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Herald of Everfrost is a cheap but very effective supporting Paragon. It's not meant to be main damage, instead its main value comes from its massive +10 damage to debuffed Bloons (the Cold bonus | Herald of Everfrost is a cheap but very effective supporting Paragon. It's not meant to be main damage, instead its main value comes from its massive +10 damage to debuffed Bloons (the Cold bonus can be useful with [[Popseidon|Popseidon]]) and capability to skip Boss skulls. Time the Eclipse of Fimbulwinter carefully versus BADs and Bosses, as it is limited by its max usages per round and has an extremely long cooldown. Regardless, it's a must-have for deep Freeplay, including CHIMPS Freeplay. | ||
The delay between its supporting capabilities can be a concern in time-sensitive scenarios. Notably, Fimbulwinter's long delay makes it much harder to time. In Boss Events, especially Timed Boss, time the ability just a second before the round begins so it can affect the Boss almost immediately (all Bosses have a 3-second delay before summoning). The Snowstorm Roar is also impacted to a lesser extent, since the time between BADs and Bosses entering and receiving the debuff can be long enough to be a concern. | The delay between its supporting capabilities can be a concern in time-sensitive scenarios. Notably, Fimbulwinter's long delay makes it much harder to time. In Boss Events, especially Timed Boss, time the ability just a second before the round begins so it can affect the Boss almost immediately (all Bosses have a 3-second delay before summoning). The Snowstorm Roar is also impacted to a lesser extent, since the time between BADs and Bosses entering and receiving the debuff can be long enough to be a concern. | ||
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*[[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]]: Another very strong matchup, with the Bloon damage debuff and Heat Bar reductions assisting projectile spam strategies significantly. Skipping a skull effect is beneficial to limit Pyroclastic Rocks or Meteors where your towers are close to the Boss, gaining more time to damage it. | *[[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]]: Another very strong matchup, with the Bloon damage debuff and Heat Bar reductions assisting projectile spam strategies significantly. Skipping a skull effect is beneficial to limit Pyroclastic Rocks or Meteors where your towers are close to the Boss, gaining more time to damage it. | ||
Higher degrees are less important due to the debuff already having 100% uptime, but will be important if wanting more uptime on the Fimbulwinter ability. Its direct damage stats | Higher degrees are less important due to the debuff already having 100% uptime, but will be important if wanting more uptime on the Fimbulwinter ability. Its direct damage stats don't matter too much with degrees but can help to an extent, but higher attack speed will improve consistency of Snowstorm Roar's Bloon debuffs. | ||
To maximize degrees from pops, the majority of them should come from a mixture of all Tier 5 Ice Monkeys and [[Icicles (BTD6)|Icicles]] spam. For cheapest T2 and T3 crosspaths for the most tiers, use 2-0-2<!--0-2-2 is JUST more expensive in Easy and Easy only--> and 3-0-2, the cheapest Tier 4 for the most tiers is 4-0-2 [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], and for the most expensive use 2-4-0 [[Snowstorm (BTD6)|Snowstorm]]s. Icicles is still preferred for maximum degrees if placed over many rounds. Maximizing degrees of Herald of Everfrost aren't worth enough compared to getting high degrees on other Paragons, though [[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]] with his bonus T5 Ice Monkey provides a headstart to its degrees. | To maximize degrees from pops, the majority of them should come from a mixture of all Tier 5 Ice Monkeys and [[Icicles (BTD6)|Icicles]] spam. For cheapest T2 and T3 crosspaths for the most tiers, use 2-0-2<!--0-2-2 is JUST more expensive in Easy and Easy only--> and 3-0-2, the cheapest Tier 4 for the most tiers is 4-0-2 [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], and for the most expensive use 2-4-0 [[Snowstorm (BTD6)|Snowstorm]]s. Icicles is still preferred for maximum degrees if placed over many rounds. Maximizing degrees of Herald of Everfrost aren't worth enough compared to getting high degrees on other Paragons, though [[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]] with his bonus T5 Ice Monkey provides a headstart to its degrees. | ||