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== Overview ==

The '''Winter Horde''' are an enemy group in City of Heroes and City of Villains. This horde of ice beasts can't be found in any outdoor zones nor during missions, and only spawns during special events, at least so far.

== Background ==

There is no official background about this group at this time.

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== Enemy Types ==


=== Minions ===

==== Frostling ====
[[File:Frostling1.jpg|150px|thumb| |{{center|Frostling}}]]

This small creature is made up of snow and malice.  Frostlings are the weakest servants of the Winter Lord.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:IcyOnslaught Frost.png|22px]]|Frost|Cone, Damage over Time, Cold, Foe -Recharge, -Speed|This power emanates a very short cone of Frost from the Frostling's hands, chilling all those in its arc. This attack slowly chills the target over time, slowly dealing damage and slowing his attack speed.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast Bolt.png|22px]]|Ice Bolt|Ranged, Minor Damage, Cold/Smash, Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Bolt quickly pelts an enemy with small icy daggers; their chill slows a foe's attacks and movement for a time. Fast, but little damage. Damage:Moderate, Recharge: Fast.}}

{{Power|[[Image:Invulnerability_TemporaryInvulnerabilty.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|0|20|20|20|20|0|0|0|f=-|e=-}}|Resistance.}}

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==== Northern Light ====

Even the purest of light can be corrupted by Lord Winter's Power!

''Powers''

{{Power|[[Image:InherentPeacebringer_EnergyFlight.png|22px]]|Energy Flight|Flight|Flight}}

{{Power|[[Image:LuminousBlast_GleamingBlast.png|22px]]|Northern Light's Blast|-DEF|The Northern Light's Blast has weakened your Defenses!}}

{{Power|[[Image:LuminousBlast_GleamingBolt.png|22px]]|Northern Light's Bolt|-DEF|The Northern Light's Bolt has weakened your Defenses!}}

{{Power|[[Image:LuminousBlast_LuminousDetonation.png|22px]]|Northern Light's Detonation|-DEF|The Northern Light's Detonation has weakened your Defenses!}}

{{Power|[[Image:LuminousBlast_ProtonScatter.png|22px]]|Northern Light's Scatter|-DEF|The Northern Light's Scatter has weakened your Defenses!}}

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=== Lieutenants ===

==== Blight ====
[[File:Blight1.jpg|150px|thumb| |{{center|Blight}}]]

A Blight is a Frostling that has served the Winter Lord long and successfully enough to be granted additional power.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation Chillblains.png|22px]]|Chilblain|Ranged, Low Cold Damage over Time, Foe Immobilize|Immobilize your target in an icy trap. Deals some damage over time and slightly slows the target movement and attack speed.}}

{{Power|[[File:IcyOnslaught FrozenFist.png|22px]]|Frozen Fists|Melee, Minor Damage Cold/Smash, Foe -Rechage -Speed|Frozen Fists encrust your hands in ice, giving them the ability to quickly inflict minor damage on villains. The foe's attack and movement speed is slowed, due to the chills caused by the cold blows. Damage: Minor, Recharge: Fast.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast IceBlast.png|22px]]|Ice Blast|Ranged, Moderate Damage (Cold/Smash),  Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Blast hurls shards of ice at foes and Slows their attacks and movement for a time. Slower recharge than Ice Bolt, but more damage. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast Bolt.png|22px]]|Ice Bolt|Ranged, Minor Damage, Cold/Smash, Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Bolt quickly pelts an enemy with small icy daggers; their chill slows a foe's attacks and movement for a time. Fast, but little damage. Damage:Moderate, Recharge: Fast.}}

{{Power|[[Image:Invulnerability_TemporaryInvulnerabilty.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|0|20|20|20|20|0|0|0|f=-|e=-}}|Resistance.}}

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=== Bosses ===

==== Snow Beast ====
[[File:SnowBeast1.jpg|150px|thumb| |{{center|Snow Beast}}]]

Snow Beasts are the most powerful creatures in service to the Winter Lord.  They desire nothing more than to freeze everything they come into contact with.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast FreezeRay.png|22px]]| Freeze Ray| (Ranged) Foe Hold|Although this power deals very little damage, the Freeze Ray encases your foe in a block of ice, holding him helpless in place for a while.}}

{{Power|[[File:IcyOnslaught FrozenFist.png|22px]]|Frozen Fists|Melee, Minor Damage Cold/Smash, Foe -Rechage -Speed|Frozen Fists encrust your hands in ice, giving them the ability to quickly inflict minor damage on villains. The foe's attack and movement speed is slowed, due to the chills caused by the cold blows. Damage: Minor, Recharge: Fast.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast_FrostBreath.png|22px]]|Frost Breath|Close Cone, Moderate Damage over Time (Cold), Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Unleashes a cone of frosty breath that can Slow your opponents movement and attacks. Very accurate and very deadly at medium range. Damage: Moderate (Damage over Time), Recharge: Slow.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast IceBlast.png|22px]]|Ice Blast|Ranged, Moderate Damage (Cold/Smash),  Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Blast hurls shards of ice at foes and Slows their attacks and movement for a time. Slower recharge than Ice Bolt, but more damage. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate.}}

{{Power|[[Image:Invulnerability_TemporaryInvulnerabilty.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|0|20|20|20|20|0|0|0|f=-|e=-}}|Resistance.}}

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=== Giant Monsters ===

==== Winter Lord ====

[[File:WinterLord.jpg|150px|thumb| |{{center|Winter Lord}}]]This is a manifestation of the [[Winter Lord]]. He is a creature of ancient power that wishes to bring eternal winter to the land. If he is ever allowed a permanent foothold in our world, endless night will fall.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast Blizzard.png|22px]]|Blizzard|(Targeted Area of Effect) Cold/Lethal, Foe Knockdown, -Speed, -Recharge|All foes that pass through this storm will be Slowed, Knock Down and pummeled with wind, cold and shards of falling ice.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceArmor ChillingEmbrace.png|22px]]|Chill|(Point Blank Area of Effect) Foe -Recharge, -Speed|The Winter Lord is so cold, your attack rate and movement speed are reduced just being near it.}}

{{Power|[[File:SuperStrength_FootStomp.png|22px]]|Foot Stomp|Point Blank Area of Effect, Moderate Damage (Smash), Foe Knockback|The Winter Lord shakes the very earth itself with a super Foot Stomp, attacking everything in a nearby area.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast FreezeRay.png|22px]]|Freeze Ray|(Ranged) Foe Hold|Although this power deals very little damage, the Freeze Ray encases your foe in a block of ice, holding him helpless in place for a while.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation FlashFreeze.png|22px]]|Flash Freeze|Ranged, Targeted Area of Effect, Minor Damage (Cold/Lethal), Foe Sleep| You can Flash Freeze a large patch of ground beneath a targeted foe, instantly forming dozens of deadly ice shards that do cold damage to all enemies in the area.  The victims are left trapped within the icicles, but can break free if disturbed.  Only targets near the ground can be affected.}}

{{Power|[[File:IcyOnslaught GreaterIceSword.png|22px]]|Greater Ice Sword|Melee, High Damage (Lethal/Cold) Foe -Recharge, -Speed|The perfection of the Ice Sword, your master of it has allowed you to create an enhanced blade of solid ice that deals above average damage. Being hit by this Ice Sword will cause a villain to slow his rates of attack, due to the intense chill.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast IceBlast.png|22px]]|Ice Blast|Ranged, Moderate Damage (Cold/Smash), Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Blast hurls shards of ice at foes and Slows their attacks and movement for a time. Slower recharge than Ice Bolt, but more damage. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation IceSlick.png|22px]]|Ice Slick|Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Knockdown, -Speed|You can create a large patch of ice at a targeted area, causing all foes that pass through it to lose their footing.  Those caught in the Ice Slick are dramatically slowed and tend to fall down.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceManipulation_Shiver.png|22px]]|Shiver|Ranged (Cone) Foe -Speed, -Recharge|You can blast forth a wide cone of chilling air that dramatically slows the movement and attack rate of nearby foes.}}

{{Power|[[File:FireBlast_FireBlast.png|22px]]|Snow Men|Summons 3 to 5 Snow Men|Summons Snow Men}}

{{Power|[[Image:Temporary_PVP_BuffDefense.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|0|20|20|30|20|0|0|0|f=-|e=-}}|[[Archvillain Resistance|Monster resistance]].}}

==== Winter Guardian ====

This manifestation of Lord Winter exists to protect his master from taking any damage. While he stands, Lord Winter is immune to all forms of damage. In this way, he aids Lord Winter's cause of bringing endless night to our world.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast Blizzard.png|22px]]|Blizzard|(Targeted Area of Effect) Cold/Lethal, Foe Knockdown, -Speed, -Recharge|All foes that pass through this storm will be Slowed, Knock Down and pummeled with wind, cold and shards of falling ice.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceArmor ChillingEmbrace.png|22px]]|Chill|(Point Blank Area of Effect) Foe -Recharge, -Speed|The Winter Lord is so cold, your attack rate and movement speed are reduced just being near it.}}

{{Power|[[File:SuperStrength_FootStomp.png|22px]]|Foot Stomp|Point Blank Area of Effect, Moderate Damage (Smash), Foe Knockback|The Winter Lord shakes the very earth itself with a super Foot Stomp, attacking everything in a nearby area.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast FreezeRay.png|22px]]|Freeze Ray|(Ranged) Foe Hold|Although this power deals very little damage, the Freeze Ray encases your foe in a block of ice, holding him helpless in place for a while.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation_FrostBite.png|22px]]|Frostbite|Ranged, Targeted Area of Effect, Minor Damage over Time (Cold), Foe Immobilize -Speed -Rehcarge, -Fly| Immobilizes a group of foes in icy traps.  Deals minimal cold damage over time and slightly slows the targets.  Slower and less damaging than Chilblain, but can capture multiple targets.  More resilient foes may only be slowed.}}

{{Power|[[File:IcyOnslaught GreaterIceSword.png|22px]]|Greater Ice Sword|Melee, High Damage (Lethal/Cold) Foe -Recharge, -Speed|The perfection of the Ice Sword, your master of it has allowed you to create an enhanced blade of solid ice that deals above average damage. Being hit by this Ice Sword will cause a villain to slow his rates of attack, due to the intense chill.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast IceBlast.png|22px]]|Ice Blast|Ranged, Moderate Damage (Cold/Smash), Foe -Recharge, -Speed|Ice Blast hurls shards of ice at foes and Slows their attacks and movement for a time. Slower recharge than Ice Bolt, but more damage. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation IceSlick.png|22px]]|Ice Slick|Ranged (Targeted Area of Effect), Foe Knockdown, -Speed|You can create a large patch of ice at a targeted area, causing all foes that pass through it to lose their footing.  Those caught in the Ice Slick are dramatically slowed and tend to fall down.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceManipulation_Shiver.png|22px]]|Shiver|Ranged (Cone) Foe -Speed, -Recharge|You can blast forth a wide cone of chilling air that dramatically slows the movement and attack rate of nearby foes.}}

{{Power|[[Image:Temporary_PVP_BuffDefense.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|0|20|20|30|20|0|0|0|f=-|e=-}}|[[Archvillain Resistance|Monster resistance]].}}

=== Lord of Winter ===

==== Lord Winter ====

The Winter Horde answers to Lord Winter. He has finally revealed himself in an attempt to lure heroes and villains to an icy grave.

''Powers''

{{Power|[[File:LuminousBlast_DawnStrike.png|22px]]|Dawn Strike|-DEF|The Dawn Strike has reduced your Defenses.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceArmor_EnergyAbsorption.png|22px]]|Energy Absorption|PBAoE, Self +End, +DEF(All but Psionics), Res (Slow), Foe -End|Activating this power draws moisture directly from the bodies of all nearby foes, draining their Endurance. Each foe you draw moisture from adds to your own Endurance as well as Defense to all attacks except psionics. The first foe you absorb grants the highest Defense bonus, and you can absorb up to 10 foes. In addition to Defense, Energy Absorption also grants you resistance to Slow effects. If there are no foes within range, this power will fail. Recharge: Long}}

{{Power|[[File:IceBlast_FreezeRay.png|22px]]|Icy Tomb|Hold|You are Held in a block of ice.}}

{{Power|[[File:IceFormation_FlashFreeze.png|22px]]|Winter's Grasp|Held|You have been frozen solid by Lord Winter's grasp! Your defense and resistance has been reduced.}}

{{Power|[[File:Invisibility_PhaseShift.png|22px]]|One with Winter|Toggle: Self Intangible|You can Phase Shift to become out of sync with normal space. Although you do not become completely Invisible, you are translucent and hard to see. You are intangible, and cannot affect or be affected by those in normal space.}}

{{Power|[[File:FireBlast_FireBlast.png|22px]]|Northern Lights|Summon 5 Northern Light|Summons Northern Lights}}

{{Power|[[File:FireBlast_FireBlast.png|22px]]|Snow Men|Summons 3 to 5 Snow Men|Summons Snow Men}}

{{Power|[[Image:Temporary_PVP_BuffDefense.png|22px]]|Resistance|Auto, Self: {{DamResVal|95|95|95|95|95|95|95|95}}|[[Archvillain Resistance]].}}


=== Named Enemies ===

* Winter Guard and Winter Lord (''Snow Beasts'') - Found in the [[Father Time#Rescue Baby New Year from Snaptooth.21|Rescue Baby New Year from Snaptooth!]] mission from [[Father Time]] during the [[Winter Event]]s of 2006-2009.

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