u/Gadget-Gabe

My goal with these builds was to effectively cover as many different quests as possible in the least amount of prowlers trained. The only matchup that I don't have a build for is Lao but I do what everyone else does when that quest comes up and leave switch to hbg. If you're interested in trying out prowler then try out one of the first two builds. Also the seams where I merged my images together are sometimes super obvious but I don't care to get them perfect.

I made a doc explaining my reasoning for each one here. I've spent a not insignificant amount of time on it, if there's a build you're curious about I'd recommend reading about it.

The reason why this looks bad is cuz I recorded by stitching switch captures together

The goal of the entire strategy is to set up EF so that she is paraed while you are in a good position to siege pierce down the trunk length, which will break the trunk in 2 sieges if aimed well. To set this up consistently, you'll ideally want to be in Valor mode and have used 1 or 2 para shots by the time EF enters the trap, though bad RNG may cause you to need to adjust. The trunk can't receive any part damage until the ice is cleared away, and the ice won't break if EF is paraed or pitfalled, so the ice absolutely has to be broken before the para. Being uphill from EF causes the trunk to be obscured by the terrain which is why I eat for explorer to enter the area from the bottom.

The easiest way to set up the para consistently is to break the trunk ice with a para shot. If the trunk ice's break threshold is reached while EF is pitfalled or paraed, it will be left with 1hp, which happens after about 6-8 siege shots. Visually, it will also look like the ice half-breaks as EF exits the trap. If elderfrost is allowed to select an attacking move after the ice is gone, there is a chance that she'll either move way out of position, or she'll just instantly put on a fresh ice coat by using her sassy snowball throw at you, so breaking the ice with the para shot is actually pretty important for consistency's sake. Since it doesn't take that many siege shots get the ice to 1hp, you (usually) have a lot of leeway to load the para and set up the aim, then you fire once you see the half-break happen.

What's difficult with this farm is RNG creating occasional inconsistency. Elderfrost has 2 starting positions: one where she starts facing away from you, and one where she's already walking towards you, and the frequency seems to be an even 50/50. The first pattern is very consistent because no matter what EF does, you'll have a lot of time to enter valor mode and fire 2 paras; the second pattern by comparison is a lot tighter and less consistent, most attacks EF can do will still work fine, but the big problem attack is if she picks the "sweeping the floors" move right away. If EF does this then you only have time to fire one pierce clip to build valor before she enters the pitfall, so you have to roll away from the trap about 4 times and enter valor mode ASAP for you to be able to cause the trunk ice break with the para. If you do this fast enough you can do this before she starts her roar, then valor sheathe the roar and fire the final para shot (if your paras are all fired close together, you will only need 3). If you break the ice with pierce instead of para, you might just have to be patient on when you proc it if EF stomps or vacuums you. If her trunk becomes coated again, use a shock trap to break it.

Some other notes:

- You should only throw the smokebomb if EF is in the 1st starting position.

- You can use the ledge as reference on where to place your trap. The 1st starting position can place the trap a little past it while with the 2nd you should place it a little behind. Ideally you place the trap near the edge of her roar range so you fill valor faster with crit distance.

- Bring cleansers in case she snowballs you.

- If the hit that causes the trunk ice to break is also the one that procs the para, the ice will break first, then the para will happen after the animation finishes

- If using the Orcus, then you don't have to worry about firing para shots before she enters the pitfall, after firing enough pierce to break the ice you can enter para siege, fire one para shot, then when you see the trunk ice crack you fire 2 more. With 10 less raw than the Daora HBG you will have slightly less leeway to break the trunk during the para however, but it's worth it for having consistency for the 2nd starting pattern.

- If you're only halfway to Valor mode when EF enters the trap, and you charge the other half of the Valor gauge by firing down the trunk, you'll only need about 3-4 siege shots to get the trunk ready, so you should end your siege early to load para ammo