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
	Frost	4	Cone, Moderate Damage over time (Cold) Foe: -Recharge -Speed
	Taunt	10	Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe +Taunt
	Build Up	16	Self: +To Hit +Damage
	Ice Patch	20	Location (Point Blank 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	Point Blank Area of Effect, Moderate Damage (Cold), 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 chance to hit.

Recharge	Long
Minimum Level	16 (Tanker)
Effects	Self: +Damage +To Hit
Enhancements	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance ToHit Buff
Set Categories	To Hit 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	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Hold Duration
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Holds
	Taunt

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	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Targeted AoE Damage
	Slow Movement
	Taunt

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 moderate damage.

Recharge	Slow
Minimum Level	38 (Tanker)
Effects	PBAoE, Moderate Damage (Cold), Foe: Sleep
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Sleep Duration
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	PBAoE Damage
	Sleep
	Taunt

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	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Slow Movement
	Taunt

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	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Damage
	Reduce Endurance Cost
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Slow Movement
	Taunt

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
Set Categories	None

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
	Enhance Slow
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Melee Damage
	Slow Movement
	Taunt

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 Accuracy
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Taunt

External Links

• Ice Melee for Tankers at Titan Network's RedTomax