Ice Cold ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Chilling: All damage applies a slow effect to enemies, preventing escape, a tool for kiting and champions with poor sticking power.

"Frostbite: Core effect: Dealing damage slows enemies by 20% for 1.5 seconds \nStacking rules: Slowing duration is refreshed on subsequent applications, not the amount \nArea effect: AOE damage applies the slow to all enemies in range \nEffect scope: Includes basic attacks, skills, items, and rune damage \nRestriction: Slow amount is fixed and unaffected by other slow enhancements

Chilling: All basic attack damage All active ability damage Item ability damage Damage from runes

Frostbite: Healing and shield effects, Tower and minion attacks, Reflect damage, Summoner spell damage

Frostbite: Slow effect additively stacks with other slows. Also applies to true damage. Can also slow minions and monsters. Each tick of damage refreshes slow duration

Frostbite: Kiting champions (Vayne, Ezreal, Lillia) Poke-type champions (Jayce, Ziggs, Jinx) Champions lacking CC (Jinx, Kog'Maw, Viktor)

Frostbite: Champions with abundant crowd control (Alistar, Leona, Morgana)\nPure tank champions (Alistar, Leona, Ornn)\nPure burst assassins (Zed, Talon, Akali)

Frostbite: Use slow effect to kite enemies, preventing them from getting close AOE skills can slow multiple enemies In team fights, prioritize slowing enemy carries to limit their damage and positioning Combine with other CC for chain control

Ice Cold + Impassable: Ice Cold adds 75 bonus slow strength to all slowing effects, while Glacial Augment from Impassable triggers on basic attacks to root enemies after stacking slows. The massive slow amplification ensures Glacial Augment activates nearly instantly, creating devastating crowd control chains that lock enemies in place for extended durations in ARAM's narrow lane. Ice Cold + Snowball Upgrade: Snowball Upgrade empowers Mark to create a snowstorm that slows enemies by 50%. Ice Cold's additional 75 slow strength transforms this into an extremely powerful 125% slow zone, making enemies nearly immobile for the full duration and setting up easy skillshots and follow-up damage for your entire team. Ice Cold + Buff Buddies: Buff Buddies grants permanent Crest of Cinders, which applies a slow on basic attacks. Ice Cold amplifies this slow by 75 additional movement speed reduction, turning every auto-attack into a powerful kiting tool. The combination provides consistent, reliable slow application that makes chasing or escaping extremely difficult for enemies. Ice Cold + Frost Wraith: Frost Wraith automatically casts a root ability every 6.5 seconds. While the root itself doesn't slow, Ice Cold amplifies any slows from your champion's kit, making it easier to land the Frost Wraith root and keeping enemies permanently hindered when combined with your natural slowing abilities.

Avoid Ice Cold + Slow and Steady: Ice Cold enhances slow strength by 75, but Slow and Steady removes all attack speed bonuses and sets base attack speed to a static value. Champions who rely on attack speed to apply slows through basic attacks lose their primary delivery mechanism, making the enhanced slow effect significantly harder to utilize effectively. Avoid Ice Cold + Back to Basics: Back to Basics seals your ultimate ability permanently, which removes a potential source of slows for many champions. Ice Cold requires slowing effects to function, and losing an entire ability slot reduces the number of ways you can apply slows, diminishing the augment's value considerably. Avoid Ice Cold + Impassable: Glacial Augment from Impassable has been removed from the game, so this keystone option provides no slow synergy with Ice Cold. The Aftershock keystone offers defensive value but does not interact with slow mechanics, making this pairing fail to capitalize on Ice Cold's strength. Avoid Ice Cold + Frost Wraith: Frost Wraith automatically casts a root ability, but roots do not count as slows. Ice Cold specifically enhances slowing effects by 75 movement speed reduction, and since Frost Wraith's effect immobilizes rather than slows, there is no mechanical interaction between these two augments.

Chilling: Don't think slow effects stack in duration, only refreshes duration. Don't ignore team benefit of AOE slow. Don't take when you have plenty of CC, very low value. Note enemy cleanse and Mercury's, will remove slow.