Ice Barrage
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| Members only? | Yes |
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| Level | 94 |
| Runes | 6 Water 2 Blood 4 Death |
| Spellbook | Ancient |
| Experience | 52 + 2 for every hit done |
| Quest | Desert Treasure |
| Lectern | None |
Ice Barrage is considered as one of the most powerful spells in the game, after Miasmic Barrage. The spell is the 2nd strongest in the game after the miasmic barrage spell. It requires a magic level of 94 and can do a maximum of 30 damage per hit (33 with certain staves), or 46 damage if wielding a special staff like the Ancient staff & using an extreme magic potion(or if you're in Castle Wars with a Castlewars bracelet on, it can hit up to 52). A successful Ice Barrage will freeze for 20 seconds, however if someone is already frozen, the effect of freezing will not stack. If you freeze someone, then ice barrage again, it will appear as a small sphere with light blue stars falling from it. After someone has broken out of the freezing effect of Ice Barrage, they will be immune from being frozen for up to 4 seconds. As with all Ancient Magicks spells, the quest Desert Treasure must be completed to cast this spell.
Ice Barrage is a multiple hitting spell (like Ice Burst, Chinchompas, and Red Chinchompas), it can therefore hit anyone in a 3x3 grid, based around the person you attacked (who will be the centre of the 3x3 grid). This spell is widely used in team-games such as Castle Wars, Soul Wars and Stealing Creation to hurt multiple people at once. Many people merely use the spells once to freeze someone, slowing them down or stopping them from reaching the Target (the flag or avatar etc.)
The spell has a maximum theoretical damage of 468 damage per spell due to being able to hit a 52 on up to 9 people, however this is beyond extremely rare. Many people who have the ability to cast Ice Barrage may still resort to casting Ice Burst due to the very high cost of Ice Barraging. However, in Stealing Creation, runes are created very quickly and for free, so higher end spells are always seen being used in Stealing Creations, more than in Castle Wars or Soul Wars.
Ice Barrage is commonly used in Player Killing, as it is the second highest-hitting magical spell, along with Charge and the God Spells, and immobilises the target. The only spell which can hit higher than Ice Barrage is Miasmic Barrage which requires Zuriel's staff to cast.
Note: Zuriel's Staff only lasts a maximum of 1 hour. Corrupt Zuriel's Staff only lasts 30 minutes.
