Talk:Atmospheric Freezing/@comment-27077671-20190124120226/@comment-24053170-20190225001752

The answer is always going to be the same.

Not all ice users can do this. And in fact almost none of them in fiction are even capable of doing so. The number of them who are capable of doing this and have actually shown the ability to do so can be counted on one hand.

Even the most famous one, Robert Drake/Iceman, who is apparently capable of freezing almost anything doesn't even have this.

Hell, Gray Fullbuster wasn't even able to freeze the air until he acquired Ice Devil Slayer Magic from his father.

Air is only part of the equation, air is made up of multiple different gases with various freezing points, some of which cannot be frozen under normal earth conditions (due to pressure differences which prevent them from being frozen)

Air has kinetic energy yes, but slowing it down doesn't automatically mean it will freeze, after all the planet itself is constantly renewing it. So unless you can bypass the planets self-renewing capabilities to freeze it, then it doesn't matter how powerful an ice user you are.

You have to bypass the laws of physics/nature/thermodynamics to freeze the atmosphere. The same goes for reaching Absolute Zero.

Another point of fact, even in the coldest possible temperatures and in the coldest possible locations, the wind can still be blowing without ever freezing or managing to freeze.

Thats a literal fact and unrefutable truth, and one thats even been proven and shown in reality.

So no, a strong enough ice user can't do it. and you can't freeze the wind without breaking the laws of thermodynamics.