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Post by vanelsa on Dec 1, 2017 21:36:19 GMT
Kandros here with a "What If?" story for you. Yesterday, I told you the tale of the Human Juggernaut rushing to Firebase Aqua to save the Human Artificer? What if the roles were reversed, and it was the Artificer dropping onto Aqua to save the Juggernaut? How would she handle eleven waves of Kett, including all those Ascendants and Fiends in the later waves, without the Juggernaut’s Remnant Armor and Invulnerability frames? I’ve got two words for you: Snap Freeze. Not the Juggernaut’s Snap Freeze, but Cryo Beam’s Snap Freeze. Witness her using it to absolutely wreck the Kett throughout the match. Watch the video below and enjoy a symphony of cryo and snap freeze explosions. Gameplay notes and build link: bit.ly/2iBLGREThis was almost as fun as the Human Juggernaut run that I did. Bunching up the enemies and creating multiple Snap Freeze explosions is awesome and never gets old. Just watch the following: Wave 5, which I clear in just over a minute with some huge Snap Freeze combo explosions. End of Wave 8 when I dispatch two Chosen, two Ascendants, and two Destined by killing just one frozen Anointed. Start of Wave 9 when I kill 10 enemies at once. Middle of Wave 9. Fiend killed from Snap Freeze combo explosion. I used the Remnant VI to draw aggro away from me and to stun enemies. Invasion to stun and further weaken the enemies. I think having -50% weapon damage modifier helped because I could freeze enemies without killing them. Went with the Pistol Targeting System mod for better accuracy and the big clip of the Rozerad meant I rarely ran out of ammo (like I would have had with the Shadow). Since I didn’t have invulnerability frames like with the Juggernaut and because Defense Drone’s shield restore is so measly, I had to be much more careful during this match. The objectives were especially stressful since I was out in the open a number of times disabling devices or picking up the package. Had to burn several First Aid Kits while an Anointed was riddling me with his Soned.
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Post by Scathane on Dec 29, 2017 10:00:03 GMT
I've been fooling around with this character for the last few days and - although I like Cryobeam's Snap Freeze evo when I get it work - well, I just can't seem to get it work often enough. #scrubthane For me, it's like poultrymancer said: Fap Sneeze...
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Post by vanelsa on Dec 29, 2017 14:19:34 GMT
I've been fooling around with this character for the last few days and - although I like Cryobeam's Snap Freeze evo when I get it work - well, I just can't seem to get it work often enough. #scrubthane For me, it's like poultrymancer said: Fap Sneeze... A few follow up questions: Are you using Cryo ammo? That allows you to get the benefits of Snap Freeze without having to freeze them with Cryo Beam. You do lose out on the nice Armor debuff but those clumped up explosions are worth it! If you do use disruptor ammo, take a high powered weapon that can killl the enemy quickly after freezing them like a Talon, Ushior, Crusader. Are you killing them too fast before they freeze? If so, try taking off the barrel mod on your gun. are there enough enemies around you to set off the Snap Freeze explosions? if you are pug’ing there might not be enough enemies concentrated where you are. Try a solo on Aqua to practice and refine your technique. Just stay at the landing pad and let the enemy (works best with Kett) come and rush you. Alternatively you can work with a teammate that has Cryo Beam or Snap Freeze and wait for them to freeze the enemies before you kill them. Follow that Juggernaut or Scrapper and kill those frozen red bars before they do!
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Post by Scathane on Dec 29, 2017 17:55:30 GMT
Seems I was often starting it too soon, actually. I'm getting a little better at it. Going to try cryo ammo as well, thx for the tip!
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Post by s4nholo on Jan 7, 2018 6:04:35 GMT
Does anyone know if rank 4b combo detonation boost in Offensive Tech affects rank 6a snap freeze in Cryo Beam?
I've searched across bsn and reddit to no avail.
(edit) btw, I love using this method! I usually forget to use invasion as it's so much fun to shatter everything. I only have her to rank 6 lvl 11 though so one rank in it isn't much especially in silver matches.
Just started playing again. Destiny 2 is such a bore, the loot just isn't exciting .. I dunno something is off about it.
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Post by vanelsa on Jan 9, 2018 2:14:29 GMT
Does anyone know if rank 4b combo detonation boost in Offensive Tech affects rank 6a snap freeze in Cryo Beam? I've searched across bsn and reddit to no avail. (edit) btw, I love using this method! I usually forget to use invasion as it's so much fun to shatter everything. I only have her to rank 6 lvl 11 though so one rank in it isn't much especially in silver matches. Just started playing again. Destiny 2 is such a bore, the loot just isn't exciting .. I dunno something is off about it. I think it does, but I’m not 100% sure either. I didn’t spec into it in my Articifer build for this solo, and the shatter combos were still extremely powerful when multiple chain detonations occured.
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Post by s4nholo on Jan 10, 2018 5:05:15 GMT
Found a link in which pedroelm replies that it is completely separate. link
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Post by laxdoc on Jan 10, 2018 17:06:02 GMT
Are you using cryo beam? I see it on cool down but never actually see the beam. It looks like you never stop shooting.
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Post by vanelsa on Jan 10, 2018 18:10:59 GMT
Are you using cryo beam? I see it on cool down but never actually see the beam. It looks like you never stop shooting. The Snap Freeze evolution on Cryo Beam allows the frozen shatter explosions to happen on any kill of a frozen target. By equipping Cryo Ammo, I'm able to trigger the Snap Freeze explosions with just my gun. There were times when I used Cryo Beam directly on a target for a quick freeze or kill, but generally I used the Rozerad. The downside is that Cryo Ammo removes the Cryo Beam armor debuff in favor of its own, weaker debuff. An alternative build would be to use Disruptor Ammo to maintain Cryo Beam's armor debuff. Then, I could have used Cryo Beam to freeze enemies before shattering them. This requires more management in-game, so I just went with Cryo Ammo.
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Post by Arkhne on Jan 10, 2018 22:26:00 GMT
After having a quick look skipping through your vid, checking out her powers, and playing her myself, I've come to realize, she could just be one of the best debuffers (particularly of defense) around. I was already a fan of Snap Freeze, but never really looked at Cryo Beam much, and Invasion is "fun" I like all the little explosion, but it also has a not insignificant debuff, and the combination (particularly when you consider the shatter evo and Invasion's explosion evo) is actually quite significant. The only really debatable bit with her I see is Remnant VI vs Passive. The 35% Elemental Tech bonus debuff could just be the icing on the cake.
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Post by s4nholo on Jan 12, 2018 0:17:00 GMT
I've been using the VI maxed for the stun effect as an added defense mechanism when baddies get to close. I will eventually respec for Elemental Tech to see how it plays. When I do I would probably build her like this: link(skipping VI all together and focusing on debuffs)
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