Freeze (PvP)

This article is about the PvP action. For the PvE action, see Freeze.

 

Freeze (PvP)

Acquired

BLM (actions)

Level

30

Type

Spell

Casting

Instant

Recast

2.2s (GCD)

Range

25y

Radius

5y

AoE Type

Targeted Circle

Targeting

Enemy

Patch

4.0

“

Deals ice damage with a potency of 9,000 to target and all enemies nearby it.
Additional Effect: Grants Umbral Ice III
Duration: 15s
Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Fire.
Can only be executed while under the effect of Soul Resonance.
※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.

— In-game description

Freeze (PvP) is an action unlocked at level 30. It is available for Black Mage.

History

• Patch 7.11 (2024-11-26): Recast time has been reduced from 2.4 to 2.2 seconds.
• Patch 7.1 (2024-11-12):
  • Cast time has been made instant.
  • Potency has been changed from "12,000 to target and 8,000 to all enemies nearby it" to "9,000 to target and all enemies nearby it".
  • The additional effect "Afflicts target with a stack of Umbral Freeze, up to a maximum of 3" has been replaced with "Grants Umbral Ice III" with a duration of 15 seconds. Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Fire.
  • The requirement for execution has been changed from Umbral Ice III to Soul Resonance.
• Patch 6.11a (2022-05-23):
  • Cast time has been reduced from 1.92 to 1.44 seconds.
  • Damage dealt to primary target has been increased from 8,000 to 12,000.
• Patch 6.11 (2022-04-25): Potency has been increased from 6,000 to 8,000.
• Patch 6.1 (2022-04-12):
  • Potency has been increased from 1,200 to 6,000.
  • The additional effect "Restores 2,000 MP for each enemy hit" has been removed.
  • The additional effect "Grants Umbral Ice" has been removed.
  • The additional effect "Afflicts target with a stack of Umbral Freeze, up to a maximum of 3" has been added.
  • Effect cannot be stacked with Astral Warmth.
  • Can now only be executed while under the effect of Umbral Ice III.
  • Umbral Ice III now expires on execution.
  • Can no longer be assigned to a hotbar.
• Patch 5.3 (2020-08-11): Reduction to spell cast and recast times from Umbral Ice has been changed from 10% to 20%.
• Patch 5.2 (2020-02-18): Potency has been increased from 800 to 1,200.
• Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29):
  • Potency has been reduced from 1,600 to 800.
  • Requirement of Umbral Blizzard has been removed.
  • The additional effect "Bind" has been removed.
  • Recast time has been reduced from 30 to 2.4 seconds.
  • Can now be registered to a hotbar.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Potency has been increased from 1,500 to 1,600.
  • Potency is no longer reduced after the first enemy.
  • Cast time has been reduced from 2.8 to 2 seconds.
  • Now shares a recast timer with Flare and Foul.
  • Recast time has been increased from 2.3 to 30 seconds.
  • The requirement for execution has been changed from "Can only be cast while under the effect of Umbral Ice and Polyglot" to "Can only be cast while under the effect of Umbral Ice."
  • Polyglot no longer ends upon use.
• Patch 4.3 (2018-05-22):
  • Potency reduced from 2,000 to 1,500.
  • Bind duration reduced from 4 to 2 seconds.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): Added.