Delicate ice crystals coalesce around your weapon. As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a melee weapon against one creature within the spell’s range, otherwise the spell fails. On a hit, the target suffers the attack’s normal effects, and subtle tendrils of frost begin to coat the target. The target's speed is halved until the beginning of your next turn.

When you reach 5th level this attack deals cold damage to the target, in addition to its regular effect. The cold damage inflicted by this attack is 1d8 at 5th level, and increases by 1d8 at 11th level (2d8), and 17th level (3d8).