Icy Avalanche is a Warframe Augment Mod for 
Frost's 
Avalanche that grants allies within the Affinity Range Overguard for each enemy hit. A percentage of Frost's armor is also added to the Overguard once per enemy.
Stats[]
| Rank |  Overguard per enemy
|
Armor to Overguard Conversion
|
Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 40 | 5% | 6 |
| 1 | 45 | 10% | 7 |
| 2 | 50 | 15% | 8 |
| 3 | 60 | 20% | 9 |
Acquisition[]
- This mod can be acquired by attaining the rank of General under Steel Meridian, or the rank of Genius under Cephalon Suda, and spending
25,000 to purchase.
Notes[]
- Overguard granted by Icy Avalanche has a cap of 15,000.
- Enemies still frozen by a previous casting of Avalanche will still grant Overguard.
Tips[]
- Ivara's Noise Arrow, Vauban's Bastille vortex and similar abilities that attract enemies to a single location synergize well with Icy Avalanche, as they can be used to group enemies closer together allowing for a larger number of enemies to be hit by Avalanche.
Maximization[]
Bugs[]
- Health drain from Combat Discipline will affect this overguard, rather than your health pool.
Media[]
Patch History[]
Hotfix 36.0.4 (2024-06-26)
- Changed Frost’s “Icy Avalanche” Augment Mod (stats shown at Max Rank) to improve its Overguard capacities:
- Now: Allies within Affinity Range are coated with ice that grants 60 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 20% of your Armor once per enemy.
- Previous: Coat nearby allies with ice that grants Overguard and absorbs 60 damage per enemy hit.
Hotfix 35.5.6 (2024-04-10)
- Frost’s Icy Avalanche Augment Mod will now grant Overguard to non-player allies in radius (i.e. Sentinels, Companions, Specters).
Update 34.0 (2023-10-18)
- Companions can now gain Overguard (behaves the same as player Overguard).
Hotfix 33.6.4 (2023-08-15)
- Overguard granted by Frost’s Icy Avalanche Augment Mod now stacks on cast (up to 15k, which scales with Ability Strength) instead of keeping the highest value from the original or recast.
Hotfix 33.5.2 (2023-06-21)
- Fixed Frost’s Icy Avalanche Augment Mod granting the values on recast instead of picking the greater values of the two (original and new cast).
Update 33.5 (2023-06-21)
- OVERGUARD ON WARFRAME ABILITIES
Overguard as a Warframe defense mechanism was introduced in Drifter Intrinsics and Decrees with The Duviri Paradox update - it grants additional Health protection and provides Knockdown Immunity while active.
Overguard has virtually the same function (Health buffs and immunities*) as the listed abilities and Augment Mods, so in an effort to expose the mechanic more and establish familiarity with Overguard as a whole (as it also appears on enemies) we have made it the visual indicator for them.
- Frost’s Icy Avalanche Augment Mod
*The base defensive properties of these abilities and Augment Mods have not changed!
This change also has the added benefit of allowing “On Damaged” Mods and Arcanes to apply to all of the above! Prior to this change, the aforementioned abilities would make the player "invulnerable" until the added survivability was depleted. Now, Mods and Arcanes like Adaptation and Arcane Avenger can now be triggered when damage is taken to Overguard, because it is treated similarly to Health and Shields.
The HUD Overguard element has also had slight upgrades for the purposes of registering for these abilities and Augment Mods:
Update 19.2 (2016-12-01)
- Introduced.
