Frost launches an icy projectile that inflicts 150 / 225 / 275 / 350Cold damage on impact and 50 / 100 / 125 / 150Cold damage with a 100%status chance in an area. Enemies directly hit by the projectile will be frozen for a duration of 5 / 7 / 12 / 15 seconds. If the projectile impacts a surface, a patch of ice will be created that lasts 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 seconds and slows enemies as they enter its area of effect.
All damage is affected by Ability Strength and body-part multipliers.
Area damage affects the initial target, decreases with distance, and does not bypass obstacles in the environment.
Freeze duration and ice duration are affected by Ability Duration.
The freeze duration will end prematurely if the initial target loses 50% of its current health during the time its frozen.
While frozen, enemies are unable to regenerate Shields.
Ability Synergy: Casting Freeze onto the exterior of a Snow Globe will destroy it, triggering an icy explosion that damages and ragdolls enemies in an area of effect.
Casting Avalanche on a target frozen by Freeze will override Freeze's effects. The target will remain frozen for Avalanche's duration while temporarily reducing the target's armor and removing Freeze's health threshold.
Freeze is a one-handed action. As such, it can be used while performing various maneuvers and actions without interruption.
Can be recast on a frozen target multiple times, restarting the freeze timer.
Freeze Force is a Warframe Augment Mod for Frost that allows Freeze to be held on cast, creating a wave of energy traveling outward from the user that temporarily grants the caster and nearby allies additional Cold damage to all attacks.
Its primary strength is that a direct hit causes the target to be frozen in place for a fixed 10 seconds, regardless of rank. This is particularly useful when fighting single enemies such as bosses to buy time for teammates to revive incapacitated Tenno, recharge shields, reload, etc.
Targets that are frozen will be freed of their immobility if they take health damage by anything. Freeze's utility can be easily wasted unless proper coordination with teammates is exercised.
Freeze can be used to set up an effective kill-combo on an enemy with a burst-damage attack.