[@Awesomoman64]

Erm, but the ice wouldn't melt in the same instant it was created, I mean it was enough quantity to bombard the whole sector with spikes big enough to destroy ships. It takes time (a few update posts for it to go away), especially once you figure what the Leviathan's real power is, for the ice to melt away.

Furthermore, this can just as easily be handwaved in the name of not overtly complicating the battle, just like with things such as movement and attack range, lets just not make this worse.