Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28349857-20180414182913

when you spawn the first thing you need to do is wait til your mana is about 60-70

this is because you will need icy monarch to get a headstart on frost

once you have 60-70 mana, engage the enemy

do NOT initiate with dry ice

do NOT initiate with frostfang

only use cold front when in icy monarch when 1v1ing, dry ice and frost fang will be useless

spam cold front as much as you can, and build ice stacks on the enemy

you should have 1 drake at this point which is more than enough to help you out

see, most people don't realize this but drake mode icy monarch does a TON of stun if you use it while someone has ice stacks on them, and you dont need to waste time regenerating frost because you get about 90 from the attack, and you can use cold front again to get the ice drake

only use dry ice in team fight against a brigade of enemies, and only use frostfang with ice stacks on the enemy

in icy monarch, frostfang will do slightly more damage, but not a lot of stun comes from the attack, whereas drake mode frostfang does less damage but more stun, so balance the two wisely'

NEVER USE DRY ICE IN DRAKE MODE, YOU WILL DIE.

walkspeed is decreased, can't attack, and is only useful if you have all 3 drakes but even then it doesn't do a whole lot

cold front in drake mode is a good way to get some kiting damage, since drakes will also use the move, and it builds ice stacks and gives frost

your click combo also lets your drakes shoot cold front missiles as long as the enemy is in range, but it's not automatically aimed, so you will need to aim at your opponent to maximize damage

savage wrath is one of the best ults in the game, no joke. as long as you have enough range, accuracy and 3 drakes, it can be the death of your enemies

it also can be activated upon death, so if you're about to go down but want to go out with a bang, use savage wrath and aim at your opponent's feet

tips and tricks

although it costs no mana to use cold front, frostfang, and dry ice in icy monarch mode, this doesn't mean you're completely immune to mana loss. only use icy monarch to build ice stacks on an enemy, or dry ice for crowd control

frostfang in drake mode has no cooldown if you miss. go nuts.

use dry ice as a way to force enemies out of a certain radius, like abyss' meditation or plasma hole, since they'd just be taking damage and giving you frost

despite cryo's small hurtbox thanks to the nature of it being a claw, it's the second best class in the game that can hit the blindspot of any enemy and cancel hitstun, only losing to major. icy monarch does it better though, but drake mode can use the ice aoe move and knockback enemies that get out of blindspot radius, so balance the two

if you have any questions, or want to know something i forgot to list, reply and ill try to answer with my best explaination 