User:Frosty10001/Cryocaller
“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
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 |  |
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Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 |  Legendary Snowman Stance |
Invoke the power of the legendary snowman, Freezie. | |||
| Additional mechanic | |||||
| F2 |  Summon Icicle |
1 | -2 | 10 | Minion. Summon Icicle, a snowman that attacks foes at range. |
| F2 |   Dismiss Icicle |
Melt Icicle and have him return to the Secret Lair. | |||
| F3 |  Summon Blizzard |
1 | -2 | 10 | Minion. Summon Blizzard, a snowman who specializes in melee combat. |
| F3 | Dismiss Blizzard |
Melt Blizzard and have him return to the Secret Lair. | |||
| F4 |  Summon Diamond Dust |
1 | -2 | 10 | Minion. Summon Diamond Dust, a snowman that protects allies. |
| F4 | Dismiss Diamond Dust |
Melt Diamond Dust and have him return to the Secret Lair. | |||
Weapon skills[edit]
| # | Skill | |
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Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle | |||||
| 1 |  Snowball Shot |
¾ | Fire a snowball that cleaves multiple foes upon hit. This attack deals increased damage to chilled foes. | ||
| 2 | .png){kind=small} 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 |  Shardstorm |
2¼ | 8 | 12 | Fire forth frozen shards of piercing ice that inflicts foes with conditions. |
| 4 |  Through the Ice |
¼ | 10 | 14 | Melt into snow and reappear at the target location, losing conditions and applying regeneration. |
| 5 |  Path of Snow |
¾ | 15 | 15 | Fire a slow, rolling snowball that knocks back enemies in its path. |
Slot skills[edit]
Healing[edit]
| Skill |  |
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Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Delicious Snowcone |
½ | 5 | 30 | Legendary Snowman. Heal yourself and your minions. You and your minions gain Frost Aura. |
Utility[edit]
| Skill | |
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Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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. | |
 Numbing Breach |
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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. |
 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. | |
 Warm Up |
End the Cold-Hearted Aura skill. |
Elite[edit]
| Skill | |
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Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Icy Fortification |
1¼ | 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 | |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor Proficiency |  Rifle Proficiency |
You can wield rifles. | |
| Minor Adept |  Glacial Giftbringer |
You can now use Legendary Snowman Stance skills and gain access to Minion abilities. | |
| Major Adept |  On Thin Ice |
Icicle cripples foes he chills. | |
| Major Adept |  Vampiric Frostbite |
Blizzard's attacks siphon health from foes and immobilizes them whenever he inflicts vulnerability. | |
| Major Adept |  It's Snow Trouble |
Diamond Dust also heals allies he grants barrier to. | |
| Minor Master |  Brrrilliant Technique |
Chill you or your minions inflict last longer. | |
| Major Master | .png){kind=small} Smitten Strikes |
Icicle dazes foes he chills. | |
| Major Master |  Abominable Snowman |
Blizzard grants you and himself quickness when inflicting vulnerability. | |
| Major Master |  Chill Pill |
15 | Diamond Dust cleanses two conditions inflicting you and your minions whenever you reach the condition threshold. |
| Minor Grandmaster |  Icy Barrier |
Take less damage for each minion you have summoned. | |
| Major Grandmaster |  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 |  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 |  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
“— 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: Snowballs hurt
Chilled (3s): -66% Skill Recharge Rate, -66% Movement Speed
Recharge Time if Killed: 30 seconds
Range: 900
— In-game description
- Every third strike from Icicle applies chilled.
- Icicle can be dismissed with
Dismiss Icicle.
Summon Blizzard
“Summon Blizzard, a snowman who specializes in melee combat.
3 Vulnerability (10s): 3% Incoming Damage, 3% Incoming Condition Damage
3 Might (10s): 90 Condition Damage, 90 Power
— 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 Dismiss Blizzard.
Summon Diamond Dust
“Summon Diamond Dust, a snowman that protects allies.
Aegis (10s): Block the next incoming attack.
Barrier: He tries his best to shield you
Barrier Radius: 300
Aegis Application: 40 seconds
— 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 Dismiss Diamond Dust.
Weapon skills[edit]
Snowball Shot
“Fire a snowball that cleaves multiple foes upon hit. This attack deals increased damage to chilled foes.
Number of Targets: 3
— In-game description
- Attack speed is approximately 0.96 seconds per attack.
Winter's Rime
“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.
Weakness (4s): -50% Endurance Regeneration, 50% Fumble (Unrestricted)
Duration Increase: 3 seconds
Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile
— In-game description
Shardstorm
“Fire forth frozen shards of piercing ice that inflicts foes with conditions.
Blindness (5s): Next outgoing attack misses.
Cripple (5s): -50% Movement Speed
Pierces
— In-game description
- Moving cancels the skill channel.
- Strikes 1 and 2 inflict vulnerability, 3 and 4 inflict blinded, and 5 and 6 inflict crippled.
Through the Ice
“Melt into snow and reappear at the target location, losing conditions and applying regeneration.
Regen (5s): 650 Heal
— In-game description
Path of Snow
“Fire a slow, rolling snowball that knocks back enemies in its path.
— 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
“Legendary Snowman. Heal yourself and your minions. You and your minions gain Frost Aura.
Self Healing: "Mmmm. Snowcone!" (1.0)?
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
“Legendary Snowman. Shoot a chilling beam at your foe while commanding your minions to fixate on them with might and fury.
Focus Frost (6s): Snowmen's attacks are fixated on you and deal 5% more damage.
Fury (6s): 20% Critical Chance
— In-game description
Numbing Breach
“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.
4 2nd Minion Bleeding (8s): 704 Damage
3rd Minion Slow (3s): Skills and actions are slower.
— In-game description
- The damage increase applies on the 2nd and 3rd summoned minions.
- Targeting originates from each minion.
Cold-Hearted Aura
“Legendary Snowman. Manifest an aura around you that damages and periodically knocks back foes who come within range with a gust of chilly wind.
Knockback: 300
Interval: 2 seconds
— In-game description
- The knockback can occur once per interval per foe.
- The skill can be turned off with the skill
Warm Up.
Elite skill[edit]
Icy Fortification
“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.
Protection (4s): -33% Incoming Damage
— In-game description
- If the cryocaller's defiance bar is broken, the effect ends and they are
Stunned and 
Exposed for 5 seconds. - Protection is granted to allies once per interval in a radius around the cryocaller.
Traits[edit]
Glacial Giftbringer
“You can now use Legendary Snowman Stance skills and gain access to Minion abilities.
— In-game description
On Thin Ice
“Icicle cripples foes he chills.
— In-game description
Vampiric Frostbite
“Blizzard's attacks siphon health from foes and immobilizes them whenever he inflicts vulnerability.
Immobilize (2s): Unable to move.
— In-game description
It's Snow Trouble
“— In-game description
Brrrilliant Technique
“Chill you or your minions inflict last longer.
— In-game description
Smitten Strikes
“— In-game description
Abominable Snowman
“Blizzard grants you and himself quickness when inflicting vulnerability.
— In-game description
Chill Pill
“Diamond Dust cleanses two conditions inflicting you and your minions whenever you reach the condition threshold.
— In-game description
Icy Barrier
“Take less damage for each minion you have summoned.
Icy Barrier: -2% incoming damage
— In-game description
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.
— In-game description
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.
Wintersday Strength: 25 Precision, 25 Ferocity
Power: +150
— In-game description
Hooray, Hooray, it's Wintersday!
.png){kind=small}
“Blizzard consumes Wintersday Strength to unleash a wide attack that removes boons and is guaranteed to critically hit.
Critical Chance Increase: 100%
— In-game description
- The Wintersday Strength effect is removed after Blizzard completes the attack.
Wintersday Resolve
“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.
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)
- I'd love to figure out how to better format the skill tables to accurately look like what they do on the main space.
- 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 explores temporary summoning well, but I wished for something more akin to a 
Ranger's pets or a 
Necromancer'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!
- Plus the only other access to defiance bars players have are WvW's Turtle Banners and Auric Basin's Enchanted Armors.
- 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
