Ice Lance
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| Ice Lance | |
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Mage |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Frost |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Talents | |
| Improvement talents | Ice Shards, Piercing Ice, Elemental Precision, Frost Channeling, Winter's Chill, Arctic Winds, Arcane Instability, Spell Power, Playing with Fire, Molten Fury, Shatter |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 1 |
- Not all lances are made from steel.
Ice Lance is a mage spell that deals Frost direct damage. The spell can be powerful due to the fact that it receives triple damage against targets that are frozen. This spell was introduced in The Burning Crusade.
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Rank table
| Rank | Mana Cost | Damage | Level | Cost |
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| 1 | 150 | 161 - 187 | 66 | 7 80
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Notes
The triple bonus on frozen targets is applied after all spell damage, talents and other modifiers have been calculated. The spell damage coefficient is very low, only 14.29%,[1] however when tripled on a frozen target, the effective coefficient would be 42.86%, the usual value for an instant cast spell.
Talent improvement
Elemental Precision and Frost Channeling reduce the mana cost of the spell, while Frost Channeling also lowers its threat. Ice Lance deals Frost damage, so the bonuses from Piercing Ice, Ice Shards, Arctic Winds and Winter's Chill apply to the spell. Arctic Reach extends the range to 36 yards at max rank. Master of Elements will refund a percentage of the mana cost of the spell if it critically hits its target.
As with all mage spells capable of critical hits Arcane Instability, Spell Power, Molten Fury, Playing with Fire and Shatter can increase the effective damage output of this spell.
Tips and tactics
Ice Lance is a great source of burst DPS in solo, PvP and some group situations. It is useful in any situation where an enemy can be frozen, which makes it less useful on most dungeon bosses. Since the triple damage bonus is applied after all other flat modifiers such as spell damage effects, the burst damage can get pretty high.
Shatter combo
Summon your minion. From a decent range(~20y), target your enemy and begin casting your Frostbolt. While Frostbolt is casting, use the minion's Freeze on your enemy, and immediately when Frostbolt is done casting start spamming Ice Lance. Because of the distance and travel time, Frostbolt and Ice Lance should hit at the same time and both crit, leading to burst damage of up to ~5000.
On non-frozen targets, the spell is a useful instant that costs very little mana. Unlike wanding, Ice Lance can be cast while running. In PvP, use it to plunk down shaman totems or to interrupt flag captures in battlegrounds. This spell also procs the Winter's Chill talent, allowing you to stack the debuff early in a boss fight with little threat and little mana. It will not, however, proc Frostbite because it does not have a chill.
Past changes
Patch 2.1.0 (5/22/07): A data error was fixed that was causing Ice Lance to cause more threat than intended.
References
- ^ Zaldinar. WoW US Mage Forum. Retrieved on 2007-8-8.
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