Cryosthesia 77K — Cold Snap (Hunter)
Weapon: Cryosthesia 77K (Sidearm · Primary · Stasis) · Subclass: Revenant (Stasis Hunter) · Role: Self-freezing primary that shatters its own targets for damage and resource feedback Sandbox: 9.7.0 · Created 2026-06-16
A primary sidearm that makes its own crowd control. Get a kill, swap to LN2 mode, and the next charged shot freezes the target — then you shatter it with the same gun for a damage burst, and the catalyst refills the mag off the shatter. The whole loop lives inside one weapon. Mask of Bakris stacks a Stasis damage buff on top and refunds your class ability on the freeze-kill, so the Bakris shift, the freeze, and the shatter all pay each other back. No Champion intrinsic — this is an add-clear/control gun, so the loadout buys champion coverage in the other two slots.
The weapon
Intrinsic — LN2 Burst: [Alternate Weapon Action] : Swap firing mode after a final blow to enable a charged shot.
Catalyst — Cold Efficiency: Shattering a frozen target refills this weapon's magazine from reserves.
Cryosthesia is a 260 RPM Stasis primary sidearm. Land a final blow → press [Alternate Weapon Action] to enter LN2 mode → the next shot is a charged Stasis burst that freezes the target it hits (and clips nearby targets). That charged shot consumes a chunk of the mag. Then you shatter the frozen target — with this same gun's normal rounds, a melee, or any source — and the catalyst refunds the spent mag from reserves. So the cost of freezing is paid back the instant you cash the freeze in. It's a primary, so ammo is effectively unlimited; the only gating resource is "do I have a kill to arm LN2," which a Stasis add-clear subclass supplies constantly.
Loadout
| Slot | Pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Subclass |  Revenant (Stasis Hunter) | Freeze/shatter is the whole identity; supplies the kills that arm LN2 and the shatter sources the catalyst wants. |
| Super |  Silence and Squall | Two Stasis kamas — Silence freezes a pack, Squall is a roaming storm. Free freezes to shatter, and the freeze keeps Bakris/Hedrons buffs live. |
| Class ability |  Gambler's Dodge (Marksman's if you want the reload) | Bakris converts Dodge into the cloaking shift that arms the Stasis weapon buff; Gambler's near enemies for melee back. |
| Movement |  Triple Jump | Air control to line up the next LN2 charged shot / Shatterdive. |
| Melee |  Withering Blade | Stasis shuriken — slows, and shatters frozen targets to trigger the catalyst when you don't want to spend a charged shot. |
| Grenade |  Duskfield Grenade | With Touch of Winter it drops a crystal and a wider slow field — easy freeze fuel and a crystal to shatter for Whisper of Shards grenade regen. |
| Aspect 1 |  Touch of Winter | Enhances Duskfield/Glacier/Coldsnap — your Duskfield seeds a Stasis crystal on cast, manufacturing freezes and shatter targets for free. |
| Aspect 2 |  Grim Harvest (or Shatterdive) | Frozen/slowed kills drop Stasis shards → picking them up grants Frost Armor (DR) and feeds Whisper of Bonds/Conduction. Shatterdive if you want an on-demand AoE shatter button. |
| Fragments |  Whisper of Rending,  Whisper of Fissures,  Whisper of Bonds,  Whisper of Hedrons,  Whisper of Conduction | See below — Rending is the single most important line for this gun. |
| Exotic armour |  Mask of Bakris (Helmet) | Stacking Stasis weapon damage buff after the shift; freeze-buffed final blows refund class ability energy → the dodge that re-arms the buff. |
| Weapon 2 |  No Time to Explain (Stasis Pulse) | Precision/combatant shots return to the mag vs Stasis-slowed/frozen targets — Cryosthesia freezes, NTTE never reloads. Its portal turret adds shatter pressure. |
| Weapon 3 (Heavy) |  Conditional Finality (Stasis/Solar Shotgun) | Its Stasis barrel freezes on hit (more shatter fuel) and it stuns Unstoppable — the build's champion answer. Swap to a Machine Gun for raw DPS if you don't need the stun. |
Fragments (5):
- Whisper of Rending — primary-ammo weapons do increased damage to Stasis crystals and frozen targets. Cryosthesia is a primary; every shatter shot and every follow-up into a frozen body is buffed. This is the keystone line.
- Whisper of Fissures — bigger, harder-hitting shatter burst. Turns each freeze-kill into AoE.
- Whisper of Bonds — frozen kills generate Orbs of Power → feeds Bakris (Orbs aren't required for Bakris, but the orb economy powers your mods/Super).
- Whisper of Hedrons — freezing a target grants weapon handling + health; keeps Cryosthesia snappy and tops you up on every charged shot.
- Whisper of Conduction — pulls nearby Stasis shards to you so Grim Harvest's Frost Armor and Bonds' orbs actually reach your hands in a fight.
Why this works (the mechanics)
- The freeze→shatter→reload loop is self-contained. Kill → LN2 charged shot freezes → shatter the frozen target → Cold Efficiency refunds the mag. You spend mag to freeze and get it straight back by cashing the freeze. The gun pays for its own crowd control.
- Mask of Bakris is the iconic Stasis-weapon multiplier. Light Shift needs a Stasis (or Arc) Super equipped — Silence and Squall qualifies. After the shift, Stasis weapons gain a stacking damage bonus, and final blows with that bonus active refund class ability energy. Cryosthesia is Stasis, so the shift buffs it directly, and your freeze-kills refund the dodge → re-arm the shift → keep the buff rolling. The class-ability loop is the engine.
- Whisper of Rending double-dips the shatter. Rending buffs primary-ammo weapon damage vs frozen targets and crystals — Cryosthesia is a primary sidearm, so both the shatter trigger and any clean-up rounds into the frozen body land at increased damage. Stack it with Fissures' bigger burst and one charged shot deletes a cluster.
- Touch of Winter manufactures shatter targets on demand. The enhanced Duskfield seeds a Stasis crystal on cast — Rending nukes crystals too, so even with no kill queued you can throw a Duskfield, shoot the crystal for a buffed shatter, and proc Whisper of Shards-style grenade regen / Bonds orbs.
- Frost Armor is free DR layered under the offence. Grim Harvest converts the shards your freeze-kills drop into Frost Armor; Hedrons tops health on freeze; Whisper of Rime (optional swap) extends its duration and raises the stack cap. You tank while you freeze-lock the room.
- Champion coverage is bought, not intrinsic. Cryosthesia carries no champion stun (it's an add-clear/control exotic). Conditional Finality's intrinsic Unstoppable stun covers one lane; freeze itself stops Overload regen and pins Barrier behaviour while you reposition. Slot a Barrier/Overload frame in the Heavy or sub NTTE for an Overload pulse if the activity demands the third lane.
Stats & mods
Weapons 200 → Class 100+ → Health. Weapons stat is pure PvE damage vs minors/majors stacked on top of Bakris + Rending; Class feeds the dodge that arms the Bakris shift; Health rides on Frost Armor + Hedrons so it's the dump.
Archetypes: Bakris-class Helmet (Weapons/Class) with Gunner-favoured arms and legs. Mods, by intent:
- Helmet: Harmonic/Stasis Siphon (kills → Orbs, feeds Bonds + Super) · Dynamo (Super on dodge — and you dodge constantly for Bakris).
- Arms: Sidearm loader/dexterity, Heavy-handed (melee → Withering Blade back).
- Chest: Resistance mods to taste under the Frost Armor layer.
- Legs: Stasis Weapon Surge ×2 (≈+17% Stasis weapon damage straight onto Cryosthesia, stacking with Bakris + Rending) · Stasis Scavenger.
- Class item: Powerful Attraction (dodge vacuums the shards/orbs Conduction is already pulling) · Bomber/Outreach for ability uptime.
- Stat tuning: +Weapons/−Health and +Class/−Health — dump Health, it's covered by Frost Armor + Hedrons.
Where it shines
- Add-dense PvE — Vanguard Ops, Nightfalls, GMs, seasonal activities. Freeze a cluster, shatter it with a Rending-buffed charged shot, mag refunds, repeat. It's a control primary that also clears.
- Champion coverage: Conditional Finality intrinsically stuns Unstoppable; freeze halts Overload regen and pins Barrier behaviour for a reposition. No native stun on Cryosthesia — the other two slots and the freeze carry it.
- PvP duelling (off-meta but real): the charged shot is a one-tap-to-freeze setup → guaranteed follow-up kill, and Bakris shift cloaks the engage. The catalyst/loop matters less here; the freeze is the value.
- Weakest in: single-target boss DPS — it's a primary control gun, not a DPS tool. Let Conditional Finality / a Heavy do the boss work; Cryosthesia handles the room.