New Skill Teaser Image - Ice Crash

for anyone that wants this skills tags and info, some how this site got a hold of a few skills not out yet in awakening, and are possibly the ones planned for release. note you will need to translate the page, as its in russian. not sure where exactly this came from. 5 gems listed, with 1 possible change to shock nova. again none of this is confirmed, its just listed here.

http://poezone.ru/ice-crash/

Ice crash Tags: ATTACK, AOE, COLD, MELEE

Yet another melee skill ..., not as if we wouldnt have enough of them. More viable spells like arc, gc and ball lightning are needed. More projectile skills like tornado shot or kinetic blast I mean statistics show that 70% of the playerbase play witch/templar/ranger so why not release another skill for the majority of the playerbase?

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Raghin wrote:

for anyone that wants this skills tags and info, some how this site got a hold of a few skills not out yet in awakening, and are possibly the ones planned for release. note you will need to translate the page, as its in russian. not sure where exactly this came from. 5 gems listed, with 1 possible change to shock nova. again none of this is confirmed, its just listed here.

http://poezone.ru/ice-crash/

Ice crash Tags: ATTACK, AOE, COLD, MELEE

"Second hit deals 33% less damage."

What? :S

I can see it usable by Facebreaker builds, to achieve sort of comboes.

Infernal Blow -> Ice Crash -> Infernal Blow -> Ice Crash -> Infernal Blow -> Ice Crash



We need third skill.

Infernal Blow -> Ice Crash -> [THIRD_SKILL] -> [THIRD_SKILL]

Edit: Oh lol, frenzy!

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Archwizard wrote:

Cool, more Ice skills. (Get it? COOL!!! AHAHAHAHAA)

LOOOOOOOOL. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Wait iPhone emojis work on Poe site? Can everyone see them? 💩💩😝😝😂😂😏😏

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darkjoy wrote:

Looks awesome.

The name 'Ice Crash' however... lame. Very lame.

I suggest, we suggest a better name once we know more. Should be doable to change the name later in the beta.

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Yet another melee skill ..., not as if we wouldnt have enough of them. More viable spells like arc, gc and ball lightning are needed

To be fair, after Molten Strike and Static Strike we did actually lack the cold-version. Now we have two elemental attacks for each element, one being more Single Target-oriented (Lightning Strike, Infernal Blow, Glacial Hammer) and one trending more towards AoE (Ice Crash, Molten Strike, Static Strike).

I'm fairly certain that they do have some more spells in the pocket as well (and an update to fireball, they hinted at, making it more impactful later in the game).

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Could be fun for sure. Does remind me of the one Chatters currently uses.

Chatters uses basically Cast on Hit -> Storm... äh Frost Call, the funky monkey in Toras missions has basically a Flame Call :P.

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Man I was really hoping for that Frozen Orb type skill that one of the Act 4 mobs uses.

That's basically Ball Lightning. The question is, do we want same mechanics just with different elements? It's a tough one, since it would, exspecially with some fancy arts give a bit more diversity but then again it might just bloat the game with skills that are too similar.

I would like to see it as an Auto-Cast Spell, like a counter-part to Vengeance!
A chance to cast when hit = Boom! Ice Spikes Explosion!

.. No need for another Ice Ground Slam IMO :(

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Urgas wrote:

Looks nice, hope the name isn't final though. Show us an animated version of it and let us suggest new names for it? :)

Oh and add a new wand phys-based skill, that looks kinda like Freezing Pulse, but smaller. Still penetrates enemies. And call it Sonic Boom! :D I KNOW YOU WANT TO!

and usable unarmed of course ...

is it melee?

Re-skined Static Strike?

Ice Crash as a skill name?

Without knowing anything about the skill, how about...

Ice Blast
Ice Shards
Arctic Blast
Piercing Ice
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