Frost Aura

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Frost Aura

Profession
Elementalist icon small.png Elementalist (skill list)
Weapon
Off hand dagger
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Attunement
Water
Sequence
Frost Aura.png
 → Transmute Frost.png
Game link
API
5520
Gallery
Frost Aura.jpg

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Frost Aura

Protect yourself with frost armor that reduces incoming damage by 10%. While active, it chills foes that hit you. Each attacker can be affected by this only once per second.

Frost Aura (effect).png Frost Aura (10s): -10% Incoming Damage
Frost Aura (effect).png Frost Aura (4s): -10% Incoming Damage
Chilled.png Chilled (2s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Chilled.png Chilled (1s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Fire Fire

Air Air

Earth Earth

Water Water

Tempest Tempest

Weaver Weaver

Catalyst Catalyst

Notes[edit]

  • This skill does not separately cause the chill that is listed below the Frost Aura description in the tool-tip. This skill fact provides information about what occurs when struck by foes.

See also[edit]

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
June 25, 2024
  • (Undocumented) Reduced the chill duration from 2 seconds to 1 second in WvW only.
June 27, 2023
  • Reduced cooldown from 25 seconds to 20 seconds in PvP only.
August 23, 2022
  • (PvE only) Recharge reduced from 30 seconds to 10 seconds. Duration increased from 4 seconds to 10 seconds.
March 29, 2022
  • Reduced cooldown from 30 seconds to 25 seconds in PvP and WvW.
October 26, 2021
  • Multiplicative damage reduction enhancements have been updated to display how much damage was reduced by rather than displaying how much the damage is multiplied by. For example, protection now displays "-33% Damage" instead of "67% damage." This is not a change to functionality; it is only a change to display the bonus in a more intuitively understandable way.
October 05, 2021
  • All effects that provide a percentage reduction to incoming damage have been standardized to stack multiplicatively.
February 22, 2017
  • The recharge of this skill has been reduced from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
December 01, 2015
  • The following skills have had their effects replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise: Frost Aura, Magnetic Aura, Shocking Aura, and Fire Shield.
September 09, 2014
  • Added a unique skill fact icon for this skill.
May 20, 2014
  • Added a protection skill fact when traited with Elemental Shielding.
  • Added fury and swiftness skill facts when traited with Zephyr's Boon.
February 26, 2013
  • Incoming damage is reduced by 10% while under the effects of this aura.
  • Enemies are only able to be chilled by this aura once per second. This affects all frost auras.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Frost Aura has been added to the game.