Ice Arrow (one point)

Clvl: 18
Prerequisites: Cold Arrow.
Effect: Arrows have additional cold damage and momentarily freeze the target.
Properties: Can be blocked, dodged, doesn't work with Critical/Deadly Strike, does work with Pierce, steals life/mana, elemental portion always hits, can be resisted/negated/absorbed via cold resistance/immunity/absorption, freeze duration can be increased with interchangeable and cumulative chill-freeze times, adds physical damage to point of impact, freeze duration is reduced by 50% in NM and 75% in Hell.
Synergy from: Cold Arrow: +8% cold damage/slvl, Freezing Arrow: +5% freeze length/slvl.
Synergy to: Cold Arrow: +12% cold damage/slvl, Freezing Arrow: +5% freeze length/slvl.

Cold only slows down a monster; Ice Arrow's freezing stops it solid. (It won't freeze uniques, bosses or champions, only chill them.) Ice Arrow is an excellent addition to any multiplayer-oriented bowazon: she can play havoc with everything and how much damage she inflicts will be secondary to her ability to chill things or stop them dead in her tracks. It is effective when combined with Pierce: with a near-80% chance to pierce through targets, an Eye of Etlich to extend freeze time and an exceptionally fast attack speed, any target vulnerable to being frozen is as good as dead the second a single Ice Arrow hits because they're being refrozen so fast that they can never break free.

Some might have noticed that Ice Arrow adds +5% freeze length per skill point to Freezing Arrow and may be tempted to max Ice Arrow to increase Freezing Arrow's freeze duration by +100%. Don't do it: it's far easier to collect small cold damage charms (which add a second of freeze time) than to waste points for a freeze duration that will be penalized in hell anyway. In short, if you're looking to increase your Freezing Arrow's duration, save your points and use cold damage equipment instead. However, if (for whatever reason) you want to use Ice Arrow as an alternative to Freezing Arrow, then note that Freezing Arrow does give a +5% freeze length per skill point synergy to Ice Arrow.

Ice Arrow's freeze duration is extended with cold damage items and additional skill levels. If Ice Arrow is chosen, an assigned hot key is recommended.