Ice Wall
| Job | Wizard |
|---|---|
| Type | Supportive |
| Target | Ground |
| Element | Water |
| Max level | 5 |
| SP cost | 20 (all levels) |
| Range | 9 cells |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Requires | Frost Diver Lv 1 |
Ice Wall raises a line of solid ice on the ground that blocks movement and shapes the battlefield.
Overview
Ice Wall is a utility skill that creates an impassable barrier of ice, used to block paths, cut off pursuers, or funnel enemies into a kill zone. It deals no damage and instead controls space, which makes it a staple of Wizard positioning play. It also opens the Frost branch, leading into Frost Nova, and is a prerequisite for the High Wizard skill Ganbantein. It requires Frost Diver Level 1 to learn.
Mechanics
Casting on a target cell conjures a wall of ice that monsters and players cannot walk through, and that also blocks line of sight. The wall is always 5 cells long, laid out perpendicular to the caster's facing direction; skill level does not change its length.
What skill level does change is how long the wall survives. Each wall segment starts with a pool of durability:
- Durability: 200 + (400 × SkillLv)
The wall loses 50 durability every second, and any damage dealt to it is also subtracted from that pool. A segment disappears once its durability reaches zero, so an undamaged wall lasts (200 + 400 × SkillLv) ÷ 50 seconds. Enemies can therefore break through early by attacking the ice.
The wall cannot be pushed by knockback, cannot be stacked on top of another Ice Wall, and is destroyed by Fire Rain. It deals no damage, and some maps disable the skill entirely.
Leveling
| Level | Durability | Lifetime if undamaged | SP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 600 | 12 s | 20 |
| 2 | 1,000 | 20 s | 20 |
| 3 | 1,400 | 28 s | 20 |
| 4 | 1,800 | 36 s | 20 |
| 5 | 2,200 | 44 s | 20 |
Notes
- Deals no damage; it is purely a movement- and sight-blocking barrier.
- The wall is 5 cells long at every level. Higher levels make it tougher, not longer.
- The wall cannot be moved by knockback effects.
- Attacking the ice reduces its durability, so it can be broken down before it expires.
- Ice Wall cannot be cast on maps flagged to disallow it.