Understand Ice Storm
Useful when…
- Use on a compatible pistol when you want more magazine capacity alongside Cold damage.
- Compare with a magazine-only option if Cold is not needed.
Effects and rank values
At max rank, Ice Storm provides +40% magazine capacity and +40% Cold. It starts at +10% to each at rank 0 and reaches +30% at rank 2. The listed effects are bonuses, not final magazine size or final damage for a specific pistol.
Slot and comparison
It is a standard-slot Pistol mod with Madurai polarity and base drain 6. Flawed Slip Magazine is a flawed pistol mod with a smaller listed magazine bonus (+10%) and no Cold bonus. Full Capacity is a Conclave mod listing +30% magazine capacity and −15% reload speed. These differ in variant and effects, so compare the actual fit before choosing.
Fusion cost
Ice Storm has three ranks. The listed steps cost 30, 60, then 120 Endo and 1,449, 2,898, then 5,796 credits. Each rank improves both capacity and Cold, so investment is most efficient when you want both effects from the same slot.
Practical caveat
Hydraulic Barrel is a Conclave pistol mod that reduces recoil by 40% while reducing magazine capacity by 20%; it does not provide Ice Storm's Cold bonus or larger magazine. Ice Storm's listed acquisition source is Nightmare Mode Rewards, Rotation A.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Base drain is 6 in a standard pistol slot.
- The capacity and Cold bonuses are bundled, so one cannot be ranked separately.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Treating +40% capacity as a guaranteed fixed number of extra rounds without the pistol's base magazine size.
- Equipping a Conclave comparison as though it had Ice Storm's Cold effect.