APP Proliferation day 2: Ice ​🧊

[Vanden]

I say, if an AT can pick an Ice set for their primary or secondary, they should be able to pick one for their APP, too.

 

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Corruptor/Defender

• Chilblain
• Ice Patch
• Frozen Armor
• Ice Sword
• Freezing Touch

 

Scrapper/Stalker

• Chilblain
• Flash Freeze
• Ice Bolt
• Shiver
• Bitter Freeze Ray

 

The powers:

• Bitter Freeze Ray: From Ice Blast. A slow, single-target, ranged Hold that also does high Cold damage.
• Chilblain: From Ice Control. A ranged, single-target immobilize that slows and does minor Cold damage over time.
• Freezing Touch: From Ice Melee. A melee-ranged, single-target hold that also slows and does high Cold damage over time.
• Frozen Armor: From Ice Armor. Your standard Smashing/Lethal defense armor, with some minor resistance to Fire damage and high resistance to Cold damage.
• Ice Bolt: From Ice Blast. A single-target ranged attack that does moderate Smashing and Cold damage.
• Ice Patch: From Ice Melee. A patch dropped directly at the character's feet that slows the movement speed and has a high chance to knock down any enemy that walks over it.
• Ice Sword: From Ice Melee. A single-target melee attack that slows enemies and does moderate Lethal and Cold Damage.
• Flash Freeze: From Ice Control. A ranged, AoE Sleep that also does minor Cold damage.
• Shiver: From Ice Control. A wide, long-range cone that slows enemies.

Edited September 21, 2022 by Vanden

[Fade]

I concur! That said, why Freezing Touch over the ranged Block of Ice, from Ice Control?

[Vanden]

I know there's a lot of people playing those ATs that wish they had some melee attacks, so I put a heavy melee focus into that APP.

[electric_emu]

Definitely agree.  Frozen Armor for Corruptors and Defenders would be a nice alternative to Scorpion Shield.  I know energy defense is miles ahead of cold resistance in terms of utility, but still.  And if I'm being selfish it also helps round out "elemental" themes better, which I am personally a massive sucker for lol

[BrandX]

32 minutes ago, electric_emu said:

Definitely agree.  Frozen Armor for Corruptors and Defenders would be a nice alternative to Scorpion Shield.  I know energy defense is miles ahead of cold resistance in terms of utility, but still.  And if I'm being selfish it also helps round out "elemental" themes better, which I am personally a massive sucker for lol

 

And people could always still take Scorpion Shield if they prefer that Energy Defense over Cold Resist.

 

I was going to take Leviathan Mastery for my Ice/Cold Corruptor, until I needed the Scorpion Shield for more defense.  I'd switch it to Ice Shield if I had Cold APP option.

[Uun]

I would do the scrapper/stalker set a little differently:

• Chilblain
• Block of Ice
• Ice Bolt
• Snow Storm (Shiver was renamed Cold Snap in Page 4 and got fear added)
• Ice Storm (all the scrapper/stalker APPs have a ranged AoE attack)