Ice Guardian

Ice Guardian
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Statistics

Card type

Unit

Class

Elemental Soldier

Faction

Frost

Affinities

None

Power Cost

50

Orbs

Frost

Charges

8 / 11 / 14 / 16

Squad size

1

Damage bonus

M

Damage

500 / 520 / 540 / 580

Size

M

Life points

400

Gender

Male

Booster Content

General, Mini, Fire/Frost, Frost, Lost Souls, Stonekin

Unit of the Frost faction. This rare card was released with the Twilight Edition and has no affinity variants, nor a promo version.

This card has been changed already, compared to its original appearance in BattleForge.

Lore

This card has no associated lore.

Card Info

Frost Ward

Power Cost: 15

Active: Activate to bestow the caster with an Ice Shield, which absorbs up to 520 / 550 / 600 / 660 damage. The Ice Shield will decay by 30 strength every second, if there are no friendly structures within a 30m radius. Lasts until Ice Shield is depleted. Can only be activated within a 20m radius around friendly structures excluding walls. Has a 30 seconds cool-down after the card was played out. Reusable every 30 seconds.

Home Advantage

Passive: If the unit is played out within a 20m radius around a friendly Monument or Power Well, it will enter the game with Frost Ward already active.

Card Upgrades & Drop Locations

Displayed below are the card's upgrades and where to obtain them.

Ice Guardian	Upgrade I	Upgrade II	Upgrade III
Upgrade Card	Ice Guardian Ice Guardian Damage +20 Frost Ward +30 damage absorption Damage +20 Frost Ward +30 damage absorption	Ice Guardian Ice Guardian Damage +20 Frost Ward +50 damage absorption Damage +20 Frost Ward +50 damage absorption	Ice Guardian Ice Guardian Damage +40 Frost Ward +60 damage absorption Damage +40 Frost Ward +60 damage absorption
Drop Location	Oracle	The Guns of Lyr	The Guns of Lyr
Scenario Difficulty	Standard	Advanced	Expert

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Patch History

Patch #400042

Adjusted the card's upgrade drop locations:

Card Name	Former Scenario Drop Locations			New Scenario Drop Locations
Card Name	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Upgrade 3	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Upgrade 3
Ice Guardian	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Defending Hope	Oracle	The Guns of Lyr	The Guns of Lyr

Patch #400035

Increased the unit's rotation speed from 200 to 300.

Patch #400033

Active ability Frost Ward:
- Increased the allowed distance to structures within which the Ice Shield does not decay from 25m to 30m.
  - The ability previously stated an incorrect radius of just 20m instead of 25m.
- Added a visual effect on Ice Guardian to indicate when the Ice Shield is not decaying.
- The Ice Shield decay prevention no longer applies to other decaying Ice Shields.
- Improved description and tooltips to be more consistent.
Added a new passive ability Home Advantage:
- If the unit is played out within a 20m radius around a friendly Monument or Power Well, it will enter the game with Frost Ward already active.
- This is only a descriptive change, functionality remains unchanged.

Patch #400030

Initial cooldowns and reusability cooldowns are now properly displayed, especially in non-English languages.
Active ability Frost Ward:
- Added missing required range near structures to the description in Russian.