Icy Assault
Overview
Icy Assault is one of the powersets. It is a Dominator secondary powerset in City of Villains.
Ice Assault allows the player to use cold-based attacks. Conjure up frozen melee weapons or hurl deadly shards of ice. Icy powers are known for their ability to slow an opponent.
Power Tables
Dominator
The Icy Assault powerset is available as a secondary set for Dominators. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:
Power | Level | Effect | |
Ice Bolt | 1 | Ranged, Minor Damage(Cold/Smash), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Ice Sword | 2 | Melee, Moderate Damage(Cold/Lethal), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Ice Sword Circle | 4 | Point Blank Area of Effect Melee, Moderate Damage(Cold/Lethal) | |
Ice Blast | 10 | Ranged, Moderate Damage(Cold/Smash), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Power Boost | 16 | Self +Special | |
Frost Breath | 20 | Close (Cone), Moderate Damage over Time(Cold), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Chilling Embrace | 28 | Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect, Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Greater Ice Sword | 35 | Melee, High Damage(Cold/Lethal), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Bitter Ice Blast | 38 | Ranged, Superior Damage(Cold/Smash), Foe: -Recharge, -Speed, -Accuracy |
Powers
The following are powers in the Icy Assault powerset.
Bitter Ice Blast
A slower yet more powerful version of Ice Blast, Bitter Ice Blast deals much more damage and can also reduce your enemy's accuracy. Like other Ice Blast powers, Bitter Ice Blast can slow a target's movement and attack speed.
Chilling Embrace
While active, you dramatically lower the temperature around yourself, slowing the attack rate of all nearby foes, as well as their movement speed.
Recharge | Very Fast |
Minimum Level | 28 (Dominator) |
Effects | Toggle: Point Blank Area of Effect |
Foe: -Recharge, -Speed | |
Enhancements | Reduce Endurance Cost |
Increase Attack Rate | |
Enhance Slow |
Frost Breath
Unleashes a cone of frosty breath that can slow your opponents' movement and attacks. Very accurate and very deadly at medium range.
Greater Ice Sword
Your mastery of Ice allows you to create an enhanced blade of solid ice that deals above average damage. Being hit by the Greater Ice Sword will slow a foes' attack and movement speed, due to the intense chill.
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.
Ice Bolt
Ice Bolt quickly pelts an enemy with small icy daggers; their chill Slows a foe's attacks and movement for a time. Fast, but little damage.
Ice Sword
You create a blade of solid ice that deals good damage. Being hit by this Ice Sword will slow a target's movement and attack speed, due to the intense chill.
Ice Sword Circle
Mastery of your Ice Sword has enabled you to make an attack on every foe within melee distance. This will slash and chill your enemies, dealing moderate damage and slowing all affected target's movement and attack speed.
Power Boost
Greatly boosts the secondary effects of your powers. Your powers' effects like heals, defense buffs, endurance drains, disorients, holds, immobilizes, knockbacks and more, are all improved. The effects of Power Boost last a short while, and only the next couple of attacks will be boosted.
Recharge | Long |
Minimum Level | 16 (Dominator) |
Effects | Self +Special |
Enhancements | Reduce Endurance Cost |
Increase Attack Rate |