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Icy Avalanche

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Icy Avalanche

Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 60 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 20% of y…

Frost

Augments Avalanche

Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 60 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 20% of your Armor once per enemy.

Ranks 0–3 · base drain 6

AcquisitionCommonly listed from Cephalon Suda, Genius; also check Syndicate offerings / trade.

Verified 2026-07-22

Augment dossier · Icy Avalanche

Ability 4 · Avalanche

Rank Table

RankStats
Rank 0
  • Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 40 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 5% of your Armor once per enemy.
Rank 1
  • Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 45 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 10% of your Armor once per enemy.
Rank 2
  • Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 50 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 15% of your Armor once per enemy.
Rank 3
  • Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 60 Overguard per enemy hit. Overguard increases by 20% of your Armor once per enemy.

Cast Changes

  • Changes how Avalanche plays: Avalanche Augment: Allies within Affinity Range are coated in ice that grants 60 Overguard per enemy hit.
  • Higher ranks usually improve the key magnitude or duration of the augment.

Worth the Slot?

  • Equip Icy Avalanche when that change is part of your standard Frost loop.
  • Skip it for generalist builds if capacity is tighter on survivability or parkour mods.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / ContextRatingWhy
Steel Path Survival / Defense / DisruptionStrongDense missions are where most Frost augments prove whether they belong in the build.
Mobile Defense / ExcavationSituationalWorth it if the augment helps hold or clear the objective faster.
Casual Star-Chart FarmsSituationalOften skippable when base abilities already overkill the content.

Tips & Tricks

  • Read the max-rank text — Icy Avalanche often only feels complete at rank 3.
  • Try one mission with and without it on Frost before locking the slot.
  • If you Helminth over Avalanche, this augment usually becomes irrelevant on that loadout.

Notes

  • Compatible with Frost (Frost).
  • Polarity: zenurik; rarity: Rare.

Other Frost augments