Editing Ice (element)

{{quote|'''Ice''' attacks won't work--[[Frost Piranha|they]] love ice! Fire attacks, though...|Goombario|Paper Mario}}
'''Ice''' is an element given to various attacks, items, and enemies in RPGs. It usually is strong against enemies associated with the [[Fire (element)|Fire element]] and can inflict the [[Frozen]] status effect in some games.

==History==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
[[File:SMRPG NS Ice icon.png|thumb|right|Ice element in [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)]].]]
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]], ice is one of the four elements assigned to Special attacks, alongside [[Jumping#Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Jump]], [[Fire (element)|Fire]], and [[Lightning (element)|Lightning]]. [[Ice Bomb]] and [[Mallow]]'s [[Snowy]] are designated with the ice element. Attacking enemies or bosses weak to ice will deal twice the damage; conversely, attacking enemies and bosses who are resistant to it will have no effect and inflict 0 damage instead.

Some enemy attacks are also affiliated with the ice element ([[Blizzard (Super Mario RPG)|Blizzard]], [[Crystal (move)|Crystal]], [[Ice Rock]], and [[Solidify]]), and can be negated with the [[Lazy Shell]] or [[Super Suit]]. In the remake, using Mallow's [[Thought Peek]] will reveal the targeted enemy's weaknesses, including ice.

Enemies who are only affected by ice in the remake are indicated in '''bold'''.
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'''Weak against ice:'''
*[[Arachne]]
*[[Lava Bubble|Sparky/Lava Bubble]]
*[[Magmite]]
*[[Spikester]]
*[[Apprentice]]
*[[Snifit|Spookum/Snifit]]
*[[Jester]]
*[[Snifster|Snifit/Snifster]]
*[[Lava Blubble|Fireball/Lava Blubble]]
*'''[[Gassox|Formless]]'''
*'''[[Gassox]]'''
*[[Shogun]]
*[[Geckit]]
*[[Beezo|Shy Away/Beezo]]
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*[[Spinthra]]
*[[Kriffid]]
*[[Ribbite]]
*[[Bowser Clone]]
*[[Fire Crystal]]
*[[Jinnie|Fautso/Jinnie]]
*[[Smilax]]
*[[Megasmilax]]
*[[Birdy]]
*[[Magmus]]
*[[Armored Ant]]
*[[Lava Babble|Pyrosphere/Lava Babble]]
*[[Chained Kong]]
*[[Urspike|Oerlikon/Urspike]]
*[[Stompillar|Corkpedite/Stompillar]]
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*[[Stompillar|Body]]
*[[Stumpet]]
*[[Czar Dragon]]
*[[Helio (Super Mario RPG)|Helio]]
*[[Axem Red]]
*[[Axem Green]]
*[[Star Cruster]]
*[[Bahamutt]]
*[[Machine Made|Axem Red (Machine Made)]]
*[[Machine Made|Axem Green (Machine Made)]]
*[[Gunyolk]]
*[[Smithy|Smithy (Casket)]]
*'''[[Geno Clone|Strong Geno Clone]]'''
*'''[[Bowser Clone|Strong Bowser Clone]]'''
*'''[[Snifster|Strong Snifster]]'''
*'''[[Fire Crystal|Fire Crystal 3D]]'''
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'''Resistant to ice:'''
*[[Huhwhat|Pandorite/Huhwhat]]
*[[Shy Ranger]]
*[[Orb User]]
*[[Dollox|Remo Con/Dollox]]
*[[Bundt]]
*[[Raspberry]]
*[[Whuhoh|Hidon/Whuhoh]]
*[[Mallow Clone]]
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*[[Geno Clone]]
*[[Jinx|Jinx (Testing Capabilities)]]
*[[Jinx|Jinx (You Asked for It)]]
*[[Jinx|Jinx (Sensei in Action)]]
*[[Water Crystal]]
*[[Pleaseno|Box Boy/Pleaseno]]
*[[Orbison]]
*[[Muckle]]
*[[Birdie]]
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*[[Valentina]]
*[[Zombone]]
*[[Axem Pink]]
*[[Comeon|Chester/Comeon]]
*[[Machine Made|Axem Pink (Machine Made)]]
*[[Ninja (enemy)|Ninja]]
*[[Smithy|Smithy (Wizard)]]
*'''[[Water Crystal|Water Crystal 3D]]'''
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===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
[[File:PM Snowman Doll.png|thumb|right|Mario using the ice item [[Snowman Doll]].]]
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', ice is an element given to the [[Snowman Doll]] item. Some enemies are weak to ice, meaning that they will receive flat additional damage on top of the attack, or immune, which will negate the attack entirely and inflict 0 damage instead. [[Lava Bud]]s and [[Petit Piranha]]s will be instantaneously defeated if attacked with the ice element.

Any enemy attack with the ice element can inflict the [[frozen]] status to Mario, which makes him unable to perform any action for a set number of turns. Enemies cannot become frozen in this game.

The [[Ice Power]] [[badge]], which increases Mario's damage output by 2 against fire enemies, is effectively the same as giving ice properties to Mario's attacks, but is not actually the case despite the ice visual effects that accompany it. It has no effect on ice-themed enemies and they do not become immune to Mario's attacks because of it.
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'''Weak against ice:'''
*[[Pyro Guy]] (+2)
*[[Lava Bubble]] (+2)
*[[Lava Piranha]] (+2)
*[[Lava Bud]] (KO)
*[[Petit Piranha]] (KO)
*[[Ember]] (+2)
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'''Immune to ice:'''
*[[Chained Chomp|Chomp]]
*[[Frost Piranha]]
*[[White Clubba]]
*[[Crystal King]]
*[[Crystal Bits]]
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====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
The way ice is handled is changed in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]] in several ways. The [[Ice Power]] badge has been reduced to only 1 bonus damage against fire-based enemies, namely [[Ember]]s, [[Lava Bubble]]s, and [[Phantom Ember]]s, but also gained 1 bonus defence against all fire attacks. Ice-themed enemies are now healed by the amount of damage they were supposed to receive from an ice attack instead of being immune to them.

Attacks with the ice element in this game include the [[Ice Storm]] item and Mario's [[Ice Smash]] if the associated badge is equipped. Any character, partners and enemies included, can now be inflicted with the frozen status after receiving an ice attack, at the end of which they receive 1 [[Piercing attack|piercing]] ice damage; if the target is [[Burn|burning]], the two statuses will immediately cancel each other and return the target to its normal state. The [[Icicle Pop]], [[Zess Frappe]], and [[Snow Bunny]] recipes are imbued with the ice element and can inflict the frozen status on their user. The stage nozzle hazard can inflict the frozen status to one side of the [[Stage (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|stage]] as one of its random effect if they are knocked down.

[[Bulky Bob-omb]]s and [[Bob-ulk]]s hit with any ice attack or frozen status effect will be extinguished, and will restart their detonating sequence from where they were interrupted. [[Ice Puff]]s' charged state is a unique ice equivalent to the [[electrified]] status that cannot be bypassed by characters who are electrified themselves; [[confused]] ice enemies will bypass it. [[Frost Piranha]]'s bite attack is not of the ice element, but a normal move that can inflict the frozen status in the original game, but not in the remake. Non-ice enemies with ice attacks include [[Beldam]], [[Sir Grodus|Grodus]], and [[Bonetail]]; for the former, it only applies to her second fight, as her ice-themed attacks can't inflict the frozen status during the first battle against the [[Three Shadows]].
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'''Weak to ice:'''
*[[Fire Bro]] (+1)
*[[Ember]] (+1)
*[[Lava Bubble]] (+1)
*[[Phantom Ember]] (+1)
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'''Immune to ice:'''
*[[Spiny]] ([[Spiny Egg|Egg]] form)
*[[Sky-Blue Spiny|S. Blue Spiny]] ([[Spiny Egg|Egg]] form)
*[[Iron Cleft]]
*[[Chain Chomp|Chain-Chomp]]
*[[Red Chomp]]
*'''[[Prince Mush]] (except after [[Superguard|superguarded]])'''
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'''Heal with ice:'''
*[[Ice Puff]]
*[[Frost Piranha]]
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====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', ice is an element given to several [[Sticker]]s ([[Ice Flower]] and its [[Shiny Ice Flower|Shiny]] and [[Flashy Ice Flower|Flashy]] variants, [[Chillhammer]] and its [[Big Shiny Chillhammer|Big Shiny]] and [[Megaflash Chillhammer|Megaflash]] variants, and [[Snowball]]) and [[Sticker#Things|Things]] ([[Shaved Ice]], [[Air Conditioner]], and [[Refrigerator]]). In this game, using an ice-based attack against an enemy weak to this element will deal double damage, while an enemy resistant to ice will negate it entirely. [[Mizzter Blizzard]] and his Bowser Snow Statues will be healed by ice attacks instead.

Any of the ice Things can be used to freeze up [[Rugged Road]], which will turn all the [[Fire Bro]]s. in the area into [[Ice Bro]]s., as well as all the [[Fire Flower]] and [[Burnhammer]] stickers on the walls into their ice equivalents. Ice Things can also be used during the third phase of the fight against [[Bowser]] to [[Frozen|freeze]] the [[Lava Bubble]]s and prevent him from using them to attack Mario.
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'''Weak to ice:'''
*[[Fire Bro]]
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'''Immune to ice:'''
*[[Snow Spike]]
*[[Ice Bro]]
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'''Heal with ice:'''
*[[Mizzter Blizzard|Bowser Snow Statue]]
*[[Mizzter Blizzard]]
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====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
Ice comes back in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', and the same rules as the previous game regarding elemental effectiveness apply. [[Battle Card (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Battle Card]]s with the ice element include the [[Ice Flower]], the Big Ice Flower, and the [[Ice Bro]] Enemy Card. There is no Thing Card with the ice element in this game, nor are there enemies who are immune to this element. When used against [[Bob-omb]]s, who always start battles already lit in this game, it will extinguish them, allowing Mario to perform other attacks without them exploding; they will relit their fuse during their following attack phase.
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'''Weak to ice:'''
*[[Coal Guy]]
*[[Fire Bro]]
*[[Lava Bubble]]
*[[Big Lava Bubble]]
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====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
In ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', attacks with the ice element will deal 50% bonus damage against
[[Fire (element)|fire]]-themed [[Folded Soldiers]]. Conversely, attacking an ice-themed enemy with an ice attack will only deal them half of the normal damage to them.

Ice attacks include the [[Ice Hammer]] and the [[Ice Flower]] and its [[Shiny Ice Flower|Shiny]] variant, which target a nearby 2x2 zone and a straight line respectively. The [[Ice Vellumental]] does not deal ice damage and is not weak against fire attacks.

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'''Weak to ice:'''
*[[Fire Bro]]
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'''Strong against ice:'''
*[[Ice Bro]]
*[[Snow Spike]]
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===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====
While the ice element does not yet appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'', early signs of it are present in the [[Ice Snifit (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Ice Snifit]], [[Jojora]], and [[Jojora's Friend|her friend]], who are ice-themed enemies that are weak to [[Firebrand]]. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', their ice attacks often inflict the [[Heavy G]] status.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
[[File:MALPIT Ice Flower.png|thumb|right|The four brothers using the [[Ice Flower]].]]
''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'' formally introduces the ice element to the series thanks to the [[Ice Flower]] [[Bros. Item]], of which it is the first appearance in any game. It effectively replaces [[Lightning (element)|thunder]] from the previous game, this time available to all party members rather than being restricted to Luigi like [[Thunderhand]]. Much like the [[Hand Power]]s, using it against enemies who are weak to the ice element will deal additional damage to them, indicated by the word "Critical" that appears after the attack. Others can be resistant to it, turning any Ice Flower attack against them into a flat 1 damage, no matter how many [[Ice Ball]]s hit them; they still receive debuffs from the Ice Flower as all other enemies. Unlike the previous game, no enemies are healed from receiving a specific elemental attack.

Most [[Shroob]]s are weak to the ice element, including the regular Shroob troopers that can only be fought in [[Hollijolli Village]] before the player can acquire any Ice Flower; notable exceptions include the [[Shrooboid Brat]], [[Shroobsworth]]/[[Intern Shroob]] duos, and [[Princess Shroob]]. [[Bully (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|Bullies]], on top of being weak to ice, can also be cooled down from their empowered "enraged" state to their normal state with it.

[[Shroob-omb]]s and [[Elder Princess Shroob]]'s head with an activated crown are resistant to all attack types, including ice, [[Fire (element)|fire]], [[jump]]s, and [[hammer]]/contondant. [[Pokey]]s' and [[Skellokey]]s' heads cannot be reached with Ice Flowers, even with the babies' aerial throws, as long as they have at least one body segment.

Ice is also thematically used in the [[Mix Flower]] attack, each Ice Ball representing a misinput that weakens the attacks' [[Fire (element)|fire]] power.
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'''Weak to ice:'''
*[[Elasto-Piranha]]
*[[Dr. Shroob]]
*[[Gnarantula]]
*[[Bully (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)|Bully]]
*[[RC Shroober]]
*[[Shrooba Diver]]
*[[Red Coconutter]]
*[[Blazing Shroob]]
*[[Bowser]]
*[[Guardian Shroob]]
*[[Commander Shroob]]
*[[Wonder Thwack]] (red)
*[[Elder Shrooboid]]
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'''Strong against ice:'''
*[[Bob-omb]]
*[[Dark Boo]]
*[[Elite Boom Guy]]
*[[Wonder Thwack]] (blue)
*[[Shroob-omb]]
*[[Elder Princess Shroob]] (while crown is active)
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'''Immune to ice:'''
*[[Pokey]] (body)
*[[Skellokey]] (body)
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====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''====
Ice as an element does not return in neither ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' nor any of the following ''[[Mario & Luigi (series)|Mario & Luigi]]'' games, but remnants of it appear during the fight against [[Blizzard Midbus]], who summons ice-made [[Snawful]]s that are weak to the [[Fire (element)|fire element]].

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=こおり
|JapR=kōri
|JapM=ice
|Chi=冰
|ChiR=bīng
|ChiM=ice
|Dut=ijs
|DutM=ice
|Fre=glace
|FreM=ice
|Ger=Eis
|GerM=ice
|Ita=ghiaccio
|ItaM=ice
|Kor=얼음
|KorR=eol-eum
|KorM=ice
|Spa=hielo
|SpaM=ice
}}

==See also==
*[[Element medal]]
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