Understand Flawed Cryo Rounds
Useful when…
- Add Cold damage to a rifle when using the flawed variant's low base drain is useful.
Effect and fitting
The mod grants +10% Cold at rank 0 and +40% at rank 3. It is a flawed Vazarin-polarity standard rifle mod with base drain 2 and maximum rank 3. It cannot be equipped with Cryo Rounds or Primed Cryo Rounds, as those names are explicitly listed as incompatible.
Rank costs and alternatives
Listed costs per step double from 20 Endo and 966 Credits for rank 0 to 1, to 80 Endo and 3,864 Credits for rank 2 to 3. At maximum rank this flawed version provides +40% Cold. The standard Cryo Rounds comparison offers +90% Cold and Primed Cryo Rounds offers +165% Cold, but each is incompatible with this flawed mod. Those alternatives also have higher maximum ranks and base drain 6.
Use and limitation
Use it only on a rifle and weigh its lower capacity cost against its lower maximum Cold bonus. Aerial Ace is an Exilus mod with an airborne double-jump refresh effect, so it does not provide the same Cold damage function and is not a direct replacement.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- Maximum Cold bonus is lower than the listed standard and Primed versions.
- Cannot coexist on one rifle with Cryo Rounds or Primed Cryo Rounds.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Trying to equip it alongside either Cryo Rounds or Primed Cryo Rounds.
- Treating Aerial Ace as an elemental damage substitute.