Diablo III – Does Cold Damage Count as Slow in Diablo III?

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I'm playing as a Demon Hunter and recently I was looking at the passive skills when I saw Cull the Weak skill that increases damage against slow enemies by 15%.

The question is: does this skill only work with the effects of the other skills(Caltrops, Rapid Fire with Web Shot rune, Entangling Shot, etc)?

Or does cold damage on the weapon also count as slow effect for this skill?

If so, then a 2-hand Bow with some cold damage, Archery, Cull the Weak and Steady Aim would give a nice +50% damage bonus.

Best Answer

Based on this discussion it seems that cold damage does count as a slow, and the bonus damage will even apply to your initial hit.