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Still Winter

  • Control
  • Ice
  • Crit vs. Controlled
  • Shatter

C TierBossing · Mid

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Overview

Overview

Everything slowed, everything a crit target: the 3rd hit's ice turns control into damage.

Good for: Late campaign, Reverberated and Echoes T1–T9.

Strengths

  • Slowed and frozen enemies
  • High crit against controlled enemies
  • No need for the keystone

Weaknesses

  • Modest clear
  • Bosses resist freezing (they still take Slow)
  • You have to get close for the 3rd hit

Loadout

What the build carries

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Inheritance
  • Rune of ImpactRunic Warrior

Relics8

Core

  • Cold Dew
  • The Holding Hand

Optional

  • Taut String
  • Knuckle
  • Whetstone

Progression

Progression trees

Explore the progression trees used in this build. Lit nodes are the ones it takes; the rest of each tree stays dimmed behind them.

Iris Fragments: 724

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Body

  • Hardened Bark6/8+60% health (max +80%)
  • Restoring Sap1/5+8% healing received
  • Extra Flasks1/3+1 flask(s)

Power

  • Sharp Gaze6/8+36% damage (max +48%)
  • Steady Rhythm4/5+28% on basic attacks

Focus

  • Reservoir3/5+30% maximum resource
  • Serene Flow3/566% of natural flow
  • Lasting Mark4/4+48% effect duration

Fortune

  • Hole in the Pocket, Reversed1/5+12% gold
  • Deep Pocket3/4+3 relic slot

In practice

How to play

  1. Open with the full combo on the pack.

  2. Keep everything slowed.

  3. Against packs, the 3rd hit covers an area.

  4. Against bosses, Chill at all times.

  5. Careful: you need to get close for the 3rd hit.

To keep

The build card

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Measured on Sep 28, 2026 · game v1.0.1 · test bench v8

Build card for Still Winter (Chronomancer)

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