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.