 minutes to 30 seconds, gained the benefit of frost spell damage, and was prioritized to absorb damage before Mana Shield, thus saving mana when using both shields. 


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Patch date8 January 2008  +, 13 November 2007  +, 22 May 2007  +, and 20 June 2006  +

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