After seeing how Gouie’s strongs shoot goobers and how Ranno’s F-Strong shoots a whole hand that kills, I believe Etalus should be able to shoot the icicles that come from his empowered strongs after charging the strong either fully or after halfway like Gouie.
Etalus’s Ice armor I feel isn’t as impactful after this change, and I’d buff that too to compensate for it, maybe let him use A+B like maypul to shed his armor as a mini shine or just to let him get rid of it fast with no hitbox (you could even go crazy and let him animation cancel or use the armor shed during hitpause or something)
I don’t disagree with this idea, as it mostly just adds an interesting niche utility to a character rather than it being a strict buff.
Similarly, I would suggest that Orcane gets similar treatment, granting him his empowered strongs at full charge. It’s always felt strange to me, how his strong charges look like he’s building up pressure for the attack, and then… it just comes out at a flaccid size lol