archon shards used 3 blue ; 2 orange

Blue for energy max since [Frost] has low base energy (should give you around 650 with [Archon Flow])

Orange archon shards are used for casting speed freeing a mod slot in the process

shield gating : use nourish and avalanche for a ideal shield gate

why add nourish over other abilities you may ask, well this build is very energy hungry so with nourish it will help a lot with energy management whiling adding as bit of passive cc and viral dmg to your weapon of choice

the key to this build is avalanche providing a huge cc while armor striping and giving you crit dmg and crit chance and giving you energy thanks to [Archon Flow] mod , this ability also provides you with a great shield cc enemies and giving you breathing room u should use this ability as often as possible.