Frost

Tank / Defense

When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill. Frost’s attacks control crowds, protect objectives, and increase survivability. Wield the biting cold.

Role: Tank / Defense
Aura: Vazarin
Polarities: NaramonVazarin
Mastery: 0
Introduced: Update 6.0 (2013-01-29)

RelatedPrime VersionFrost Prime

Stats

Type: Warframe
Category: Warframes
Mastery: 0
Health: 270
Shield: 455
Armor: 315
Energy: 100
Sprint Speed: 0.95
Build Cost: 25,000 Credits
Build Time: 72h 0m
Rush: 50 Platinum

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Verified 2026-07-22

Playstyle

When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill. Built around Freeze, Ice Wave, Snow Globe.

Passive

Cold Status Effects from Frost's Abilities last duration% longer. Frost gains bonus Armor for each enemy afflicted with Cold within Affinity Range.

When to Pick

You want a tank / defense toolkit and Frost’s fantasy matches the mission.
Your squad is missing what Frost brings — especially Freeze.
You already own the mods / archon shards that make Frost’s scaling comfortable on Steel Path.

Kit Overview

Freeze (Ability 1): A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks.
Ice Wave (Ability 2): Sends a wave of razor sharp, crystalized ice toward an enemy, dealing heavy damage.
Snow Globe (Ability 3): Frost deep freezes any vapor and moisture in the area, creating a protective sphere with brief invulnerability to boost its strength.
Avalanche (Ability 4): Summons a treacherous landslide of ice that instantly freezes and shatters all enemies in its radius.

Abilities & Augments

1
Freeze →
Energy 25
A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks.
Augment
Biting FrostOpen augment →
2
Ice Wave →
Energy 25
Sends a wave of razor sharp, crystalized ice toward an enemy, dealing heavy damage.
Augment
Ice Wave ImpedanceOpen augment →
3
Snow Globe →
Energy 25
Frost deep freezes any vapor and moisture in the area, creating a protective sphere with brief invulnerability to boost its strength.
Augment
Chilling GlobeOpen augment →
4
Avalanche →
Energy 25
Summons a treacherous landslide of ice that instantly freezes and shatters all enemies in its radius.
Augment
Icy AvalancheOpen augment →

Ability Priority

1
Snow Globe
Frost deep freezes any vapor and moisture in the area, creating a protective sphere with brief invulnerability to boost its strength.
2
Freeze
A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks.
3
Ice Wave
Sends a wave of razor sharp, crystalized ice toward an enemy, dealing heavy damage.
4
Avalanche
Summons a treacherous landslide of ice that instantly freezes and shatters all enemies in its radius.

Helminth / Subsume

Freeze is often the Helminth sacrifice if your build never needs Ability 1 and you’d rather import a strip, buff, or survival tool.
Keep Ice Wave and later abilities when they define Frost’s identity.
Never subsume the ability that enables the rest of the kit’s energy or survival loop.

Mod Scaling

Strength: Raises damage and effect potency across Frost’s Strength-scaling abilities.
Duration: Extends channeled / timed effects — often comfort on Frost if the kit leans on buffs or zones.
Range: Helps radius / targeting tools. Dump it if Frost is mostly self-buff or exalted weapons.
Efficiency: Keeps ability uptime comfortable, especially on longer Steel Path missions.

Priority

Match the priority to your main ability — Strength or Duration first for most kits, then Efficiency, then Range.

Mission Usefulness

Mission / Context	Rating	Why
Steel Path Survival / Defense / Disruption	Excellent	On Steel Path density, Frost leans on Freeze to keep rooms deleting while the squad rotates. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks. When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill.
Mobile Defense / Excavation	Excellent	Cryopods and excavators are Frost’s home turf — Freeze locks or deletes the wave on the point. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks. When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill.
Exterminate / Capture Speed Runs	Situational	Usable on speed runs, but Frost’s tank / defense kit usually wants longer objectives than a 3-minute Exterminate. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks. When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill.
Spy / Rescue / Nightmare	Weak	Loud kit. Leave Spy / Rescue to invis or silence frames; Freeze doesn’t make Frost quiet. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks. When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill.
Open World / Bounties	Situational	Fine on clustered camps, but sparse open-world travel underuses Frost unless you love Freeze. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks.
Long-Range Gunplay / Eidolon-Style Content	Weak	Frost wants pack clear or finishers, not pure long-range; Freeze won’t save an Eidolon-style loadout. A frigid energy blast that freezes targets in their tracks. When Frost steps onto the battlefield, enemies experience a chill.