Ice Mastery

Overview

Ice Mastery is one of the Ancillary Power Pools available to Controllers and Dominators.

You have Mastery over Ice to blast your foes and to add some much needed armor and defense.

Power Tables

The following tables show which powers are available and at what level:

Controller

	Power	Level	Effect
	Ice Blast	35	Ranged, Moderate DMG(Cold/Smash), Foe -Recharge, -SPD
	Hibernate	35	Toggle: Self +Regen, +Recovery, Invulnerable
	Frozen Armor	41	Toggle: Self +Defense(Smash, Lethal), +Res(Cold)
	Frost Breath	41	Close(Cone), Moderate DoT(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD
	Ice Storm	44	Ranged (Location AoE), Minor DoT(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD

Dominator

	Power	Level	Effect
	Sleet	35	Ranged (Location AoE), Foe -Recharge, -Speed, -Defense(All), -Resistance(All)
	Hibernate	35	Toggle: Self +Regen, +Recovery, Invulnerable
	Frozen Armor	41	Toggle: Self +Defense(Smash, Lethal), +Res(Cold)
	Hoarfrost	41	Self Heal, +Max Health, +Resistance(Toxic)
	Ice Storm	44	Ranged (Location AoE), Minor DoT(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD

Guardian

	Power	Level	Effect
	Chillblain	35	Ranged, Moderate DoT(Cold), Foe Immobilize, -Recharge, -SPD, -Fly
	Frozen Aura	35	PBAoE, Moderate DMG(Cold), Foe Sleep
	Freezing Touch	41	Melee, High DoT(Cold), Foe Hold
	Ice Storm	41	Ranged (Location AoE), Minor DoT(Cold), Foe -Recharge, -SPD
	Shiver	44	Ranged (Cone), Foe -Recharge, -SPD

Powers

The following are powers in the Ice Mastery powerset.

Frost Breath

Unleashes a cone of frosty breath that can Slow your opponents' movement and attacks. Very accurate and very deadly at medium range.

Damage	Moderate Damage over Time(Cold)
Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	41 (Controller)
Effects	Close (Cone)
	Foe -Recharge, -Speed
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Range
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff

Frozen Armor

While this power is active, you coat yourself in rock hard Frozen Armor. The hardness of the Frozen Armor offers good defense to Smashing and Lethal attack as well as reduces Cold damage. Also, Fire attacks deal slightly less damage. You must be level 44 and have Ice Blast or Hibernate before selecting this power.

Recharge	Very Fast
Minimum Level	41 (Controller)
	41 (Dominator)
Effects	Toggle: Self +Defense(Smashing, Lethal), +Resistance(Cold)
Enhancements	Enhance Defense Buffs
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Damage Resistance
Set Categories	Defense
	Resist Damage

Hibernate

When you activate this power, you encase yourself in a block of solid ice, making yourself invulnerable, though you are frozen solid and cannot act. While Hibernating within this block of ice, you heal damage and Recover Endurance at an incredible rate. You can emerge at will by deactivating the power, but you cannot Hibernate for more than 30 seconds.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	35 (Controller)
	35 (Dominator)
Effects	Toggle: Self +Regeneration, +Recovery, Invulnerable
Enhancements	Enhance Endurance Modification
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Increase Attack Rate
Set Categories	Healing/Absorb
	Endurance Modification

Hoarfrost

Activating this power covers you in a thick layer of Hoarfrost. The frost can absorb the impact from enemy attacks, effectively increasing your maximum Hit Points for a short time. Hoarfrost also grants you resistance to Toxic Damage. You must be level 44 and have Snow Storm or Flash Freeze before selecting this power.

Recharge	Very Long
Minimum Level	41 (Dominator)
Effects	Self Heal, +Max Health, +Resistance(Toxic)
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Heal
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Damage Resistance
Set Categories	Resist Damage
	Healing/Absorb

Ice Blast

Ice Blast hurls shards of ice at foes and slows their attacks and movement for a time. Slower recharge than Ice Bolt, but more damage.

Damage	Moderate (Cold/Smashing)
Recharge	Moderate
Minimum Level	35 (Controller)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe -Recharge, -Speed
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff

Ice Storm

Shred your foes with this Ice Storm. This power deals a lot of damage in a large area and can slow all affected targets movement and attack speed. You must be level 47 and have two other Ice Mastery Powers before selecting this power.

Damage	Minor Damage over Time(Cold)
Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	44 (Controller)
	44 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Location Area of Effect)
	Foe -Recharge, -Speed
Enhancements	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff

Sleet

Summons a Sleet Storm at a targeted location. Sleet deals minimal Cold damage to anything that passes through the storm. It also Slows the affected foes and severely reduces their Defense and resistance to damage. Many foes may even slip and fall trying to escape the storm.

Damage	Minor Damage over Time(Cold)
Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	35 (Dominator)
Effects	Ranged (Location Area of Effect)
	Foe -Recharge, -Speed, -Defense(All), -Resistance(All)
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Enhance Defense Debuff
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
Set Categories	Ranged Damage
	Slow Movement
	Universal Debuff

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes: Rebirth. The content provided may refer to City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game in Issue 3.
• Frost Breath was added to this set in Issue 13.
• This set was made available to Dominators in Issue 18.
• Issue 21 lowered the level at which the set's powers become available: two changed from 41 to 35, two from 44 to 41, and one from 47 to 44.
• Guardians were added to the game in Game Update 2.

See Also

• Ancillary Power Pools
• Epic Power Set Proliferation
• Controller
• Dominator

External Links

• Ice Mastery for Controllers at RedTomax.com