Currently looking at what I should start aiming for with my next set of spell slots and I'm wondering if Frostbite is worth the large cost. Where do most people find this spell to be useful? Any advice would be great.

Well. It depends on where you are now. It's not worth skipping out on the crucial buffs like SW and SuF. SW, SuF, and later AEG are your most important spells.

If you are lacking a disabler, frostbite is a good choice. I prefer to use thunderclap, but you need access to an early disabler, which frostbite can fulfill.

For me, disablers go Thunderclap > Frostbite > Tremor > Anther's Call > Vertigo


But if you were to give us more information like, what spells you have, how many slots you have to spend, and roughly where you are in the hunting ladder, I could be more pacific.

>>Currently looking at what I should start aiming for with my next set of spell slots and I'm wondering if Frostbite is worth the large cost. Where do most people find this spell to be useful? Any advice would be great.<<

Frostbite's AOE effects are:

1) Drain fatigue from affected targets.
2) Debuff the stamina of effective targets.

If you succeed in draining enough fatigue you'll cause targets to fall to the ground.

Whether that's useful depends on what you're trying to accomplish!

For PvE...

If you're trying to work offense and don't mind that your targets aren't attacking as much (they have to pick themselves up and reset if you put them down) it could be good.

If not getting attacked as much is not something you want, you might find Tremor better because it disadvantages your mobs with a pulsing balance hit but they otherwise act as normal.

If you want to absolutely stop the action RIGHT NOW for a period, so that nothing is attacking you and everything is stunned, Thunderclap is more what you'd want.

For PvP, the fatigue drain will impact your target's attacking and spellcasting. Getting knocked to the ground won't knock them out of hiding (which it seems like it should?) but they'll have to pop out to stand up. And it won't trigger a stun hider and send someone back into hiding like other options.

I personally didn't take it, because the other two spells work for my AOE debil needs and I didn't really see the need. But it could work for your style. Just depends.



Mazrian

Came up with another question related to Frostbite.

With the fatigue drain, is that instantaneous or does it pulse throughout the room and take time to tank someone's fatigue?

Worth mentioning that Frostbite cannot drop fatigue to zero, even cumulative casts! You don't need to zero fatigue to really lay on the penalties, though.

Mind you, Zephyr is also an area-of-effect, so having a powerful zephyr up is a bit counterproductive.

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