Agnar

## Agnar Overview

Frost Blades, Frost Axe, Freeze, Devastate, Precise Blows

## Level / Upgrade

**Agnar**
 Level 20 |  Glacier Heart: Two-handed Equip 2 Ammo Freeze. |  Hit all 3 squares in front! Not just one of the three, does not hit allies.

## MCJJ19 analysis

Clad in Runic Power Armor and wielding weapons unique to the Space Wolves, Agnar is an amazing squadmate that's geared towards eliminating any enemy in your way, who is also capable of casually defeating anyone within 2 or 3 turns when properly prepared. Whether you’re in a PVE mission or PVP match, he’s good battle-brother to have fighting by your side, particularly so if you’re a Power Armor Valgard with the Brothers In Arms perk, as his strengths are enhanced with teamwork.

His use of Frost Blades and Frost Axes demonstrates his impressive raw power - on his own, Agnar can give a good accounting of himself with some amount of trouble, but when working together with your squad, he can prove to be nearly unstoppable. You’re encouraged to support him by Effort Stacking his targets, as he is able to deal more damage with his Use Frost Axes per point of their Effort. Otherwise, he can function like a lone wolf gone hunting with how much HP he can shave off targets at his discretion, even with his normal set of attacks.

His ability to apply Freeze and Devastate Equips also makes him a decent counter to most opposing squadmates and their builds, as he can threaten them with hard ‘choices’ while they’re Frozen or stop them short of using their Equips to great effect. These factors combined turns him into a natural predator against such foes once he’s up for it, and playing to his strengths more than proves it true.

Damage is his game, and he’s more than happy at getting to play all day long.

But it’s not all good times with Agnar. Squad slaying aside, he can often get jammed by his own deck, forcing players to either make do with his current hand or Discard them if needed. He also has no Stun card, making him a poor choice against enemies who move a lot, although his squadmates can pick up the slack for him in that regard - but not unless it may be currently impossible for them.

Additionally, you’ll need some time to get used to Agnar’s abilities...
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... because his deck is different from the rest of your squadmates, but you’ll definitely need that extra time to learn more about him. When he's used right, he’s possibly way more dangerous than an Ering who’s ready to Bleed someone, sometimes even out-pacing his battle-brothers in damage dealt.

However, you shouldn’t just take my word for it; Instead, why not go experience it for yourself by experimenting around with the many combos he can do to his targets? But constantly keep in mind his high Effort costs. There’s always a price he has to pay for all the wonderfully painful things he can do to any of your opponents.

Overall, Agnar shares a niche with Yngvar and Harald as a High DMG dealer, another niche with Sigurd and Drenn as a Devastator, and yet another but not lesser niche with Ering for the ability to apply what’s basically a weak version of Bleed upon your foes. But they’re more specialized in their intended roles than he ever will be, and pretty much everyone else except Ering is a better Stunner than he is on account of actually having cards that can Stun people.

That means Agnar is more or less an acquired taste. He can either be one of the best squadmates you could ever ask for or just another one you'll never use again. It's a coin toss when it comes to this guy. Then again, it all depends on what kind of build you're running him on in PVP.

In PVE? He can be downright deadly.

Based on how good you are at using him, he can be an S, A or B tier squadmate, with A (average) being the middle point between S (excellent) or B (terrible). Remember that not everyone has the same amount of patience for him as you may have, and that not every encounter with him will turn out the way you wanted it.

In any case, Agnar is currently my last squadmate to be analysed. It’s been a pleasure for me to write up what I know about our squadmates and all the things I’ve gone through with them - the good, the bad and the weird. Hopefully, he won’t be the last.

## See also

* Squadmates
* Hero Class
* AttacK Pattern
* Agnar before Feb 2023 update