Frost Prime · Loadouts

Frost by progress

Progression path first. Specialist cards after. Each progression card is the peak you can run at that rung — not a second identity.

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Progression path

Starter0–1 FormaStarterHigh confidenceStar ChartDefenseShards optional

First Globe

Learn the frame.

Best for: Star Chart, first Frost, Defense / Excavation / Mobile Defense

Drop a Snow Globe on the objective. Avalanche the hallway. Freeze is a poke, not the kit.

Snow Globe is why Frost is in the squad. It is an objective bubble, not a DPS button.

Investment: 1 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 3/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then First Globe — Star Chart.

Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path

First Globe — Star Chart

First serious version.

Best for: Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.

Drop a Snow Globe on the objective. Avalanche the hallway. Freeze is a poke, not the kit. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.

Snow Globe is why Frost is in the squad. It is an objective bubble, not a DPS button.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 specialised mods

Inventory unknown · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

High — How strongly the Codex recommends this for its stated purpose — not a test log.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 3/5 Sur
En: 4/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 5/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Steel Path.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceStar ChartSteel PathShards optional

Whiteout — Steel Path

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card.

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear. This is the peak you can run the day Steel Path unlocks — galvanized / arcanes, no Helminth.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 1 shard · 3 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Optimised4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceNetracellsArchon HuntsHelminthShards optional

Whiteout — Optimised

Spend resources to push it.

Best for: Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it.

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 3/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Endgame.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Endgame4–5 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Whiteout — Endgame

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: endgame / endurance, the 2026 Frost, anyone who was told Globe is the damage

167% Strength, Avalanche full-strips and freeze-locks the tile. Breach Surge over Freeze turns the shatter into a room clear.

Avalanche is Frost's 2026 identity. Globe is still the objective tool — it is not the nuke.

Investment: 5 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Breach Surge (Wisp)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 5/5 Dmg
Sur: 4/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.

Specialist builds

Not part of the path

Same frame, different job. These are not missing rungs — they are optional identities once the path feels easy.

Steel Path3 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceLevel capDefenseShards optional

Impedance Hall

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Defense corridors, Interception, people who like floor CC more than strip math

Ice Wave Impedance paints a slow trail. Hallways become ice rinks. Avalanche is backup, not the spam button.

Impedance is the augment that makes 2 a deployable, not a cone of chip damage.

Investment: 3 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 2 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 4/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Steel Path3–4 FormaAdvancedMedium confidenceSurvivalDisruptionShards optional

Chilling House

Your first endgame-capable version.

Best for: Excavation, Defense, Mobile Defense, Kuva Survival bubbles, 'please don't touch the pod'

Snow Globe is a bunker. Chilling Globe freezes anyone who walks in. You live inside it and shoot out.

This is the objective Frost people actually wanted in 2013, still correct on Defense tiles in 2026.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 4/5 Ease

Your next step: run this until it feels easy. Then Whiteout — Optimised.

Endgame4 FormaEndgameMedium confidenceSteel PathHelminthShards optional

Freeze Force

Only if you actually need it.

Best for: Incarnons, Cold Kuva / Tenet weapons, people who picked Frost to shoot not to sit in a ball

Frost as a Cold gun platform. Freeze Force paints your guns. Biting Frost pays you for frozen targets.

Not every Frost wants to live in a snowball. This is the 'I brought ice guns' loadout.

Investment: 4 Forma · Reactor · Helminth (Xata's Whisper (Xaku) or Roar (Rhino)) · 2 shards · 4 specialised mods

Not yet · Codex Checked 5 Sept 2026 · PC · Update 43.5

Medium — A solid recommendation with more situational dependencies. Confidence is not verification.

Dmg: 3/5 Dmg
Sur: 2/5 Sur
En: 2/5 En
Mob: 2/5 Mob
Ease: 2/5 Ease

Your next step: stop here unless a specialist card fits the mission.

Needs Helminth or shards. Open the Starter first if those are locked.