Kite, Freeze, and Nuke — Blizzard blankets the screen in falling ice while Glacial Spike shatters anything left standing. The single best Ladder Starter in Diablo 2 Resurrected, scaling smoothly all the way to a Sunder Charm Max GG setup.
The Blizzard Sorceress is the definitive early-to-late Cold caster — equally strong as a Ladder Starter and as a Max GG farmer. Clear speed, freeze CC, and Magic Find potential are excellent if you accept a squishier kite-and-position playstyle.
Blizzard blankets packs in Cold DoT while Chill and Freeze lock them down. Glacial Spike finishes singles and doubles as an emergency escape. The cheap Spirit / Stealth / Lore / Ancients' Pledge core farms Andariel, Mephisto, and Pindleskin early.
At Standard, Death's Fathom and Nightwing's Veil (or Glacial Diadem / Ormus) push toward the 105% FCR breakpoint, with Trang-Oul's Claws, dual SoJ, and Arachnid Mesh for skills, resists, and Mana.
Cold Rupture drops Cold Immunes to 95% Resistance and opens nearly every Terror Zone; Doom on swap stacks more -% Enemy Cold Resistance for burst.