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ON-icon-skill-Winter's Embrace-Piercing Cold.png Piercing Cold
Line Winter's Embrace
Skill Rank Line Rank
Rank I 1 39
Rank II 2 50
Piercing Cold I: Increases your damage done by 1%, which increases to 6% when wielding an Ice Staff.
Piercing Cold II: Increases your damage done by 2%, which increases to 12% when wielding an Ice Staff.

Piercing Cold increases the amount of damage you deal with the bonus sextupled when wielding an Ice Staff.

Patch Notes[edit]

  • Increased the bonus damage of this passive to 5/10%, up from 3/6%.
  • This passive now increases your damage done by 1/2% which increases to 6/12% while wielding an Ice Staff, rather than increasing your Magic and Frost Damage by 5/10%.
    • This passive was creating issues with morph choices in the class, as Wardens have a healthy mix of damage types outside of Magic and Frost. Many morphs that are meant to focus on damage are either close to or even eclipsed by the more utility driven morphs that retain Magic Damage, and the lack of more DPS focused Ice Damage abilities (since they are predominantly made for tanks or utility) create a situation where this passive isn’t helping the unique identity of Ice Mages keep up with other play styles. By shifting the focus of the passive over to generic damage that contextually gets stronger for the audience the passive is made for, we hope to help bring that playstyle up a bit more.
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