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December 27, 2019

Battle the FrozenSoul Queen
SLAY Bells will ring this weekend!
Our Frostval celebration continues this Friday at www.AQ.com with a bounty of new gear, an all-new boss monster + her minions, and a level-cap increase to... 100!

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Heroes of all levels and class types are invited to /join frozensoul to take on Zastruga, a rival upstart aiming to wrest control of the Northlands away from Nythera. Take on her level 50 and 100 versions for a chance to get the new Northlands Monk CLASS as a boss drop, or complete Nythera's quests to create 3 new armor sets in the FrozenSoul merge shop.

This weekend:

• Level cap increases to 100
  
• Higher-level enhancements (including Awe Enhancements) added*
  
• FrozenSoul Queen boss monster + minions
  
• Northlands Monk CLASS and armor set as farming rewards, in Quibble's Shop, and collection chest
  
• Double XP, Gold, Rep, and Class Points boosts continue through Monday, December 30th
  
• Frozen Fury armor set available in the Wheel of Doom merge shop and Class Points boost

The Level Cap Increases to 100!
You began your adventures in Lore as a level 1 Hero. But this weekend, you'll finally be able to reach the ultimate, supreme level -- 100! We're pushoing the cap ALL THE WAY to level 100 to help start 2020 off with a BANG.

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The Double Gold, XP, Rep, and Class Points boost that began last week will continue until December 30th (just one more Frostval gift for you!).

• New Enhancements: level 50+ enhancement shops in your game menu
  
• Awe Enhancements: in the Awe Enhancements shops in /museum

A New Year (and Decade!) are Almost Here
Join us during the first week of January 2020 for...

• The return of our New Year's seasonal events
  
• Tinsel's Gift Boxes open
  
• The Chrono Phoenix boss monster + armor set
  
• New Year's AdventureCoin Gift... 500 AdventureCoins!*
  
• 2020 Honorable Hero award
  
• And more

* Traditionally, we give all active heroes in AdventureQuest Worlds a gift of free AdventureCoins during the holiday season. To celebrate a new decade and new year with even more cheer, we're shifting our 500 AC gift to the first week of January. (The gift will be available for at least a week before the Frostval rare gear leaves.)

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December 27, 2019

Northlands Monk Class Skills
'Tis the Season
This year we celebrate the time of giving and getting together with the seasonal Northlands Monk Class! Northlands Monks embody the holiday spirit with its arsenal of presents, harsh winter winds, and the ability to deliver a devastating attack upon its foes when fighting alongside allies.

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How to Unlock the Class
There are four ways to obtain the Northlands Monk Class:

1. Talk to Quibble Coinbiter in Battleon to find his shop. Immediately unlock the class for 2,000 AdventureCoins, or buy individual pieces of the Northlands Monk set.
   
2. Talk to Quibble Coinbiter in Battleon to find the Holiday collection chest for 10,000 AdventureCoins. Immediately unlock 75+ event items and rares, plus the Class and armor set
   
3. Battle the Frozensoul Queen (level 50) in /frozensoul
   
4. Battle the Challenge Frozensoul Queen (level 100) in /frozensoul (higher drop rate)

Mana Regeneration

Northlands Monks gain mana when they strike an enemy in combat (more effective on crits) or are struck by an enemy in combat. They also regenerate mana with each auto attack.

Abilities:

Present
Max Targets: 1 enemy
Throw a magical present at your enemy and unwrap another for yourself. Applies a small, medium, or large DoT to one enemy and a small, medium, or large HoT to you. Each effect lasts 4 seconds.
Type: Magical
MP: 10
Cooldown 6 seconds

Winter Wind
Max Targets: 1 enemy
Blast your opponent with a gust of cold air, lowering their Haste by 15% and increasing their incoming damage by 15% for 10 seconds.
Type: Magical
Mana Cost: 15
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Northland Lights
Use the starlight from the Northlands to guide the paths of your allies, increasing the Hit Chance, Haste, and outgoing damage for yourself and up to 5 allies by 10% for 10 seconds. Every ally buffed by this skill gives you one stack of Frostval Spirit, which increases your outgoing damage by 5% per stack for 6 seconds.
Note: Additional teammates are required in order to utilize the full power of Frostval Spirit.
Max Targets: 6 players
Type: Magical
Mana Cost: 15
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Holiday Spirit Bomb
Channel the spirit of Frostval into a ball of magical energy and launch it at your opponent, dealing huge damage. Your allies give you strength-- damage increases with stacks of Frostval Spirit.
Max Targets: 1 enemy
Type: Magical
MP: 20
Cooldown: 14 seconds

Passives:
Fortitude: Decreases incoming damage by 10%
Peacebringer: Increases Heal over Time and Damage over Time strength by 10%
Festive Fury: Increases outgoing damage, Critical Strike Chance, and Critical Strike Damage by 8%

Class Design and Use
As a class meant to be easily obtainable by heroes of all levels, Northlands Monk is a moderately powerful class with skills that are easy to understand and optimally use. Present’s Heal over Time gives Northlands Monk longevity while its Damage over Time whittles down enemy health-- this class doesn’t have significant damage mitigation, so Present’s heal will determine which monsters you can solo. Winter Wind deals moderate damage and increases enemy incoming damage, which compounds with the damage increasing effects of Northland Lights.

Northland Lights gives Northlands Monk utility in group settings-- not only does it buff the stats of party members, but it also increases your own maximum damage output by applying one stack of Frostval Spirit for every ally you buff (including yourself). In order to best use Northlands Monk, you should keep stacks of Frostval Spirit up as much as possible-- not only does it increase your outgoing damage by 5% per stack, each stack also directly increases the damage you deal with Holiday Spirit Bomb.

Tags: Alina,

spoiler:

I had no idea that Zastruga was also an snow queen.

It was nice that Nythera made a reference to Queen Aisha.

The Jack Frost that appeared in "AdventureQuest Worlds" does not resemble the one that appeared in "AdventureQuest."