Deep Freeze

Deep Freeze
Deep Freeze 35 yd  range 30 sec cooldown 2.0% of base mana Instant cast Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. Damage from Ice Lance or Ice Nova will break this effect.
Usable by
Class	Mage
Properties
Type	Offensive, Utility
School	Frost
Casting time	Instant cast
Cooldown	30 sec (GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Frost
Level required	66
Related debuff
Magic Deep Freeze Stunned and Frozen. This effect will break if the target is struck with Ice Lance or Ice Nova. Duration: 5 seconds
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• Deep Freeze
• 35 yd  range
• 2.0% of base mana
• Instant cast
• Stuns the target for 5 sec. Only usable on Frozen targets. Damage from Ice Lance or Ice Nova will break this effect.

“

When you're cold, you spend a lot of time shivering. - TCG

”

Deep Freeze is a mage ability learned at level 66 for those with the frost specialization. It causes a target to be considered Frozen for the duration of its stun, turning it into yet another tool for mages to perform [Shatter] combos with.

Modified by

• Glyph of Deep Freeze

Frost specialization ability

• Fingers of Frost

Tips

This spell is best used at the very end of a [Frost Nova] to maximize the opponent's Shatter-able and stationary time and minimize the risk of them trinketing the effect right away. It can be somewhat reliably used as an interrupt when coupled with [Fingers of Frost].

Note, however that this spell is not off the GCD. It is subject to diminishing returns in the controlled stun category (such as Cheap Shot); [Frost Nova] will not diminish the results of Deep Freeze.

Patch changes

• Patch 6.1.0 (24-Feb-2015): Deep Freeze's stun effect now always breaks on damage from Ice Lance or Ice Nova, but no longer has a chance to break from other damage sources.
  
• Patch 5.2.0 (5-Mar-2013): Deep Freeze now stuns the target for 5 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  
• Patch 5.1.0 (27-Nov-2012): The duration of Deep Freeze has been reduced to 4 seconds.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Deep Freeze and Ring of Frost will cause diminishing returns on each other, in addition to the spells they normally share diminishing returns with.
  
• Patch 4.0.6 (8-Feb-2011): Deep Freeze damage done has been reduced by 20%.
  
• Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Deep Freeze: the cooldown on this ability is no longer reduced by Haste.
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): This spell now deals a large amount of damage to targets permanently immune to stuns. In addition, when this ability deals damage it will no longer consume two charges of Fingers of Frost for those mages with the Shatter talent. Now deals frost damage to permanently stun immune targets, with 1469 to 1741 base damage and a spell power coefficient of approximately 7.5/3.5 or 214.3%.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Floating combat text will now display when this ability is able to be used.
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (04-Nov-2008): Now consumes a charge of Fingers of Frost when used.
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Added.
  

External links

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• WoWDB