Ice Shard

Mage skill · Ice line · tier 1

Beta 0.7.2

A shard of ice, sharp as glass.

It is only used in combat once it is placed on the hero's active bar, and its 6 s cooldown is before cooldown reduction.

Values by rank

Ice Shard scales with Ice Damage. Its value at each rank is 10 + 2.9 × rank:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Value	12.9	15.8	18.7	21.6	24.5	27.4	30.3	33.2	36.1	39

The value is the game's internal number for this skill.

in combat = round(value × skill power × max(0.35, hero damage ÷ 600))
hero damage = Attack + all elemental damage
skill power = 1 + 1% per point in the other Ice skills + 2% per rank of each skill that boosts it

The damage factor has a minimum of 0.35 and no maximum. A hero with 600 damage and no line mastery or synergies gets the listed value; how it becomes damage or healing per hit depends on the skill's type and timing.

How to unlock it

1
Always openTier 1 skills need no other skill first.
2
Hero level 2A hero's first skill point can go straight into it.
3
One skill point per rankUp to rank 10.

Rank 5 in Ice Shard opens Frost Nova and Ice Armor.

Mastery and synergies

Line mastery: every point in the other Ice skills makes Ice Shard 1% stronger, up to +40% with all of them at rank 10. Its own points do the same for the rest of the line.

Skills that boost Ice Shard

Arcane Missile

Each rank in one of these makes Ice Shard 2% stronger (+20% at rank 10).

Ice line

Skill	Tier	Type	Cooldown	Scales with
Ice Shard	1	Direct damage	6 s	Ice Damage
Frost Nova	2	Control	12 s	Chill
Ice Armor	3	Shield	12 s	Absorption
Frozen Gale	4	Area damage	9 s	Ice Damage
Absolute Zero	5	Ultimate	16 s	Ice Damage