As per the advice of @malawiglenn (in another thread) I am pushing one of my (count them) 4 cold focused characters to max level. And it turns out that it’s also a blademaster.
But instead of going for dw, i’m Using the S&B version, following this as a guide (Click). It focuses on frostburn damage rather than cold per se, and I can facetank most things. And due to it’s focus on the dot, I can also do hit and run tactics.
Completed self found, I died 2 times to some bosses where I “stood in the fire”. I like the “tankyness” of the build. Smashing my way through the AoM without a hitch. Breezed my way through the skeleton key areas I encountered so far.