Understand North Wind
Useful when…
- Add Cold damage to a compatible melee weapon.
- Choose a Vazarin-polarity standard mod for a melee setup focused on elemental damage.
Effect and compatibility
North Wind grants +15% Cold at rank 0, +60% at rank 3, and +90% at rank 5. It is a standard melee mod with Vazarin polarity and base drain 6. These figures describe its Cold bonus, not the final total damage of the weapon.
Rank costs and capacity
The mod has five ranks. The supplied fusion steps cost 20 Endo and 966 Credits for rank 0 to 1, 80 Endo and 3,864 Credits for rank 2 to 3, and 320 Endo and 15,456 Credits for rank 4 to 5. The later rank step has a larger listed cost, so consider the extra Cold bonus against resource needs and the capacity used by this standard slot.
Alternatives with different effects
Flawed North Wind has the same Cold focus but is capped at +60% and is incompatible with standard North Wind. Amalgam Organ Shatter offers Critical Damage and Heavy Attack Wind Up Speed, while Auger Strike offers Puncture; these are different bonuses and should be compared according to the setup's intended effect.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The bonus uses a standard melee mod slot and base drain 6.
- The highest ranks cost more according to the supplied fusion steps.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the listed Cold percentage equals the same increase to the weapon's total damage.
- Trying to use this mod alongside Flawed North Wind despite the stated incompatibility.