Winter's Chill
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Winter's Chill is a passive talent in the Mage Frost tree in the Forever beta 1.60.1.69876 source data.
Ranks
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| Rank | Effect | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 20% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 1 times. | Source reports beta-client data |
| 2 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 40% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 2 times. | Source reports beta-client data |
| 3 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 60% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 3 times. | Source reports beta-client data |
| 4 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 80% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 4 times. | Source reports beta-client data |
| 5 | Gives your Frost damage spells a 100% chance to apply the Winter's Chill effect, which increases the chance your Ice Lance and Frostbolt spells will critically hit the target by 2% for 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times. | Source reports beta-client data |
Sources and verification
Snapshot: 2026-09-18. Data adapted and reformatted from Talents Forever by Chris Baldwin and its JSON export, under CC BY 4.0. Game names, icons, and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment.
The source reports data extracted from Forever beta 1.60.1.69876. Client-file text is not independent gameplay verification, and may lag live fixes. See coverage, rank labels, and correction instructions.