The War Flag of Frost is the newest War Flag added to Hero Wars Dominion Era!
How to get the War Flag of Frost
This new War Flag can ONLY be earned during Winterfest! It can be found inside the "War Flag Gift" that costs 12000 Winterfest Coins to send.
Will the War Flag of Frost be available in the Future?
Probably, but there isn't currently any information about this. Note that the War Flag of Swift Warriors (the warrior hero flag) was only available for a limited time a few months back, and we still have no way to earn it today.
How does the War Flag of Frost Work?
The new War Flag of Frost has 2 distinct opportunities that makes us only half understand its capabilities! First of all, the description could imply one thing, but the actual skill itself implies something else.
Let's take a look at Lars, and his Blue Skill: Lightning Bolt
At first glance, my assumption was that the War Flag of Frost only impacted heroes with a Control or "Debuff" skill, such as Lars' ability to stun. Read the last line of his skill:
Down below in the "Skill Proc Chance" section of this blog I will disuss the % chance to hit or miss with this ability.
However, if we take a look at the skill damage equation itself, it is also modified by the skill's level, and is also potentially impacted by the War Flag of Frost:
While we can safely assume this War Flag of Frost only impacts the ability of a hero to land a debuff such as a Stun or a Charm or Slow, What if it also reduces the damage of all skills of all heroes that you face?
Testing the War Flag of Frost
We created a test battle using some strong healer heroes, and Andvari. I Chose Andvari because his artifact weapon is armor (will not increase his damage) and because he had the control ability "Stone Grasp."
Test Results Without the War Flag of Frost
We first tested a fight WITHOUT the War Flag of Frost, and looked at the damage numbers from 3 separate skill uses. Note that we played in manual mode, and didn't allow the attacking team to use any artifact weapon buffs. Here are the results:
In all three instances, the Blue Skill: "Stone Grasp" did 11023 Physical Damage.
Test Results With the War Flag of Frost
Next, we used the same practice battle, with the same heroes, only adding in the War Flag of Frost. Will the damage be less? If YES, the War Flag impacts skill damage. If NO, the War Flag of Frost only affects Control effects.
As you can see in this picture, Andvari's skill is still only doing 11,023 Physical Damage. And you can see above Andvari he is being affected by the War Flag of Frost.
How Strong is the War Flag of Frost?
Several Control skills state that the chance to apply the effect is lowered if the target's level is higher than the given level in the skill description. The formula to determine the success is:
If the Opponent's level is less than or equal to the Skill level then the chance is 100% or higher otherwise:
