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Talents / Mage / Improved Blizzard
Talent · Mage · Frost changed

Improved Blizzard

Improved Blizzard was changed in WoW Forever: rank 1 reworked: "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec." Mage Frost talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Improved Blizzard rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Blizzard
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.5 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Blizzard
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.

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2 points spent changed

Improved Blizzard rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Blizzard
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 50%. Lasts 1.5 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Blizzard
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 25% for 1.5 sec.

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3 points spent changed

Improved Blizzard rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Improved Blizzard
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 65%. Lasts 1.5 sec.

WoW Forever
Improved Blizzard
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.

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Improved Blizzard changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.5 sec.", "Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 50%. Lasts 1.5 sec.", "Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 65%. Lasts 1.5 sec." ] [ "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.", "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 25% for 1.5 sec.", "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec." ]
rankValues [ [ 30, 1.5 ], [ 50, 1.5 ], [ 65, 1.5 ] ] [ [ 15, 1.5 ], [ 25, 1.5 ], [ 40, 1.5 ] ]

Questions about Improved Blizzard

Was Improved Blizzard nerfed in WoW Forever?

Improved Blizzard is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: rank 1 reworked: "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec."

What changed for Improved Blizzard in WoW Forever?

Rank 1 reworked: "Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value