Overview
Arctic Blast is a powerful Tier 4 Spirit item that provides area-of-effect crowd control, stamina regen denial, and spirit damage. It is ideal for initiators and frontliners who can dive into the enemy team to freeze multiple targets.
Stats
- Cost: 6400 Souls
- Tier: 4 (Spirit)
- +10% Spirit Resist
Active
Release an expanding ice blast that deals Spirit Damage, Freezing and then Slowing targets it hits. Slowed targets have their stamina regen frozen.
- Cooldown: 24s
- Spirit Damage: 175
- Freeze Duration: 1s
- Movement Slow: 60%
- Slow Duration: 4s
- Radius: 2m to 16m
Spirit Scaling
The active ability’s damage scales with Spirit Power:
- Spirit Damage: 175 + 0.6975 * Spirit Power
When to Buy
- Purchase in the late game to provide reliable AoE crowd control during decisive team fights.
- Strong against mobile heroes who rely on movement to survive, as the freeze and heavy slow can pin them down.
- Excellent for heroes who naturally want to be in the center of a fight, maximizing the number of enemies hit by the expanding blast.
- Buy when your team needs AoE control, stamina regen denial, and a 1s freeze to set up follow-up damage.
Item Upgrade
After purchased, Arctic Blast can be upgraded further:
- +150 Spirit Damage (total: 325)
- -12s Cooldown (total: 12s)
- +15% Spirit Resist (total: 25%)
- +0.25s Freeze Duration (total: 1.25s)
Synergies
- Abrams: Can dive into the enemy backline with Shoulder Charge and immediately trigger Arctic Blast to disrupt the entire team.
- Dynamo: Perfect follow-up to Singularity, freezing captured enemies and slowing them after the freeze ends.
- Lash: After pulling enemies in with Death Slam, Arctic Blast ensures they remain controlled for follow-up burst.