The only thing almost as common as fire users in anime are ice wielders. The usage of ice and water powers are often visually satisfying, and the powers can be used to run the gamut from humor to serious action which means they can fit a variety of scenarios.

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Fire users in anime are almost always hot-blooded, and ice users aren't always relaxed and cool either. On the contrary, some of these powerful ice users are often passionate and fiery about what they're fighting for and what they believe in.

10 Isaac McDougal Was The Rebel Freezing Alchemist Who Matched Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

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Known as the Freezing Alchemist, Isaac McDougal possessed control over water and ice-based alchemy in general. Disgusted with the way his government handled the Ishval Civil War, he did everything he could during Brotherhood to try and bring down his own country’s government.

With his powers, he was capable of fighting evenly with Roy Mustang and manipulating the water in someone’s body. He could freeze someone entirely through this, which made him an impressive threat... but he also didn’t live very long, as he was easily defeated by the Fuhrer.

9 Princess Snow Wielded Ice & Water Weapons To Win Against The Chess Army (MÄR)

Princess Snow Looking Excited To Fight

Princess Snow is partially responsible for forming Team MÄR, as she was asked to create an army to defeat the Chess Pieces. Surprisingly, Snow had a great record in the War Games while relying on her variety of ice and water-based ARM weapons. She was able to use ice both as a sword and as a giant shield, but that was only the beginning of her abilities.

Eventually, she was able to summon a variety of ice and water-based beings. She started with giant snowmen she could summon from the sky, then later she was able to rely on Undine and the Healing Angel for attack and healing abilities.

8 Shoto Todoroki Has Incredible Control Over His Ice Powers But Lacks Experience (My Hero Academia)

Anime My Hero Academia Shoto Todoroki Freezes Tenya Iida

Todoroki Shoto was born to surpass all other heroes and become the #1 hero in the world, and the next Symbol of Peace. The child of flame-wielder Enji Todoroki and the ice-user Rei, Shoto has control over ice and fire alike.

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But his distaste for his father holds him back from wielding his flame powers and caused him to excel in the usage of his ice powers. With them, he’s shown the ability to shut down low-level villains with ease... but there is a limit. His inexperience with the powers combined with overuse cause him to suffer frostbite.

7 Lyon Vastia Is Capable Of Using Dynamic Ice-Make Magic To Attack His Opponents With "Living" Ice Creatures (Fairy Tail)

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Lyon Vastia is one of two mages trained in Ice-Make magic by the master Ice-Make magician, Ur. Lyon can create ice forms of moving creatures with his abilities —they’ve shown him making everything from panthers to massive snow dragons with his powers.

Initially, his weakness was being unable to create static objects like swords and shields, but over time he developed the ability to use Static Ice-Make Magic as well. He can also transform other beings into ice with his Iced Shell ability, though this would also sacrifice his own life force as well.

6 Aokiji Is The Icy Master Of Lazy Justice (One Piece)

One Piece Luffy Versus Aokiji

Aokiji was once a member of the Marine Admirals, some of the most powerful fighters the Marines had to offer. Wielder of the Chilly-Chilly Fruit, Aokiji has complete control over ice. He can transform himself into ice at will, but he can also freeze any of his enemies as well, shattering their bodies with a single hit.

Despite embracing Lazy Justice, he’s someone no one wants to get into it with, because letting one’s guard down can result in an instant loss. On the flip side, it’s impossible to damage him in his ice form, as he’ll simply reform as good as new.

5 Rukia Kuchiki Can Use Her Bankai To Encase Anything In Ice (Bleach)

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Rukia’s introduction to the Bleach world is more about comedy than showing off how awesome she is. She spends so much time not showing off her fighting talents that it’s easy to forget she’s one of the most powerful fighters in the series. Her sword, Sode no Shirayuki, uses a Shikai that lowers her body temperature to below freezing temperatures.

With that ability, she can freeze almost anything that touches it. She’s also got access to the more powerful form, White Haze Punishment, which allows her to reach absolute zero and encase anything within range in ice, causing it to crumble away afterward.

4 Toshiro Hitsugaya Masters Hyorinmaru & Can Freeze Anything In A Matter Of Seconds (Bleach)

Bleach Hitsugaya Toshiro — Shikai Hyoketsu

Hitsugaya often comes off looking less impressive because he’s constantly thrown against a main threat in the series. But what’s been confirmed is that Hitsugaya possesses the most powerful ice Zanpakuto in the world.

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Hyorinmaru has a variety of techniques that, paired with Hitsugaya’s intelligence, makes him incredibly dangerous... against enemies that aren’t Aizen. His completed Hyorinmaru can freeze matter with only four seconds of charge time, and anything that comes into contact with him will also be frozen.

3 Esdeath Can Freeze Everything From Continents To Time (Akame Ga Kill)

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Esdeath has access to a weapon known as Demon’s Extract, which lets her control ice. Esdeath has the power to freeze large areas in a matter of seconds —even freezing thousands of soldiers once she’d trained with her ability for a time.

What makes Esdeath so terrifying is her ability to “freeze” time itself, though this is something that saps a lot of her powers. There seems to be no limit to what she can do, though she might be drained afterward. She’s even frozen an entire continent when she’s built up enough power.

2 Gray Fullbuster Has Defeated All Ice Masters In His Own Universe (Fairy Tail)

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Gray belongs near the top of any discussion when it’s time to talk about ice wielders. His “limitation” is he can only use his Ice-Make abilities to create static objects. But he’s also defeated literally every other ice user in his universe with this power. Gray has even managed to defeat ice mages that can freeze ice magic itself. No, it doesn’t make sense, but that’s anime.

Part of his absurd ability might be down to him being an Ice Devil Slayer as well, which grants him access to new techniques and power reserves, like freezing everything around him with simple, quick movements.

1 Evangeline AK McDowell Is An Immortal Ice Vampire Who Can Eliminate Anyone (Negima/UQ Holder)

Evangeline A.K. McDowell casting an ice spell in Negima! Magister Negi Magi.

Unlike most of the other ice users in anime, Evangeline has had centuries to perfect her craft. An immortal, Evangeline has spent her years traveling between Earth and Mars battling and defeating threats to humanity and immortals. One of her strongest spells is Krystalline Basiliea, which is her own version of Magia Erebia.

Magia Erebia imbues the mage with the energy of their own attack magic to increase their power, and Evangeline absorbs her most powerful ice spell and becomes covered in ice armor. With this spell activated, she can use other ice spells without chanting incantations, eliminating a mage's greatest weakness.

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