Arctic Blast
active Documented When to buy Arctic Blast Arctic Blast +24s Cooldown +0.6s Spread Duration: +48% Move Speed +4s Slow Duration +10% Spirit Resist +1s Freeze Duration Builds from Cold Front
Buy to lock down a mobile enemy team or to peel a dive off your backline — slowed targets cannot regenerate stamina.
When to skip Arctic Blast
Long cooldown for a defensive tool.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- Slowed targets have their stamina regen frozen
Problems it answers
- Gap closers and escapes — “They reach me whenever they want and leave when they want.”
- Dive onto the backline — “They jump straight past the frontline onto me.”
- Air mobility — “They fight from above and I cannot touch them.”
- Zoning and area denial — “I get pushed out of every fight position.”
Heroes that make this worth a slot
Heroes whose kit creates the problems Arctic Blast answers. This is derived from kit properties, not from measured build results.