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{{flavour|Conjures forth a mighty blast of ice. Creatures within its cone-shaped area of effect take damage, with higher damage being dealt to those close to the caster. Those hit by the blast are encased in ice, slowing their movement, and those killed by the blast may be frozen into solid blocks of ice. A significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.}} | {{flavour|Conjures forth a mighty blast of ice. Creatures within its cone-shaped area of effect take damage, with higher damage being dealt to those close to the caster. Those hit by the blast are encased in ice, slowing their movement, and those killed by the blast may be frozen into solid blocks of ice. A significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance.}} | ||
| − | '''Glaciate''' is a monster-only spell which creates a huge unavoidable blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like [[Fire Storm]], it inflicts incredible damage, and it | + | '''Glaciate''' is a monster-only spell which creates a huge unavoidable blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like [[Fire Storm]], it inflicts incredible damage, and it can pierce resistances (60% damage is irresistible). Affected creatures will be [[frozen|encased in ice]], causing them to walk, fly, or swim 4 [[aut]]s slower. Additionally, monsters killed by this spell may turn into [[blocks of ice]] (which later melt, leaving no corpse). |
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Revision as of 05:59, 20 March 2022
Version 0.28: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
| Conjures forth a mighty blast of ice. Creatures within its cone-shaped area of effect take damage, with higher damage being dealt to those close to the caster. Those hit by the blast are encased in ice, slowing their movement, and those killed by the blast may be frozen into solid blocks of ice. A significant portion of its damage bypasses cold resistance. |
Glaciate is a monster-only spell which creates a huge unavoidable blast of ice and freezing vapour. Like Fire Storm, it inflicts incredible damage, and it can pierce resistances (60% damage is irresistible). Affected creatures will be encased in ice, causing them to walk, fly, or swim 4 auts slower. Additionally, monsters killed by this spell may turn into blocks of ice (which later melt, leaving no corpse).
The following enemies cast Glaciate:
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Lom Lobon (10-132 damage)
The following enemies may be able to cast Glaciate, depending on their spell set:
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Pandemonium lord (3.4% chance)
History
 Glaciate
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| Level | 9 |
| School1 | Conjuration |
| School2 | Ice |
| Source(s) | |
| Casting noise | 9 |
| Spell noise | 25 |
| Spell Details | |
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| Damage Formula | 7d((66+3*Power)/(7*max(3,range))) |
| Max Damage | 7d32 |
| Max Power | 200 |
| Range | 6 |
| Targeting | Beam |
| To-hit | |
| Special | Area, clouds of freezing vapour, Slows movement |
- In 0.25, Glaciate was removed from the list of spells available to players. It was replaced by a new level 9 Ice Magic spell, Absolute Zero.
- Glaciate was introduced in 0.14, replacing Ice Storm.
