Arctic Blast
spirit · Tier 4 · 6,400 souls active VerifiedWhat it does
A large expanding ice blast that damages, briefly freezes and then heavily slows everything in a wide radius, and freezes their stamina regeneration.
Numbers: 175 spirit damage (0.7 scaling), 1s Freeze, -48% Move Slow for 4s, 16m radius, 24s cooldown; +10% Spirit Resist
Buy it when
Buy to lock down a mobile enemy team or to peel a dive off your backline — the stamina freeze stops them dashing out.
Skip it when
Long cooldown for a defensive tool.
Gotchas
The mechanics people most often get wrong about this item.
- The freeze and the slow are applied simultaneously, not sequentially
- 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.