Ice Shards

Ice Shards is a Sorcerer skill from the Core skill tree. Its features are:

Grants Player	Exploits Condition
Cold Dmg	Frozen
Vulnerable	Barrier
Core
Frost

'Creates Condition' means this skill creates this condition i.e it could make a target Vulnerable that other skills can take advantage of. 'Exploits Condition' means this skill takes advantage of a condition, not necessarily of its own making. So for example another skill might Stun and this skill could take advantage of that.

Ice Shards Mana Cost: 30 Lucky Hit Chance: 16% Launch 5 shards that deal 36% damage each. Deals 25%[x] increased damage to Frozen (CC) enemies. Enchantment Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly towards Frozen (CC) enemies. Damage: Cold Tags: Core, Frost

* Ice Shards does not chill.

Upgrades

Enhanced Ice Shards Ice Shards have a 50% chance to ricochet to another enemy. Ice Shards always ricochet off of Frozen (CC) enemies.	Greater Ice Shards While you have a Barrier active, Ice Shards always receives its bonuses against Frozen (CC) enemies.
	Destructive Ice Shards Hitting an enemy with 5 Ice Shards in a single cast makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Items that work with Ice Shards

The following items either:

• Grant a bonus when using Ice Shards
• Create a condition Ice Shards can exploit
• Exploit a condition Ice Shards creates

Legendary Aspects

Accelerating Aspect	Offensive	Critical Strikes with Core Skills increase your Attack Speed by 30.0 - 50.0%[+] for 5 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Aspect of Efficiency	Resource	Lucky Hit: Cast Basic Skills have up to a 35.0 - 50.0% chance to make your next Core Skill cost no Primary Resource, stacks up to 3 times.	N/A	Extraction	All
Aspect of Piercing Cold	Utility	You apply 30.0 - 50.0% [x] more Chill and deal 20% [x] increased damage to Chilled enemies. Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer, Rogue, Necromancer
Aspect of the Expectant	Offensive	Basic Skills grant 4.0 - 6.0% [x] increased damage for 4 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Elementalist's Aspect	Offensive	Skill Casts at or above 100 Mana gain a 25.0 - 45.0%[+] increased Critical Strike Chance. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Everliving Aspect	Defensive	Each Crowd Controlled enemy Nearby grants 2.0 - 3.0% Damage Reduction, up to 13 enemies. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Storm Swell Aspect	Offensive	You deal 15 - 35% [x] increased damage while Ice Armor is active. This amount is increased by another 0% [x] against Frozen (CC) enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Onyx Hold	Dry Steppes	Sorcerer

Unique Items

	Banished Lord's Talisman "His name has been lost to history, but to have been exiled from a land as cursed as Hawezar, his deeds must have been truly depraved."- Scholar's Notes Type: Unique Amulet Class: All Classes Description: After you spend 275 of your Primary Resource, your next All Classes_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower . Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal [20 - 60]% [x] increased damage.	Affixes: (Item Power 800) +[489 - 526] Maximum Life +[55.0 - 65.0]% Overpower Damage +[8.3 - 10.0]% Attack Speed +[1 - 2] to Core Skills
	Melted Heart of Selig Armor: 157 All Resist "Do not allow your passions to become obsessions. Fuel the fire that burns within you, but it is madness to allow yourself to become ash to please an uncaring universe."- Last words of Master Selig Type: Mythic Unique Amulet Class: All Classes Description: Damage is dealt to your Primary Resource before Life and damage taken this way is drastically reduced. Your Primary Resource is doubled but Maximum Life is reduced by 75% .	+12.0% All Stats +15.0% Lucky Hit Chance +25% Movement Speed 20.0% Resource Generation
	Mother's Embrace Armor: 111 All Resist "Every tome, every scroll, every book in this temple produces the same answer. The only being willing to stand against the Eternal Conflict, against the Prime Evils, was Lilith."- Elias Type: Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: If a All Classes_Skill_Tree#Core|Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, [50 - 60]% of the Resource cost is refunded.
	Paingorger's Gauntlets Armor: 600 Armor Crafted from fragments of Duriel's carapace, wearing these gloves, or being struck by them, causes an agonizing sensation akin to pushing one's hands through a thousand shards of glass. Type: Unique Gloves Class: All Classes Description: Damaging enemies with a Non- Basic Skill cast marks them for 3 seconds. When a Basic Skill first hits a marked enemy, the Basic Skill's damage is echoed to all marked enemies, dealing [100 - 125]% [x] increased damage.
	Ring of Starless Skies Armor: 118 All Resist "Yours is the power to pluck the stars from the heavens with the ease of a child gathering fruit from the bough."- Unknown Type: Mythic Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by 10% [x] for 3 seconds, up to 50% [x] .	+15.0% Attack Speed +12.0% Critical Strike Chance +12.5% Lucky Hit Chance +2 to Core Skills
	Staff of Endless Rage "Leaving even blackened bones for your kin to mourn is too good an end for you." - Josiah Type: Unique Staff Class: Sorcerer Description: Fireball deals [40 - 60]% [x] increased damage and every 3rd Cast launches 2 additional projectiles.
	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop Armor: 111 All Resist "Fool said he dug it out of the sands near Lut Gholein with a few other 'worthless trinkets'. I hid my delight at receiving such a treasure in exchange for a meager handful of coins."- Rakhaan Type: Unique Ring Class: Sorcerer Description: Casting a Pyromancy , Shock , or Frost Skill increases your damage by [10.0 - 20.0]% [x] for 8 seconds, stacking once per Element. Casting again refreshes all bonuses if the previous skill was a different Element.

Paragon Glyphs

	Subdue Magic: Barbarian / Druid / Necromancer / Rogue / Sorcerer Bonus: For every 5 Dexterity (Barb/Druid/Necro/Sorc) / Intelligence (Rogue) purchased within range, you gain + 0.8% increased damage to Vulnerable targets.
	Elementalist Glyph Class: Sorcerer Bonus: Grants +25% bonus to all Rare nodes within range.	Additional Bonus: Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per Element. Required (purchased in range): +40 Intelligence Legendary Bonus: Increase Non-Physical damage by x0.5%.

Item Affixes

The following Affixes are particularly useful with Ice Shards

Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Chest	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H
Ranks to Ice Shards [2 -3]				✔
Core Skill Damage [12.5 - 19.5%]					✔
Core Skill Damage [25 - 39%]						✔
Frost Skill Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]	✔		✔
Cold Damage [10.5 - 17.5%]		✔	✔
Staff: Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies [35%]						✔
Vulnerable Damage [9.8 - 19.6%]		✔			✔
Vulnerable Damage [19.6 - 39.2%]						✔
Attribute	Amulet	Ring	Chest	Gloves	Weap 1H	Weap 2H

Changes to Ice Shards

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

• Damage increased from 32% to 36%.

Patch 1.4.0, May 14, 2024

• Damage increased by 28% (1.25 to 1.6).
• Enhanced Ice Shards - Ricochet chance increased from 40% to 50%.