Is New Deep Freeze Worth It?

[Theron]

Previously, the FZR was a good side-arm for Melee primary Steeles (who don't really have any good Stat Sticks to put in the Ranged slot). I was using it to cheese certain fights I didn't have the stats for, because I was waiting until Augment-Weave before seriously stat grinding.

Now, it feels like it's better for Ranged primary. The FZR could only be fired once/round (Rapid Fire notwithstanding), and it was a huge boost to Melee output. The weapons it's been added to don't have that limitation. Since the status is chance-based, it seems like it's better to try to proc it via multiple attacks, then use your 1 Melee attack to get the guaranteed critical. Assuming you don't think you're better off continuing to spam Ranged.

 

[OrangeBurner]

Might as well state what exactly has been changed about Deep Freeze at the start of this thread:

• [Nerf] Deep Freeze's evasion debuff has been reduced to 5 (from 50).
• [Nerf] Deep Freeze gets broken after the first crushing hit.
• [Buff] Deep Freeze no longer prevents crushing critical hits (e.g. you can get a critical hit on a enemy with Deep Freeze and deal 4x the damage).
• [Buff?] More weapons can apply Deep Freeze: Cryolizer, Entropy, and the Glacial Auger. (Not really a buff to Deep Freeze itself but worth mentioning)