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Improved Blizzard, a Frost Mage talent in WoW Forever

Improved Blizzard is a passive talent in row 3 of the Frost tree. It needs 10 points in Frost, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Improved Blizzard

3 ranks

  • Requires 10 points in Frost

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

Every rank of Improved Blizzard

RankText
Rank 1Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 15% for 1.5 sec.
Rank 2Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 25% for 1.5 sec.
Rank 3Adds a Chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 40% for 1.5 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Frost tree

Frost WardingImproved FrostboltElemental PrecisionIce ShardsPermafrostImproved Frost NovaFrostbitePiercing IceFrost ChannelingIce LanceImproved BlizzardArctic ReachIce BlockShatterImproved Cone of ColdCold SnapFingers of FrostWinter's ChillIce Barrier
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 2)
Row below (row 4)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Blizzard.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Adds a chill effect to your Blizzard spell. This effect lowers the target's movement speed by 30%. Lasts 1.50 sec.

WoW Forever

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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All Frost talents

  1. Frost Warding
  2. Improved Frostbolt
  3. Elemental Precision
  4. Ice Shards
  5. Permafrost
  6. Improved Frost Nova
  7. Frostbite
  8. Piercing Ice
  9. Frost Channeling
  10. Ice Lance
  11. Improved Blizzard
  12. Arctic Reach
  13. Ice Block
  14. Shatter
  15. Improved Cone of Cold
  16. Cold Snap
  17. Fingers of Frost
  18. Winter's Chill
  19. Ice Barrier

The other Mage trees: Arcane and Fire. Everything that changed for the Mage since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.