Blizzard

Blizzard is Frost mage ability. It is a ground-targeted AoE that deals damage over 8 seconds and applies a snare to targets it hits.

• Blizzard deals damage in 9 ticks. The first tick happens as soon as the cast finishes, and the remaining 8 have a base tick rate of 1 second.
• Haste causes Blizzard to deal the same damage over a shorter duration. It will not add extra ticks.

• Blizzard is...
• One of the Mage's spells in Warcraft II. Its description in the Tides of Darkness game manual reads: "Summoning torrential storms from the frozen Mountains of Northeron, this potent spell calls down a fierce tempest of ice to assault the enemies of the Mage with a flurry of cold blades. Blizzard can be cast over large portions of the battlefield, making it an extremely powerful spell when facing legions of Orcish troops."
• One of the Archmage's spells in Warcraft III. Its description in the Reign of Chaos game manual reads: "One of the Alliance's most feared spells, Blizzard has become even more effective and deadly since its original inception during the First War. Calling down shards of freezing ice to batter and rend their enemies, Archmagi have been known to route entire armies using this spell."
• A rare mage ability in the Trading Card Game.
• A rare mage spell in Hearthstone. Its flavor text reads: "This spell can be very Entertaining."
• One of 's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

This mage, wizard and sorcerer spell calls freezing sleet, snow and hailstones on foes. The cutting ice shards and hail pound down upon the caster's enemies and foes, battering them and causing slashing, impact and cold damage.