Ice Crystal

Ice Crystals

Tooltip

Ice Crystals are solid blocks of ice which can be damaged. When destroyed, Ice Crystals will deal Cold damage in an area.

Ice Crystals are objects created by some skills which explode when destroyed, dealing cold damage in an area around them.

Skills

• Fragmentation RoundsFragmentation RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Payoff
  Tier: 1
  Level: (1-40)
  Cost: (8-688) ManaLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode.Fragmentation Rounds
  Projectile
  Knocks Back Enemies
  Multiple fragments can Hit the same target
  Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaniously will combine their damage into a single Hit
  Bolts Pierce 2 Targets
  Fires 10 fragments per shot
  Vs Frozen
  Attack Damage: (425-1326)%
  Base Explosion radius is (1.4-1.6) metres
  
  Ammunition
  1 Bolts loaded per clip
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Deals (1-20)% more Physical DamageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
• Frost WallFrost WallSpell, AoE, Cold, Duration
  Tier: 9
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-90) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.80 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 11.00%Create a wall of Ice Crystals which holds back enemies. The Crystals explode if sufficiently damaged, or if pushed hard enough, damaging nearby enemies.Deals (7-175) to (11-263) Cold Damage
  50% more Freeze Buildup
  Explosion radius is 2 metres
  Ice Crystal duration is 8 seconds
  Ice Crystals have (36-12714) maximum Life
  Wall is (2.8-5.6) metres long
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
• Frozen LocusFrozen LocusAttack, AoE, Melee, Cold, Duration, Nova
  Tier: 1
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (12-87) Mana
  Attack Speed: 70% of baseLeap backward and crack the ground with your staff to call forth an Ice Crystal, which creates Chilled Ground around it and can be damaged by you and enemies. If the Crystal is destroyed it causes an icy explosion that deals Attack damage but does not use your weapon's damage. This skill can be used while using other skills.Maximum 1 Ice Crystal
  Ice Crystal duration is 6 seconds
  Ice Crystal has (43-1364) maximum Life
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% more Magnitude of Chill inflictedSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.
• Glacial BoltGlacial BoltAttack, AoE, Ammunition, Projectile, Cold, Duration
  Tier: 7
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (7-53) ManaLoad your Crossbow with icy bolts that create two walls of Ice Crystals at the end of their flight.Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage
  Knocks Back Enemies
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.1-2) Bolts loaded per clipSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Support gems

• GlacierGlacierSupport
  Category: Glacier
  Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which creates Ice Crystals, causing them to be created with higher Life.Ice Crystals created by Supported Skills have 100% more LifePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Passive skills

• Shattered Crystal
• Ice Walls

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Ice Crystals will now instantly shatter from hits that could Consume Freeze. As this is now default behaviour, Glacial CascadeGlacial CascadeAttack, AoE, Melee, Cold, Payoff Tier: 1 Level: (1-20) Cost: (9-67) Mana Attack Speed: 75% of base Attack Damage: (40-125)% of baseSweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but the Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.Converts 60% of Physical Damage to Cold Damage Burst radius is 0.5 metres Wave length is 4.8 metres Causes 8 Bursts Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Gains (0.5-10)% of Physical damage as Cold damageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. and Fragmentation RoundsFragmentation RoundsAttack, Ammunition, Projectile, Payoff Tier: 1 Level: (1-40) Cost: (8-688) ManaLoad your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a Frozen enemy consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode.Fragmentation Rounds Projectile Knocks Back Enemies Multiple fragments can Hit the same target Multiple Fragments hitting a target simultaniously will combine their damage into a single Hit Bolts Pierce 2 Targets Fires 10 fragments per shot Vs Frozen Attack Damage: (425-1326)% Base Explosion radius is (1.4-1.6) metres Ammunition 1 Bolts loaded per clip Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: Deals (1-20)% more Physical DamageSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. no longer specifically call out this behaviour. Updated the Ice Crystal Keyword to clarify that it blocks movement of smaller monsters, while larger monsters will destroy any crystals in their path. Ice Crystal now deals 80% less damage in the first 0.5 seconds of its duration.
0.2.0	Ice Crystals created by Glacial Bolt and Frost Wall now have lowered life scaling past gem level 20. Their scaling up until this point is unchanged.
0.1.1c	Hitting inanimate objects, such as Ice Crystals, Tempest Bell or Vine Arrow plants, can no longer cause your trigger skills to generate energy.
0.1.1	Fixed a bug where Siege Cascade was targeting Vine Arrow plants and Frostwall Ice Crystals.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.