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Ice Manipulation
Background
Ice Manipulation is the ability to control and manipulate ice, a combination of Cold Manipulation and Water Manipulation. Users can generate, shape, and manipulate ice, which is water frozen into a solid state. Naturally occurring forms of ice include snow, slush, hail, icicles, ice spikes, glaciers, pack ice, frost, and polar ice caps, allowing users to influence a variety of structures and environments. This ability may extend to manipulating cold by reducing the kinetic energy of atoms to freeze objects.
Also Called
- Cryokinesis
- Freezing Manipulation
- Frost Control
Possible Applications
- Cold Manipulation: Lowering the temperature of an object or environment to generate ice or induce freezing conditions.
- Ice Generation: Creating ice out of thin air by condensing moisture or manipulating temperature.
- Ice Constructs: Forming ice into various shapes such as weapons, armor, platforms, barriers, or even autonomous entities.
- Ice Attacks: Launching ice-based projectiles, creating spikes, or forming frozen weapons for combat.
- Freezing: Causing objects, environments, or opponents to become encased in ice, potentially immobilizing or damaging them.
- Cryogenic Respiration: Exhaling extremely cold air to create frost or freeze targets at close range.
- Ice Cloning: Forming autonomous copies of oneself composed entirely of ice.
- Icy Terrain Manipulation: Altering landscapes by covering them in ice, creating hazards such as slippery surfaces or impassable barriers.
- Ice Aura: Surrounding oneself with an aura of cold energy that passively freezes nearby objects or foes.
- Cryo-Thermokinesis: Balancing ice manipulation with heat manipulation to control both freezing and thawing processes.
- Ice Armor: Coating one's body in a durable layer of ice for enhanced defense.
- Temperature Resistance: Withstanding extreme cold and freezing temperatures without harm.
Potential Types
- Natural Ice Manipulation: The ability to control and shape existing ice formations without creating new ice.
- Generated Ice Manipulation: The power to create ice from moisture in the air or liquid water sources.
- Absolute Zero Manipulation: Lowering temperatures to the point where molecular motion nearly stops, freezing objects instantly.
- Permafrost Manipulation: Controlling ice that remains frozen indefinitely, preventing it from melting under normal conditions.
- Glacial Manipulation: The ability to shape and move massive ice formations such as glaciers or icebergs.
- Cryo-Erosion: Using ice to gradually wear down structures, environments, or even opponents through frost damage.
- Ice Elemental Form: Transforming one's body into living ice, rendering oneself resistant to physical attacks and extreme cold.
- Ice Fusion: Merging with ice structures or incorporating them into one's form for enhanced abilities.
Possible Limitations
- Requires the presence of water or atmospheric moisture to generate ice in some cases.
- May be ineffective in extremely hot environments where ice melts rapidly.
- Some materials or abilities may resist freezing or negate the effects of ice.
Users
- Samus Aran (Metroid): Uses the Ice Beam to freeze enemies and objects.
- Queen Vanessa (A Hat in Time): Froze over a large portion of Subcon Forest in her grief.