Icy Veins is a primary Perk in Deadzone: Rogue, related to the Cryo element. Its secondary perks are Blizzard, Coldsnap, Frostbite, and Ice Pick.
Perk Tree
Icy Veins
Icy Veins provides a 30% Cryo damage bonus and causes Cryo damage to inflict Chill.
Blizzard
Blizzard grants a 25% Cryo damage bonus. Additionally, the player creates a blizzard around themself that follows their movement[verification needed], damaging nearby enemies. The blizzard lasts 5 seconds.
Coldsnap
Coldsnap grants a 15% Cryo damage bonus. Additionally, the player's Freeze and Shatter Affixes gain a bonus to their proc chances equal to 10% of their base value[verification needed].
Frostbite
Frostbite grants a 20% Cryo damage bonus. Additionally, it causes Chill to slow movement by an additional 10% and slow attack speed by 50%.
Ice Pick
Ice Pick grants a 25% Cryo damage bonus, as well as an additional 30% melee damage bonus against Chilled enemies.
Strategy
- Icy Veins is a powerful perk. On nightmare, many melee enemies are able to instantly kill the player if they connect. The movement speed decrease makes keeping one's distance significantly easier.
- Blizzard must be tested to determine how powerful its damage is. To compensate, its damage bonus isn't poor if its main effect isn't used.
- Coldsnap is a powerful perk. Freeze is an incredibly powerful Affix, nullifying most enemies if it procs and if the player makes use of the opportunity.
- Frostbite is a variable perk. The attack rate malus can be used to provide the player with additional breathing room in a fight. However, the slower attack speed can stagger enemy attacks undesirably or make enemies, notably Phalanxes, attack at times the player isn't used to.
- Ice Pick is not a particularly useful perk. Although its base damage bonus isn't bad, melee is generally a dubious weapon. It does fit into Ghostflare builds on higher difficulties, however.