Blizzard Cloak spell works with their NoKan Do's Riposte(sweet) Jakei Globe didn't really know how it worked til i saw it in game(the way it works now you can basically turn the entire map into ice terrain for 25 nora or half of it) the synergy is amazing n they are undoubtedly top tier for some reason though everyone is fixated on barbarians anyways they remind me of ferren's at their prime i expect them to become n#1 after the currently overbearing barbs get nerfed
For what I remember, before the strig expansion, we had the beast expansion, and the yeti expansion. In both instances, ST was the dominant force for quite some time before the developers nerfed the main culprits (the yeti racial and Azaren), but remained strong none the less. As for more specific runes rather than entire themes, throatrend lonx and ferren ninja were draw win by themselves.
Can we change this thread to be about bounty hunter + eternal storm? Lost to Gustovj, I didn't like it.
Off the top of my head there has been Yetis, Beasts, Lonx, Ferren, Frost Amp, Frost Amp again when yeti spirit came around, frost amp with flowers. And of course flying/strig as you mentioned.
Kas split with IS 2x Granite bracers + 2x Blizzard Cloak + NoKanDo = 5 basic attacks blocked n fairly cheap/spammable