Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Cold Snap has been removed from the talent tree and is now learned baseline at level 19 (was a row 4 Frost talent). Now also affects [Ice Cold].
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 4 Frost talent (was a level 42 Frost ability). Rank 2 removed.
Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 2 added at level 54: Cooldown reduced by 30 seconds.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 42 (was 52).
Old: Ice Block now has 2 charges and also heals you for 3% of your maximum health every 1 sec.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned as a level 30 talent (was level 60): Ice Block now has 2 charges and also heals you for 3% of your maximum health every 1 sec.
Old: Immediately resets the cooldown of your Ice Block, [Presence of Mind], [Dragon's Breath], Cone of Cold, and Frost Nova spells, and heals you for 22% of your maximum health. Usable during most loss of control effects, and unaffected by global cooldown.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now also resets the cooldown of Presence of Mind, Dragon's Breath, and [Evanesce].
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now available to all specializations as a level 60 talent (was a tier 4 Frost talent). Cooldown reduced from 8 to 3 minutes.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Moved from tier 5 to tier 4. Now only affects Frost spells that the mage has recently cast.
Patch 2.3.2 (2008-01-08): Cooldown has been reduced to 8 minutes (was 10). The talent also no longer resets the cooldown of [Fire Ward].
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): The tooltip has been adjusted to indicate it only resets cooldowns caused by Frost spells, e.g., Cold Snap will not reset the cooldown caused by Dragon's Breath (which has a shared cooldown with [Cone of Cold]).
Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Moved to tier 5 (was tier 3).
Patch 1.11.0 (2006-06-19): This talent will now always clear the cooldown for [Frost Ward], even if the cooldown was triggered by casting Fire Ward.