Ice King

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“	Ice King's not a bad guy, he just has a bad habit of kidnapping princesses. He's putting those days behind him now and using his ice powers for good against the bloons.	”
	~ BATTD description

“	Freezes bloons with a radial ice attack.	”
	~ Short description

Ice King (from Adventure Time) is a hero that players unlock in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He has mediocre range, and his main attack pops and freezes bloons in his radius, much like an Ice Monkey with Snap Freeze. He is unlocked by completing the Ice Kingdom adventure Winter is Coming. His main attack is based off the Ice Monkey's freeze attack, while his upgrades consist of adding attacks resembling the Tack Shooter and Ballistic Missile, and upgrades based off of some of Ice Monkey's upgrades. He costs $700 to place.

Description

Pros

• Freezes bloons

Cons

• Slow attack speed, can't pop white bloons

Upgrades

	Crown Influence COST: $400
	Description: Bloons are frozen for longer and move slower Effect: Increases freeze duration from 1 second to 1.4 seconds and slows thawed out bloons by 50% for TBA seconds

	Wizard Eyes COST: $400
	Upgrade(s) Required: Crown Influence
	Description: Ice King can see hidden camo bloons Effect: Gains camo detection and +3 range

	Winter Weather COST: $2,500
	Upgrade(s) Required: Wizard Eyes
	Description: The air around Ice King slows bloons on contact Effect: Increases range by 12; all bloons (excluding BADs) move 50% slower within range of Ice King

	Monsters Of Snow COST: $3,500 Requires Star Level 5+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Winter Weather Hail Storm Locked by Big Freeze
	Description: Create an army of snow monsters Effect: Upon activation, summons 5 Snow Monster sentries in Ice King's range(can put on water and lava) that throw snowballs at bloons with 0.55 attack cooldown, 40 range, 2 damage and 5 pierce, also can freeze bloons with TBA seconds. Each snow monster lasts 20 seconds. 40 second cooldown

	Chilled To The Bone COST: $350
	Upgrade(s) Required: Crown Influence
	Description: Ice King's magic penetrates more bloon layers Effect: Freezes 2 layers of bloon instead of 1

	Ice Bolts COST: $400
	Description: Ice King unleashes bolts in all directions Effect: Adds an attack that shoots 8 ice bolts (1 damage, 2 pierce) with Glacier damage at a 45° angle per side every 1.9 seconds, similar to Tack Shooter's base attack, doesn't benefit from damage increases, but bloon specific damage increasing trinkets, like Engineers Blueprints and such, will work.

	Colder Ice COST: $250
	Upgrade(s) Required: Ice Bolts
	Description: Ice Bolts last longer before melting away Effect: Increases the range of Ice Bolts from 30 to 40, pierce increased from 2 to 6

	Hail Storm COST: $600 Requires Star Level 3+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Colder Ice Faster Freezing
	Description: Ice King unleashes even more Ice Bolts Effect: Ice Bolts attack shoots 24 bolts instead of 8

	Faster Freezing COST: $300
	Upgrade(s) Required: Ice Bolts
	Description: Ice King fire Ice Bolts even faster Effect: Ice Bolts attack now occurs every 1.2s

	Arrows of Frozen Rain COST: $1,200 Needs Arrow of Ice equipped!
	Upgrade(s) Required: Faster Freezing
	Description: Ice King uses Fridjitsu to fire frozen arrows Effect: Ice Bolts attack instead shoots frozen arrows that deal 2 damage, with range increased from 40 to 55, and pierce increased from 6 to 8

	Lightning Strike COST: $1,100
	Upgrade(s) Required: Ice Bolts
	Description: Unleash a devastating lightning bolt from above Effect: Adds an attack that hits the strongest bloon from anywhere on the screen every 1.7s with 1 damage and TBA pierce(maybe bug：this attack can hit MOAB-class bloons but can't damage them). ignores obstacles, can inherit boosts from damage boosting effects as well as others

	Freeze Lightning COST: $900
	Upgrade(s) Required: Lightning Strike
	Description: Bloons hit by Lightning Strike are left frozen Effect: Lightning Strike can freeze bloons 0.5s and inherits the freeze effect from Ice King's main attack

	Big Freeze COST: $3,500 Requires Star Level 7+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Freeze Lightning Locked by Monsters Of Snow
	Description: Even MOABs hit by Ice King's lightning are frozen Effect: Lightning Strike can freeze MOABs under BADs and gains +15 damage to MOAB-class bloons; inherits other damage boosts

Star Boost

Ice King will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:

• 2 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.1*
• 4 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.1*
• 6 stars - Base range increased by 2
• 8 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.1*
• 9 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.1*
• 10 stars - Ice King can freeze and pop white/zebra bloons

*Shows "attack speed increased by X" in the official patch notes and in the game - this is misleading. The attack speed stat is the inverse of attack cooldown.

Strategies

Due to the radial nature of Ice King's attacks (much like a Tack Shooter, but with a much larger possible range), he is best placed where his range extends across tight corners or large curves. Speed-boosting items like Baker's Shard are recommended for him. Since the Ice King can be placed on any surface, he can be placed on the lava in Flame Kitchen and the water in Reconditioning Chamber, letting him avoid their negative effects.

Ice King can help dealing with groups of bloons as Winter Weather will slow all bloons within its very large radius. He should be paired with high-pierce towers that can also pop frozen and zebra bloons. However, any character with CryoJet can replace him in this role.

He can also deal damage against MOABs with his ice bolts. Unlike most projectiles, Ice Bolts do not benefit from any damage-boosting trinkets or weapons, with the only way of increasing his raw damage coming from his Arrows of Frozen Rain upgrade or Googoomamameter. Despite being unaffected by extra damage, trinkets that boost bonus damage against against MOABs, will benefit his ice bolt/arrow attack. He is best placed directly on the track with Lady Rainicorn, otherwise he should be placed around curves.

He has only a limited amount of range giving items that he can equip - specifically only items whose range effects are improved with Ice King. Those items are: Ice Crook, Black Bow tie, Arrow of Ice, and Powerometer are the best of these.

Tips

When selecting equipment to boost the Ice King's damage output, trinkets or weapons boosting damage against all Bloon types should be avoided. They do not do anything to his ice shard or arrow attacks, from which most of his damage output is derived from, as internally his base damage is capped at 1, or 2 with the Arrows of Frozen Rain upgrade. Thus, the only raw damage buff his radial attack can receive is from equipping Arrow of Ice so he can get the Arrows of Frozen Rain upgrade, which also adds +2 pierce and improves projectile range. Trinkets that give extra damage to only restricted types of bloon, such as the Engineers Blueprints, Paper Plate Mask, and Treetrunk's Dagger function normally and correctly boost his projectile damage output against specified bloons.

His Big Freeze is useful for stalling any non-BAD bloon anywhere on the map.

Quotes

When placed:

• "All right, show me the princesses!"
• "It just get cold in here or is it just me?"
• "I'll freeze those bloons right in their tracks!"
• "Ooh, who's this handsome guy? Looks like he'd be hit with the ladies." (when placed in Ice King's Throne Room)
• "How's it goin', fellow ninja?" (when Sai is placed)

When selected:

• "Stop that!"
• "Yeah?"
• "Quit it!"
• "Not you again!"
• "Hey, hey!"
• "Yes, Gunther?"
• "All right pal, you are really starting to tick me off!" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:

• "Hey princess, you like?"
• "Pretty cool, right?"
• "Just chillin'!"
• "Ice is my thing, sister. Get your own shtick!" (when Sam is upgraded to Student of Ice)

When a MOAB Class Bloon appears:

• "Hit the big one right where it hurts, right in the boingloings!"

When a MOAB Class Bloon pops:

• "Hollow, deflated, and cast aside, I know how that feels."
• "Hoh! I hope a princess saw me do that."

When a Bloon leaks:

• "Stop them! Oh boy, do I got to do everything around here?"

When activating ability:

• "Arise, my Monsters Of Snow!" (when activating Monsters of Snow)

Version History

Trivia

• If the player waits on the character screen, Ice King will either fix his crown, act like he's playing the drums, or pull his watch out.
  • These idle animations can also be seen ingame from a different angle.
  • This is the only character that has three simultaneous alternate poses on the character screen (Jake also has three, but only two of them can play at any time).
• Ice King in the Adventure Time series is actually a man named Simon Petrikov.

Gallery

Character Information and Leveling Up

Gameplay

Notes

v • d • e List of characters in Bloons Adventure Time TD Adventure Time Finn · Jake · Princess Bubblegum · Warrior Bubblegum · Flame Princess · Ice King · Marceline Bloons TD Max · Juggernaut Max · Captain Cassie · Commander Cassie · Sai the Shadow · C4 Charlie · Sam · Supermonkey Premium Dungeon Finn · Tuxedo Jake · Hunter Marceline