Hey all, I'm thinking about getting a permafroster and a winter grave, but I have a few questions.
Are they good for compound 42? Is there any other applications to them? I feel like the freeze would outright deny the knockback of these weapons. Responses from permafroster and/or winter grave users appreciated.
I'm integrating my answers from this thread and your other thread on the same topic.
I haven't used Permafroster, but I agree that the freeze would seem to cancel the knockback. Actual users may chime in with better information on that. In general, both Pulsar-line guns and freeze are used for crowd-control. That's nice, but freeze can actually hurt your crowd control (by hindering knockback, kiting, shield-bumping, etc.), and it's better just to kill the enemy.
Winter Grave, like all Magnus-line guns, has an awesome charge attack, although the freeze detracts from it a little. Try to aim so that you hit the monsters near the end of the charge attack; extra damage happens there. If you have large charge time reduction, then Winter Grave is highly effective in Compound 42 and many other areas. So are Iron Slug and Umbra Driver.
So my recommendation for a shadow gun in Compound 42 would be Winter Grave or Umbra Driver. You could also consider Grim Repeater and Phantamos. Happy travels.