The Sorcerer: | Skills • | Glyphs • | Weapons • | Armour |
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Glacial Retreat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Usability | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | 16 and above | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class | Sorcerer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Magic Instructor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mana cost | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cast time | Instant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cooldown | 10sec |
Glacial Retreat is an active skill that can be taught to Sorcerers at level 16 and can be ranked up at later levels.
Glacial Retreat can be performed with a disc by the Sorcerer to quickly jump backward while dealing damage to close enemies and slowing them down. It is a great replacement for Backstep (Sorcerer), but keeping Backstep on your hotbar will allow you to jump back again, even when Glacial Retreat is on cooldown.
Glacial Retreat makes a great combo with Magma Bomb as it will give you the correct distance from your opponent while slowing them down
Amount of damage dealt varies dependent on skill rank.
Rank table[]
To obtain and upgrade Glacial Retreat, one must find a Magic Instructor and pay a certain price of gold dependent on rank.
Rank | Level | Cost | Damage |
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I | 16 | 6 25 | 57 |
II | 22 | 24 76 | 83 |
III | 28 | 61 65 | 122 |
IV | 34 | 1 26 29 | 178 |
V | 40 | 3 57 85 | 259 |
VI | 46 | 8 69 45 | 378 |
VII | 52 | 18 56 49 | 552 |
VIII | 58 | 37 70 24 | 806 |
Glyphs[]
To glyph Glacial Retreat, a glyph must be obtained and learned only once. At level 60, a character has 50 glyph points available to spend on all available sorcerer glyphs. Most glyphs, specifically common glyphs can be purchased from a Glyph Master, while fine glyphs must be looted from enemies.
(Disclaimer: As NPC shop prices vary depending on a variety of factors, the prices below are subject to variation. Only take them as benchmarks.)
Icon | Name | Skill | Level | Glyph Points | Cost | Description |
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Glyph of Lingering | Glacial Retreat | 20 | 4 | 49 23 | Increases effect duration by 40%. | |
Glyph of Blaze | Glacial Retreat | 20 | 4 | 49 23 | Speeds charging by 30% for Arcane Pulse, the next skill in the chain. | |
Glyph of Blaze | Glacial Retreat | 28 | 4 | 1 77 84 | Speeds charging by 40% for Lightning Trap, the next skill in the chain. | |
Glyph of Indignacy | Glacial Retreat | 32 | 4 | 2 79 57 | 35% chance to trigger Overchannel. |
Gallery[]
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Damage | Arcane Pulse • Burning Breath • Fireball • Meteor Strike • Flame Pillar • Flaming Barrage • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Control | Hail Storm • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defense | Backstep (Sorcerer) • Glacial Retreat • Retaliate (Sorcerer) • Teleport Jaunt (Sorcerer) • Warp Barrier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility | Mana Siphon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Apex | Ice Lances • Fusion • Implosion |