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Kelvin

Arctic Beam

Kelvin ability

Last changed

15 patches· 33 changes Archive details

First recorded: .

Ability descriptions

Frost Grenade
Throw a grenade that explodes in a cloud of freezing ice that heals allies and applies spirit damage and move speed reduction to enemies.
Ice Path
Kelvin creates a floating trail of ice and snow that gives movement bonuses to him and his allies. Kelvin gains 60% slow resistance for the duration. Enemies can also walk on the floating trail. Press Dash / Crouch / slide to travel up or down while in Ice Path.
Arctic Beam
Shoot freezing cold energy out in front of you, damaging targets and progressively reducing their movement and fire rate the longer you sustain the beam on them. You have reduced move speed while using Arctic Beam. The beam may also claim Souls.
Frozen Shelter
Target yourself or a Hero to freeze the air and create an impenetrable dome around them. While in the dome, allies gain rapid regeneration and enemies are slowed. Objectives becomes Invulnerable and Frozen under Frozen Shelter

Other abilities

Frost Grenade Ice Path Arctic Beam Frozen Shelter

Change History

15 patches

2026 2 patches

  1. 1 change
    Arctic Beam DPS
    • Arctic Beam DPS spirit scaling reduced from 0.5 to 0.38
    Full patch

  2. 9 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam visual clarity on VFX improved
    • Arctic Beam now lets you cast Frost Grenade and items while using it
    Arctic Beam Max Fire Rate Reduction
    • Arctic Beam Max Fire Rate Reduction reduced from -35% to -20%
    Arctic Beam Max Slow
    • Arctic Beam Max Slow reduced from -40% to -20%
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam spirit scaling reduced from 0.8 to 0.5
    • Arctic Beam cooldown increased from 25s to 28s
    • Arctic Beam T1 changed from "-7s Cooldown" to "Increases Move Slow and Fire Rate Reduction by -25%"
    • Arctic Beam T2 changed from "+33 DPS" to "+20 DPS and +0.6 Spirit Scaling"
    • Arctic Beam T3 now also reduces cooldown by 13s
    Full patch

2025 3 patches

  1. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam T3 no longer bounces off of objectives
    Full patch

  2. 2 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam T1 reduced from -7.5s Cooldown to -7s
    • Arctic Beam T3 range reduced from 13m to 10m
    Full patch

  3. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam now also slows roll distances by 20%
    Full patch

2024 10 patches

  1. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam slow reduced from 50% to 40%
    Full patch

  2. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 70% to 50%
    Full patch

  3. 2 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam fire rate slow reduced from 80% to 40%
    • Arctic Beam movement slow reduced from 80% to 70%
    Full patch

  4. 3 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam max slow increased from 60% to 80%
    • Arctic Beam now affects soul orbs (secures/denies them)
    • Arctic Beam T3 range reduced from 15m to 13m
    Full patch

  5. 4 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam no longer applies a Disarm
    • Arctic Beam now slows Fire Rate (same values as slow)
    • Arctic Beam max slow reduced from 90% to 60%
    • Arctic Beam time to reach max slow increased from 1.2s to 2s
    Full patch

  6. 2 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Fixed Arctic Beam not having proper lag compensation
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam can now be canceled directly by using parry
    Full patch

  7. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam T3 now hits up to 2 additional targets
    Full patch

  8. 2 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam spirit scaling increased from 0.7 to 0.9
    • Arctic Beam cooldown reduced from 25 to 23
    Full patch

  9. 1 change
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam movespeed limit is now applied via a reduction rather than a speed cap (to allow items to be combined for faster movement like Surge of Power)
    Full patch

  10. 2 changes
    Arctic Beam
    • Arctic Beam Channel move speed increased from 4 to 6
    • Arctic Beam T1 changed from "+2 Channel Move Speed" to -8s Cooldown
    Full patch