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The threats that beleaguer Tyria don’t wait for Wintersday. Freezie, the Greatest Snowman Ever Made, lends his icy power to revenants who channel him year-round. With rifle in hand, Cryocallers summon the aid of snowmen to chill their foes who dare try to slip past them.

— Definitely from an official source

User Frosty10001 Cryocaller Icon.png Cryocaller is an elite specialization for the revenant that unlocks the Legendary Snowman Stance. It also allows the revenant to use a rifle.

List of cryocaller skills[edit]

See also: List of revenant skills

Profession mechanic[edit]

Cryocallers can choose to channel the Legendary Snowman Stance, allowing them to bend frost and ice to control the battlefield. Ancient Echo is replaced by three Minion skills, occupying the F2, F3 and F4 keys.

# Skill Activation.png Energy.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
F1 Mini Freezie.png Legendary Snowman Stance Invoke the power of the legendary snowman, Freezie.
Additional mechanic
F2 Build Snowman.png Summon Icicle 1 -2 10 Minion. Summon Icicle, a snowman that attacks foes at range.
F2 Redirect Arrow.png Snow Mound.png Dismiss Icicle Melt Icicle and have him return to the Secret Lair.
F3 Mini Snowman.png Summon Blizzard 1 -2 10 Minion. Summon Blizzard, a snowman who specializes in melee combat.
F3 Redirect Arrow.png Snow Mound.png Dismiss Blizzard Melt Blizzard and have him return to the Secret Lair.
F4 Snowman Ice Sculpture.png Summon Diamond Dust 1 -2 10 Minion. Summon Diamond Dust, a snowman that protects allies.
F4 Redirect Arrow.png Snow Mound.png Dismiss Diamond Dust Melt Diamond Dust and have him return to the Secret Lair.

Weapon skills[edit]

# Skill Activation.png Energy.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Rifle
1 Draw Rifle.png Snowball Shot ¾ Fire a snowball that cleaves multiple foes upon hit. This attack deals increased damage to chilled foes.
2 Jump Shot (Snowball Mayhem).png Winter's Rime ¾ 4 5 Coat your foe’s weapons with rime, weakening them. This attack deals increased damage to moving foes and extends the duration of chilled on them.
3 Ice Shot.png Shardstorm 8 12 Fire forth frozen shards of piercing ice that inflicts foes with conditions.
4 Snowblind.png Through the Ice ¼ 10 14 Melt into snow and reappear at the target location, losing conditions and applying regeneration.
5 Snowroll.png Path of Snow ¾ 15 15 Fire a slow, rolling snowball that knocks back enemies in its path.

Slot skills[edit]

Healing[edit]

Skill Underwater.png Activation.png Energy.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Bowl of Candy Corn Ice Cream.png Delicious Snowcone ½ 5 30 Legendary Snowman. Heal yourself and your minions. You and your minions gain Frost Aura.

Utility[edit]

Skill Underwater.png Activation.png Energy.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Waxing Doom.png Focus Frost ½ 20 10 Legendary Snowman. Shoot a chilling beam at your foe while commanding your minions to fixate on them with might and fury.
Frostmark.png Numbing Breach Not available underwater.png ¾ 30 15 Legendary Snowman. Command your minions to crack the ice from their location to the targeted area, dealing more damage and inflicting more conditions for each minion.
Deep Freeze.png Cold-Hearted Aura 1 5 / -3 3 Legendary Snowman. Manifest an aura around you that damages and periodically knocks back foes who come within range with a gust of chilly wind.
Redirect Arrow.png Heart of Fire.png Warm Up End the Cold-Hearted Aura skill.

Elite[edit]

Skill Underwater.png Activation.png Energy.png Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Ice Castle- Turret.png Icy Fortification 40 60 Legendary Snowman. Fortify yourself in ice, gaining a break bar and heavily limiting your movement speed. Periodically pulse protection to yourself, your minions, and nearby allies.

List of cryocaller traits[edit]

See also: List of revenant traits
Tier Trait Tango-recharge-darker.png Description
Minor Proficiency Rifle Proficiency.png Rifle Proficiency You can wield rifles.
Minor Adept Power of the Virtuous.png Glacial Giftbringer You can now use Legendary Snowman Stance skills and gain access to Minion abilities.
Major Adept Leg Specialist.png On Thin Ice Icicle cripples foes he chills.
Major Adept Phalanx Strength.png Vampiric Frostbite Blizzard's attacks siphon health from foes and immobilizes them whenever he inflicts vulnerability.
Major Adept Restorative Illusions.png It's Snow Trouble Diamond Dust also heals allies he grants barrier to.
Minor Master Chaotic Persistence.png Brrrilliant Technique Chill you or your minions inflict last longer.
Major Master Iron Sight (square).png Smitten Strikes Icicle dazes foes he chills.
Major Master Deathly Chill.png Abominable Snowman Blizzard grants you and himself quickness when inflicting vulnerability.
Major Master Comeback Cure.png Chill Pill 15 Diamond Dust cleanses two conditions inflicting you and your minions whenever you reach the condition threshold.
Minor Grandmaster Pure of Sight.png Icy Barrier Take less damage for each minion you have summoned.
Major Grandmaster Bitter Chill.png Wintersday Prowess Gain expertise. Each of Icicle’s third strikes now hit in an area, afflict slow, have a greater projectile velocity, and act as a blast finisher.
Major Grandmaster Dulled Senses.png Wintersday Strength Gain power. Gain a stack of Wintersday Strength whenever you or one of your minions chill a foe. At the stack threshold, Blizzard consumes Wintersday Strength to unleash a wide attack that removes boons and is guaranteed to critically hit.
Wintersday Strength can only be gained once per interval.
Major Grandmaster Rousing Resilience.png Wintersday Resolve 90 Gain vitality. If you were to take a lethal blow, Diamond Dust takes it for you. If this sacrifice kills Diamond Dust, his summon is put on a longer recharge.


Extended descriptions[edit]

Profession mechanics[edit]


Legendary Snowman Stance

Invoke the power of the legendary snowman, Freezie.


— In-game description

Invoking the Legendary Snowman Stance allows revenants to borrow Freezie's powers to bend the battlefield to their whim with frozen power.





Summon Icicle

Summon Icicle, a snowman that attacks foes at range.

 Damage.png Damage: Snowballs hurt
 Damage.png Third Strike Damage: Bigger snowball damage
 Chilled.png Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
 Count Recharge.png Recharge Time if Killed: 30 seconds
 Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

  • Every third strike from Icicle applies chilled.
  • Icicle can be dismissed with Snow Mound.png Dismiss Icicle.

Summon Blizzard

Summon Blizzard, a snowman who specializes in melee combat.

 Damage.png Damage: Snowmen can hurt
 Damage.png Third Strike Damage: Bigger snowman damage
 Vulnerability.png3 Vulnerability (10s): 3% Incoming Damage, 3% Incoming Condition Damage
 Might.png3 Might (10s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
 Count Recharge.png Recharge Time if Killed: 30 seconds
 Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

  • Every third strike from Blizzard afflicts three stacks of vulnerability to his current foe and grants three stacks of might to himself.
  • Blizzard can be dismissed with Snow Mound.png Dismiss Blizzard.

Summon Diamond Dust

Snowman Ice Sculpture.png

Summon Diamond Dust

1 Activation time  2 Upkeep  10 Recharge time  

Summon Diamond Dust, a snowman that protects allies.

 Aegis.png Aegis (10s): Block the next incoming attack.
 Barrier.png Barrier: He tries his best to shield you
 Radius.png Barrier Radius: 300
 Miscellaneous effect.png Aegis Application: 40 seconds
 Count Recharge.png Recharge Time if Killed: 30 seconds
 Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

  • Diamond Dust grants aegis to you and all your minions.
  • Diamond Dust applies barrier to you, all your minions, and allies around him.
  • Diamond Dust can be dismissed with Snow Mound.png Dismiss Diamond Dust.

Weapon skills[edit]


Snowball Shot

Draw Rifle.png

Snowball Shot

0.75¾ Activation time  

Fire a snowball that cleaves multiple foes upon hit. This attack deals increased damage to chilled foes.

 Damage.png Damage: 255 (0.605)?
 Damage.png Damage Increase to Chilled Foes: 15%
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
 Radius.png Radius: 180
 Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

  • Attack speed is approximately 0.96 seconds per attack.

Winter's Rime

Jump Shot (Snowball Mayhem).png

Winter's Rime

0.75¾ Activation time  4 Energy  5 Recharge time  

Coat your foe’s weapons with rime, weakening them. This attack deals increased damage to moving foes and extends the duration of chilled on them.

 Damage.png Damage: 337 (0.8)?
 Damage.png Damage to Moving Foes: 591 (1.4)?
 Weakness.png Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
 Duration.png Duration Increase: 3 seconds
 Combo.png Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
 Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description


Shardstorm

Ice Shot.png

Shardstorm

20.25¼ Activation time  8 Energy  12 Recharge time  

Fire forth frozen shards of piercing ice that inflicts foes with conditions.

 Damage.png Damage (6x): 1,134 (2.69)?
 Vulnerability.png4 Vulnerability (10s): 4% Incoming Damage, 4% Incoming Condition Damage
 Blinded.png Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
 Crippled.png Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
 Pierces.png Pierces
 Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description


Through the Ice

Snowblind.png

Through the Ice

0.25¼ Activation time  10 Energy  14 Recharge time  Ground-targeted  

Melt into snow and reappear at the target location, losing conditions and applying regeneration.

 Regeneration.png Regen (5s): 650 Heal
 Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions Removed: 1
 Combo.png Combo Finisher: Leap
 Range.png Range: 600

— In-game description


Path of Snow

Snowroll.png

Path of Snow

0.75¾ Activation time  15 Energy  15 Recharge time  Ground-targeted  

Fire a slow, rolling snowball that knocks back enemies in its path.

 Damage.png Damage: 1,582 (3.75)?
 Knockback.png Knockback: 300
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
 Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description

  • The snowball explodes and only deals area of effect damage upon reaching maximum range or colliding with terrain.
    • The snowball doesn't explode if it falls off the terrain.

Healing skill[edit]


Delicious Snowcone

Bowl of Candy Corn Ice Cream.png

Delicious Snowcone

0.5½ Activation time  5 Energy  30 Recharge time  

Legendary Snowman. Heal yourself and your minions. You and your minions gain Frost Aura.

 Healing.png Self Healing: "Mmmm. Snowcone!" (1.0)?
 Healing.png Minion Healing: "Mmmm. Snowcone!" (0.5)?
 Frost Aura (effect).png Frost Aura (3s): Chill foes that strike you (only once per second for each attacker); incoming damage is reduced by 10%.

— In-game description


Utility skills[edit]


Focus Frost

Waxing Doom.png

Focus Frost

0.5½ Activation time  20 Energy  10 Recharge time  

Legendary Snowman. Shoot a chilling beam at your foe while commanding your minions to fixate on them with might and fury.

 Damage.png Damage: It's a cold beam, Karen
 Chilled.png Chilled (5s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
 Waxing Doom.png Focus Frost (6s): Snowmen's attacks are fixated on you and deal 5% more damage.
 Fury.png Fury (6s): 20% Critical Chance
 Might.png5 Might (6s): 150 Condition Damage, 150 Power
 Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description


Numbing Breach

Frostmark.png

Numbing Breach

Not available underwater  0.75¾ Activation time  30 Energy  15 Recharge time  Ground-targeted  

Legendary Snowman. Command your minions to crack the ice from their location to the targeted area, dealing more damage and inflicting more conditions for each minion.

 Damage.png Damage: A cool amount
 Damage.png Damage Increase Per Summoned Minion: 33%
 Chilled.png 1st Minion Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
 Bleeding.png4 2nd Minion Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
 Slow.png 3rd Minion Slow (3s): Skills and actions are slower.
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
 Miscellaneous effect.png Distance: 600
 Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

  • The damage increase applies on the 2nd and 3rd summoned minions.
  • Targeting originates from each minion.

Cold-Hearted Aura

Deep Freeze.png

Cold-Hearted Aura

1 Activation time  5 Energy  3 Upkeep  3 Recharge time  

Legendary Snowman. Manifest an aura around you that damages and periodically knocks back foes who come within range with a gust of chilly wind.

 Damage.png Damage: A tickle
 Chilled.png Chilled (10.5½s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
 Knockback.png Knockback: 300
 Interval.png Interval: 2 seconds
 Radius.png Radius: 240
 Combo.png Combo Field: Ice

— In-game description

  • The knockback can occur once per interval per foe.
  • The skill can be turned off with the skill Heart of Fire.png Warm Up.

Elite skill[edit]


Icy Fortification

Ice Castle- Turret.png

Icy Fortification

10.25¼ Activation time  40 Energy  50 Recharge time  

Legendary Snowman. Fortify yourself in ice, gaining a break bar and heavily limiting your movement speed. Periodically pulse protection to yourself, your minions, and nearby allies.

 Miscellaneous effect.png Defiance Bar Strength: 800
 Miscellaneous effect.png Movement Speed Decrease: 75%
 Protection.png Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage
 Interval.png Protection Interval: 4 seconds
 Radius.png Protection Radius: 500
 Duration.png Duration: 10 seconds
 Miscellaneous effect.png Combat Only

— In-game description

  • If the cryocaller's defiance bar is broken, the effect ends and they are Stun.png Stunned and Exposed.png Exposed for 5 seconds.
  • Protection is granted to allies once per interval in a radius around the cryocaller.



Traits[edit]


Glacial Giftbringer

Power of the Virtuous.png

Glacial Giftbringer

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Adept
Type
Minor

You can now use Legendary Snowman Stance skills and gain access to Minion abilities.


— In-game description




On Thin Ice

Leg Specialist.png

On Thin Ice

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Adept
Type
Major

Icicle cripples foes he chills.

 Crippled.png Cripple (3s): -50% Movement Speed

— In-game description




Vampiric Frostbite

Phalanx Strength.png

Vampiric Frostbite

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Adept
Type
Major

Blizzard's attacks siphon health from foes and immobilizes them whenever he inflicts vulnerability.

 Healing.png Life Siphon Heal: How am I supposed to know what's balanced here
 Immobile.png Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.

— In-game description




It's Snow Trouble

Restorative Illusions.png

It's Snow Trouble

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Adept
Type
Major

Diamond Dust also heals allies he grants barrier to.

 Healing.png Healing: 50% of granted barrier

— In-game description




Brrrilliant Technique

Chaotic Persistence.png

Brrrilliant Technique

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Master
Type
Minor

Chill you or your minions inflict last longer.

 Duration.png Duration Increase: 30%

— In-game description




Smitten Strikes

Iron Sight (square).png

Smitten Strikes

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Master
Type
Major

Icicle dazes foes he chills.

 Daze.png Daze: 1 second

— In-game description




Abominable Snowman

Deathly Chill.png

Abominable Snowman

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Master
Type
Major

Blizzard grants you and himself quickness when inflicting vulnerability.

 Quickness.png Quickness (3s): Skills and actions are faster.

— In-game description




Chill Pill

Comeback Cure.png

Chill Pill

15 Recharge time  

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Master
Type
Major

Diamond Dust cleanses two conditions inflicting you and your minions whenever you reach the condition threshold.

 Miscellaneous effect.png Condition Threshold: 4
 Miscellaneous effect.png Conditions Removed: 2

— In-game description




Icy Barrier

Pure of Sight.png

Icy Barrier

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Minor

Take less damage for each minion you have summoned.

 Pure of Sight.png Icy Barrier: -2% incoming damage

— In-game description




Wintersday Prowess

Bitter Chill.png

Wintersday Prowess

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major

Gain expertise. Each of Icicle’s third strikes now hit in an area, afflict slow, have a greater projectile velocity, and act as a blast finisher.

 Slow.png Slow (3s): Skills and actions are slower.
 Radius.png Radius: 300
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 3
 Miscellaneous effect.png Velocity Increase: 50%
 Combo.png Combo Finisher: Blast
 Expertise attribute.png Expertise: +150

— In-game description


Wintersday Strength

Dulled Senses.png

Wintersday Strength

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major

Gain power. Gain a stack of Wintersday Strength whenever you or one of your minions chill a foe. At the stack threshold, Blizzard consumes Wintersday Strength to unleash a wide attack that removes boons and is guaranteed to critically hit.
Wintersday Strength can only be gained once per interval.

 Dulled Senses.png Wintersday Strength: 25 Precision, 25 Ferocity
 Miscellaneous effect.png Stack Threshold: 8
 Interval.png Chill Interval: 1 second
 Power attribute.png Power: +150

— In-game description

Hooray, Hooray, it's Wintersday!

Attack (Ice Elemental Tonic).png

Hooray, Hooray, it's Wintersday!

Blizzard consumes Wintersday Strength to unleash a wide attack that removes boons and is guaranteed to critically hit.

 Damage.png Damage: Basically Arc Divider
 Miscellaneous effect.png Boons Removed: 1
 Number of targets.png Number of Targets: 5
 Precision attribute.png Critical Chance Increase: 100%
 Radius.png Radius: 360

— In-game description

  • The Wintersday Strength effect is removed after Blizzard completes the attack.

Wintersday Resolve

Rousing Resilience.png

Wintersday Resolve

90 Recharge time  

Specialization
Revenant icon small.png Revenant
Tier
Grandmaster
Type
Major

Gain vitality. If you were to take a lethal blow, Diamond Dust takes it for you. If this sacrifice kills Diamond Dust, his summon is put on a longer recharge.

 Count Recharge.png Recharge Time if Killed: 60 seconds
 Vitality attribute.png Vitality: +150

— In-game description


Notes[edit]

These are general notes and thoughts about the cryocaller elite specialization and how I designed it. It's totally real though! Definitely. Like, just launch up Guild Wars 2 and it'll be right there.

  • I'm very new to wiki editing so please forgive mistakes!
    • I'd love to figure out how to better format the skill tables to accurately look like what they do on the main space.
      • I recently learned "main space" refers to non-User GW2W pages! (Is that right please tell me I'm right)
  • Balance is Hard™ so I decided not to mess much with damage and healing numbers. The concept is in the skill design itself and not the number crunching.
  • I originally designed the cryocaller to be a specialization that properly and heavily relies on minion usage. I feel the Renegade icon small.pngRenegade explores temporary summoning well, but I wished for something more akin to a Ranger icon small.pngRanger's pets or a Necromancer icon small.pngNecromancer's minions.
  • It's why the cryocaller's traitline focuses entirely on their minions. I wanted the minions to be impacting and meaningful to gameplay. Icicle focuses on ranged crowd control, Blizzard focuses on aggressive melee lockdown, and Diamond Dust focuses on support. The cyrocaller was designed to use the aid of their minions as a major tool in controlling the battlefield.
    • The top line for traits enhances Icicle, where the middle line enhances Blizzard, and the bottom line enhances Diamond Dust.
  • Several skills are inspired by Freezie's boss abilities from the Secret Lair of the Snowmen and his appearance in Guild Wars 1.
  • I have no idea if easy player access to defiance bars is balanced for a skill like Icy Fortifications, but dang it I really think that concept is cool!
  • I actually have recolors for all the traits, but I seriously doubt that the Guild Wars 2 Wiki would allow me to upload ~9 image files just for a user's fan-made elite specialization, so I'm self-conscious about that.
    • Wait no it's 100% real
  • This spec was totally a joke at first but I decided to go Too Far™ with it for absolutely no reason.
  • Lore-wise I know that Freezie isn't dead or in the Mists, so revenants channeling him is sketchy at best, but let me have my fun dangit