Wizard 101: Chill, the Ice School of Wizardry
“Hello gathered ladies, gentlemen, and assorted mythological creatures. I am Iridian Stormshard, student of the Ice School of Wizardry, Protector of Wizard City—and all around coolest chick on the block.”
At this point us voces would like to introduce you, the reader, to the naming method that Wizard 101 employs. Basically it’s kind of like combination lock with three spinners. The first spinner chooses from about forty (40) first names, and the second two choose from forty (40) each prefix and postfix to create last names. The names are such that we have people with surnames like Shadowblood, Frogslinger, and Pixiepants running around. (Frogslinger is actually the name of one of our alternate toons.)
This certainly adds to the comical atmosphere of the game by producing an extremely formulaic identity for character names. It also seems like it would limit the total number of unique names quite considerably-although with this many combinations we haven’t seen any duplicates crop up as yet and people are indeed pouring in from all angles.
The Ice School of Wizardry
Ice mages are something like the tanks of the Wizard 101 world. We are rough, tough, and ready for action. We come with a staggering array of shield spells, our clothing gives us a lot of health, and we can pull a variety of nasty snow critters from our sleeves that leave opponents frozen or dead. Expect snow beetles, frost worms, evil snowmen, and worse to be avalanching down when facing a wizard of our school.
Ignore the fact that our teacher is named Lydia Greyrose and looks like Merryweather from Disney’s animated Sleeping Beauty. The might that can be learned from her is nothing to sniff at-although it may give the unwary the sniffles.
As with every school, ours has a tree who imparts wisdom and reflection on students rising through the ranks. Our tree is an icy individual named Kelvin. (Yes, little jokes like that literally pepper the game.) He is part of a grand lineage of trees that helped build the world, and when it was sundered, assisted with its re-coalescence into the strange formation as it exists today.
Ice magic is a slow building torrent of juggernaught fury-openings may be slow, but they involve protections, buffs and debuffs, but once the snowball gets going a well tuned ice magic deck is unstoppable. Many battles have forced opponents to slog through mountains of health, palisades of snowdrift defenses, only to be brought down by a Colossus in the end.
Expect to wear a lot of white.
Iridian gets complimented almost daily on her outfit.
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April 8, 2009 8:04 pm
You think your the tanks of Wizards 101? HAHAHA dont make me laugh you guys are weak and feeble compaired to the power of the pyro mancers … so before you go think ing your all that check your class and remember that whoever you are and what ever class you are be remindeed that pyro is the best class all throughout the world of Wizards 101 so reconize who you are and who we are >:)
your better,
-MATTHEW DRAGONWRIATH
May 27, 2009 8:06 pm
balance school rules all- Luke Ghostblade
July 13, 2009 6:00 pm
All the schools are the best,I mean I’m a life student and my opponents have to plow through healing, healing, and more healing. Diviners, (storm) get defeated easily but have spells that do massive damage, take kraken, it does damage something around 500 to 600 dmg or something, they are the ultimate attackers of the game. Pyromancers, (I’m speaking to you Matthew Dragonwrath) focus on damage over time, and they can stack up to large amounts of damage. As for Ice, they ARE the tanks of the game, with the highest natural HP and lots of shields. Balance some how comines all of them. Shiels, a couple of healing spells, average damage, that. I hope that helped all of you!
July 19, 2009 7:32 pm
I have to add more to that. Necromancers focus on energy draining, but like balance,life, and ice, they somewhat lack in power. Myth wizards, (conjurers) summon minions to assist them in battle without having another monster join the battle to balance the teams and conjurers have AOE spells. And. Pyromancers also have almost as much power as diviners, but almost as lacking in accuracy and storm gets a charm at level 2 that increases their accuracy by 10% with a pip cost of 0 like other charms and wards. Therugists, (like me) not only have healing spells to heal not only theirselves but teamates, too. Thanks for reading this post.
Devin Dreamward
P.S. There might be accidental typos that I don’t know how to fix, sorry! :-P
August 27, 2009 6:15 pm
Pyromancers? Powerful? I owned a level forty pyromancer at level ten! so dont make me laugh. i am level thirteen and my current hp is 1013 depending on my clothes, and my mana is 82.
Also, to go with the last post, my secondary school is death, because the general strategy of hurting your enemies to heal yourself is just smart. I however agree that Sorcerers dish out tons of damage (which us ice wizards can take right before we make a snowman knife you) and life wizards, well, they are tough to take down. fighting them, everytime i am about to crush them within 2-5 moves, they heal 400-500 health and come right back.
Basically, ice owns fire cause we start blocking fire at level 8. I have crushed WHO KNOWS how many fire wizards in pvp.
in agreement on the power of Thaumaturges,
John Soulfinder
April 18, 2010 7:45 pm
ahahahaha you fools every one knows ice is best pyro cant even hit a ice wizard to 800 health ahaha
I am lvl 11 and i got like 1092 health so i pwn you all little fire poops ahahhahahaha ice is best fire is not bad though but they can be really weak. P.S i think sorcerer is good too, but ice is best!
May 25, 2010 11:10 am
You guys are all idiots. Wizard 101 is about as pathetic, generic, and simplistic as it gets. If you want a REAL MMORPG, try World of Warcraft. Oh, and nobody under 13 please…We get enough of you 8-year-old punks as it is.
July 20, 2010 12:06 pm
Hello. I have a level 27 ice wizard named Marlon. Before i made him the question I had was what spells should I get with my valuable training points? With some research and sound advice these are the additional spells I think an ice wizard should strive for.
1. Satyr [Life School] (although some might be satisfied with Sprite and look to other schools.) Healing yourself takes advantage of your high health and healing others makes you a good team mate to have around.
2. Feint [Death School] Although it puts a trap on yourself too, you can take it and Ice Spells can really use the 70% increase in damage.
3. Elemental Blade [Balance School] Ice is one of the last schools to get a blade but you can get elemental blade at level 25 from Niles the Balance Tree in Krock. Round it off with storm and fire spells from amulet, pet, or wand. Still good even when you get your Ice blade (the ice blade will increase the damage of your own blade)
4. Reshuffle [Balance-from secret trainer in Collossus] But this is only if you’re into PVP.
Hope this helps!
July 20, 2010 9:17 pm
listen all of the schools have ups and downs so no school is the best it depends on your style if you like damage then pick storm if you like defence pick ice (me) and if you like being a noob pick fire. its that easy.
September 23, 2010 10:40 am
Yea Fire isn’t that HOT! Balance is extremely powerful and is a great secondary school for Ice(and vice versa) Death is also a great school all around but the school quests are harder than the others! Life is great for healing and shields, but really weak attacks and Myth is just Myth lol, And Storm…..Strongest spells by far, but terrible health levels!!
December 17, 2010 10:28 pm
DEATH RULEZ >:)
February 5, 2011 4:02 pm
How do you get a staff for ice school? Is there a certain level? Please contact with my email. bazelnut2@yahoo.com
February 6, 2011 9:32 pm
i think fire would be the best secondary school is fire becaues fire has a prism that turns it to ice so the ice charactar can put snow traps so the fire attack does more damege about the spelling im only nine
February 23, 2011 7:38 pm
Hey, Heather Griffinflame here,
Just wanted to say that I’m a ice student. (I’m very happy with my choice) Level 22 halfway to 23. Pyromancers think they’re so high and mighty. Their attacks take to long to take affect, I mean the first hit in the over time attacks is weaker than the fallowing hits. The you give your opponent time to gather pips and hit you with a Ice Wyvern. The choice I made was that I choose Ice then I choose a stronger school to fill in my weaker attacks. So my primary and strongest school is Ice and my secondary school is Storm. So with storm and ice I am a deadly opponent.
, Heather Griffinflame
February 28, 2011 2:53 pm
Okay I know we all like to think we are the best in the school your in but, your in the school that you are cause you like it so can we not all agree to disagree. We all have to go through the same quests…So think about it
April 18, 2011 3:14 am
Hey so I keep dying in Celestia an tbh its starting to kinda take the fun out of the game for me. I know people say its a really hard world but I mean I dont die immediatly but can someone tell me what cards and how many to put in a Ice deck for a level 52? My second is death. I just want to be able to win some fights doing it solo. Thx
June 8, 2011 3:01 pm
I have tried all the schools in the game but the ones I find more useful is ice and life, I prefer ice though because of the shields and high life. All schools have their Pros and their Cons, some more than others though but I won’t say any names. Storm I wouldn’t recommend because the only thing their good for is their high attacks and can be easily killed. If a storm wizard was going against a ice wizard they would lose because storm has low life but ice has high life and ice has shields so that takes away the only good thing storm wizards are good for.Life is good but have too many healing spells and can get in the way of attacking and sometimes you to discard your ealing spells and then you cant get them when you need them unless you have reshuffle. Fire is pretty decent but gives your opponent to buff or heal and wait on pips. Myth has the third strongest spells and also have minions but are wide open because they dont have shields and neither does storm and fire. Death is good but if fighting a ice wizard they would lose because their health isnt that high and if an ice wizard was to put shields on itself the death wizard woulldnt be able to heal itself and it would be hard to be a death wizard because most boss monsters are death. balance would be a good match for an ice wizard because there pretty much same with their shields and pretty good, but would slowly fall because of ice wizards superior health, even though balance spells are ususall about 5-10 points stronger they would be brought done because ice wizard shields are better
June 11, 2011 4:18 pm
I can’t find the link for this game. Anyone have it?
June 22, 2011 6:58 pm
I am about to level up to 40 and i still havent gotten my ice blade!!! I went to the teacher of ice (which my main school is ice) and it says she doesnt have a quest for me… and i have checked in my quest thing and there is no quest!!! Can someone give me advice!
June 22, 2011 7:45 pm
You should have received a quest from Professor Greyrose around level 38 that would deliver the Ice Blade spell. Perhaps you’ve already got it and don’t know it. Otherwise, you might just want to submit a trouble ticket.
June 22, 2011 8:19 pm
Whats a trouble ticket? :P
June 22, 2011 8:21 pm
That’s when you put in a message to one of the GMs in the game to check and see if something has gone wrong. I’m not sure how to do it in Wizard 101 anymore, but it’s probably accessible via the help screens in game.
June 22, 2011 8:29 pm
OK I know now! Thx for helping! I hope they fix it
July 15, 2011 9:42 am
is there another ice school, cause there is not many spells…
July 27, 2011 12:22 am
rylee you should try putting more shields in instead of attack cause i had the same problem get some lvl 52 close that give spells and put one trap and one spell of every school you have accept death.
P.S ICE ROOLS EVERY BODY IN ARENA BLAKE BLUE BREATH
July 27, 2011 12:24 am
o yea and rylee if you want i tellyou how to put deck together to
July 27, 2011 12:30 am
if any body wants to go at pvp give me a time and ill see if i can make it
July 27, 2011 12:34 am
How has PvP been treating us ice mages in Wizard 101 lately, Titus?
July 27, 2011 3:04 am
PRETTY BADDLY LATELY HAVENT TRIED ITIT IN LITTLE WHILE
July 27, 2011 3:06 am
I ONLY TRIED WITH MY NOOB FRIEND AT LVL TENTH {HE DOESNT HAVE C
ROWNS OR MEMBER SHIP}
July 27, 2011 3:08 am
MY STRATIGY FOR PVP IS JUST LETTING THE OTHER PERSON RUN OUT OF SPELLS UNLESS HE HAS RESHUFFLE
July 27, 2011 3:11 am
THERE A LOT OF ICE SPELLS ALL OVER THE PLACE MOSTLY IN THE MAIN SCHOOL BUT THERE ONE IN MB AND THE SHIELD AND THE FAIR
July 30, 2011 6:51 pm
does any body come to this site again
August 1, 2011 11:53 am
People don’t seem to come back so often; however, the Wizard 101 articles always get a lot of attention from newcomers. You might get better luck in the Wizard 101 forums if you’re looking for straight-up community.
Otherwise, would you like me to run an article on something Wizard 101 related currently? I’ve got free rein to write whatever I like this week.
August 2, 2011 5:59 pm
cool it would be nice for other people to make sites or posts like this that people would come to
August 2, 2011 6:00 pm
and i am not a knew comemer
August 2, 2011 6:01 pm
and i am not a knew commer
August 4, 2011 10:56 am
I certainly miss playing Iridian Stormshard and bringing the strangely effective firepower of ice-and-storm to the battlefield of Wizard 101. I’ve been spending a lot more time on other free-to-play MMOs that don’t restrict content as much as W101 does. Plus, I think that I can live without the chat filter.
August 5, 2011 12:57 am
later a lot of tests i found an answer! if you want to be more close to an invulnerable player, chose the ice school like your first school, life school like your second, and finish it with Death school like your assistance school. I am Level 20 with 1589 Health points, a lot of healing cards and a Vampire to help me! I think it is the best combination to an ice aspirant guy. If you have a school with a waek and a strong point, DO NOT balance it! Just empower your strong point. In this case, the Ice’s Health and Defence! It is the basic rule of RPG’s: “Empower Your Strong Point!”
August 5, 2011 11:15 am
yea get some storm maybe some life but me i have storm and myth
August 5, 2011 10:09 pm
ha
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August 10, 2011 10:59 pm
have you made i knew wizard101 collum if you have i would like to know what it is
August 11, 2011 6:27 pm
I retired Iridian Iceshard a while ago and haven’t had reason to make any more Wizard 101 columns recently. However, I shall make notice of them in this thread if I do. As I’m about to get moved away from where I live now, Nelson Williams (the person who runs this blog) hasn’t seen fit to assign me with much lately.
Mostly, I’ve been reviewing new and upcoming MMORPGs for GameOgre.
August 15, 2011 5:17 pm
maybe you should try habo hotel it is pretty fun
August 18, 2011 10:16 pm
i was wondering how to be able to post threads
September 15, 2011 2:28 am
Ice? Fire? Don’t make me laugh balance is the way to go we have no weaknesses BALANCE WILL RULE THE WORLD!!!!!
September 20, 2011 9:05 pm
i dont think so
September 27, 2011 1:00 pm
Really dude balance will not rule the world. Hahahahahaha u guys make me laugh. Every school is laim but if u learn how to play with it than ur unstoppable. If u want to crush enemies fast u choose storm, if u want to play long boring games u choose life, if u are sneaky little piss of shit u choose death, if u dont want to risk u choose ice, if u are cheap noob that thoes not to pay for crowns or membership choose fire, if u like fun games with lot of attacking u choose mith im mith but ur not very well protected as mith but when higher levels come u will be able to crush shilds so no matter. There are the minions 5 of them golem(laim!!!!!), troll(at first it will be so awsome but as high levels come it will be so laim.), cyclops (very helpfull strong allmost everything that u need), minotaur(i didn’t even place this in mine deck like never its useless junk), thaslos (great unsttopable helpfull and does massive damage u can’t miss by putting this in ur deck) and ofc balance if u cant choose u will pick balance.