Ice Barrier Rank 1
Ice Barrier (Rank 1) is a Mage spell in the WoW Forever client.
Shield yourself, absorbing 431 (+10% of Frost spell power) damage and increasing your Frost damage by 15% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 5% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.
Changed in the live client
Changed in the live client (build 70658) since beta build 70450:
- Tooltip: “Instantly shields you, absorbing 431 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, your spellcasts will not be interrupted or delayed from taking damage.” → “Shield yourself, absorbing 431 (+10% of Frost spell power) damage and increasing your Frost damage by 15% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 5% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.”
- Buff or debuff text: “Absorbs 431 damage.” → “Absorbs 431 damage and increases Frost damage dealt by 5%.”
- Effects: updated (1 effects ? 3 effects)
All ranks vs Classic
Weaker effect (all 4 ranks); top rank's effect changed.
- Weaker effect (all 4 ranks). Rank 4: 811 instead of 818.
- What the top rank does changed (tooltips below).
| Rank | Level | Forever | Classic Era | Coefficient | Classic coefficient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank 1 | 40 | 431 | 438 | — | — |
| Rank 2 | 46 | 542 | 549 | — | — |
| Rank 3 | 52 | 671 | 678 | — | — |
| Rank 4 | 58 | 811 | 818 | — | — |
Rank 1: 431 instead of 438; Rank 2: 542 instead of 549; Rank 3: 671 instead of 678; Rank 4: 811 instead of 818.
Classic Era (Rank 1): Instantly shields you, absorbing 438 damage. Lasts 1 min. While the shield holds, spells will not be interrupted.
Forever (Rank 1): Shield yourself, absorbing 431 (+10% of Frost spell power) damage and increasing your Frost damage by 15% for 1 min. While shielded, your Frost damage is increased by an additional 5% and you do not lose casting time when you take damage.
See every Mage change vs Classic.
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70862, extracted .