Frostblight Bomb
Freezes both PvE and PvP targets in place for several seconds. The throw arc and reticle take practice. The in-game tooltip spells it “Frostblight Bomb”; the guide’s captions render it as “Frost Blight Bomb” and “Frostbite Bomb”.
Applies to 23 September 2026 updateUpdated
Creator-tested
- Class
- Blackarrow
- Weapon
- Utility active
- Role
- Crowd control
- Applies to
- 23 September 2026 update
- Balance passes
- 1 line, latest 2026-09-03
When to use it
A mainstay that rarely leaves the bar. Freezing a squad in one explosion sets up free headshots for the whole team.
Builds using this
- Blackarrow — full-draw ranged — Legacy Gaming explains it at 13:30The recommended utility slot despite an admittedly wonky trajectory: on-demand crowd control that takes practice but can turn a fight outright.
What the balance passes changed
- 2026-09-03 · ChangedFixed: cancelling the aim animation produced abnormal Light Strike attack speeds. The same fault as Impact Grenade, and as Mercenary’s Punishing Hammer in this pass.
Direction is the patch note’s own word, not a verdict on whether the skill is now good. Patch notes and update history.
Where this comes from
Opens at 09:45, where the skill is explained. Full citation below.
A second source describes it independently — 06:30 in the citations below.
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Sources for this page
- Legacy Gaming — Ultimate Blackarrow Class Guide — Launch build, published 1 August 2026. Source for Blackarrow talents, affixes and the three systems that grant affixes.
- Rebrrth — The Ultimate Guide to Black Arrow — Launch build, published 4 August 2026 by a top-of-leaderboard Blackarrow. Chaptered skills, talents, affixes and rotation; source for the talent page 2 pick, the Barbed Arrow dodge-stun, the class mobility budget, PvP sequencing and the side-dodge tech the creator expects to be patched.
Other Blackarrow Utility active skills
- Shadow Step — Mobility
- Impact Grenade — Displacement