Diablo 4 Ice Shards

The Diablo 4 Ice Shards is a Cold Damage Core Sorceress Skill with a lucky hit chance of 16%. You can upgrade to Enhanced Ice Shards, and then the last upgrade you will choose between Destructive Ice Shards or Greater Ice Shards.

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Ice Shards Stats and Upgrades

Ice Shards

Sorceress •

Core Active

Cold

Mana: 30

Lucky Hit Chance: 16%

Launch 5 shards that deal {25% / 28% / 30% / 32% / 35%} damage each. Deals x25% increased damage to Frozen enemies.

Enhanced

Ice Shards have a 40% chance to ricochet to another enemy. Ice Shards always ricochet off of Frozen enemies.

Destructive

Hitting an enemy with 5 Ice Shards in a single cast makes them Vulnerable for 2 seconds.

Greater

While you have a Barrier active, casts of Ice Shards treat enemies as if they were Frozen.

Enchantment Effect:

Ice Shards automatlcally conjure and fly towards Frozen enemies.

Best Builds To Use with Ice Shards

We have a total of (4) builds that use the Sorceress Ice Shards Skill. You can view the best Ice Shards builds below and the complete guide by Clicking/Tapping them.

Ice Shards Build

Sorceress

Sorcerer Leveling Build

Sorceress

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Best Sorceress Builds

Best Unique Weapons and Armor To Use with Ice Shards

The best unique equipment to use with Ice Shards skill in D4 is Iceheart Brais, which is a Unique Pants.

Iceheart Brais

Sorceress • Unique Pants

Average Synergy

Your Potion Also Restores X% Resource

Intelligence
Damage to Frozen Enemies
Damage to Injured Enemies
Freeze Duration

Enemies that die while Frozen, have a [11 - 20%] chance to unleash a Frost Nova.

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Best Sorceress Uniques

Best Aspects To Use with Ice Shards

The best aspects to use with Ice Shards skill in D4 is Aspect of Control, which is a Offensive Aspect and can only be used on Gloves, Offhand, 1H Weapon, 2H Weapon (+100%), Ring, Amulet (+50%) Equipment Slots.

Aspect of Control

Sorceress • Offensive

Codex

Average Synergy

You deal [25-35%] more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.

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Aspect of Piercing Cold

Sorceress • Offensive

Codex

Average Synergy

Ice Shards pierce [3-4] times, dealing [25-20%] less damage per subsequent enemy hit.

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Glacial Aspect

Sorceress • Offensive

Average Synergy

When you cast Blizzard it will periodically spawn exploding Ice Spikes that deal [.25-.35] damage. Your Ice Spikes deal [15%] increased damage to Frozen enemies.

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Aspect of Frozen Orbit

Sorceress • Offensive

Average Synergy

Frozen Orb stays in place after reaching its destination and explodes 2 additional times for [30-40%] of its damage.

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Shattered Aspect

Sorceress • Offensive

Average Synergy

Explosions from the Shatter Key Passive deal [30-40%] increased damage if enemies die while Frozen.

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Aspect of Control

Sorceress • Offensive

Codex

Average Synergy

You deal [25-35%] more damage to Immobilized, Stunned, or Frozen enemies.

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Aspect of Piercing Cold

Sorceress • Offensive

Codex

Average Synergy

Ice Shards pierce [3-4] times, dealing [25-20%] less damage per subsequent enemy hit.

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Best Sorceress Aspects

Best Paragons To Use with Ice Shards

The best paragon to use with Ice Shards skill in D4 is Icefall, which is a Legendary Board Node.

Icefall

Sorceress • Legendary Board

Average Synergy

Killing a Frozen enemy grants you 15% of your Maximum Life as a Barrier for 5 seconds.

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Electrocute

Sorceress • Rare Glyph

Average Synergy

Description:
Paragon nodes within range gain +15 - 75% (3% Per Level) bonus to their Lightning damage and Damage Reduction modifiers.
Radius Bonus:
Your Lightning damage has a +5% increased chance to Critically Strike enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, or Frozen.
Radius Requirement:

25 Dexterity

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Frostbite

Sorceress • Rare Glyph

Average Synergy

Description:
For every 5 Willpower purchased within range, you deal +3 - 15% (0.6% Per Level) increased damage to Chilled targets.
Radius Bonus:
Enemies deal 13.3% reduced damage to you for 5 seconds after they are no longer Frozen.
Radius Requirement:

25 Willpower

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Control (Sorceress)

Sorceress • Rare Glyph

Average Synergy

Description:
For every 5 Dexterity purchased within range, you deal +3 - 15% (0.6% Per Level) increased damage to Crowd Controlled targets.
Radius Bonus:
You deal x10% increased damage to Slowed or Chilled enemies or, instead, x20% increased damage to Stunned or Frozen enemies.
Radius Requirement:

25 Dexterity