Ice Bolt / Ice Blast
 

I just reached level 51, and got ice blast.. finally hit the skill that's linked to one of my other most often used skill - ice bolt

So what's the different between these two skills?

Ice Bolt 8 seems to do very similar dmg to Ice Blast 1

They both have the same cool down... Blast last a slightly longer cast time but it looks more flashy~ XD

So... which skill should I be using? does it depend on situation?

I use iceblast
I think it slows more, not quite sure though

Since I generally 1 on 1 solo I would shoot that off first, then mm, then kite with lightning, mm, then judging on how much hp left I might throw in a firebolt then another mm
if not then I skip ahead to fireball, mm, magic blast, mm

Iceblast is pretty
fireball was a disappointment
its a ripoff of iceblast, not as pretty, and since I empowered firebolt its not as strong either

I just use ice blast. Don't ask me why, I just think the animation looks better.

is that the only reason? LOL!!!!

ok.. pwetty skill it is XD

Ice Blast's effect seems to last longer and slow more.

And it looks better.

Good info to know. I thought fireball was a ripoff. Now I know not to empower it.

yeah, i found out tht i die more due to the longer cast time. :zomg:why does it always happen to me only? i really dislike those cast time stuff, preferring instant.

That's true. Ice Blast only comes into on the first round of casting in a solo situation. I can usually spam Magic Missle (LVL1), Firebolt (LVL8), and Magic Blast (LVL1) to kill something before the cooldown is even over on this spell. It's pretty but you only get one time chance to use it if your a decent mage. If you have time to use it again on yellow/orange-tagged enemies, you might need to redistribute some attribute/skill points, unless you wlecome death.

It's nice to have in groups as well because it is almost always guaranteed to slow down the enemy it targets, unlike Icebolt (I think it works 75% of the time). When you get Frost Nova at lvl 60, you can move this spell to the archive list.

useless skill.

lmfao learn your shit dude

.... im gunna post best empowerments and useful skills ( imo )

green are for pve and pvp the purple ones are mainly just for pvp..

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Fire ball will eventually exceed fire bolt in damage; great skill especially if you land a critical hit. :/