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 Launch 5 shards that deal 32% damage each. Deals 25%[x] increased damage to Frozen (CC) enemies. Enchantment Ice Shards automatically conjure and fly towards Frozen (CC) (CC) enemies. Lucky Hit Chance: 16% Damage: Cold Damage 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 10 - 30% [+] for 5 seconds. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	All
Aspect of Efficiency	Resource	Casting a Basic Skill reduces the Mana cost of your next Core or Mastery Skill by 35 - 55%. Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Domhainne Tunnels (Map)	Scosglen	Sorcerer
Aspect of Piercing Cold	Offensive	Ice Shards p pierce 10 times, dealing 4-10% more damage per subsequent enemy hit. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Dead Man's Dredge (Map)	Fractured Peaks	Sorcerer
Aspect of the Expectant	Offensive	After attacking enemies with a Basic Skill, increase the damage of your next Core Skill cast within 5 seconds by 5 - 12% [x], up to 30% [x]. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Underroot (Map)	Scosglen	All
Elementalist's Aspect	Offensive	Core Skills cast at or above 100 Mana gain a 25 - 45% [+] increased Critical Strike Chance. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Pallid Delve (Map)	Dry Steppes	Sorcerer
Everliving Aspect	Defensive	You take 10 - 30% less damage from Crowd Controlled or Vulnerable enemies. Helm, Chest, Pants, Shield, Amulet (+50%)	N/A	Extraction	Sorcerer
Storm Swell Aspect	Offensive	You deal 15 - 35% [x] increased damage while Ice Armor is active. This amount is increased by another 15% against Frozen (CC) enemies. Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%)	Onyx Hold (Map)	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 Core Skill is guaranteed to Overpower. Your Critical Strikes that Overpower deal [20 - 60]%[x] increased damage.	+25.0% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 925) [8.0 - 10.0]% Maximum Life +[50.0 - 60.0]% Overpower Damage +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed +[1 - 2] to Core Skills
	Melted Heart of Selig "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: Gain 60 Maximum Resource. When taking damage, 75% is Drained as 2 Resource for every 1% of Maximum Life you would have lost.	+3% Max Resistance to All Elements +30% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 800) 15% Damage Reduction while Healthy +15% Lucky Hit Chance +25% Movement Speed 15% Resource Generation
	Mother's Embrace "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 Core Skill hits 4 or more enemies, 30 - 60% of the Resource cost is refunded.	+12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Shadow Resistance Affixes: +10.5 - 15% Attack Speed +7 - 8% Critical Strike Chance +7 - 8% Lucky Hit Chance +47 - 65 All Stats
	Paingorger's Gauntlets 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 - 200]%[x] increased damage.	Affixes: +[7.0 - 9.0]% Attack Speed +[2 - 4] to Basic Skills [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction Lucky Hit: Up to a +[13.5 - 22.5]% Chance to Stun (CC) for 2 Seconds
	Ring of Starless Skies "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 x10% for 3 seconds, up to x50%.	+12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 800) +17.5% Attack Speed +12.5% 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: Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles and deals [50 - 90]%[x] increased damage.	+170.0% Fire Damage Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[57.0 - 75.0]% Chance for Fireball Projectiles to Cast Twice +[37.0 - 55.0]% Fireball Projectile Speed +[4 - 6] to Fireball +[252 - 360] Intelligence
	Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop "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: For each type of Elemental damage you deal, gain [10.0 - 20.0]%[x] increased damage for 4 seconds, up to [40.0 - 80.0]%[x] . Dealing Elemental damage refreshes all bonuses.	+10.0% Resistance to All Elements +4.0% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 925) +[57.0 - 75.0]% Non-Physical Damage [6.0 - 8.0]% Cooldown Reduction +[6.0 - 8.0]% Lucky Hit Chance +[2 - 3] to Potent Warding

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 Rare: Sorcerer Bonus: Paragon nodes within range gain + 15% (lvl 1) - 75% (lvl 21) bonus to their Non-physical damage and damage reduction modifiers.	Additional Bonus: Dealing Fire, Cold, or Lightning damage to an enemy increases all damage you deal to them by x 5% for 10 seconds, stacking once per element. Requirements: 40 Intelligence (in radius range)

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

There have been no changes made to Ice Shards.