Similar with the Shadow prison spike but with a lower spike recharge and longer snare and a higher armor level.
Attributes and Skills
  Assassin / Elementalist | Attribute Rank |
| Dagger Mastery | 10 + 2 |
| Critical Strikes | 11 + 1 + 1 |
| Shadow Arts | 4 + 1 |
| Water Magic | 9 |
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| Icy Shackles | Frigid Armor | Black Lotus Strike | Twisting Fangs | Black Spider Strike | Blades of Steel | Shadow Refuge | Optional |
Optional: Resurrection Signet or Conjure Frost.
Equipment
Rune of Major Dagger Mastery, Rune of Minor Shadow Arts, Rune of Minor Critical Strikes, Highest Vigor Rune available, Rune of Attunement.
Armor with Nightstalkers Insignia, Headpiece with +1 Critical Strikes.
15^50 Daggers that deal Slashing Damage.
Any Dagger Tang will work.
Icy Dagger Tang if you are going to use the Conjure Frost Variation.
Usage
Find a foe who has a low Armor Rating.
Move into casting Range.
Cast Frigid Armor on yourself.
Cast Icy Shackles on target foe followed by your attack chain.
Counters
Blind
Heavy Health Degeneration (Enough to overwhelm Health Regeneration from Shadow Refuge)
Enchantment Removal
Movement Impairment (Hexes, Cripple, Etc.)
Variants
Conjure Frost for Alliance Battles or Ressurection Signet for Random Arenas and/or Team Arenas.
Notes
Equip Zealous Daggers for better energy managment during spikes, keep a second set of daggers for downtime.