Originally posted by magilla666:

Frostner imo is best for crowd control. If you've just got one or two mobs, you're better off with a silver sword (or iron, if you don't have silver). But nothing convinces a pack of fulings to back off a little bit like getting whacked around with Frostner.

It really is great for that too, I found. One whack can usually keep a few of them at bay (and temporarily at a distance) as you pick them off one by one.