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[4.8] Iceman (Bobby Drake)
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A-power: Freeze Blast/Deep Freeze/Legend Freeze--slows or freezes enemies, 
builds ice bridges, puts out fires

B-power: Ice Shards/Ice Spikes/Legend Spikes--throws ice projectiles 
(energy damage)

X-power: Ice Armor/Ice Equipment/Ice Forge--reduces damage (all types), 
causes touch damage to attackers; higher levels add energy damage to 
teammates' punches

Y-power: Freeze Frame--freezes enemies within 12 feet, slows enemies within 
33 feet

Skills:
 - Critical Strike: Increases chance of a critical hit for a melee attack
 - Cold Smash/Cold Crush: Adds cold damage to melee attacks
 - Ice Tracks: Iceman can glide through the air on sheets of ice
 - Mutant Mastery: Increases maximum mutant energy
 - Point Blank Shot: Increases damage of ranged attacks within 10 feet
 - Toughness: Increases maximum health

When acquired: Bobby Drake will try to charm Alison during the first 
interlude in X-Mansion.

Recommended AI level: Normal
Recommended AI power: Freeze Blast

Iceman is one of the more versatile X-Men. He's a good support character 
and he's a good fighter. As a bridge-builder, he's very useful--especially 
in some early missions when neither Jean nor Magma are available. Freeze 
Blast slows (or completely freezes) your opponents, making them easier 
targets. Note, it does no actual damage of its own. This is an especially 
important power for some of the tougher mutant bosses, as freezing them 
keeps them from using their most devastating attacks.

Ice Shards is fairly weak unless boosted with the extra damage from Point 
Blank Shot. Considering the overall usefulness of his other two main 
powers, you probably don't want to waste points in this power and have to 
spend points on PBS as well. Ice Tracks is another pretty useless skill. 
The ice slides are hard to control, have incredibly short range until level 
5, and are not nearly as useful as the Flying skill (since you can't carry 
teammates on your slide).

Ice Armor is a great defensive power. It gives Bobby good protection, 
including a small touch attack damage bonus--i.e. any opponent that touches 
him is automatically damaged. He can also give his teammates an energy 
bonus to their melee attacks. Of course, you don't see the full benefit of 
this until you get to Ice Forge level, about midway through the game.

The best build for Iceman is to max out Freeze Blast and Ice Armor and keep 
his Focus high and level up Mutant Mastery so he can keep up his shields 
and keep blasting away. Split remaining stat points between Agility and 
Body and don't worry much about his Strike. You can give him some levels in 
Cold Smash to increase his Melee ability and a point in Toughness will help 
him stay alive.

You can also make Bobby more of a tank by maxing Cold Smash and Critical 
Strike and spending more points on his Strike stat; however, that will 
reduce his effectiveness at providing support for the rest of the team.