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How to play Freya
By Neurogeneticist ✓
A basic introduction on how to play Freya, The Eye Of The Storm. Written by a Freya main & Beta player.
   
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Introducing myself

Hello, and welcome to my first guide. This guide will teach you the methods and tactics I use in-game to succeed when playing Freya, The Eye Of The Storm.

I am a Chilean player who lives & studies in London, UK. I have been playing Battlerite since the Beta and Freya has helped me to climb through the different ranks till Grade 11 at the moment.
Introducing Freya

Freya, The Eye of The Storm is a kind of assassin tank. She is my favourite champion and my girlfriend. She is perfect to chase most of the champions. She can deal 1v1s and sometimes 2v2.

Her main abilities can be read here.
http://battlerite.gamepedia.com/Freya
Gameplay & Combos
Gameplay
When playing as Freya, you want the squishy enemies to fight you, there is NO way that you can lose a 1v1 unless you are useless player.

When chasing try to throw constantly your Storm Mace (Right Click), this is perfect to do damange in range. Also, if you are gonna fight, make sure you are fighting with an enemy which has STATIC on him, that is very important in order to make damage more efficiently.

Combos

'Early Destruction Combo' RClick+Q+E+LClic

'Static is God' RClick+LClic+LClic+LClic+LClic+LClic+REPEAT

'Finish Him Combo' RClick+Q+E+F+RightClic
Round 1
Battlerite I - Twin Hammers / Torrent / Charged Lightning

Battlerite I seems like a very easy choice to me. 99% of the time I choose 'Torrent'. The 1% stands for the times that I missclicked and when I was AFK so I couldn't pick the Battlerite.
The reason why is really simple, Torrent plays a really important role in your 'Master Combo'.
You usually want the enemy to start focusing you to activate Electric Shield (Q) followed by Thunderclap (E) when most of the enemies are attracted. This makes the enemy team extremely vulnerable to AoE abilities, and makes them an easy target for your teammates, also if you have Lightning Strike (F) available, you can do the 'Finish Him Combo' which was explained in the Gameplay Section.
Round 2
Battlerite II - Storm / Overcharge / Thunderbolt

Battlerite II will depend on the enemy champions and gameplay.

Choosing Storm: I used to use Storm really often. Storm goes really good with a heavy healer such as Poloma or Pearl on your team. I really recommend it when you know you are capable of doing a Thunderclap (E) on three enemies.

Choosing Overcharge: I am testing this one at the moment, I am still thinking how useful it is.

Choosing Thunderbolt: I love this one. I use it when I have to deal tons of damage (most of the time). It's perfect to destroy squishy carries really fast and I think is your best choice in the second round.
Round 3
Battlerite III - Tempest / Electric Conduction / Surge

Battlerite III will be again very dependant on the enemy team comp.

Choosing Tempest: Tempest is perfect when you are playing as an assassin. Sometimes players that main carries like Jade or Taya are very skillful, and ends up being really complicated to chase them till killing them. I play Tempest a lot since in my teamcomps I am usually the assassin.

Choosing Electric Conduction: really good when you are playing as a tank/front lane and you most take a lot of damage.

Charged Strike: Still testing this ability.
Round 4
Battlerite IV - Storm Cloud / Agility / Negative Charge

Choosing Storm Cloud: Again, really cool if you want to keep dealing tons of damage.

Choosing Agility: Do NOT pick Agility

Choosing Negative Charge: Again, chasing really fast carries.
Final Round
Final Battlerite - Thunderstruck / Lightning Blessed

Choosing Thunderstruck: Most of the time I pick this, cause in Sudden Death a Stun can make the difference.

Choosing Lightning Blessed: I rarely use it. Just when there is not many range teammates.
Team Synergy
Good Freya teammates would be

Ashka

Jade

Pearl

Poloma

Taya

Counters
Freya might have troubles against

Ashka

Croak

Poloma
Closing Notes
To sum up with, I think Freya is one of the most unbalanced champions at the moment. It's perfect for most of the team comps.
I wish you guys have good games with her and I expect you guys to comment or add anything you like.

21 Comments
FoxyToxic 6 Apr, 2018 @ 11:11am 
Old But Gold
[CMEN][Bad]Nights 2 Feb, 2018 @ 3:51pm 
Properly outdated, PLEASE update the guide.
KrheaKap 29 Dec, 2017 @ 11:28am 
outdated.
BakedZiti 27 Nov, 2017 @ 6:10am 
you should add some battlerite builds!
https://battlerite.build/freya
ScienceDiscoverer 18 Dec, 2016 @ 10:24pm 
I tried this guide and it don't work really. The only OP way to play Freya is hummer build! Full hummer build! Freya tank capability is based only on enemies hitting your counter. But If enemies are good players they just won't hit you in counter =\ So you die like useless pice of poop. While using hummer build you can deal TONES of dmg and keep pressure on the enemies! It's always better than just hope you'r teammates can do AOE. Espessialy in random matchmaking. Maybe in premade parties you'r guide is good, IDK. I play solo :sadelf:
ScienceDiscoverer 13 Dec, 2016 @ 3:28am 
Perfect waifu!
Muduler 29 Oct, 2016 @ 4:24am 
Freya is a fucking beast what r u guys talking about
R.L. Stine's cat 25 Oct, 2016 @ 5:04am 
followed the guide and she's still useless
sorry bud but she fukn sux
SHOVEL BUSINESS 9 Oct, 2016 @ 8:51am 
As soon as I saw your grade and your battlerite picks, this guide became invalid.
Saint 5 Oct, 2016 @ 3:08am 
Unbalanced? Shes mid teir at best. As for this guide its not bad but you should differentiate between 2's and 3's. For example: I would most likely pick LBlessed for the aoe shields as well as Overcharge. It allows you to support your team as a bruiser tank on 3's. Works still on 2's just fine as well. As for your testing of Surge, it works best in 3's when you benefit alot from shield stacking off your R skill. But electric conduction is better in 2's as you can keep a higher uptime of shield from Spring due to the lower CD. (btw that "she is my girlfriend" shit is cringe as hell. Calm down with that.)