Blades of Ice
What it does Claws for 54 damage. Every fourth blow deals 845 cold, shatters ice for as much around and leaves freezing cubes.
These are base learned-level effects, not final character-sheet damage. Account for equipment bonuses, synergies, modifiers and enemy resistances.
Effects by level
| Level | Effect | Cooldown |
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Evolution requirements
- Evolution An evolution: it comes from a chest, never from a level-up card. Evolved from C Claws of Thunder Catalyst W Weapon Block From character level 24
Synergies and practical checks
- Phoenix Strike: +80% Cold Damage per Level
- Its release strikes the monster with cold. With two charges or more it also shatters in ice on all around it, and with three it scatters ice cubes that freeze what touches them. The cubes deal no damage.
Skill modifiers
- Shards — The release also throws 8 ice shards out of its target, each dealing 70% as physical damage.
- Frostfire — Half its damage is fire damage, which hurts monsters immune to cold. It deals 10% less.
- Deep Cold — The release deals at least 22% more to its target and 35% less to the monsters around it. It makes no ice cubes.
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Observed version history
| Patch | Observed at | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 20261101.1 | 2026-11-02T07:17:50.548Z | Verified |
| 20261030.2 | 2026-11-01T03:04:00+09:00 | Verified |