Conquer the Frost Walker in The First Descendant by understanding its weaknesses, mastering the ember collection for its wipe mechanic, and targeting its knees to break its frenzy. This comprehensive guide will equip you with the knowledge to defeat this formidable foe, secure valuable rewards, and enhance your Void Intercept strategies.
Understanding Frost Walker: Weaknesses and Key Attributes
Before engaging the Frost Walker, understanding its elemental properties and vulnerabilities is crucial for effective combat.
Elemental Weaknesses and Resistances
| Weak Point Type | Pierce |
|---|---|
| Attack Element | Chill Attribute |
| Elemental Resistance | ・Fire: Very Weak ・Electric: Normal ・Ice: Very Strong ・Poison: Strong |
| Recommended Resistance | Chill Resistance 8,200 |
As detailed in the table, Fire elemental attacks are exceptionally effective against the Frost Walker, exploiting its primary weakness. Conversely, Ice attacks should be avoided due to its significant resistance. Electric damage is neutral, while Poison is less effective. Equipping gear and Descendants with Fire-based skills will significantly enhance your damage output. Preparing for the Frost Walker encounter also means bolstering your defenses. A Chill Resistance of 8,200 is recommended to mitigate the boss’s Chill Attribute attacks, ensuring your survivability during prolonged engagements.
Destructible and Removable Parts for Strategic Advantage
| Destructible Parts | ・Helmet, Sensor, Core Cover |
|---|---|
| Removable Parts | ・Brain, Shell, Core |
Targeting specific parts of the Frost Walker is key to maximizing damage and triggering essential mechanics. Focus on destroying the Helmet, Sensor, and Core Cover to weaken the boss and trigger ember drops, which are vital for surviving its wipe mechanic. While the Brain, Shell, and Core are listed as removable, strategically destroying the destructible parts is more immediately relevant for combat efficiency and survival.
How to Defeat Frost Walker: A Step-by-Step Guide
Defeating the Frost Walker requires a coordinated team effort, focusing on part destruction, ember collection, and knee targeting.
Prioritize Part Destruction for Ember Collection
빠르게 엠버를 모으는 것이 중요합니다. 프로스트 워커의 부품을 파괴하면 엠버가 드롭됩니다. 와이프 메카닉에서 생존하려면 총 6개의 엠버가 필요하므로 부품을 빠르게 파괴하는 것이 중요합니다.
Fast ember collection is paramount in the Frost Walker encounter. Destroying the Frost Walker’s parts is the trigger for ember drops. To survive the Frost Walker’s wipe mechanic, your team needs to collect a total of 6 embers. Therefore, focusing fire on destructible parts at the outset of the fight is not just about dealing damage; it’s a race against time to gather enough embers for survival. Efficient part destruction ensures a higher chance of obtaining the necessary embers before the wipe mechanic activates.
Surviving the Frost Walker Wipe Mechanic: The Ember Strategy
The Frost Walker’s wipe mechanic is a critical point in the encounter, triggered approximately 7 minutes and 30 seconds into the boss fight timer. Without proper preparation, this mechanic can lead to a swift team wipe.
Designate an Ember Runner
To effectively manage the wipe mechanic, assign a dedicated runner whose primary role is to collect the necessary embers. This runner should avoid direct combat with the Frost Walker and evade its missile attacks, as these can cause a loss of collected ember stacks. The runner’s focus should remain solely on ember acquisition.
If the runner successfully gathers 6 embers before the 7:30 mark, the team must converge on the runner’s location to survive the wipe. The collected embers provide a protective buff to players grouped with the runner, shielding them from the wipe’s freezing effects. If a team member does get frozen during the wipe, the ember runner can approach their position to unfreeze them, offering an additional layer of support.
Team Roles and Ember Management
The remaining team members should concentrate on two key objectives: destroying Frost Walker parts to generate ember drops and communicating ember locations to the designated runner. Effective communication ensures the runner can efficiently collect embers without straying into unnecessary danger.
During the Frost Walker’s frenzied state, the non-runner team members should strategically bait the boss away from ember drop locations. This tactic creates safe windows for the runner to collect embers without interruption or the risk of losing stacks due to boss attacks. Team coordination in baiting and calling out ember drops is crucial for successful ember collection and wipe survival.
Disable Frenzied State by Targeting the Knees
To subdue the Frost Walker’s frenzied state, focus your attacks on its knees. Unlike other Walker bosses such as the Grave Walker and Swamp Walker, the Frost Walker exhibits increased mobility during its frenzied state, making it a more challenging target. Destroying its knees is essential to interrupting this frenzied state, slowing its movement, and making it easier to target its weak points and destructible parts. Focusing fire on the knees not only reduces the boss’s threat level but also facilitates more effective damage dealing in the long run.
Frost Walker Rewards: Blueprint Material Patterns
Defeating the Frost Walker yields valuable rewards in the form of Amorphous Material Patterns. These patterns are essential for crafting various blueprints, enhancing your arsenal and Descendant capabilities.
| Material Pattern | Contains |
|---|---|
| Amorphous Material Pattern: 114 | ・Ultimate Viessa Enhanced Cells Blueprint (6%) ・Yujin Enhanced Cells Blueprint (10%) ・Crystallization Catalyst Blueprint (20%) ・Secret Garden Blueprint (32%) ・Greg’s Reversed Fate Nano Tube Blueprint (32%) |
| Amorphous Material Pattern: 115 | ・Energy Activator Blueprint (6%) ・Viessa Stabilizer Blueprint (10%) ・Enduring Legacy Polymer Syncytium Blueprint (20%) ・Gley Stabilizer Blueprint (32%) ・Wave of Light Blueprint (32%) |
| Amorphous Material Pattern: 116 | ・Ultimate Ajax Stabilizer Blueprint (6%) ・Jayber Spiral Catalyst Blueprint (10%) ・Crystallization Catalyst Blueprint (20%) ・Divine Punishment Blueprint (32%) ・Clairvoyance Polymer Syncytium Blueprint (32%) |
| Amorphous Material Pattern: 117 | ・Energy Activator Blueprint (6%) ・Ultimate Bunny Stabilizer Blueprint (10%) ・Viessa Spiral Catalyst Blueprint (20%) ・The Final Masterpiece Polymer Syncytium Blueprint (32%) ・King’s Guard Lance Blueprint (32%) |
For a deeper understanding of material patterns and their uses, consult our Amorphous Materials Guide.
Expand Your Void Intercept Knowledge
To further refine your Void Intercept strategies and boss encounter expertise, explore our comprehensive Void Intercept Battle Guide.
Master Other Void Intercept Battles
| Normal Difficulty | |
|---|---|
| Grave Walker | Devourer |
| Dead Bride | Stunning Beauty |
| Executioner | Pyromaniac |
| Swamp Walker | Hanged Man |
| Hard Difficulty | |
| Devourer | Executioner |
| Dead Bride | Pyromaniac |
| Swamp Walker | Obstructer |
| Frost Walker | Molten Fortress |
| Gluttony | Death Stalker |
