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Ice Shards is a magic-type ranged weapon which lets the player throw three small ice shards in a spread, which slow down enemies and deal critical hits to enemies in water or covered in oil.

Details[]

  • Special Effects:
    • Enemies that are hit slow down for 3 seconds.
    • Attacks deal ~1.28x damage (68 base critical DPS) to enemies standing in water or covered in oil.
  • Breach Bonus: -1
    • Base Breach Damage: 0
    • Base Breach DPS: 0
  • Attack Duration: 0.38 seconds
    • Charge: 0.06
    • Lock: 0
    • Cooldown: 0.32
  • Tags: Ranged, Ice, UnlockInPublicEvent
  • Legendary Version:
    • Forced Affix: DeathFreeze
      • "Victims Freeze nearby enemies (1.8 seconds) when they die"

Synergies[]

  • Due to its ability to keep enemies constantly slowed it works well with Heart of Ice Mutation IconHeart of Ice.

Notes[]

  • Though the refire time for Ice Shards is 0.38 seconds, the player regains control after 0.06 seconds, resulting in a minimum wait time of 0.32 seconds between the end of one attack and the start of the next.
  • Due to the extremely quick attack speed and the somewhat long duration of the slow effect, this weapon can be used to keep nearby enemies constantly slowed at all times.

Trivia[]

  • This item was previously named Ice Shock.

History[]

  • 0.4: Introduced.
  • 1.9: Removed ammo.
    • Increased slow duration from x to 5.
    • Critical hit DPS decreased from (X) to (X).
    • No longer can get "Victims Burn when they die" Affix.
  • 2.4: Base DPS decreased from 58 (87) to 53 (68).
    • Slow down duration decreased from 5 seconds to 3.
  • 2.9: Unlock cost decreased from 60 cells to 40.
  • 3.0: Added the Legendary Affix "Death Freeze".
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