Frostivus 2013



Frostivus 2013 is a Christmas event that began on December 12, 2013. has been removed for this event, but was resurrected as after global players collected enough souls in the Wraith-Night game mode.

Wraith Night (Game mode)


Wraith-Night is a co-op matchmaking mode in which 5 players attempt to defeat 13 waves of creeps while defending the 's Altar. The final wave is a battle with the resurrected Wraith King himself.


 * Gold is earned by collecting bags dropped by creeps and keeping towers alive during waves.

Map



 * 5 entrance points.
 * 6 destructible friendly towers.
 * Friendly towers respawn after every wave.
 * 4 indestructible enemy towers guarding spawn spots.
 * 1 shop.

Waves
There are 13 waves in this mode. Each wave has its own name and several different creeps as well as tougher mini-bosses.

Wave 1: Kobolds, Kobolds Everywhere!
Kobold

Gnoll

Troll Healer

Wave 2: Left 5 Dead
Zombie

Volatile Zombie

Corpse Lord

Berserk Zombie

Wave 3: The Ugly Stick
Ogre Grunt

Ogre Magi

Ogre Commander

Wave 4: Smashed to Slithereens
Shadeshore Pouncer

Slarbasher

Wave 5: They Speak for the Trees
Forest Prophet

Aged Treant

Wave 6: I Lost Count
Broodqueen

Egg

Broodmotherling

Spiderling

Wave 7: Burn Notice
Flame Ancient

Shrack

Wave 8: Compound Interest
Crumbling Golem

Golem Chunk

Golem Splinters

Wave 9: Bear Force One
Large Spirit Bear

Small Spirit Bear

Bear Chieftan

Enraged Bear

Wave 10: Chin' Choppa Chin' Choppa!
Pudge's Offspring

Wave 11: Danger Zone
Goblin M.Launcher

Disassembler

Wave 12: Stay Frosty!
Minor Frost Lich

Snow Satyr

Ice Apparition

Wave 13: Reborn
Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Empowering Wraith

Wraith Obelisk

Soul Restorer

Tips

 * Groups should generally contain at least 1 of the following:
 * A tank (e.g. Axe or Sven).
 * A kiter (e.g. Drow or Windranger).
 * A healer (e.g. Omniknight or any hero carrying Slippers of Halcyon and Mekanism)
 * All heroes should build "tanky" items first since damage is not a priority during the first few waves. Heroes who use a lot of mana should then get mana items while those who do not should focus on damage or utility.
 * Heart of Tarrasque's Health Regeneration is disabled by any enemy attack.
 * Heroes that are close to buying their next item should stay near the top, close to the only shop.
 * A Magic Stick is very useful for regen on certain rounds given its gold cost.
 * Almost all enemies are vulnerable to slows but some of the later ones are immune to stuns.

Difficulty settings
After completeing each difficulty, players will be presented the chance to restart the game mode from the next difficulty tier.

Dying & Defeat
Players do not respawn upon death. Instead, players can be revived in two ways.


 * Being revived by other players.
 * Reviving an ally takes 7 seconds.
 * This time is decreased if more players are revivaling the same ally.
 * While reviving an ally, players cannot attack but will take damage.
 * Buying back with gold.

Defeat occurs under two scenarios:


 * The Wraith King's alter is destroyed.
 * All players have died.

Available heroes
While the hero selection is limited, some of their abilities have been changed to better accommodate the new gameplay. Only abilities that have been changed are listed here.

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No changes.

In-game item changes
Unique in-game items have been added for Wraith-Night.

Some existing items have been changed.

Scoring
Score is recorded by two counters: Phantom Fragments and Shining Fragments.


 * Phantom Fragments are obtained by playing Wraith-Night and clearing waves.
 * Shining Fragments are obtained by playing Wraith-Night with an active Wraith King's Favor bonus.
 * Players who have an active Wraith King's Favor will also grant a 10% stackable bonus for all other players.
 * Wraith King's Favor also increases the amount of Phantom Fragments earned.
 * Shining Fragments can be exchanged for Phantom Fragments at a rate of (info goes here).
 * The number of fragments earned is determined by the wave number.

The Awakening of the Wraith King


Each soul collected during Wraith-Night will count towards the Wraith King's global resurrection. When the goal has been reached, himself will be available in the game, taking place of.