IICold Front
Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits.
How Cold Front is performing now
Pick rate measures the share of ranked player-match records across every rank containing this item. Win rate is descriptive, not causal: expensive items and winning game states can inflate results. Lock Lab always shows the sample and adjusts hero-specific results against each hero's own all-ranks baseline. Read the full methodology →
Who builds Cold Front most often
- ADJ. WR
- 50.2%
- ITEM SHARE
- 21.0%
- ADJ. WR
- 51.3%
- ITEM SHARE
- 18.4%
- ADJ. WR
- 50.0%
- ITEM SHARE
- 15.5%
- ADJ. WR
- 50.8%
- ITEM SHARE
- 7.3%
- ADJ. WR
- 48.7%
- ITEM SHARE
- 4.8%
- ADJ. WR
- 50.2%
- ITEM SHARE
- 4.4%
- ADJ. WR
- 50.2%
- ITEM SHARE
- 3.6%
- ADJ. WR
- 49.4%
- ITEM SHARE
- 3.4%
Control and disruption
Release an expanding ice blast that deals spirit damage and Slows targets it hits.
Cold Front functions as control and disruption within the Spirit shop. The strategic value is creating a punishable window by restricting an opponent's available responses. Because it is a transitional purchase, the right comparison is the fight pattern it unlocks versus the other purchases that the same 1,600 souls could complete.
When Cold Front belongs in the build
- One enemy repeatedly escapes or takes over fights when left free to act.
- Your team can follow the disruption with focused damage or another layer of control.
- The target's defensive timing is predictable enough to justify a dedicated answer.
- The enemy can cheaply cleanse, block, or wait out the effect.
- Your lineup already has enough reliable control and needs damage or survivability instead.
- You cannot safely reach or select the target the item is meant to disrupt.
Timing, movement, and hero fit
Across the current all-ranks sample, Cold Front is purchased at about 10:26, or 29% through the average recorded match. That places it in the early portion of the observed build path. Compare that timing with the next objective and the defensive answers already visible in the lobby.
Cold Front is being purchased less often in the 7d change window (-21.3 points), while its observed win rate moved +0.1 points. The high confidence label reflects 149,293 purchases. These are descriptive results: build cost, game state, and hero selection can all move item win rate without the item causing the outcome.
Calico, Mo & Krill, Pocket currently produce the largest reliable Cold Front samples, accounting for 81,799 recorded purchases among the three leaders. Treat that as evidence of common fit, then compare each hero's adjusted result and complete build path before copying the purchase.
What else the same budget can buy
It occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. After you Dash-Jump , the next ability you use within 7s will have bonus Range, Duration, and Spirit Power .
COMPARE ITEM →Bullet Resist ShredderIt occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. Reduces Bullet Resist on enemies when you deal spirit damage .
COMPARE ITEM →Compress CooldownIt occupies the same 1,600-soul price point. Imbue an ability to reduce its Cooldown .
COMPARE ITEM →How Cold Front has changed
- Radius reduced from 12m to 10m
- Damage height increased from 5m to 7m
- Damage Height increased from 3.5m to 5m
Cold Front in Deadlock builds
Item strength depends on hero kit, purchase timing, lobby rank, and the current patch. Use the hero pages below to compare this item against complete build paths instead of treating a single item as universally optimal.
Transparent reference, original analysis
Live performance and purchase timing come from community-indexed match records. Lock Lab's rates, comparison windows, confidence labels, and hero-affinity analysis are original calculations—not official Valve recommendations.
VIEW ANALYTICS SOURCE ↗Current-patch all-ranks sample · refreshed automatically