Ice

Command the power of Ice, shaping it into mighty weapons and protecting allies with frigid winds. Characters that choose to master subzero temperatures make for challenging foes. During combat, ice wielders have the ability to lock down opponents who come within their chilling reach.
Specializing in Tanking abilities, Ice is a Power Set available for a character during Character Creation.

Power	Description	Details
Dodge	Press the Block button plus a direction to quickly dart in that direction in order to escape an incoming attack. While dodging, ranged attacks are deflected.	Innate Vulnerable to Interrupt Cooldown: 0.15s
Block	Press the Block button plus to reduce damage from incoming attacks. You gain the following benefits while blocking: +100% Defense +100% Toughness Gain Resistance to Control Effects Counter certain melee attacks, damaging and knocking down your opponent and preventing incoming damage for a short time.	Innate Vulnerable to Block Breaker
Breakout	Press the Block button plus to immediately regain control of yourself and recover from Knockdown or other Control Effects. It is ineffective against Counter attacks, Interrupt effects and other very strong attacks.	Innate Power Cost: 100
Damage Role	Press Cycle Power Tray button in order to toggle between roles. You gain the following benefits while in Damage Role: +10% Damage	Role
Tank Role	Press Cycle Power Tray button in order to toggle between roles. You gain the following benefits while in Tank Role: +65% Defense while not blocking +3 Perception Super powers gain Taunt Taunt : When you use a super power, your opponents attack you instead of your allies. Player versus Player: +20% Health +3 Perception	Role Level: 10
Ice Armor	Using a Shield power grants you Ice Armor. Ice Armor : Increases your Defense by +35% while not Blocking.	Innate
Snow Ball	Heave a sizable chunk of ice at your enemies, damaging the target and nearby enemies. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Level: 1 Cooldown: 0.5s Power Cost: 100
Frost Slam	Impale nearby enemies with ice spikes from the ground, damaging and knocking them down.	Level: 3 Cooldown: 3s Power Cost: 200
Ice Boulder Strike	Strike your enemies with an enormous hailstone from above. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Level: 5 Cooldown: 3s Power Cost: 300
Reflection	Surround yourself with the essence of ice, protecting you from damage for a short time. Some damage from the next three attacks will be directed back at your attacker.	Usable While Controlled Shield Level: 7 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 200
Resonating Gale	Conjure a chilling gale on your enemies, damaging and pulling them in. Power Interactions : Inflicts Frostbite on enemies, making them vulnerable to freezing effects.	Level: 9 Cooldown: 3s Power Cost: 200
Deep Freeze	Emit a shockwave of frost, damaging your enemies and encasing them in blocks of ice.	Level: 11 Cooldown: 30s Supercharge Cost: 5000
Bitter Winds	Create a whirling aura of wind and ice around yourself, damaging and knocking down nearby enemies. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Level: 13 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 200
Inescapable Storm	Engulf your target and nearby enemies with a concentrated storm, damaging and dragging them toward you.	Level: 14 Cooldown: 0.5s Power Cost: 100
Cold Snap	Rapidly cool your body temperature, damaging nearby enemies over time. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Level: 15 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 300
Frost Snipe	Pierce an enemy with a sharp blast of freezing energy, causing damage. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage. Tank Role : Taunts a single target to attack you instead of others. The effect is more powerful and will not be broken by a standard Tank Role taunt.	Level: 16 Cooldown: 0.5s Power Cost: 100
Freeze Ray	Cast an absolute-zero beam at your enemy, causing extreme damage and encasing it in a block of ice.	Level: 17 Cooldown: 0.5s Supercharge Cost: 5000
Impaling Ice	Impale your enemies with vicious shards of ice, damaging and knocking them down while restoring Supercharge.	Supercharge Generator Level: 18 Cooldown: 6s Power Cost: 200
Winter Ward	Surround yourself in a shield of ice, protecting you from damage for a short time.	Usable While Controlled Shield Level: 19 Cooldown: 18s Power Cost: 300
Ice Bash	Infuse your weapon with the power of ice, increasing the damage of your weapon attacks for a short time.	Weapon Buff Level: 20 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 300
Ice Elemental	Transform into the embodiment of Ice, greatly enhancing role-specific stats. Ice Elemental form provides new weapon combos, and renders you immune to most Control effects. Tank Role : Increases Defense. Damage Role : Increases damage output. While in Damage Role you gain 25% Control Resistance, 60% Damage Bonus, another 20% Control Resistance, 10% Weapon DPS and 10% Precision buffs for 21 seconds upon using this ability.	Usable While Controlled Level: 21 Cooldown: 0.5s Supercharge Cost: 5000
Arctic Gust	Blast your enemies with a sustained cone of frigid air, causing damage. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Vulnerable to Interrupt Level: 22 Power Cost: 200
Wintry Tempest	Freeze the area near your target. The icy crystals damage your target and nearby enemies. Power Interactions : Inflicts Frostbite to make enemies vulnerable to freezing effects.	Level: 23 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 300
Glacier Flash	Fire a beam of intense cold at your enemy, causing damage. Enemies at 35% health or below will take double damage.	Vulnerable to Interrupt Level: 24 Cooldown: 4.4s Power Cost: 200
Hibernation	Encase yourself in a protective mound of ice that quickly heals you while protecting you from damage. Tank Role : Taunts nearby enemies to attack you instead of others.	Usable While Controlled Shield Level: 25 Cooldown: 60s Supercharge Cost: 5000
Shatter Restraints	Use the unstoppable power of ice to gain immunity to control effects, and to protect yourself from damage for a short time. Tank Role : Provides immunity to control effects and removes control debuffs for you and up to seven group members.	Usable While Controlled Group Breakout Level: 26 Cooldown: 18s Power Cost: 200
Snow Devil	Summon a chaotic snow devil to assault enemies with freezing winds. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Level: 27 Cooldown: 12s Power Cost: 300
Ice Boulder	Summon a huge chunk of ice to hurl at your enemies, damaging and knocking them down. Power Interactions : Inflicts Frostbite on enemies, making them vulnerable to freezing effects.	Level: 28 Cooldown: 6s Power Cost: 300
Avalanche	Unleash a barrage of ice and snow upon your target and nearby enemies, causing damage and knocking them down.	Vulnerable to Interrupt Level: 29 Cooldown: 3.5s Power Cost: 300
Blizzard	Conjure a wide-spread, icy storm that inflicts heavy damage to enemies.	Level: 30 Cooldown: 30s Supercharge Cost: 5000
Frost Blast	Blast your enemies with a torrent of jagged ice shards, stunning, damaging and knocking them down. Power Interactions : Frostbitten enemies take additional damage.	Vulnerable to Interrupt Level: 30 Cooldown: 3s Power Cost: 400

Power Interactions

Interaction	Powers
Inflicts Frostbite	Ice Boulder, Resonating Gale, Wintry Tempest Iconic : Freezing Breath Consumable : Cryogenic Solution
Additional Damage to Frostbitten enemies	Arctic Gust, Bitter Winds, Cold Snap, Frost Blast, Frost Snipe, Ice Boulder Strike, Snow Devil, Snow Ball

Trivia

• Ice is the default power set for those Inspired By Superman during Character Creation, despite the fact that he only has Freezing Breath. Similarly, Ice is the default power for those Inspired By Steel, despite the fact that Steel has no powers outside of his armor.
• Captain Cold, Killer Frost, and Mr. Freeze all use this power.

Gallery

External Links

• DCUO Blogguide: Ice (with loadout suggestions)

See also

• Frozen Style
• Arctic Aura Style
• Arctic Material Style
• Arctic Material Ball
• Exobyte-Attuned Robot Sidekick

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