Molecular Inhibition

Molecular Inhibition, also called Ice Stasis, is an extreme advance form of Cryokinesis and Molecular Immobilization, controlled by the mind alone, it immediately crystallizes an object or being, encapsulating them in ice; Ice Stasis literally means creating equilibrium or balance with ice.

Cryokinesis is a general power requiring activation through a cold breath or blow, as seen with Phoebe Bowen.

Like all Kinetic powers, Cryokinesis requires the movement of particles or objects, in this case cold, frosty or freezing particles to actually freeze something or someone, whereas Ice Stasis like Molecular Immobilization as well as Telekinesis, requires a gesture of the hand or thought; this was seen when Piper acquired warlock powers and literally froze Leo and Dantalian's hand.

In contrast to Temporal Stasis and Molecular Immobilization, it is unknown if a victim of Ice Stasis will stay frozen in ice or defrost/dissolve and return to a normal state. It is probable they could be thawed if healed by a Whitelighter. Victims of this attack are brittle enough that they can be shattered with a hard blow, immediately killing them - unless they are already dead, like Leo. It is also unknown how this power would act against pyrokinesis. Unlike cryokinesis it may not have the same effect.

List of Users

 * Piper Halliwell - As Warlock (Bride and Gloom)
 * Elders - possibly; the Titans were entombed in Ice, this entombing had to occur somehow, Ice Stasis is a reasonable assumption. After being frozen they were transferred to the top of snow covered mountains where they would stay encapsulated in Ice for eternity. (Oh My Goddess! Part 1 & 2)


 * Charlotte Bowen

Trivia

 * In Bride and Gloom, the "ice" is in fact transparent plastic foil. This is most noticeable when the male wedding planner, turned into a pig by Piper, goes near Marie and the plastic foil sways with the breeze.