Ice Melee

Overview

Ice Melee is one of the powersets. It is a Tanker secondary power set in City of Heroes. (It was briefly a Brute primary power set in the City of Villains Beta but proved to counteract Fury.)

Ice Melee allows the player to use Cold-based attacks, and even conjure up frozen melee weapons. Ice Melee powers are known for their ability to slow an opponent.

Power Tables

Tanker

The Ice Melee powerset is available as a secondary set for Tankers. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

Power	Level	Effect
Frozen Fists	1	Melee, Minor Damage (Cold, Smash), Foe: -Recharge -Speed
Ice Sword	2	Melee, Moderate Damage (Cold, Lethal), Foe: -Recharge -Speed
Taunt	4	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe +Taunt
Frost	10	Cone, Moderate Damage over time (Cold) Foe: -Recharge -Speed
Build Up	16	Self: +Accuarcy +Damage
Ice Patch	20	Location (Player Based Area of Effect), Foe: +Knockdown
Freezing Touch	28	Melee, Minor Damage (Cold) Foe: +Hold
Greater Ice Sword	35	Melee, High Damage (Cold, Lethal) Foe: -Recharge -Speed
Frozen Aura	38	Player Based Area of Effect Foe: +Sleep

Powers

The following are powers in the Ice Melee powerset.

Build Up

Greatly increases the amount of damage you deal for a few seconds, as well as slightly increasing your accuracy.

Recharge Long Minimum Level 16 (Tanker) Effects Self: +Damage +Accuracy Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Enhance ToHit Buff

Freezing Touch

This freezing touch will encase a single foe in a block of ice. This will deal minor damage as well as freezing him in his tracks, leaving him cold and helpless.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 28 (Tanker) Effects Melee, Minor DoT (Cold), Foe: +Hold Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Enhance Damage Enhance Accuracy Enhance Hold Duration Enhance Taunt Effectiveness

Frost

You create a short cone of frost in front of you, that can frostbite a foe (dealing damage over time), and slows their attack speeds as they uncontrollably shiver.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 10 (Tanker) Effects Cone, Moderate DoT (Cold) Foe: -Recharge Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate Enhance Damage Enhance Accuracy Enhance Taunt Effectiveness Enhance Slow

Frozen Aura

Your mastery of cold enables you to dramatically lower the temperature immediately around you. Foes near you when you perform a Frozen Aura will be stopped in their tracks in a fragile casing of ice. Any interaction with foes frozen by this will break them free. Frozen Aura deals no significant damage. This is a magnitude one sleep, so it will not work on anything higher than a minion no matter what level.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 38 (Tanker) Effects PBAoE Foe: +Sleep Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Enhance Sleep Duration

Frozen Fists

Frozen Fists encrusts your hands in ice giving them the ability to quickly inflict minor damage on villains. The foe's attack speed is slowed, due to the chill caused by the cold blows.

Recharge Fast Minimum Level 1 (Tanker) Effects Melee, Minor (Smashing, Cold) Foe: -Recharge Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Enhance Damage Enhance Accuracy

Greater Ice Sword

The perfection of the Ice Sword, your master of it has allowed you to create an enhanced blade of solid ice that deals above average damage. Being hit by this Ice Sword will cause a villain to slow his rates of attack, due to the intense chill.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 35 (Tanker) Effects Melee, High (Lethal, Cold) Foe: -Recharge Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate Enhance Damage Enhance Accuracy Enhance Slow Enhance Taunt Effectiveness

Ice Patch

You emanate a patch of ice around you, which causes foes that step onto it to slip and fall down. This effect lasts until the ice melts.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 20 (Tanker) Effects PBAoE, Foe: +Knockdown Enhancements Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate

Ice Sword

Create a blade of solid ice that deals above average damage. Being hit by this Ice Sword will cause a villain to slow his rates of attack, due to the intense chill.

Recharge Moderate Minimum Level 2 (Tanker) Effects Melee, Moderate (Lethal, Cold) Foe: -Recharge Enhancements Enhance Accuracy Enhance Damage Reduce Endurance Cost Increase Attack Rate

Taunt

Taunts a foe and all foes around him to attack you.

Tanker: Useful for pulling villains off an ally who finds himself in over his head. Taunted foes tend to ignore other enemies and focus on you for quite a while, so use this power cautiously. An accuracy check is not required to taunt your foes.

Recharge Slow Minimum Level 4 (Tanker) Effects Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe: +Taunt Enhancements Enhance Taunt Enhance Range Increase Attack Rate

External Links

• Ice Melee for Tankers at City of Data v2.0