Throw Icicle

Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

Fires a shard of ice. Due to its strong impact and cutting edges, a significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.

Throw Icicle is a level 4 Conjurations/Ice Magic monster-only spell which hurls an icy shard at a single target up to 5 tiles away. Only 50% of its damage is reduced by cold resistance, making it effective even against players with significant protection from cold damage.

Because Throw Icicle is a solid projectile, it can pass through clouds of flame without negating them.

The following enemies cast Throw Icicle:

• e Deep elf knight (3d20 damage)
• e Dowan (enraged) (3d11 damage)
• q Draconian knight (3d25 damage)
• @ Frances (3d23 damage)
• I Ice statue (3d16 damage)
• m Ilsuiw (3d25 damage)
• m Merfolk aquamancer (3d23 damage)
• b Shard shrike (3d30 damage)

History

Throw Icicle
Level	4
School1	Conjuration
School2	Ice
Source(s)	Book of Frost
Casting noise	4
Spell noise	4

Spell Details
Damage Formula	3d(3.33+Power/6) cold
Max Damage	3d20
Max Power	100
Range	6
Targeting	Beam
To-hit	9+Power/12
Special	Partially irresistible

• Prior to 0.30, Throw Icicle was 40% resistible.
• In 0.25, Throw Icicle was removed from the list of spells available to players in favor of Hailstorm.
• In an early version of Crawl, Throw Icicle was known as Ice Bolt. The name was changed to avoid confusion with the other Bolt spells.