In Destiny 2, the winter event is in full swing. A new weapon is also included. Read here what Cold Front has to offer and whether the grind is worth it.
This weapon is about: The legendary submachine gun Cold Front is carried in the primary slot. Kinetic ammunition is required to fire the weapon with the “Aggressive Frame” type.
Due to this classification, the SMG has a fire rate of 750, with high damage and recoil. However, this is offset by its excellent recoil direction of 92/100. For an SMG, it has a decent range (46) but poor stability (16).
How to get Cold Front: To get the weapon from the winter event into your cold hands, you need to bake. Go to Eva and receive the holiday oven. Conveniently, you will receive all the ingredients for a delicious gift for Zavala. If you give the Vanguard commander the pastry, you will automatically receive Cold Front as a reward.
You can also obtain further versions with random rolls of the event weapon. Each time you hand a delicacy to an NPC, you will receive a gift in exchange. This can contain various resources, as well as samples of Cold Front.
Alongside the current submachine gun, you also have the chance to secure another weapon. The heavy machine gun Avalanche may randomly be among the rewards. Avalanche was the event weapon from 2018.
On the test bench
This roll is recommended for PvP: Cold Front deals 22 damage on headshots and 15 damage on body shots in PvP. This equates to a TTK (Time to Kill) of 0.67 seconds. However, you need to land 9 critical hits for this.
To stand a chance in guardian vs. guardian combat, we rely on these perks:
- Barrel – Smallbore does a good job here. This gives you a bonus to range and stability.
- Magazine – Tactical Mag gives us bonuses to stability, magazine, and reload speed.
- Trait 1 – Zen Moment. To further support stability.
- Trait 2 – Fitted Stock for more zoom and range or Dynamic Sway Reduction for more accuracy should be preferred.
- Masterwork – Stability is prioritized here.
With this combination, you may not have the potentially deadliest roll, but you do have the most reliable one. The very low stability will otherwise quickly hinder you in the crucible.
This roll is recommended for PvE: SMGs are close-range weapons and can deal a lot of damage quickly. However, the magazine runs out just as quickly. To emphasize the weapon’s strengths and cover some weaknesses, look out for these perks:
- Barrel – Smallbore gives us what we need again: stability and range.
- Magazine – Fluted Barrel for additional range. The reason we don’t focus on reload speed or magazine size here can be seen in the traits.
- Trait 1 – Rampage should serve you well in PvE.
- Trait 2 – Kill Clip is our choice here.
- Masterwork – Range or stability, either will work well.
With this roll, you can play very aggressively. Getting a kill among the enemy hordes shouldn’t be hard. As you constantly take down adds, you will reload super quickly with Rampage and keep the damage bonus from Kill Clip active at all times.
Our conclusion on Cold Front: The event weapon is not necessarily a must-have. Especially in the crucible, it doesn’t perform particularly well right now. The very rare 750 archetype combined with the extremely low stability is a hurdle for the SMG.
In PvE, Cold Front can score points more easily. Here, some interesting rolls are possible, and if you are looking for a solid close-range weapon, you can’t go wrong.
A prolonged grind is not feasible, at least for us. The competition is simply too great in both the kinetic slot as well as among the submachine guns. If a good roll pops up as a nice bonus while baking, we certainly won’t say no.
What do you think about Cold Front? How do you like the Christmas event so far – are you diligently baking treats or is the event leaving you cold?
