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* {{Inverted}} in ''VideoGame/SuperCaneMagicZero'': the game only has the Ice element, and water-based weapons deal Ice-type damage.

* Averted in ''Manga/FairyTail'', where ice and water are very distinct, in fact, ice magic is considered a hard counter to water magic, as seen with Gray defeating the NighInvulnerable water mage Juvia by freezing her otherwise intangible body.

* Through the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, Water and Ice are two different types. However, several Pokemon are dual Water and Ice types, and virtually all Water-types are able to learn ice attacks like Ice Beam and Blizzard. Conversely, many Ice-types are capable of learning water moves like Water Pulse.

* Through the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise, Water and Ice are two different types. However, several Pokemon are dual Water and Ice types, and virtually all Water-types are able to learn ice attacks like Ice Beam and Blizzard.

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': Yoshino Himekawa's Spirit magic focuses on controlling the three states of water, but ice is her favorite application. She can create blizzards, freeze her opponentes and shoot icicles.

* Ice is explicitly part of the Water element in ''LightNovel/TheWeaknessOfBeatriceTheLevelCapHolySwordswoman''. This is best shown by the master of Water magic, Wildefrau, who has the RedBaron "Ice Waterfall Princess" and whose immunity to water also makes her completely immune to cold as well.

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* Garth, the [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} original Aqualad]] learned to shape, manipulate and freeze water after he became [[SidekickGraduationsStick Tempest]].

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** [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins King Pen]] can unleash freezing breath that leaves an icy path that can freeze opponents. By destroying said paths, additionally, he can do a myriad of other techniques: he can surround himself in an icy arena, summon a hailstorm of ice from the sky, and even summon a giant glacier from below.

** In the fifth game, Portal Master powers relating to the Water Element all dealing in freezing in some way. Water Skylanders can leave a trail of frost that freezes opponents that touch it either in a Water-elemental Zone or when they are low on health, or even freeze them outright when dishing out or receiving damage, or being summoned.

* In Literature/{{Discworld}} fic ''Fanfic/ThePriceOfFlight'' [[KaiserReich Nanna von Strafenburg]] is an air combat Witch who ''could'' use air-to-air fireballs as a weapon if she chose. However, Hanna's proficiency is with the exact opposite: a short burst of extreme cold at not much above absolute zero, or else any water in the vicinity will coalesce as very cold, very heavy, ice moving at speed. Read more in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

* In Literature/{{Discworld}} fic ''[[Fanfic/ThePriceOfFlight]]'' [[Kaiserreich Nanna von Strafenburg]] is an air combat Witch who ''could'' use air-to-air fireballs as a weapon if she chose. However, Hanna's proficiency is with the exact opposite: a short burst of extreme cold at not much above absolute zero, or else any water in the vicinity will coalesce as very cold, very heavy, ice moving at speed. Read more in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

** VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings, in a departure from series tradition, classifies Blizzard spells and Shiva summons as Water rather than Ice.

* In ''VideoGame/NinetyNineVidas'', King's level 1 special summons a tidal wave that washes enemies away. His level 2 special changes it to a wave of icy stalagmites.

* ''VideoGame/MegaMan'':

** Both the ''VideoGame/MegamanZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series have 3 elements: electric, fire and ice ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and neutral]]), but most of the ice reploids are either based on aquatic animals or can fight underwater. In fact, of all the bosses in both series, there is only ''one'' that fights underwater who isn't an ice type.

* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': Although none of the heroes' powers are described as magical, the NextTierPowerup of [=BoBoiBoy=]'s water elemental instead controls ice, while the other elementals' 2nd-tier forms turn into typically more powerful forms of the same element (from Lightning to Thunderstorm, Wind to Cyclone, etc.)

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* Averted in ''Manga/FairyTail'', where ice and water are very distinct, in fact, ice magic is considered a hard counter to water magic, as seen with Gray defeating the NighInvulnerable water mage Juvia by freezing her otherwise intangible body.

* Averted in ''Manga/FairyTail'', where ice and water are very distinct, in fact, Ice Magic is considered a hard counter to water magic, as seen with Gray defeating the NighInvulnerable water mage Juvia by freezing her otherwise intangible body.

* Averted in ''Manga/FairyTail'', where ice and water are very distinct, in fact, Ice Magic is considered a hard counter to water magic, as seen with Gray defeating the NighInvulnerable water mage Juvia by freezing her otherwise intangible body.

** In the fifth game, Portal Master powers relating to the Water Element all dealing in freezing in some way. Water Skylanders can leave a trail of frost that freezes opponents that touch it either in a Water-elemental Zone or when they are low on health, or even freeze them outright in three conditions:
*** The Water Skylander was summoned.
*** The Water Skylander was attacked.
*** The Water Skylander's attacks hit an opponent.
* Zig-Zagged in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries''. Most games treat water and ice as the same element. ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' separated them to facilitate the balance theme in both games. ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' separated them because water was lumped in with light instead. In ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'', ice spells are simultaneously considered to be of the water and wind elements. From ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' onward, ice is simultaneously treated as the water and earth elements.