# Dungeon Defenders II Dungeon Defenders II - Frostbound

- Product: Dungeon Defenders II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeon-defenders-ii)
- Vendor: Chromatic Games
- Date: 2024-11-26
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236110/view/4556046454947316125
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeon-defenders-ii/releases/2024-11-26-dungeon-defenders-ii-frostbound

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- **added** — Add Frostweaver hero with Staff primary attack and Polar Vortex secondary attack
- **added** — Add Frostweaver abilities: Flurry, Cold Snap, Avalanche Strike, PermaFreeze, Blizzard's Embrace, Arctic Empowerment, Ice Wall, and Icicle Fragmentation
- **added** — Add 20 new shards for Frostweaver across Campaign, Chaos I-X, and Survival difficulty levels
- **added** — Add Elemental Rumble game mode with rotating weekly maps to challenge elemental expertise and adaptability
- **added** — Add Frostbound Arena map
- **added** — Add Frostbound Defender Pass with cosmetic rewards including Yeti Barbarian, Frost Aquarion, Frost Lord Skin, and EV2 Frost costumes
- **added** — Add Snowbound Sentinel Flairs including Wooden Feathers, Snow Storm, Wooden Owl Wings, and Owl Mask
- **added** — Add Defender Pass titles: Blizzard Walker, The Iceborn Guardian, and The Warden of the Frost

##### Frostbound

Today, we're pleased to introduce **Frostbound** to Dungeon Defenders 2. This season introduces a flurry of new content, including the new _Frostweaver hero_, _Elemental Rumble game mode_, _Frostbound Arena map_, _Frostbound Defender Pass_, and more!

Cozy up and grab a hot drink, Defender. Just like the snow descending upon Dragonfall, we have a lot of ground to cover.

##### New Hero - The Frostweaver

From the bone-chilling peaks of the Frostward Mountains, the enigmatic ice mage known as the _Frostweaver_ emerges, weaving the very essence of winter into his formidable magic. Once an apprentice, the forbidden practice of ice magic slowly morphed his body into what you see today.

##### Primary Attack

The Frostweaver uses **Staves** to complement their magical prowess and strike enemies from afar.

##### Secondary Attack

The Frostweaver manifests a **Polar Vortex**, a frigid vacuum of air that deals damage over time and freezes enemies.

##### Abilities

-  **Flurry** - Summon a flurry of icy projectiles that deal damage to all enemies hit.

-  **Cold Snap** - Fire out an ice orb that explodes on contact with the first enemy struck, freezing the floor below them, dealing damage, and slowing enemies.

-  **Avalanche Strike** - Slam your staff into the ground, causing an ice boulder to fall into an area.

-  **PermaFreeze** - Create a blast of ice around you that freezes all enemies hit and deals massive magical ice damage.

-  **Blizzard's Embrace** - The Frostweaver encases themselves in an ice cube, becoming invulnerable and regenerating health health over time.

-  **Arctic Empowerment** - Increases your damage at the cost of a portion of your mana pool.

-  **Ice Wall** - Create a wall of ice that blocks the path of enemies. When destroyed, the ice wall explodes dealing damage to surrounding enemies.

-  **Icicle Fragmentation** - Creates a buff that lasts for x seconds; When you slay an enemy, they release an explosion of icicles dealing magical ice damage.

##### New Shards

-  **Arctic Assault** _Campaign_ - Increases the damage of Flurry by x%.

-  **Arctic Bulwark**  _Chaos I_ - Increases the Health of Ice Wall by x% and duration by x seconds.

-  **Eternal Freeze** _Chaos II_ - Increases the duration of the freeze on PermaFreeze by x seconds.

-  **Frostbite** _Chaos III_ - All enemies hit by Cold Snap are inflicted with frostbite, taking x% of your ability power as damage for x seconds.

-  **Frost Fortress** _Chaos IV_ - Increases the explosive damage of Ice Wall by x%.

-  **Frostgaurd** _Chaos V_ - Take x% less damage while Arctic Empowerment is active.

-  **Frost Slayer** _Chaos VI_ - Deal x% more hero weapon damage to frozen enemies.

-  **Frostsplinter** _Chaos VII_ - Increases the damage of Icicle Fragmentation by x%.

-  **Frost Storm** _Chaos VIII_ - While Blizzard's Embrace is active, create a storm around you that deals x% of your ability power over time.

-  **Frozen Recovery** _Chaos IX_ - Increases heal percentage of Blizzards' Embrace by x%.

-  **Frozen Ruin** _Chaos X_ - Avalanche Strike deals x% increased damage to crowd controlled enemies.

-  **Glacial Amplifier** _Survival_ - Increases the damage boost of Arctic Empowerment by x%.

-  **Glacier's Wrath** _Chaos I_ - Increases the damage of Avalanche Strike by x%.

-  **Ice Armor** _Chaos IX_ - Gain an ice shield that blocks the next incoming damage. When hit, freeze all enemies around you dealing x% of your hero damage as frost damage. Recharges every x seconds.

-  **Polar Devastation** _Chaos X_ - Increases the damage of PermaFreeze by x%.

-  **Polar Efficiency** _Chaos VII_ - Reduces the mana cost Flurry by x%.

-  **Polar Vortex** _Chaos IV_ - Increases the damage of Cold Snap by x%.

-  **Restoring Ice** _Chaos III_ - Gain x% mana over x seconds while in Blizzard's Embrace.

-  **Winter's Burst** _Chaos VIII_ - Increases the radius of Icicle Fragmentation by x%.

-  **Winter's Edge** _Chaos V_ - Deal x% extra frost da

_[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236110/view/4556046454947316125]_