Cold Damage

Cold Damage is one of the four primary elemental damage types. It performs well against the standard Shields used by most Corpus units as well as the Alloy Armor worn by many high-level Grineer units, but is not very effective against most of the Infested.

Status EffectsEdit

Cold damage's status effect is Freeze, reducing the target's movement speed and fire/attack rate by 50% over 6 seconds. While the visual ice effect of the status proc will disappear at this time, the slow will persist for an additional 2 seconds before finally wearing off. For Warframe abilities, the proc duration can be decreased (but not increased) if Ability Duration is lower than 100%.

When targets are killed by Cold procs, they turn into ice statues which can be shattered or left to melt. The frozen enemy will be dismembered into multiple body parts, regardless whether or not they are shattered, which is considerably valuable for a Nekros using Desecrate as each part can spawn a Health Orb and some loot.

Type EffectivenessEdit

Grineer Health	Cold Modifier	Corpus Health	Cold Modifier	Infested Health	Cold Modifier
Cloned Flesh		Flesh		Infested
Ferrite Armor		Shield	+50%	Infested Flesh	–50%
Alloy Armor	+25%	Proto Shield		Fossilized	–25%
Machinery		Robotic		Sinew	+25%

As with all damage types effective against armor,  Cold damage's type modifier works in two ways: it ignores a percentage of the target's armor, and increases the damage dealt in the same way as a type modifier against hitpoints. Practically speaking, this means that  Cold damage is only reduced by 75% of the target's whole Alloy Armor and the base damage is increased by +25%.

Elemental CombinationsEdit

Cold damage mods can be combined with other elemental mods to create a new elemental damage type.

• Cold + Heat = Blast
• Cold + Toxin = Viral
• Cold + Electricity = Magnetic

Cold SourcesEdit

WeaponsEdit

Artax

Glaxion

Hystrix (Ice Quill)

Lenz

Orvius (Thrown)

Sibear

EnemiesEdit

The Cryo Floor procs without damage

In Ice Planet and Outpost tilesets, exploding barrels deal Cold damage

First phase, Freeze and Ice Wave attacks

ModsEdit

AbilitiesEdit

	ENERGY 10 KEY 1	Spectral Scream Exhale a deep breath of elemental destruction. Chroma's energy color determines the element. Energy Drain: 3 s-1	Strength:100 / 125 / 150 / 200 (damage)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:4 / 5 / 6.5 / 10 m
			Misc:40% / 45% / 50% / 60% (status chance)

ENERGY 50 KEY 2

Elemental Ward Depending on Chroma's elemental alignment, an offensive area-of-effect is created. Chroma and his nearby allies are imbued with defensive energy.

Heat Strength:25 / 50 / 75 / 100 (damage per second) 50% / 75% / 100% / 200% (health bonus) Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration) Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range) Misc:2% / 5% / 7% / 10% (status chance) 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 m (burn radius) Electric Strength:2.5x / 3x / 5x / 10x (damage reflection multiplier) 50% / 65% / 75% / 100% (shield bonus) 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (status chance) 50 / 60 / 100 / 200 (minimum arc damage) Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration) Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range) 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 m (discharge range) Toxin Strength:25% / 35% / 40% / 50% (damage chance per second) Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration) 15% / 25% / 30% / 35% (holster rate bonus) 15% / 25% / 30% / 35% (reload speed bonus) Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range) Cold Strength:1.5x / 2x / 2.5x / 3x (damage reflection multiplier) 25% / 75% / 100% / 150% (armor bonus) 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% (status chance) Duration:10 / 15 / 20 / 25 s (ability duration) Range:6 / 8 / 10 / 12 m (aura range)

	ENERGY 50 KEY 4	Effigy Chroma turns his pelt into a massive sentry that strengthens nearby allies and engulfs enemies in elemental attacks. Energy Drain: 10 s-1	Strength:100 / 200 / 300 / 400 (damage/tick) 500 / 1000 / 1500 / 2000 (damage/second) 1000 / 2000 / 4000 / 8000 (health)
			Duration:N/A
			Range:N/A
			Misc:20 m (attack range) 30 m (stun radius) 5 m (knockback radius) Sentry 5 (ticks/second) 15% / 30% / 45% / 60% (credit chance) 25% / 50% / 75% / 100% (credit bonus) Chroma 20% (speed bonus) 50% (armor reduction)

	ENERGY 25 KEY 1	Freeze A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks.	Strength:150 / 225 / 275 / 350 (initial damage) 50 / 100 / 125 / 150 (area damage)
			Duration:5 / 7 / 12 / 15 s (freeze duration) 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 s (ice duration)
			Range:N/A

	ENERGY 50 KEY 2	Ice Wave Sends a wave of razor sharp, crystallized ice toward an enemy, dealing heavy damage.	Strength:300 / 445 / 565 / 700
			Duration:N/A
			Range:30 / 35 / 40 / 45° (angle) 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 m (initial width) 10 / 12 / 17 / 20 m (length)

	ENERGY 100 KEY 4	Avalanche Summons a treacherous landslide of ice that instantly freezes and shatters all enemies in its radius.	Strength:25 / 30 / 35 / 40% (armor reduction) 800 / 1000 / 1200 / 1500 (initial damage) 100 / 200 / 300 / 400 (explosion damage)
			Duration:5 / 6 / 7 / 8 s
			Range:8 / 10 / 12 / 15 m (freeze radius) 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 m (explosion radius)

Cryogenic

Being a naturally cryogenic Warframe, any melee assailants that strike Frost have a chance to be frozen on impact. In PvP, players will instead be inflicted with Cold proc.

Sources of Cold ResistancesEdit

ArcanesEdit

Arcane Warmth

ModsEdit

TriviaEdit

• While all other elemental mods utilize the polarity, cold damage mods that aren't associated with secondary effects (like added status chance) use the polarity, which is tied to defensive mods.

MediaEdit

Warframe Builds - ONLY COLD DAMAGE Frost Glaxion - Update 16.11

WDR 6 Cold Damage (Warframe)

See AlsoEdit

Damage Mechanics
Offense	Critical Hit • Damage • Enemy Body Parts • Multishot • Punch Through
Defense	Armor • Health • Shield
Damage Types
Physical	Impact • Puncture • Slash
Elemental	Cold • Electricity • Heat • Toxin
Combined	Blast • Corrosive • Gas • Magnetic • Radiation • Viral
Unique	Tau • True • Void