- “Keeping It Cool!”
- —Freeze Blade's official catchphrase
Freeze Blade is a feline ice skater who is one of the SWAP Force Skylanders in Skylanders: Swap Force. He is of the Water element.
Background
Development
Freeze Blade was originally conceived as a blue-skinned Kangarat with icy hair, an animal's snout, and an icy tail. His weapon was a triple-bladed disk attached to a long, whip-like rope. Alternate concepts depict him with a unicorn horn, a scarf, or a magelike hood.[2]
Personality
Freeze Blade slides into action without a thought of his own personal safety. He's always on the move, not one to stay in one place for long. He is known for making friends easily. Bullies, however, leave him cold.[3]
Biography
When he was young, Freeze Blade's family moved from the Frozen Wastelands of Vesh to the Great Lava Lakes. As it turned out, this was a very difficult adjustment for Freeze Blade. Not only was he the sole one of his kind, it was also incredibly hot and there was no ice to skate on whatsoever. But over the years, he learned to fit in with the other fire-like creatures and even discovered he had a magical ability to ice skate on any surface... even bubbling lava. One day, while out setting a new frozen lava speed record, he came across Blast Zone, who had just been ambushed by some nasty Spell Punks. After Freeze Blade stepped in to defend him, Blast Zone was so impressed by his skill in battle that he introduced him to Master Eon, who invited him to join the Skylanders.
Gameplay
Stats
These are the starting and maximum Statistics for this Skylander in the Skylanders games.
- Health: 280 (max. 560)
- Speed: 50 (max. 98)
- Armor: 9 (max. 39)
- Critical Hit: 8 (max. 58)
- Elemental Power: 25 (max. 75)
Warning: These stats are not used in any of the Skylander games. They are only listed for completeness reasons.
- Strength: 140
- Defense: 75
- Agility: 200
- Luck: 85
Abilities
Basic Ability and Upgrades
The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
| Chakram Throw | Frostcicle | Icicles | Frigid Whirl | |||||||||
 Press Attack 1 to throw an icy chakram. |
 Press Attack 3 to fire a shard of ice that freezes enemies. |
 Chakram gains a new layer of ice, making attacks do increased damage. |
 Press Attack 1 to charge the chakram, then release to throw it. | |||||||||
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Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Fantasm Forest | |||||||||||
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Shaved Ice
Oh Snow!
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Whiteout
Ice To Meet You
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Winter Chakram | ||||||||||
 Hold Attack 1 to charge the chakram, release to throw the chakram and shoot ice in every direction.  Hold Attack 3 to charge Frostcicle, release to freeze an entire area. |
 Ice projectiles from Shaved Ice do increased damage.  Frostcicle and Oh Snow! Do increased damage. |
 Chakram attacks have increased critical hit chance and do extra frost damage. | ||||||||||
Basic Ability and Upgrades
The primary ability is available from the start of the game. Skylanders can buy new abilities from Persephone/Power Pods.
| Speedy Skate | Ice Trail | Glacial Coat | Bladed Butterfly | |||||||||
 Press Attack 2 to dash forward a short distance and damage enemies in the way. |
 Dashing leaves behind a trail of ice that slows enemies. |
 Armor increased. As tough as a glacier! |
 Hold Attack 2 to perform a fancy skating trick that damages all enemies nearby. | |||||||||
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Soul Gem Ability Requires Soul Gem from: Fantasm Forest | |||||||||||
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Flash Freeze
Penalty Frost
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Nice Ice
Iced Skates
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Iceberg Endurance | ||||||||||
 Press Attack 2 to dash, dashing will now leave behind an ice trail that damages enemies.  Press Attack 2 to knock back an enemy, wherever the knocked back enemy lands will cause a large freezing explosion. |
 Flash Freeze does increased damage. A nasty case of freezer burn!  Penalty Frost does increased damage. Don't worry, this is not a typical sports penalty. |
 Dashing does increased damage and does not stop when attacked. | ||||||||||
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Throw Chakram (Active) | |
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[All Enemies] |
Mana cost: 3 | |
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Crystal Icicle (Active) | |
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[All Enemies] |
Mana cost: 3 | |
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Crush Ice (Passive) | |
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[SELF] |
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Sharp Skates (Passive) | |
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[SELF] |
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Skylanders can use abilities depending on their level.
Starting Powers
- Chakram Charge (Primary Attack): Press (Y) (Y) (Y) to perform a deadly chakram combo at close range.
- Freezing Icicle (Secondary Attack): Press (X) to launch a frigid icicle at your foes.
- Speed (SWAP Force Power): Press [L] to boost your speed while reducing the speed of nearby objects and enemies for a short period of time.
Upgrades
- Ice Block (requires level: 3): Freezing Icicle (X) will now attempt to lock weaker enemies in a block of ice. The ice lasts for a short period of time.
- Axel (requires level: 6): Performs a spinning attack each time a sprint begins.
- Frozen Chakram (requires level: 9): Hold (Y) to charge a chakram attack. Charged chakrams fly further and launch miniature icicle projectiles.
Quests
Basic Quests
- Bad Guy Basher: Defeat 1000 enemies.
- Fruit Frontiersman: Eat 15 fruit.
- Flawless Challenger: Complete a non-Story Mode level at full health.
- True Gladiator: Win 10 PVP matches.
- Totally Maxed Out: Reach level 20 and purchase all Upgrades for this Skylander.
Elemental Quests
- Elementalist: Deal 7500 elemental bonus damage.
- Extinguisher: Defeat 25 Fire Geargolems.
- A-Fish-Ionado: Catch 25 fish with the fishing rod.
Unique Quest
- Chill Out For a Second: Freeze 100 enemies with your Frostcicle attack.
Quotes
Battle Cries
- "Keeping It Cool!"
- "The thrill of the chill!"
- "Ooh, a cool place to chill out!"
- "Licensed to chill!"
- "Speeding through!"
- "Icing on the cake!"
- "Cold hard cash!"
- "Put the freeze on you!"
- "Ice and slice!"
- "Another score!"
- "Skating on!"
- "Frosty!"
- "Power play!" - when leveling up
- "Cold blast!" - when leveling up
- "A cut above the rest!" - when checking out stats
- "Getting better with practice!" - when checking out stats
- "SNOW-CAPPED!" - when wearing a hat
- "I have goosebumps, SERIOUSLY!" - when wearing a hat
- "A very cool name!" - when receiving a nickname
- "Sounds like a winner!" - when receiving a nickname
Media Quotes
- "See? That's why I like Night Shift. I mean, who talks like that anymore? He's so old-school." - Skylanders Short Cuts - Night Shift
- "But sometimes I think he's just taken one too many shots to the head-ski. Watch this."
Character Trailers
See also
Gallery
Trivia
- Freeze Blade is one of many SWAP Force Skylanders that don't have pupils, the others include Trap Shadow, Stink Bomb, Free Ranger, and Night Shift. It is unknown whether his goggles are transparent or not.
- He is the third Water Skylander with ice powers while Slam Bam is the first and Chill is the second. This was then followed by King Pen, who became the fourth one.
- In early trailers of Skylanders Swap Force, Freeze Blade's mask is blue instead of dark purple.
- Freeze Blade appeared in several beginning trailers for Swap Force, yet he was only released at a later date.
- Freeze Blade might be ambidextrous, since even though he holds his chakram in his right hand, in Night Shift's Short Cut, he is able to tap the bell with the hammer using his left hand.
- Freeze Blade's battle cry, "Licensed to chill!" is similar to Drill Sergeant's catchphrase "Licensed to Drill".
- He is currently the only SWAP Force Skylander to skate.
- However, Roller Brawl also skates, but in a different way since she uses roller blades.
- He and Chill Bill share the following qualities:
- Both are Water-elemental.
- Both possess ice-based attacks.
- In Trap Team, when he performs "Frostcicle", enemies do not appear to be encased in ice, but do wind up frozen for a few seconds. The same goes for his second upper path, "Ice Sculptor."
- He is the only Water Skylander originally from Swap Force who has no primary traits originally from the scrapped Skylander, Krayken.
References
- ↑ Skylanders Swap Force FREEZE BLADE Gameplay E3M13. (Date Posted - Jun 15, 2013). YouTube.
- ↑ Strata: The Art of Skylanders Swap Force.
- ↑ Skylanders Universe: The Complete Collection, page 199
