Hailstones
The time it takes to generate an Icicle is reduced by 1.1 sec.
Tree position
In the Frost Mage talent tree, Hailstones 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 Hailstones from Rimecaster.
Connected below
Hailstones leads on to Comet Storm.
Comet StormCasting Ray of Frost replaces your Ray of Frost with Comet Storm, calling down a series of 7 icy comets on and around the target, that deals up to Frost damage to all enemies of its impacts. Each Comet Shatters 1 stacks of Freezing.
Same row
Also on this row: Freezing Winds, Improved Flurry, Glacial Assault, Crystalline Refraction, Summon Water Elemental or Lonely Winter and Glacial Chill or Glacial Shatter.
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.
Crystalline RefractionRay of Frost generates 2 stacks of Fingers of Frost over its duration.
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.
Talent trees
Hailstones is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Mage: Arcane (DPS), Fire (DPS), Frost (DPS).
Hailstones Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)