Ice Bit

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The Ice Bit, also called Golem's Balls (Ice) in Epic Battle Fantasy 2, is a recurring foe in Epic Battle Fantasy series. It appears primarily in cold areas, such as Glacier Valley of Epic Battle Fantasy 3 and Crystal Caverns of Epic Battle Fantasy 4. It is a member of the Bit enemy class.

Appearance

The Ice is a levitating rock with clusters of blue crystals, possibly made of ice, spread across its body.

Overview

Ice Bit is a simple foe whose main purpose is to act as a brief, painful obstruction for less careful players: it has only one or two attacks and deals little damage, but can inflict Freeze with a somewhat high chance for a foe encountered early to mid-game. Its elemental resistances vary between games, sometimes changing to the polar opposite; while it does resist some elements, it also has universal Fire and Bomb weaknesses, and, due to pitifully low health, should die to any attack it doesn't resist.

Interestingly, it became easier with every game: in Epic Battle Fantasy 2, status resistances and Accuracy boosts are harder to come by than in EBF3 (though the Freeze chance is much lower on all difficulties but Epic), and in EBF4 Ice Bit no longer has above-average Evade, can be temporarily shut down by Syphon and can only use a Freezing attack once in its lifetime, as it is now a suicide attack.

Like other Bits, Ice Bit is a common boss helper, appearing in fights with Giga Golem (EBF2), Tundra Mammoth (EBF3), Crystal Golem and Diamond Golem (EBF4). Due to this, simply slapping Regen on the party may be not enough to counter Ice Bit's only strong point, as that still leaves Freeze active for the rest of enemy turn and the boss can immediately take advantage of it.

Statistics

Epic Battle Fantasy 2

It should be noted that HP, Attack, and Magic Attack also will be multiplied by the wave modifier. Check Epic Battle Fantasy 2 Foe Waves to see the value of the modifier for a specified wave.

EBF2 Foe Icon Ice Bit.png Golem's Balls (Ice) Floating Rock EBF2
Only has a basic physical attack.
Statistics
Base Statistics Stat HP.png Stat Attack.png Stat Defence.png Stat Magic.png Stat Mdef.png Eva S. Hit
33000 1 1 1 1.2 0.8x 3500
Elemental
Resistance
Element Fire.png Element Thunder.png Element Ice.png Element Water.png Element Wind.png Element Earth.png Element Poison.png Element Dark.png Element Holy.png Element Bomb.png
-50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% -50% - -50%
Status
Resistance
Status Poison.png Status Syphon.png Debuff (status) Status Stun.png Status Blind.png StatDown Attack.png StatDown Magic.png StatDown Defence.png StatDown Mdef.png
100% - - - 100% - - - -
(De)buff
Cap
Buffs Debuffs
- 40%
Stealable Item
Icon Ether
Name Ether

Before the EBF Collection update, the in-game Bestiary incorrectly stated the Golem's Balls (Ice) was weak to Holy, and didn't mention its Dark weakness.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

EBF3 Foe Icon Ice Bit.png
Ice Bit Enchanted Rock EBF3
A floating and annoying chunk of ice and rock.
Statistics
Base
Statistics
Stat HP.png Stat Attack.png Stat Defence.png Stat Magic.png Stat Mdef.png Stat Accuracy.png Stat Evade.png Exp AP Gold
70 4 4 4 4 4 5 10 1.5 6
Elemental
Resistance
Element Fire.png Element Thunder.png Element Ice.png Element Water.png Element Wind.png Element Earth.png Element Poison.png Element Dark.png Element Holy.png Element Bomb.png
-70% - 200% 200% 100% - 100% - - -70%
Status
Resistance
Status Poison.png Status Syphon.png Status Dispel.png Status Doom.png Status Berserk.png Status Stun.png Status Death.png
100% - - - - 100% -
Debuff
Resistance
StatDown Attack.png StatDown Magic.png StatDown Defence.png StatDown Mdef.png StatDown Accuracy.png StatDown Evade.png
- - - - - -
Item Drop Rate
Icon Dirt Ball Ice Crystal Geode - - - -
Name Dirt Ball Ice Crystal Geode - - - -
Chance 100% 20% 5% - - - -

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Icon bestiary ebf4 ice bit.png Ice Bit EBF4
A small rock that uses ice attacks and may self destruct at any time.
Statistics
Base
Statistics
Stat HP.png Stat Attack.png Stat Defence.png Stat Magic.png Stat Mdef.png Stat Accuracy.png Stat Evade.png Exp AP SP Gold Hit2HP
101 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 1.2 1.2 5 50
Elemental
Resistance
Element Fire.png Element Thunder.png Element Ice.png Element Earth.png Element Poison.png Element Bomb.png Element Wind.png Element Water.png Element Holy.png Element Dark.png
-100% - 200% 50% 100% -50% -50% -50% - -
Status
Resistance
Status Burn.png Status Stun.png Status Freeze.png Status Tired.png Status Poison.png Status Dispel.png Status Stagger.png Status Syphon.png Status Wet.png Status Weaken.png Status Curse.png Status Death.png
- - - - 100% - - - - - - -
Debuff
Resistance
StatDown Attack.png StatDown Magic.png StatDown Defence.png StatDown Mdef.png StatDown Accuracy.png StatDown Evade.png
- - - - - -
Item Drop Rate
Icon Rainbow Gems Amethyst - - - - -
Name Rainbow Gems Amethyst - - - - -
Chance 30% 3% - - - - -
Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Status Burn.png Burn Status Poison.png Poison Status Doom.png Doom
(if Death fails)
Status Regen.png Regen
14% Immune 25% -33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Prior to the Battle Mountain update, Ice Bit did not have the Wind weakness.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.
Icon bestiary ebf4 ice bit.png Ice Bit EBF4
A small rock that uses ice attacks and may self destruct at any time.
Statistics
Base
Statistics
Stat HP.png Stat Attack.png Stat Defence.png Stat Magic.png Stat Mdef.png Stat Accuracy.png Stat Evade.png Exp AP SP Gold Hit2HP
101 4 4 4 4 4 4 12 1.2 1.2 5 50
Elemental
Resistance
Element Fire.png Element Thunder.png Element Ice.png Element Earth.png Element Poison.png Element Bomb.png Element Wind.png Element Water.png Element Holy.png Element Dark.png
-100% - 200% 50% 100% -20% 50% 50% - -
Status
Resistance
Status Burn.png Status Stun.png Status Freeze.png Status Tired.png Status Poison.png Status Dispel.png Status Stagger.png Status Syphon.png Status Wet.png Status Weaken.png Status Curse.png Status Death.png
- - - - 100% - 50% - - - - -
Debuff
Resistance
StatDown Attack.png StatDown Magic.png StatDown Defence.png StatDown Mdef.png StatDown Accuracy.png StatDown Evade.png
- - - - - -
Item Drop Rate
Icon Rainbow Gems Amethyst - - - - -
Name Rainbow Gems Amethyst - - - - -
Chance 30% 3% - - - - -
Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Status Burn.png Burn Status Poison.png Poison Status Doom.png Doom
(if Death fails)
Status Regen.png Regen
14% Immune 25% -33.(3)%
Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Attacks and Abilities

Epic Battle Fantasy 2

Attack List
Attack Target Power Type Element Status Effect Acc RdF
Stab Single 2000 Stat Attack.png 50% Element Ice.png 10% 3x Status Freeze.png 100% 10%
Notes: Status chance increased to 60% on Epic or higher difficulties.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

Attack List
Attack Target Power Type Element Status Effect Acc Crit RdF
Stab Single 15 Physical 80% Element Ice.png 70% -- Status Freeze.png 100% 10% 10%

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

Attack List
Attack Target Power Type Element Status Effect Acc Crit RdF
Stab
(Ice)
Single 20 Magical 100% Element Ice.png -- -- -- 100% 10% 10%
Suicide
(Snow Blast)
Single 50 Magical 100% Element Ice.png 33% 2x Status Freeze.png 100% 10% 10%
Notes: The user dies during this attack.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Epic Battle Fantasy 2

  • Anything → Stab.

Epic Battle Fantasy 3

  • Anything → Stab.

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

  • Syphoned → Nothing;
  • Berserked → Suicide;
  • Otherwise → Stab (1/2), Suicide (1/2).