# The War Within Beta Development Notes

By [wjj](https://paragraph.com/@wjj) · 2024-06-09

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*   **Frost**
    
    *   New Talent: Shattered Frost – When Frost Strike consumes 5 Razorice stacks, it deals 50% of the damage deal to nearby enemies. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
        
    *   New Talent: Cryogenic Chamber – Each time Frost Fever deals damage, 15% of the damage dealt is gathered into the next cast of Remorseless Winter, up to 20 times.
        
    *   New Talent: Arctic Assault – Consuming Killing Machine fires a Glacial Advance through your target.
        
    *   New Talent: Smothering Offense – Your auto attack damage is increased by 5%. This amount is increased per stack of Icy Talons you have and can stack up to 2 additional times.
        
    *   New Talent: Icy Death Torrent – Your auto attack critical strikes have a chance to send out a sleet of ice dealing Frost damage to enemies in front of you.
        
    *   New Talent: The Long Winter – While Pillar of Frost is active, your auto-attack critical strikes increase its duration by 1 second, up to a maximum of 5 seconds.
        
    *   New Talent: Hyperpyrexia – Your Runic Power spending abilities have a chance to additionally deal 30% of the damage dealt over 4 seconds.
        
    *   Frostscythe has been redesigned – A sweeping attack that strikes all enemies in front of you for Frost damage. This attack always critically strikes and critical strikes with Frostscythe deal normal damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Consuming Killing Machine reduces the cooldown of Frostscythe by 1 second. Now has a 30 second cooldown and Rune cost increased to 2 (was 1).
        
    *   Rime is now learned at level 21.
        
    *   Breath of Sindragosa damage increased by 25%.
        
    *   Chill Streak can now bounce off the Death Knight if a second enemy target isn’t found.
        
    *   Enduring Strength’s Strength increased to 20% (was 10%). Now a 1-point talent.
        
    *   Frostwhelp’s Aid now grants 8% Mastery per target hit (was 4%). Now a 1-point talent.
        
    *   Killing Machine now stacks 1 additional time.
        
    *   Rune of Razorice now displays the debuff on the enemy nameplate.
        
    *   The following talents have been removed:
        
        *   Fatal Fixation
            
        *   Cold Blooded-Rage
            
        *   Invigorating Freeze
            
    *   Fixed an issue with Absolute Zero being available prior to the 3rd gate being unlocked.

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