Frost Ability List

Explore v rising's Frost abilities and passives like Chillweave (400 Stygia Shards) and Lingering Frost (800 Greater Stygian Shards).

The Frost magic school in v rising primarily revolves around applying the Chilled and Frozen debuffs to enemies. These mechanics are particularly effective for managing large groups of enemies, especially during later boss fights, and can help you escape dangerous situations. The Gloomrot update introduced these mechanics, allowing you to slow enemies and eventually freeze them in place. Frost spells are highly valuable for controlling opponents in both player-versus-player (PvP) and player-versus-environment (PvE) scenarios. With the full release of the game, new passives are available to further enhance chilling and freezing effects.

Passives:

• Chillweave: Unlocked via the Altar of Stygian Awakening for 400 Stygia Shards. Applies a shield that absorbs 10% additional damage and grants 8% increased damage to Chilled and Frozen targets.
• Lingering Frost: Unlocked at the Altar of Stygian Awakening for 800 Greater Stygian Shards. Provides a 30% chance to apply Chill when Freeze is removed.
• Cold Soul: Unlocked via the Altar of Stygian Awakening for 1000 Greater Stygian Shards. Killing a frozen target or inflicting Freeze on an immune target triggers an ice nova, dealing 25% damage and inflicting Chill.

These passives offer significant benefits, including shield generation, increased damage against debuffed enemies, and improved ways to reapply Chill. Cold Soul, in particular, provides additional ways to trigger frost novas for area-of-effect (AoE) damage and slowing effects.

Frost Travel Ability:

• Veil of Frost: Requires a T2 Frost Spell Point, earned by defeating V Blood bosses like Vincent the Frostbringer. This ability allows you to dash in an input direction, elude nearby enemies for 2.2 seconds, and shield yourself for 125% of your spell power. Your next primary attack deals 25% bonus damage and conjures a frost nova dealing 50% magic damage and inflicting Chill on nearby enemies. Veil of Frost provides a substantial shield, especially in the late game with high spell power, and enhances your next attack while also applying Chill to nearby enemies.

Frost Basic Abilities:

• Crystal Lance: Requires a T2 Frost Spell Point. Launches a projectile dealing 150% magic damage and inflicting Chill. Hitting a chilled enemy freezes it for 4 seconds. Upon impact, the Crystal Lance splinters into a nova of projectiles, each dealing 50% magic damage and chilling or freezing targets. Enemy vampires are frozen for 2.5 seconds. This ability is effective against groups due to its splintering effect.
• Frost Barrier: Requires a T2 Frost Spell Point. Increases movement speed by 10% and blocks melee and projectile attacks in front for 2 seconds. When struck, it spawns up to 8 waves of frost dealing 50% magic damage and inflicting Chill. This is a useful defensive tool, especially in PvP, that can damage and Chill attackers.
• Frost Bat: Requires a T1 Frost Spell Point, obtainable from bosses like Keely the Frost Archer (Level 20). Launches a projectile that explodes on impact, dealing 110% magic damage and inflicting Chill on surrounding enemies. Hitting a chilled enemy freezes it for 4 seconds. .5 seconds. This ability has many uses, particularly in PvP, if an enemy is pre-chilled.
• Ice Nova: Requires a T2 Frost Spell Point, obtainable from defeating bosses like Frostmaw the Mountain Terror (Level 56). Summons a nova of ice at the target location dealing 100% magic damage and freezing any enemy already affected by Chill for 4 seconds. The nova radiates outward, inflicting Chill for 5 seconds to any enemy hit. .5 seconds.
• Cold Snap: Requires a T1 Frost Spell Point. Blocks melee and projectile attacks for 1.5 seconds. Blocking an attack triggers an ice nova that deals 50% magic damage and inflicts a 2.5-second Freeze.