Emma Frost

Emma Frost is a Mutant Champion. Being a Mutant Champion, she has a Class Bonus against Skill Champions, but is weak to Tech Champions.

Bio[]

Emma Frost is an incredibly powerful mutant, with a brilliant mind to match. She possesses staggering telepathic abilities, and is able to transform her body into organic diamond, rendering her almost indestructible. From White Queen of the Hellfire Club, to leader of the X-Men, she handles every challenge with grace, poise, and wit as sharp as a diamond.

Stats[]

Max Rating	Max Health	Max Attack
572	2191	183
-	-	-
1519	5821	485
-	-	-
3821	14596	1216
-	-	-
7698	29264	2437
-	-	-
13130	49935	4158
-	-	-

Abilities[]

Passive

Emma starts the fight in Diamond Form.
When Emma is at least one Power Level ahead of the Opponent, she deactivates Diamond Form and switches to Telepath Form.
When the Opponent is at least one Power Level ahead of Emma, she deactivates Telepath Form and switches to Diamond Form.
If the Opponent uses an Armor Break while Emma is in Diamond Form, she is forced into Telepath Form, and cannot swap back for the duration of the Armor Break.

Dev Notes: Learning how and when to swap between her two forms is the key to maximizing Emma Frost’s damage and making the most of her abilities.

Diamond Form – Passive

Emma's organic diamond is immune to all Stun, Bleed, Poison, Incinerate, Shock, Frostbite, Coldsnap, Fatigue, Concussion, and Exhaustion effects.
Well-timed Blocks grant a Prowess Passive.
When Emma changes into Diamond Form, she replaces all temporary Prowess Passives with new indefinite Prowess Passives that increase Special Attack Damage by +10%. Prowess Passives are capped at 5 in Diamond Form.
10% chance that a Block is a Perfect Block, reducing all damage to 0.
+X Armor.

Tier	Armor Rating
	1390.91
	1513.64
	1636.36
	1718.18
	1840.91

+X Block Proficiency.

Tier	Block Proficiency
	300
	326.47
	352.94
	370.59
	397.06

+X Physical Resistance.

Tier	Physical Resistance
	1390.91
	1513.64
	1636.36
	1718.18
	1840.91

+X Critical Resistance Rating.

Tier	Critical Resistance Rating
	1700
	1850
	2000
	2100
	2250

Opponents have -X Critical Damage Rating.

Tier	Critical Damage Rating
	-154.55
	-168.18
	-181.82
	-190.91
	-204.55

Dev Notes: Diamond Form is Emma Frost’s defensive form. She’s immune to all of the most common debuffs in the game, including Stun, which means she isn’t stopped by the Parry mastery. Her defensive stats also get a huge boost.

Telepath Form – Passive

When Emma changes into Telepath Form, she replaces all indefinite Prowess Passives with new Prowess Passives that increase Special Attack Damage by +10% and last 7 seconds. Prowess Passives are capped at 10 in Telepath form.
Critical hits grant a Prowess Passive, and refresh all existing Prowess Passives.
Emma is able to read her opponent’s thoughts, allowing all Emma’s attacks to ignore Evade.
+X Critical Rate for each active Prowess effect.

Tier	Critical Rating
	188.89
	205.56
	222.22
	233.33
	250

+X Critical Damage Rating for each active Prowess effect.

Tier	Critical Damage Rating
	34.69
	37.76
	40.82
	42.86
	45.92

Dev Notes: Emma Frost is at her most aggressive in Telepath Form. The Prowess buffs she builds in both forms boost her Crit rating and Crit Damage, and Critical Hits grant her even more Prowess. The easiest way to generate Prowess is to get some indefinite Prowess in Diamond Form, then switch to Telepath and use the Prowess you already gained to land Critical Hits and get all the way up to 10 buffs.

Heavy Attack – Diamond Form

Generate 50% additional Power.
Opponents generate 80% less Power from this attack.

Heavy Attack – Telepath Form

60% chance to inflict a Taunt Debuff on the Opponent for 5 seconds.
These Debuffs are removed if Emma switches to Diamond Form.

Dev Notes: Emma Frost’s Heavy attacks make it easier to transition into Telepath Form, and then stay there. In Diamond Form, she will generate more Power than the opponent. In Telepath Form, Opponents are Taunted into using their Special Attacks. In both cases, Emma Frost will likely end up with more Power than the opponent, triggering the swap into Telepath Form.

Signature Ability[]

White Queen - Passive

When Telepath Form is active and Emma Frost would lose more than X% of her Max Health from a single source, she activates Diamond Form for 3 seconds to reduce the damage. This ability activates before checking Armor and Resistances.

Tier	Health %
	50 - 15%
	50 - 15%
	50 - 15%
	50 - 5%
	50 - 5%

When Emma uses a Special Attack, the opponent’s controls are reversed until just after the end of the attack. This will not trigger when fighting an Opponent with #Psychic Shielding.

Dev Notes: Emma Frost’s Signature Ability powers up both her defensive and offensive abilities. The first ability swaps her into Diamond Form before she would take too much damage, so that her increased defenses can reduce the effectiveness of the attack. The second ability makes it incredibly difficult to dodge Emma Frost’s Special Attacks, and the effect lasts just long enough to also interfere with the opponent’s follow-up attack. However, some Champions like Magneto and Juggernaut are protected from the reversed controls by psychic shielding in their helmets.

Special Attacks[]

Emma switches to Telepath form for the duration of the attack.
Once Emma finishes a Special Attack, all Prowess Passives are removed.
These attacks are psychic and deal True Damage, ignoring all of the opponent’s Armor.

Dev Notes: Some of the hits of Emma Frost’s Special Attacks are Psychic projectiles. Unlike regular projectiles, they can’t be dodged or avoided by characters like Daredevil, The Hood, or Ghost.

Special 1 - Mental Assault
Emma assails the Opponent’s mind directly with a pair of telepathic strikes.

100% chance to inflict Power Sting for 8 second(s). An opponent with Power Sting takes X Direct Damage when activating a Special Attack.

Tier	Power Sting Damage
	164.7
	436.5
	1094.4
	2193.3
	3742.2

Special 2 - Brainstorm
Emma launches a psychic blast at the opponent, following it up with a direct mental attack.

100% chance to inflict Concussion for 8 second(s), reducing the Opponent’s Ability Accuracy by 50%.

Special 3 - Dominate the Mind
Emma takes complete control of the Opponent’s mind, subjecting them to extreme mental trauma before giving them a harsh return to reality.

100% chance to reduce the opponent’s Power Gain from all sources by 75% for 8 seconds.

Synergy bonuses[]

Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Memories of Genosha		Emma Frost: +15% Attack Rating in Diamond Form. Sentinel: +4 Physical Resistance for each Analysis Charge. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Impenetrable Hide		Emma Frost: Emma Frost switches to Diamond Form when she and the Opponent are in the same bar of Power. Colossus: +2% increased Power Gain for each Armor Up Buff. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
It's Complicated		Emma Frost: Emma Frost can strike with Critical Hits even while the opponent is Blocking. Cyclops (New Xavier School and Blue Team): +10% increased Power Gain. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Phoenix Force		Emma Frost: Whenever Emma Frost would gain one Prowess Passive, she gains two instead. Phoenix: Entering Overload does not consume Fury Buffs. When Phoenix stops Overloading, all Fury Buffs are removed. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Incoming Synergy	Partner(s)	Effect(s)
Like A Book		Synergy Champions: Well-Timed Blocks grant a non-stacking 20% Energy Resistance Passive for 10 seconds. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
One Way or Another		Synergy Champions: Passive Fury, Prowess, Regeneration, Indestructible, and Limbo effects last 10% longer. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Ice Queens		Emma Frost, Kate Bishop: When an Opponent fails to trigger an Evade due to Coldsnap or reduced Ability Accuracy, inflict a Frostbite Passive for 10 seconds, dealing 50% of Attack as Energy Damage when it expires. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Through Thick And Thin		Kitty Pryde: Become Immune to reverse controls, and each time this immunity is triggered gain +1 personal Prowess. Cooldown 0.8 seconds. Emma Frost: +20% Attack Rating in diamond form and +20% Combat Power Rate in telepathic form. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
My Hellfire Club		Magneto: Personal Armor Break and Bleed Debuffs gain +20% Duration. Solo: Only affects this Champion and does not stack.
Mental Immunity		Emma Frost, Mysterio: Grants immunity to reverse controls. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Habitat		All Mutants and X-Men except Professor X: +15% Prowess Effect Duration for each Cerebro Charge. Max 60%. Emma Frost: Gain up to +30% increased Critical Rating scaling with Emma Frost’s Power Meter. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.
Decimation		Scarlet Witch: Copied Buffs have 25% increased duration. All Champions: Mutant Opponents have 30% reduced Ability Accuracy during either Champions Special Attacks. Unique Synergy: Does not stack with duplicate synergies.

Strengths and Weaknesses[]

Strengths[]

Anti-Bleed, Anti-Poison, Anti-Stun
- In Diamond Form, Emma Frost is immune to Bleed, Poison, Stun, and a host of other debuffs. Any nodes or opponents that rely on these effects will struggle against Emma Frost, especially since she starts every fight in Diamond Form.
Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, and other champions with Evade
- When in Telepath Form, all of Emma Frost’s attacks ignore Evade. This means Champions such as Spider-Man and Nightcrawler will take the full force of her assault, including her empowered Critical Hits.
Power Drain
- Power Drain gets complicated when Emma Frost is involved. Decreasing her Power is likely to trigger her swap into Diamond Form. This means she’ll lose access to her powerful Critical Hits, but her defensive stats will increase. This can be a good or bad thing, depending on who her opponent is.

Weaknesses[]

Armor Break
- When Emma Frost suffers an Armor Break in Diamond Form, she’ll be forced into Telepath Form for the duration of the Debuff. This will reduce her defenses, and remove her immunities to Stun and Bleed, making her much more vulnerable. On top of that, it is more difficult for Emma Frost to generate Prowess in Telepath form. So Champions that can consistently inflict Armor Break will have an easier time against Emma Frost.
Anti-Critical
- Emma Frost’s greatest damage potential comes from her increased Critical Damage Rating and Critical Rating in Telepath form. Champions that decrease the effectiveness of Critical Hits or prevent them from occurring them at all will significantly hamper Emma Frost’s ability to dole out damage.

Recommended Masteries[]

Double Edge, Liquid Courage
- Both Double Edge and Liquid Courage increase Emma Frost’s Attack at the cost of applying a Bleed and Poison Debuff. However, Emma Frost starts fights in Diamond Form, which will remove these Debuffs while keeping the Attack bonus.
Cruelty, Precision
- In Telepath Form, Emma Frost has increased Critical Rating and Critical Damage Rating, depending on her Prowess. Increasing these even further via the Cruelty and Precision Masteries means she will land Critical Hits more often, giving her more Prowess, and making her Critical Hits strike even harder.
Block Proficiency, Perfect Block
- Emma Frost needs to Block the opponent in order to build Prowess Buffs in Diamond Form. Equipping the Block Proficiency and Perfect Block masteries will decrease the amount of damage Emma Frost takes when doing so.