Blizzard (Diablo II)

For other uses for Blizzard, see Blizzard.

Blizzard Class: Sorceress Required Level: 24 Skill Tree: Cold Spells Requires: Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Frost Nova, Glacial Spike Active Cost: 23 Mana Cooldown: 1.8 seconds Summons an ice storm to rain cold death onto your enemies. Damage Type: Cold Synergies: Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Glacial Spike, Frost Nova

Blizzard is a Sorceress Skill in Diablo II.

Description

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.

General Information

• Gives synergy to:

Ice Bolt: +15% Cold damage per level

Frost Nova: +10% Cold damage per level

Ice Blast: +8% Cold damage per level

Glacial Spike: +3% Freeze length per level

• Receives synergy from:

Ice Bolt: +5% Cold damage per level

Ice Blast: +5% Cold damage per level

Glacial Spike: +5% Cold damage per level

By far the most offensively powerful Cold Spell, Blizzard deals large amounts of damage over a rather large area of effect, and is therefore chosen as the staple skill for builds such as the Blizzard Sorceress. Enemies reached may be chilled in addition to damage.

Even though it is extremely powerful (especially with synergies), Blizzard does have some drawbacks. For one, although it can stack on top of itself to deal major damage, it has a considerable cooldown that stops it from being cast in quick succession; it is therefore important to have proper aim with Blizzard, which sometimes may be difficult as the shards of ice are sometimes difficult to gauge in position.

Also, Blizzard deals its damage over a period of 4 seconds. Some enemies, if they're quick enough, can dodge Blizzard altogether, although they will most likely suffer at least one hit. Moreover, the damage of Blizzard does not start immediately, but with a brief delay.

Both Blizzard and Frozen Orb are effective crowd control spells. It is simply their methods of effect that differ, Blizzard being a traditional AoE spell, Frozen Orb a projectile.

Skill Progression

Duration: 4 seconds

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Mana Cost	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
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

Level	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Damage (per second)	310-357	345-393	379-428	414-464	448-500	500-553	552-606	603-658	655-711

Sorceress Skills

Fire Spells — Fire Bolt • Warmth • Inferno • Blaze • Fire Ball • Fire Wall • Enchant • Meteor • Fire Mastery • Hydra
Lightning Spells — Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Static Field • Lightning • Nova • Chain Lightning • Teleport • Thunder Storm • Energy Shield • Lightning Mastery
Cold Spells — Ice Bolt • Frozen Armor • Frost Nova • Ice Blast • Shiver Armor • Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Chilling Armor • Frozen Orb • Cold Mastery