Understand Biting Frost
Useful when…
- Increasing Frost’s critical stats against frozen targets.
- A Frost build that consistently freezes enemies before dealing damage.
Effect and condition
At rank 0, Frost gains +130% Critical Chance and +29% Critical Damage against frozen enemies. Rank 2 lists +175% and +75%, while rank 3 grants +200% and +100%. The bonuses are specifically conditional on enemies being frozen.
Use and slot
Biting Frost is a standard Frost augment with Zenurik polarity, base drain 6, and maximum rank 3. It is relevant when the target’s frozen state can be maintained for the attacks you want to enhance. It does not state that it freezes enemies itself.
Investment and alternatives
The rank 2 to 3 step costs 120 Endo and 5,796 Credits. Frost’s other listed augments support different abilities: Chilling Globe can freeze enemies entering Snow Globe with a 50% chance for 10 seconds, while Cold Front changes Snow Globe’s behavior and gains health from kills on frozen enemies. Ice Wave Impedance is identified as a Conclave variant and creates a frozen trail; it is not the same standard augment role.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The critical bonuses apply only against frozen enemies.
- Uses a standard mod slot and does not itself provide the freeze condition.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming Biting Frost itself freezes enemies.
- Applying the critical bonuses to targets that are not frozen.