Ice (The Legend of Spyro)

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This article is about the element from The Legend of Spyro series. For the breath attack from the original series, see Ice Breath.

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The Ice Temple Banner

“The power of ice also moves through you, just as the chilled winds whip through your wings. Let it... expand!”

– The Chronicler, The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night

Ice is also one of the main elements Spyro uses in the Legend of Spyro series. The element of Ice is good for trapping enemies so you can melee them, and it works well with Spyro's Dragon Time ability. Cyril is the Ice Dragon Guardian.

History

Ice is a weapon of great contrasts and a tool of many uses. For the mightiest of Ice Dragons, it can slow the approach of an advancing army, or provide drinking water to a thirsty village. To harness the abilities of Ice, a Dragon must first learn to understand the nature of water and embrace a cruel resolve deep within themselves, for only then can ice be produced. Moisture is drawn in from the air and, in dire emergencies, from the Dragon's own body. In combat, it is plausible that a master of Ice could increase their defenses by magically covering parts of their body in magically projected pack ice, or when on the offensive, adorn themselves with impressive projections of needle sharp ice. It is the tool of the true survivalist.

Abilities

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

Spyro breathing Ice

In an unusual situation, Spyro and Sparx came towards a pathway in Tall Plains, where they noticed Kane fall from a waterfall during an encounter with Rubble Brutes. Seeing Kane in mortal danger, Spyro's ice abilities were awakened, allowing him blow out a stream of ice to make a large, glacier formation on the river to prevent Kane from falling to his death off the very edge of Tall Plains. Sparx was dumfounded by his abilities and Spyro agreed with it too. However, when utilizing this new trait known as Ice Stream, Spyro took it until he learned how to manipulate his Ice element by Cyril. He later would shoot ice spikes to slow down or take out his foes faster. He learned his Ice Fury, where he at first would create a large swirling area of mist and at its second form, erupt many enormous ice spikes up high until they fall and freeze enemies, or just kill them. The fury would explode once its energy was used up.

In the Nintendo DS version of the game, Spyro can use Fury energy to use the Ice Shield ability, which freezes all enemies who touch it.

Ice
Attack Name	Upgrade Level	Use
Ice Stream	0	N/A
Ice Stream of the Chilled Rapids	1	Give the bad guys a cold shoulder with more freezing power.
Ice Stream of the Midnight Frost	2	These frosty streams can spray entire enemy gangs with a winter coat.
Bissthalan's Hypothermic Ice Stream	3	Direct from the ice age! Unleash rivers of ice over everything that stands in your way.
Ice Shards	0	N/A
Ice Shards of the Cutting Crystal	1	These rapid-fire shards can pierce through even the toughest armor.
Ice Shards of the Biting Tooth	2	Perfect if you're in a tight spot, because these sharp shards also bounce off walls!
Hydrax' Ice Shards of Arctic Hai	3	These giant, frosty shards of ice will crush anything they come up against!

The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night

Like other elements, Spyro re-obtained his ice element via his Ice Dream. With learning to understand how he could re-use it, he learned more potent abilities. With his Polar Bomb, Spyro would inhale pure, white ice energies to spit out a ball of snow which would freeze liquids to make temporary ice-made platforms, he could use it to freeze enemies and burnt surroundings like before. With Splintering Bomb and Piercing Bomb, the icy sphere would hurt enemies with misty shrapnel. By manipulating ice, Spyro would mimic his past situation with Ice King (using "his" attacks as an example for his inspiration this time) and create an Ice Tail attack which makes the reminiscing ice blade to swirl around him and take out large bits of health. By using fury energy, Spyro levitates and surrounds himself in a huge sphere of ice covered with many icicle blades he used normally, which he gets some swirls of dim blue mist around at the ground. Once he charges enough of an orbit, Spyro commands the sphere and 'ice blades' to explode outwards, taking out all enemies.

In the Gameboy Advance version of The Eternal Night, Spyro can fire a ball of ice that freezes water, like the console versions, and slow down enemies. When powered up to level 2, it has a chance to freeze enemies, which increases at level 3.

Primary Attacks
Attack Name	Use
Polar Bomb	Freezes foes in their tracks, extinguishes fires, creates floating ice blocks across water, and charges crystal balls

Secondary Attacks
Attack Name	Use
Ice Tail	Elementally charged icy tail-whip attack does physical damage plus cold damage

The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon

Once Spyro had all his elements awakened, he could utilize his past Ice spikes but now he could execute Snow Storm where he spins in a icy vortex. His Snow Storm could shoot out ice spikes in every angle while using the twister attack, similar to the previous Ice Fury and he could improve his speed with it. However, during a battle with Malefor by using any magic-exclusive attack on him, Spyro's Ice abilities will create a wide frost cloud for a short period of time.

Primary Attacks
Element	Attack Name	Upgrade Level	Use
Ice	Ice Spikes	1	Shoots Ice Spikes that damage your target.
Ice	Frozen Ice Spikes	3	Shoots Ice Spikes that damage your target.
Ice	Sub-Zero Ice Spikes	4	Shoots Ice Spikes that explode and freeze your target.

Secondary Attacks
Element	Attack Name	Upgrade Level	Use
Ice	Snow Storm	2	Creates a Snow Storm that damages surrounding enemies.
Ice	Chilling Snow Storm	3	Creates a Snow Storm that damages surrounding enemies. Hold the secondary breath attack button and press the weak attack button repeatedly to spray Frozen Ice Shards.
Ice	Chilling Snow Storm	4	Creates a Snow Storm that damages surrounding enemies. Hold the secondary breath attack button and press the weak attack button repeatedly to spray Sub-Zero Ice Shards.

Attacks

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

Ice Stream

• Starting Breath: Spyro breathes a small, fairly weak stream of ice that can be breathed for as long as desired. If it is used on an enemy that is smaller than or close to Spyro's size, it will become a snowball for a few seconds, but it will not deal damage. If used on a larger enemy, it will gradually take damage, and after about three seconds, it will be temporarily frozen.
• Ice Stream of Chilled Rapids: Two streams of ice are shot together, and enemies freeze faster.
• Ice Stream of the Midnight Frost: Ice streams damage is increased, wave alternatingly from side to side, and overlap.
• Bissthalan's Hypothermic Ice Stream: Adds a third ice stream and sprays about chaotically, blanketing a wide area.

Gallery

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  The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
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  The symbol of Ice in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon.
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  The Dawn of the Dragon symbol in the Nintendo DS version
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  Spyro unlocking his Ice Breath in Tall Plains

Trivia

• According to lead concept artist, Jared Pullen, Ice Dragons are more aloof and elitist when dealing with their more affable and flexible 'cousins', the Water Dragons.
• Previous dragons who mastered Ice are mentioned in the final upgrades in A New Beginning and The Eternal Night, named Bissthalan, Hydrax, Perisher and Fayveer.