Frost Viking Guide

For patch: 5.0.0

Guide Book

So a bit different than other builds, the hatchet is gonna be your only damaging weapon (unless you decide too go int scaling) for this build.

Gearing

First of all the perks in the tables are ordered based on the most important perk in the first slot. So Perk 1 and 2 are mandatory, while perk 3 is optional. The only exception are for named items. In those cases the last perk is the choosen perk.

Weapons

Artifact	Item Type	Gem	Perk 1	Perk 2	Perk 3	Acquisition-Links
Freya	Hatchet	Japser (runeglass)	Empowering Rending Throw	Refreshing Move	Penetrating Backstab	Genesis
Syncretic	Hatchet	Japser (runeglass)	Keenly Jagged	Rogue	Penetrating Backstab	Brimstone Sands
Deep Freeze	Ice-Gauntlet	Any-Runeglass	Refreshing Move	Vicious	Healing Tomb	Glacial Tarn
	Ice-Gauntlet	Any-Runeglass	Healing Tomb	Attunement	Plagued crits

Armour

Named	Weight	Item-Type	Perk-1	Perk-2	Perk-3	Acquisition-Links
	Heavy	Helmet	Elemental Aversion	Freedom	Shirking Heals
Featherweight	Light	Chest	Refreshing	Physical Aversion	Shirking Heals	Glacial Tarn
	Heavy	Gloves	Elemental Aversion	Freedom	Shirking Heals
	Light	Legs	Elemental Aversion	Freedom	Shirking Heals
	Medium	Boots	Elemental Aversion	Freedom	Shirking Heals

Jewelry

Named	Item Type	Perk 1	Perk 2	Perk 3	Acquisition-Links
Tanglevine Amulet	Amulet	Thrust Protection	Shirking Empower	Health	PvP Track
Privateer's Heriloom	Ring	Hearty	Slash Damage	Mortal Empowerment	Barnacles
Endless Thirst	Earring	Empowered Toast	Fortifying Toast	Healing Heart	Savage Divide

Optional

This my ideal setup, but you dont have too run this exact setup. Here are some alternatives to certain items:

• Weapon Hatchet

  You can pick either Freya or Syncretic Hatchet. Both are decent options. I would go Syncretic if I was to play the int version of this build and use the ice gauntlet artifact.

• Ice Gauntlet Weapon Perks

  Healing tomb is mandatory even tho the heal is base health. The heal is not very big but it is enough to save you, especially because we use so low con for this build. Unbroken winds is pretty good option if you decide to go with int scaling.

• Hatchet Weapon Perks

  Refreshing distancing throw could be viable, but not a priority.

• Ring

  You either go privateer for a strength build or crafted ring for int build. Hearty and damage perk are mandatory but the third can be whatever you want.

Heartrune

So for heartrunes we have one option.

• Stoneform

  Stoneform is bugged and hasnt been fixed yet. Avoid if possible.

  Stoneform is mandatory for any melee glass cannon build. You have to play really defensivly if you do not pick this heartrune.

Attributes

As this is a glass cannon build you wanna try and go as low con as possible. I would run around 50-100 con if I run one of the death defy trees, but for the full throwing tree I would go 150 con

Strenght	Dexterity	Intelligence	Focus	Constitution	Example Images
200	300	5	5	100	example
250	300	5	5	50	example
350	200	5	5	50	example
350	250	5	5	5	example
5	5	500	5	100	example

Resistance

We should be looking for 24% thrust resistance (38% with shield), 24% fire resistance, 10% strike, 10% slash. We use 4 rubies and 4 onyxes to achieve this.

Weapon Tree

Hatchet

• Berserker

  This has been the standard build for a long time and it still holds up. I dont find it as fun as the other option, but I recommend it for most players.

• Full throwing

  A really powerful option if you can aim. You do lose death defy, so i would recommend going a bit more con, but otherwise its pretty good.

Ice Gauntlet

• Deep Freeze Storm

  This is your option if you wanna run defensivly

• Sns counter

  A pretty cool option if you find yourself against sns players. Im unsure about how much damage you lose by going int scaling but it should be fine. The first one is a bit more aggresive than the second option. Both are equally viable.