Online:Winter's Embrace
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Winter's Embrace is one of three class skill lines available to Wardens. Abilities in this line focus on dealing frost damage, and shielding you and your group from damage.
Skill Perks[edit]
The Winter's Embrace skill line is immediately available to all Wardens, and is leveled up by earning experience while Winter's Embrace skills are slotted. Skills include: Notes
- The numbers displayed here are the base values for the skills. Magicka/Stamina Cost is based on a character of Level 50
160. Damage values are based on Max Magicka/Stamina 12000, Max Health 16000, and Weapon/Spell Damage 1000. The actual numbers you see in the game may depend on a variety of factors, including skill line rank, your equipped weapons and armor, other skills, enchantments, etc. As such, they should only be used as a comparative reference.
Ultimate Abilities[edit]
These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost of Ultimate.
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Sleet Storm | 12 | Instant | Area | – | 10 meters | 8 seconds | 200 Ultimate | |
Twist a violent storm around you, dealing [1498 / 1515 / 1530 / 1548] Frost Damage every 1 second for 8 seconds to enemies around you and reducing their Movement Speed by 40%. You and nearby allies gain Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. | |||||||||
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Northern Storm | Increases your Max Magicka after activating. Twist a violent storm around you, dealing 1548 Frost Damage every 1 second for 8 seconds to enemies around you and reducing their Movement Speed by 40% and increasing your Max Magicka by [9 / 11 / 13 / 15]% for 30 seconds. You and nearby allies gain Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. |
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Permafrost | Increases the snare potency and applies the Chilled status effect to enemies hit, but at the expense of damage done. Increases the duration as the ability ranks up. Duration: [9 / 10 / 11 / 12] seconds. Twist a violent storm around you, dealing 775 Frost Damage every 1 second for [9 / 10 / 11 / 12] seconds to enemies around you and reducing their Movement Speed by 70% and applying the Chilled status effect. You and nearby allies gain Major Protection, reducing your damage taken by 10%. |
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Active Abilities[edit]
These abilities must be activated manually, for a cost.
Name | Line Rank | Cast Time | Target | Range | Radius | Duration | Cost | ||
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Frost Cloak | 1 | Instant | Area | – | 8 meters | 20 seconds | 4050 Magicka | |
Duration: [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. Wrap a thick cloak of ice around you and your allies. The ice grants Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [17 / 18 / 19 / 20] seconds. |
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Expansive Frost Cloak | Increases the radius and reduces the cost. Cost: [2700 / 2610 / 2520 / 2430] Magicka, Area: 28 meters. Wrap a thick cloak of ice around you and your allies. The ice grants Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for 20 seconds. |
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Ice Fortress | Grants Minor Protection to you. Increases the duration as the ability ranks up. Duration: [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds. Wrap a thick cloak of ice around you and your allies. The ice grants Major Resolve, increasing your Physical and Spell Resistance by 5948 for [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds. You gain Minor Protection, reducing your damage taken by 5% for [22 / 23 / 24 / 25] seconds. |
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Impaling Shards | 4 | Instant | Area | – | 6 meters | 12 seconds | 3240 Magicka | |
Conjure icy shards around you to skewer enemies in the area, dealing [479 / 484 / 489 / 494] Frost Damage every 1 second for 12 seconds. Enemies hit are overcome with bitter cold, reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Damage done is based on your Max Health, and has a higher chance to apply the Chilled status effect. | |||||||||
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Gripping Shards | Immobilizes enemies around you when cast. Conjure icy shards around you to skewer enemies in the area, immobilizing them for 3 seconds and dealing [495 / 500 / 505 / 511] Frost Damage every 1 second for 12 seconds. Enemies hit are overcome with bitter cold, reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Damage done is based on your Max Health and has a higher chance to apply the Chilled status effect. |
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Winter's Revenge | Summons at targeted location instead of around you. Deals damage based on your offensive stats rather than Max Health. Range: 28 meters, Target: Ground. Conjure icy shards at the target location to skewer enemies in the area, dealing [775 / 785 / 794 / 800] Frost Damage every 1 second for 12 seconds. Enemies hit are overcome with bitter cold, reducing their Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds. This ability has a higher chance to apply the Chilled status effect. |
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Arctic Wind | 20 | Instant | Area | – | 6 meters | – | 4320 Magicka | |
Envelop yourself in winter winds, instantly healing for [3200 / 3235 / 3270 / 3305] Health and an additional [400 / 404 / 408 / 413] Health every 1 second over 5 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. While the effect persists the winds pulse outwards, dealing [562 / 566 / 573 / 578] Frost Damage every 1 second to nearby enemies. | |||||||||
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Polar Wind | The initial heal also heals a nearby ally. Envelop yourself in winter winds, instantly healing yourself and an ally within 12 meters for [3305 / 3341 / 3377 / 3414] Health and healing yourself for an additional 413 Health every 1 second over 5 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. While the effect persists the winds pulse outwards, dealing 583 Frost Damage every 1 second to nearby enemies. |
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Arctic Blast | Enemies hit by the damage multiple times are stunned. Cost: [4320 / 4230 / 4140 / 4050] Magicka. Envelop yourself in winter winds, instantly healing for 3305 Health and an additional 413 Health every 1 second over 5 seconds. This portion of the ability scales off your Max Health. While the effect persists the winds pulse outwards, dealing 583 Frost Damage every 1 second to nearby enemies. Enemies hit by this effect 3 times are stunned for 4 seconds. |
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Crystallized Shield | 30 | Instant | Self | – | 6 seconds | 3780 Magicka | ||
Spin a shield of ice around you, absorbing up to [24000 / 24264 / 24528 / 24791] damage from 3 projectiles. Each time you absorb a projectile you restore 831 Magicka. | |||||||||
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Crystallized Slab | Absorbing projectiles launches an icy bolt back at the enemy. Spin a shield of ice around you, absorbing up to 24791 damage from 3 projectiles. Each time you absorb a projectile you restore 831 Magicka and launch an icy bolt back at the enemy, dealing [2326 / 2350 / 2377 / 2400] Frost Damage. This effect can occur once every half second. |
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Shimmering Shield | Absorbing projectiles grants you Major Heroism. Spin a shield of ice around you, absorbing up to [24791 / 25063 / 25336 / 25609] damage from 3 projectiles. Each time you absorb a projectile you restore 831 Magicka and gain Major Heroism for 6 seconds, granting you 3 Ultimate every 1.5 seconds. |
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Frozen Gate | 42 | Instant | Ground | 28 meters | 5 meters | 15 seconds | 2970 Magicka | |
Summon an ancient portal, which arms after 1.5 seconds and lasts for 15 seconds. When triggered the enemy is teleported to you, immobilized for 3 seconds, and dealt [2248 / 2271 / 2297 / 2321] Frost Damage. You can have up to 3 Frozen Gates active at a time. | |||||||||
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Frozen Device | Teleported enemies have their damage done reduced. Summon an ancient portal, which arms after 1.5 seconds, When triggered the enemy is teleported to you, immobilized for 3 seconds, dealt [2326 / 2350 / 2377 / 2400] Frost Damage, and afflicted with Major Maim, reducing their damage done by 10% for 4 seconds. You can have up to 3 Frozen Devices active at a time. |
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Frozen Retreat | Grants allies in the area a synergy that teleports them to you and grants them increased Movement Speed. Summon an ancient portal, which arms after 1.5 seconds. When triggered the enemy is teleported to you, immobilized for 3 seconds, and dealt [2326 / 2350 / 2377 / 2400] Frost Damage. An ally in the portal can activate the Icy Escape synergy, teleporting them to you and granting them Major Expedition, increasing their Movement Speed by 30% for 8 seconds. You can have up to 3 Frozen Retreats active at a time. |
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Passive Abilities[edit]
Passive abilities are active all the time.
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Glacial Presence | 8 | ![]() ![]() |
Increase chance of applying Chilled to enemies with Winter's Embrace abilities by 100%. Enemies and allies who have recently been Chilled take 5% more Critical Damage and Healing from you. |
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Increase chance of applying Chilled to enemies with Winter's Embrace abilities by 200%. Enemies and allies who have recently been Chilled take 10% more Critical Damage and Healing from you. | ||
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Frozen Armor | 14 | ![]() ![]() |
Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 250 for each Winter's Embrace ability slotted. |
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Increases your Physical and Spell Resistance by 500 for each Winter's Embrace ability slotted. | ||
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Icy Aura | 22 | ![]() ![]() |
Reduce the effectiveness of snares applied to you by 7%. |
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Reduce the effectiveness of snares applied to you by 15%. | ||
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Piercing Cold | 39 | ![]() ![]() |
Increases your Magic and Frost Damage by 5%. |
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Increases your Magic and Frost Damage by 10%. |
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