Bolt of ice does not make an AoE ice effects. It only creates a very small ice spot. Barley enough to cover one meter of ground or less.
Enemies do avoid it and walk around it.
There is no spell that gives burst of multiple ice shards.
Ice elemental is level 9 spell. And you cant aim it at water and make it create AoE surface. It just does that when it dies.
Seems to me you have no idea what you are talking about at all.
What game are you playing? one ice shard freezes a puddle area which is often large. There is an ice spell that does multiple bursts I just cannot remember it's name right now. I actually you know played the game and explored the magic system..try it.
