Winter Blast



"Don't get caught without this powerful self-defense tool at the ready. Give your foes the cold shoulder with Winter Blast!"

Winter Blast is a plasmid available in BioShock. When selected, it manifests itself as severe, ice-covered frost burns on Jack's wrists and palms, with icicles emerging from the back of his hands and knuckles. Winter Blast is an active plasmid that instantly freezes solid a target enemy or object at the cost of EVE.

The target is temporarily disabled while frozen, being unable to move or act until the ice thaws enough for the target to break out and resume action. It is effective against all enemies, unless resistant or immune to cold attacks. In which case, the freeze duration is either reduced or negated completely. Attacking frozen enemies before they thaw will cause them to shatter into pieces, leaving behind no corpse or loot (A bolt fired that shatters an enemy will sometimes be recoverable). If frozen Splicers are allowed to thaw after being attacked, they will have incurred only a fraction of the damage done to them while being frozen.



Winter Blast 1

Casting Cost: Approximately 80 EVE

Location: Winter Blast 1 is first available for purchase from the Gatherer's Garden in Neptune's Bounty for 60 ADAM



Winter Blast 2

Casting Cost: Approximately 90 EVE

Location: Winter Blast 2 is first available for purchase from the Gatherer's Garden in Fort Frolic for 100 ADAM



Winter Blast 3

Casting Cost: Approximately 108 EVE

Location: Winter Blast 3 is first available for purchase from the Gatherer's Garden in Olympus Heights for 150 ADAM

Note: Higher levels of this plasmid increase the freezing duration.

Combat Strategy
Hit location damage bonuses still apply to frozen enemies. The player can also use the Research Camera with full effect.

Using this plasmid on Security Cameras, Security Bots, or Turrets will freeze and disable them, allowing the player hacking access. The liquid flow will be slowed while hacking frozen security devices, thus allowing for an easier hack.

Winter Blast is effective when utilized with hit, run, and hide tactics. Since it has a greater stun duration then Electro Bolt, this plasmid is the premier choice to stun an attacking Big Daddy when the player has need of time in order to reload, take cover, or heal.

Trivia

 * Originally, Winter Blast had a liquid shot rather than an instant freeze out of the palm of Jack's hand (BioShock launch trailer).