The Blaster/Tank Ice Patch is much, much, much smaller than its Controller cousin. Pretty much, it appears right underneath your character and only covers a very small radius around you. Granted, you can then move off the patch, leaving it more exposed, and the power can still be quite useful, but definitely don't expect something on the level of Ice Slick.
Ice Slick = Frozen pond
Range: 60 yards
Recharge: 90 sec
Duration: 30 sec
Animation: 3.1 sec
Ice Patch = Frozen pothole
Range: 0 yards
Recharge: 35 sec
Duration: 30 sec
Animation: 3.47 sec
Hi, blasters! Haven't rolled a blaster since I first started CoX, and I was thinking about rolling an Ice/Ice. My question, however, is specific to the power Ice Patch. Now, it sounds too good to be true to me, but does Ice Patch function the same as an ice controller's Ice Slick with the only difference being the controller's is at range? Rolling an Ice blaster or Ice tank would be sweet if I had a significant amount of an ice controller's mitigation power at my own disposal on top of my other abilities. If this is true, how can that be considered fair?!
Look forward to reading your responses,
Ax