PvE setup: Use Orders Wrath if you don't have Whorl yet, swap colossus out for Ice Comet in non-trial activities.
Rotation:
- Pre-Buff: Cast Recuperative Treatise (Front Bar), swap to Back Bar, cast Grave Lord's Sacrifice, and wait 2.5 seconds for a corpse to drop.
- Engage: Light Attack ➔ Unnerving Boneyard (consumes the corpse for extra damage).
- Layer DoTs: Light Attack ➔ Winter's Revenge ➔ Light Attack ➔ Blockade of Frost.
- Swap & Ultimate: Swap to Front Bar ➔ Light Attack ➔ Glacial Colossus (applies +10% Major Vulnerability).
- Front Bar Burst: Light Attack ➔ Chilling Explosion ➔ Light Attack ➔ Tentacular Dread.
- Sustain Filler: Light Attack ➔ Destructive Reach (repeat until back-bar timers have 1 second remaining).
- Reset Loop: Swap to Back Bar, re-cast Grave Lord's Sacrifice, and repeat from Step 2.
PvP setup:
- Pre-Buff: Cast Ice Fortress and Grave Lord's Sacrifice (Back Bar) to maximize your defensive armor, generate a corpse, and trigger your 20-second Rallying Cry damage buff.
- Lock Down: Swap to Front Bar and cast Chilling Explosion to root the enemy player in place so they cannot roll-dodge.
- The Ultimate Drop: Instantly fire your Ice Comet ultimate directly onto the rooted target.
- The Synchronized Burst: Cast Destructive Reach while the meteor is mid-air so both heavy projectiles impact the player at the exact same millisecond.
- The Finisher: Smash them with Tentacular Dread to wipe out their remaining health while they are stuck in the meteor's knockdown animation.
- Defensive Reset: If they survive or you take heavy counter-damage, pop your Immovability Potion, swap to Back Bar, and hit Arctic Blast for an instant burst heal and local area stun.