Discuss the operators - Frost

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

This series has been re-created to facilitate the gameplay, metagame, and strategy discussion that often gets buried or lost in the abundance of others posts that flood this sub.

The goal of this series is to not only give new players a primer on an operator, but also for midlevel or competitive players a chance to share the knowledge that they have accrued in their experiences and maybe let people know something that they did not know before.

Today's operator is Frost.

• Iceycat's Frost Guide 
• Serenity17's Frost Guide 
• Frost Wiki

The community has outlined a couple of things that they want to converse about with every operator, but feel free to branch out should you feel a piece of information warrants its own discussion.

• The operator’s primary or ideal role in the team. (DISCLAIMER: Operators can be played in a number of different ways. There is no single way to play an operator. This is probably the most subjective segment of the discussion series, and hopefully will spark debates or help us learn things we did not know before.)
• The operator’s gadget and how it will help the team achieve its goals. Please share any tidbits you may know to help expand discussion.
• The operator’s loadout, and how best to optimize it. This includes primaries, secondaries, and secondary gadgets.
• What maps and game modes does this operator do well on?
• What maps and game modes does this operator struggle with?
• What teammates synergize well with this operator?
• What opposing operators check or counter this operator?
• What strategies have you adopted while playing this operator? What is something that a new player should know * when playing this operator, or what is something you know that would help a veteran player take that next step?
• What is your overall opinion of this operator? Where would you rank them among the other operators?

[The3rdWalker 1,279]

General Tips:

• Place traps in places where enemies will aim down sights or at least focus their attention in front of them or in places that they will retreat back to if they are shot at.
• Place in dark places and in parallel or perpendicularly to furniture, walls and things like planking and carpets. It makes world of a difference.
• When placing behind the stationary shields place it so there is no gap on one side and place the trap a bit on that side.
• Make sure no to place them to close to the window/shield. The enemies can jump over them.
• In my opinion it's a horrible idea to place shield traps right next to the objective room if you plan on sitting inside. The enemies can come unannounced and you got them cover to hide behind. By the time they jump onto the trap, most of the people in the room are going to be dead.
• Placing a trap in the objective room will directly win the round more than placing them outside, but placing them outside is much more consistent in slowing them down and will most likely get you more actual profit.
• When you have two windows and one trap to spare it's probably better to just choose one, rather than place it in between. 
• If you hear the trap don't just immediately go running to finish the guy off, it's probably going to end badly. If you're close, you should listen to when the enemies are going to be reviving. If you're not, it's probably better to let go.
• Normal trap plus wire not so good in my experience. Makes the enemies look down.
• Night time maps are better, because it affects the lighting inside as well.
• Her traps can disjoint not only paths of entry into objective rooms or traversal up stairs, but also can bait enemies into rescuing fallen comrades injured in the frost traps or setting up potential flank opportunities for you or your teammates.
• There's no telling how many times I've seen enemies sit outside a window pondering entry, only to wind up dead moments later from an outside flank.
• With one of the best semi-auto shotguns paired with those deadly defensive traps, I find her to be one of the best flankers / roamers on defense. Both the barbed wire and shield prove useful depending on the map - as certain maps provide better opportunities for the gadgets depending on the layout of stairs, sizing of the room and how many doorways there are.
• I miss that C4, however I can see why it was removed. She became a bit too overpowered with it vs. shielded units. Now shes not invincible as a roamer, but still deadly - especially when paired with valkyrie so you have great cams to take advantage of.
• Remember where your traps are and the paths to take to them. Just injuring them is nothing if they aren't killed. Also make sure to tell your teammates where they are and tell them if you get a op with it.