Permafrost

Rounds Per Minute

72

Blast Radius

65

Velocity

76

Stability

23

Handling

58

Reload Speed

73

Magazine

1

Aim Assistance

67

Zoom

13

Recoil Direction

58

Airborne Effectiveness

3

Ammo Generation

59

• First choicePvELoad roll

  Controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content.

  Add clear
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Attrition OrbsOverflowImpromptu AmmunitionLead from Gold

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Quick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  Permafrost is a wave frame GL which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been power crept by aerial denial frames, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are in-band by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/2316331767 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Looks for a barrel perk that helps Handling - Velocity's nice, but you'll be shooting at your feet most of the time. Try not to hurt the Blast Radius, as that affects the width and height of the wave. For the magazine perk just High-Velocity Rounds. For a general utility roll, in the first trait perk column you have options like Attrition Orbs, to generate power orbs on enemy hits, Overflow for two in the mag when picking up ammo bricks, Lead from Gold to generate special ammo when picking up power ammo blocks, or Impromptu Ammunition for a boost to ammo generation meters from all sources after a kill. In the second column, Crystalline Corpsebloom procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced) - these are weapon-generated entities so can proc weapon traits like Attrition Orbs when shattered for AoE damage. If you're interested, Permafrost is a permanently frozen layer on or under Earth's surface. For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so can be very useful or Field Test provides steady boosts to Range, Stability, Handling and Reload Speed on hits and kills, lasting until you die. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 163 Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly with Warlock buddy builds.

  Add clear
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Blast DistributorDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Desperate MeasuresAdrenaline Junkie

  Barrel

  Any of

  Quick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  Permafrost is a wave frame GL which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been power crept by aerial denial frames, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are in-band by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/2316331767 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Looks for a barrel perk that helps Handling - Velocity's nice, but you'll be shooting at your feet most of the time. Try not to hurt the Blast Radius, as that affects the width and height of the wave. For the magazine perk just High-Velocity Rounds. For Warlock buddy builds, in the first trait perk column you have Blast Distributor which stacks up to ×5 to provide +10 to your Grenade attribute (+13 when enhanced) per stack on explosive damage - a total of +50 (+65 enhanced) for a refreshable 5s on further explosive damage to improve buddy damage, or Demolitionist to generate chunk grenade ability energy on kills, if you're not running Devour, and an instant magazine refill on grenade use. In the second column, Desperate Measures provides up to 3 stacks for ×1.3 damage for a refreshable 7s for a weapon and then two ability kills, or Adrenaline Junkie generates up to ×5 stacks on kills for +20 handling and ×1.33 damage, with a grenade kill giving an instant 5 stacks, for a refreshable 4.5s (5s when enhanced). If you're interested, Permafrost is a permanently frozen layer on or under Earth's surface. For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so can be very useful or Field Test provides steady boosts to Range, Stability, Handling and Reload Speed on hits and kills, lasting until you die. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Adamsdown_Boy · Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly on grenade builds.

  Add clear
  Trait 1

  Any of

  Blast DistributorDemolitionist

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Quick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  Permafrost is a wave frame GL which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been power crept by aerial denial frames, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are in-band by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/2316331767 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Looks for a barrel perk that helps Handling - Velocity's nice, but you'll be shooting at your feet most of the time. Try not to hurt the Blast Radius, as that affects the width and height of the wave. For the magazine perk just High-Velocity Rounds. If you're running a grenade build, in the first trait perk column Demolitionist generates chunk grenade ability energy on kills and an instant magazine refill on grenade use, or Blast Distributor stacks up to ×5 to provide +10 to your Grenade attribute (+13 when enhanced) per stack on dealing explosive damage - to a total of +50 (+65 enhanced) - for 5s refreshable on further explosive damage so you can invest stat points into other armour attributes. In the second column, Crystalline Corpsebloom procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced) - these are weapon-generated entities so can generate grenade energy when shattered for AoE damage by a weapon with the Demolitionist perk. If you're interested, Permafrost is a permanently frozen layer on or under Earth's surface. For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so can be very useful or Field Test provides steady boosts to Range, Stability, Handling and Reload Speed on hits and kills, lasting until you die. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 163 Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• First choicePvELoad roll

  "This is about two or three years too late.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Attrition OrbsRimestealer

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Volatile LaunchConfined Launch

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  A great looking add clear and utility GL, held back by the fact that area denial frames exist and invalidate this thing's entire purpose. Honestly, this still ticks a lot of boxes for me personally, so I'll be going for one in the hopes that the archetype can make a comeback." Recommended MW: Reload, Blast Radius.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• First choicePvELoad roll

  Controlling groups of Minor adds in general at-level or better content, particularly on Stasis builds.

  Add clear
  Trait 1

  Rimestealer

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Quick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  Permafrost is a wave frame GL which are rated C-Tier for endgame PvE by @TheAegisRelic tiering spreadsheet https://linktr.ee/TheAegisRelic having been power crept by aerial denial frames, so this is more to think about keeping in case there's a future rebalancing. The stats are in-band by comparison with its peers - see https://d2foundry.gg/w/2316331767 for how the weapon stats impact in-game performance. Looks for a barrel perk that helps Handling - Velocity's nice, but you'll be shooting at your feet most of the time. Try not to hurt the Blast Radius, as that affects the width and height of the wave. For the magazine perk just High-Velocity Rounds. If you're running a Stasis build, in the first trait perk column Rimestealer generates a stack (2 stacks when enhanced) of Frost Armor on shattering a Stasis crystal or killing a frozen enemy. In the second column, Crystalline Corpsebloom procs on a kill to provide a 4s buff - kills with the buff active generate a stasis seeker which travels 3m before spawning a medium Stasis crystal (large when enhanced) - these are weapon-generated entities so can proc weapon traits when shattered for AoE damage. If you're interested, Permafrost is a permanently frozen layer on or under Earth's surface. For the Origin Trait, Dawning Surprise has a hidden counter - 6 red bar kills (5 enhanced) or 2 orange/yellow bars will fill this to generate a pickup which last 10s that grants 10% energy to melee, grenade and super, +22 HP and start regeneration, so can be very useful or Field Test provides steady boosts to Range, Stability, Handling and Reload Speed on hits and kills, lasting until you die. Recommended MW: Handling, with your preferred choice of mod/enhanced mod to boost mag size, weapon stats, ammo regeneration, or elemental pickups for builds - and don't forget to check any available seasonal fragile mods.

  Why this roll
  By Saint_Kabr and CourtProjects · PvE Podcast 163 Dawning 2025 and Arms Week 2026 weapons
• PvELoad roll

  "This is about two or three years too late.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Attrition OrbsRimestealerDemolitionistLead from Gold

  Trait 2

  Any of

  Crystalline CorpsebloomReaper's Tithe

  Barrel

  Any of

  Linear CompensatorQuick LaunchSmart Drift Control

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  A great looking add clear and utility GL, held back by the fact that area denial frames exist and invalidate this thing's entire purpose. Honestly, this still ticks a lot of boxes for me personally, so I'll be going for one in the hopes that the archetype can make a comeback." Recommended MW: Reload, Blast Radius.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• PvELoad roll

  "This is about two or three years too late.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  Attrition OrbsRimestealerDemolitionistLead from Gold

  Trait 2

  Reaper's Tithe

  Barrel

  Any of

  Volatile LaunchConfined Launch

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  A great looking add clear and utility GL, held back by the fact that area denial frames exist and invalidate this thing's entire purpose. Honestly, this still ticks a lot of boxes for me personally, so I'll be going for one in the hopes that the archetype can make a comeback." Recommended MW: Reload, Blast Radius.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025
• PvELoad roll

  "This is about two or three years too late.

  Trait 1

  Any of

  DemolitionistLead from Gold

  Trait 2

  Crystalline Corpsebloom

  Barrel

  Any of

  Volatile LaunchConfined Launch

  Magazine

  High-Velocity Rounds

  A great looking add clear and utility GL, held back by the fact that area denial frames exist and invalidate this thing's entire purpose. Honestly, this still ticks a lot of boxes for me personally, so I'll be going for one in the hopes that the archetype can make a comeback." Recommended MW: Reload, Blast Radius.

  Why this roll
  By SpaceMonkey · SpaceMonkey's Weapon Guide - Dawning 2025

From the DIM community wish lists (voltron), picks made since Edge of Fate.

• Permafrost