Champions Online Glacier Archetype Game Guide: High DPS Build Game Tips and Tricks #1
If you want a fun way to waste your free time and also relieve your daily stress, try playing Champions Online Glacier Archetype. It’s a free-to-play superheroes-themed MMORPG. I’ve been playing it since August 2011 and I started playing Champions Online Devastator Archetype (read my series of game tips and cool tricks to level up faster). Free or Silver Account players can choose between 8 free Hero Archetypes and they can level each to max level 40 and access all maps without having to pay any single cent.
Increase Your Superhero's Power and Level Up Faster Using the Glacier Archetype
I opted for the Glacier because it reminds me of Marvel’s Iceman mutant hero. I love this Glacier Archetype so much so that in spite of having leveled 15 other archetypes to level 40, I still regularly play it for PvP or Player Vs Player combat. I created my Champions Online MMORPG Glacier last August 21 and I’m not yet bored with it!
Some Champions Online players don’t like the Glacier Archetype because of its tanker type designation which gives it a low DPS or damage per second attack. Cryptic Studios limited the Glacier to a Protector Role which meant its range-based attacks are 20% weaker. But it does have a higher health pool and tougher defense with its Invulnerability defense passive.
Most players who enjoy PvP like me was disappointed with the Glacier when fighting players. Sure I’m a tough toon to kill and I can take a lot of hits but I also have a hard time killing players! One of the many joys of Champions Online is that players are given a choice on how to level up, they can do quests (kill lots of monsters) to gain levels or go kill players in PvP maps to gain experience and acclaim points!
Starting level 11, players can join PvP maps like Zombie Apocalypse and UTC Cage Match. I only started to level up via PvP by level 22 because that’s the only time I learned about the wonderful benefits of fighting players instead of doing repetitive quests! Zombie Apocalypse is a very easy way to gain XP but it’s boring. UTC Cage Match is more exciting and faster way to gain XP and Acclaim Points though but in this PvP map you really have to get lots of kill scores to earn more XP and Acclaim points. After each UTC Cage round, players will be ranked by the number of their kills and the top killer will get the most XP/Acclaim. If your team won, you also get more XP/Acclaim bonuses.
That’s why if you are using Glacier and likes to PvP, I strongly suggest you follow this guide to transform it from a tanker build into a DPS wrecking machine. Forget about Cryptic Studio’s basic configuration of the Glacier build. The company gave this archetype a Super Constitution and Super Endurance as Super Stats. Endurance is the worst Super Stat because it doesn’t give any major advantage to PvP build heroes.
Super Stats gives your hero +80 stat points by Level 40. All heroes start with two Super Stats but sadly Cryptic gave the Glacier an undesirable Endurance Super Stat. The Super Constitution is ok but in order for you to build a killer-type Glacier, you will have to pump the Dexterity Stat so you can do higher Damage Per Second (DPS) attack!
The Glacier Archetype has fast 0.5-second single-target attack called Ice Blast and a massive Area of Effect level 40 skill called Avalanche that does a basic 500 damage per second! Expert gamers who know PvP well should understand that fast attacks with high dexterity will give your Glacier bigger damage from critical hits.
So this is the gist of my guide. Instead of adding points to your Super Endurance Stat, minimize it and just points to Dexterity and a few points to Ego and Recovery. The Ego Stat will improve your critical hit’s damage severity. You will also need to have a higher Recovery Stat so your basic Energy Builder attack will give you faster energy regeneration. The Glacier is running in a Protector Role and obviously can gain more Energy from blocking but in PvP, you better be attacking rather than blocking to get kill scores.
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