Glacial Cross

Glacial Cross is a Signature Water Arcana in Wizard of Legend

Description
Element: Water (Ice) Type: Standard/Signature Subtypes: Melee, Movement

Charge forward and deliver a icy punch dealing 50 damage while freezing foes and knocking them back.

If enhanced, three ice shards will fly out from the fist tight fan shaped spread, dealing 10 damage each and freezing the first enemy they touch. It should be noted that the shards cannot damage enemies hit by the punch, so damage output and hitcount will not be effected

'''Charged Signature: Charge forward and deliver a rapid combo of three punches which deal 30, 30 and 50 damage respectively and each releasing 3 ice shards, each dealing 10 damage. If you hit an enemy with the first punch they will be locked in place for the first two punches before being flung back by the final hit.'''

Strategies
This arcana is fantastic for its crowd control potential against troublesome foes. Use it to freeze a foe into a corner of a room or fling them into a pit. To maximize damage, group foes tightly together so that they are all hit.

The excellent range on the initial charge makes Glacial Cross and excellent arcana to initiate a fight with as you can gain ground before the enemy has a chance to attack. Alongside this, the freeze leaves enemies completely vulnerable to attack allowing for easy follow-ups with other arcana, potentially clearing a room before any enemy has a chance to retaliate.

Glacial Cross' high knockback is excellent for pushing foes into a pit or grouping enemies up for a follow-up. However try to keep your distance from enemies before using Glacial Cross to pit them as you may fall into the pit yourself.

The enhanced version over doubles the range that it can hit from and gives it greater coverage at longer ranges due to the spread of the projectiles, allowing you to snipe enemies with the ice shards from extremely long range if aimed accurately.

Note that certain foes such as Ghouls or Roller Slimes may often interrupt this arcana; be wary of using it against these foes.

For the charged Signature version, the player will drastically slow down once they hit a foe to improve reliability.

Spell combos

 * Glacial Cross can act as an excellent setup for when used to knock frozen enemies into walls. Since the enemies are grouped together and near a wall, Storm Draft is guaranteed to deal its additional damage to all of them when cast.


 * Most movement arcana (e.g., , , ) synergise very well with Glacial Cross as they can be chained together in a combo or used to gain ground on enemies pushed away by Glacial Cross.


 * Glacial cross knock enemies into range of most jump arcana (e.g., , , , ) making them a reliable follow-up.
 * It also knocks enemies into the "sweet spot" range for Razor Petals to linger and deal maximum damage.


 * As it freezes large groups of enemies, Glacial Cross can be used to set up slow acting arcana (e.g., , ) or arcana that require a charge-up such as , or  to ensure that they hit an enemy.


 * Glacial Cross synergies very well with other arcana that freeze enemies (e.g. Frost Fan,, , , , and enhanced ) since you can combo them into each other while keeping enemies frozen, preventing almost any retaliation.

Item combos

 * will triple the chance to get critical hits.
 * increases the damage of all hits
 * increases the damage.
 * decreases the cooldown to 4 seconds.
 * will heal for each foe knocked into a pit.
 * significantly reduces the knockback, allowing for easier follow-up since enemies are kept at close range but makes it almost impossible to move or group up enemies.

Additional notes

 * Although the enhanced version launches projectiles, it is not considered a projectile arcana.
 * Due to how enemies are locked in place during the Charged Signature, they will be hit by all ice shards from the second punch, but not the first or last.