Crystalline Refraction
Ray of Frost generates 2 stacks of Fingers of Frost over its duration.
Tree position
In the Frost Mage talent tree, Crystalline Refraction sits in the Frost specialization talents, row 9 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Frost Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Crystalline Refraction from Heart of Ice.
Heart of IceIce Lance Shatters 1 additional stacks of Freezing.
Connected below
Crystalline Refraction leads on to Glaciate.
Same row
Also on this row: Freezing Winds, Improved Flurry, Glacial Assault, Summon Water Elemental or Lonely Winter, Glacial Chill or Glacial Shatter and Hailstones.
Freezing WindsShattering enemies inside your Blizzard increases Shatter's area damage by 15%.
Improved FlurryFlurry fires 1 additional missiles.
Glacial AssaultFlurry has a 12% chance each hit to call down an icy comet, crashing into your target and nearby enemies for (225% of Spell Power) Frost damage. Applies 1 stacks of Freezing.
Summon Water ElementalSummons a Water Elemental to follow and fight for you.
Lonely WinterSpell damage increased by 3%.
Glacial ChillGlacial Spike deals 5% increased damage and applies 2 additional stacks of Freezing.
Glacial ShatterGlacial Spike no longer applies Freezing, and instead Shatters 5 stacks of Freezing.
HailstonesThe time it takes to generate an Icicle is reduced by 1.1 sec.
Talent trees
Crystalline Refraction is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Mage: Arcane (DPS), Fire (DPS), Frost (DPS).
Crystalline Refraction Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)