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For lore, see frost wyrm.
Frost Wyrm
Race Frost wyrm
Faction Undead Scourge
Statistics
Hit points 1350
Hit point regeneration Blight
Hit point regeneration rate 2.00 HP/sec.
Unit Type Undead
Level 6
Gold 385 Gold
Lumber 120 Lumber
Food 7 Food
Produced at Boneyard
Build time 65 sec.
Hotkey F
Combat
Weapon(s) Frost Breath
Normal attack

93-115 (104 avg)
Area Damage Radius:

  • Full damage radius: 2.5
  • 1/5 damage radius: 5
  • 1/10 damage radius: 20
Can attack Ground, Structure, Debris, Item, Ward
Range 30
Attack type Magic
Cooldown 3.00 sec.
Weapon type Missile (Splash)
Secondary attack

84-94 (89 avg)
Area Damage Radius:

  • Full damage radius: 2.5
  • 1/5 damage radius: 5
  • 1/10 damage radius: 20
Can attack Air
Range 30
Attack type Magic
Cooldown 3.00 sec.
Weapon type Missile (Splash)
Armor Type Light
Armor 1
Day Sight 160
Night Sight 80
Movement Speed Average (270)
WC3RoC-logo
This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.

In ages past, the ancient Dragons who were near death flew to the land of Northrend to die. To this day there are entire Dragon graveyards that are littered with massive petrified bones and skulls. When Ner'zhul the Lich King took control of Northrend, he used his powerful magics to raise the ancient Dragon skeletons from the dead. Now the skeletal Dragons radiate cold power and think of nothing other than serving their dark master. Frost Wyrms have a cold-based breath weapon that can do shattering damage to enemies both on the ground and in the air.

Information[]

Frost Wyrms are one of the ultimate Undead units. Frost Wyrms are similar to Chimaeras in terms of damage, but they attack much slower and are also capable of attacking air units. Only their ground attacks cause splash damage - the air attack does not.

Frost Wyrms are a late-stage Undead unit and it can take quite a bit of work to build up to them, because an Undead economy is fairly slow at the start, along with both the Frost Wyrms and the Boneyards they come from costing a hefty amount of gold. If the player's aim is to quickly produce Frost Wyrms, it's recommended to scour the map of creep camps and quickly set up expansions to harvest additional gold. The wood generally comes from a Goblin Shredder. If necessary, defensive towers around your base and expansions can help.

Being undead blue dragons, Frost Wyrms still possess their former dragonflight's chilly breath, and units hit by them are slowed significantly in both their attack rate and movement speed. Like dragons, it also has a splash effect, though it does not work against aerial units.

Frost Wyrms may learn the Freezing Breath ability which causes their attacks to literally freeze enemy buildings. Frozen buildings act as if they are stunned - they cannot attack, and any actions it is performing is halted until thawed. One Frost Wyrm coupled with Bloodlust or Unholy Frenzy is generally enough to keep the building continually frozen. Though this doesn't make them essential building killers, as they run within defensive tower ranges and only deal magic damage, which does greatly reduced damage to buildings. They're there to keep the towers off of your units who are busy destroying them.

Frost Wyrm Counters

As a heavy aerial unit, Frost Wyrms are extremely slow despite their massive health pool. Night Elf and Undead players can use Hippogryphs and Gargoyles are generally the strongest counter, because they can deal a heavy amount of damage, have enough health to take several hits and can also hunt down any fleeing wyrms. Human players can use Dragonhawk Riders, as they can easily wrangle a Frost Wyrm down with Aerial Shackles. Orc players, unfortunately, don't have much in the way of taking Frost Wyrms down other than focused fire with Wind Riders, since it takes three Troll Batriders to kill a single Frost Wyrm.

On the ground, Dryads are the strongest counter due to their passive spell immunity which also makes them immune to magic-type attacks. Siege Engines are another alternative but require Endurance and Unholy Aura to catch up to them, but will greatly assist in taking out any Gargoyle escorts.

Spells and abilities[]

Frost Attack (Passive)[]

BTNFrost
Adds a cold effect to this unit's attacks that slows enemy units' movement speed.
Duration (Hero) Allowed Targets Effect
10 (3) sec. Air, Ground, Enemy, Neutral -50% movement speed and -25% attack rate on attacked enemy units.

Freezing Breath (Passive)[]

PASBTNFreezingBreath
When cast on a building, temporarily stops all building activities.
Research Cost Researched At Upgrade Time
150 Gold 275 Lumber Boneyard 60 sec.
Duration Area of Effect Allowed Targets Effect
5 sec. 10 Enemy, Buildings Halts building activities.

This upgrade is must have because it allows you to assault enemy towns and towers.

Upgrades[]

BTNCreatureAttack
Creature Attack
Increases the attack damage of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Upgrade Time Effect
150 Gold 50 Lumber Graveyard 60 sec. Normal attack: 94-127 (110.5 avg)
Secondary attack: 85-105 (95 avg)
BTNImprovedCreatureAttack
Improved Creature Attack
Further increases the attack damage of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time Effect
200 Gold 125 Lumber Graveyard Halls of the Dead 75 sec. Normal attack: 95-139 (117 avg)
Secondary attack: 86-116 (101 avg)
BTNAdvancedCreatureAttack
Advanced Creature Attack
Further increases the attack damage of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time Effect
250 Gold 200 Lumber Graveyard Black Citadel 90 sec. Normal attack: 96-151 (123.5 avg)
Secondary attack: 87-127 (107 avg)
BTNCreatureCarapace
Creature Carapace
Increases the armor of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Upgrade Time Effect
150 Gold 75 Lumber Graveyard 60 sec. Armor: 3
BTNImprovedCreatureCarapace
Improved Creature Carapace
Further increases the armor of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time Effect
200 Gold 200 Lumber Graveyard Halls of the Dead 75 sec. Armor: 5
BTNAdvancedCreatureCarapace
Advanced Creature Carapace
Further increases the armor of Crypt Fiends, Gargoyles, Destroyers, and Frost Wyrms.
Research Cost Researched At Requirements Upgrade Time Effect
250 Gold 325 Lumber Graveyard Black Citadel 90 sec. Armor: 7


Patch changes[]

  • WC3tFT-logo Patch 1.15 (2004-05-10): Build time reduced to 65 seconds from 80 seconds.
  • WC3tFT-logo Patch 1.10 (2003-07-03):
    • The Frozen Throne
      • Frost Wyrm damage increased to 93-115 from 85-105.
  • WC3tFT-logo Patch 1.07 (2003-07-01):
    • Attack type changed to Magic from Piercing.
    • Hit points increased to 1350 from 1100.
  • WC3RoC-logo Patch 1.03 (2002-10-09): Frost Wyrm attack now also slows air units.

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