Queen Of Ice / Discussion

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bigalphillips 22 Dec 2020 02:06

I seem to be getting this all the time now, perhaps just Etheric + certain scariness level + certain number of collective(?) ice blocks carved? (I had Frigid Rulership, Classic Carols and chisel equipped the first time I saw her, but got the encounter again shortly after without them.)

Seems to have very high unopposed power bonus, so make sure your deck can consistently 4-long chains if possible.

Full combat text below, but tried various ideas:

• Seemed to take minimal damage from Melee, Fire, Etheric attacks (may just need more attack power).
• No obvious change with Classic Carols active, holiday sweater equipped, ice carving chisel equipped.

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3 Bonus Power when the Defender has no Technique
9 Etheric Power
5 Melee Power

Defense
21 Etheric Defense
2 Melee Defense
2 Ranged Defense
5 Stealth Defense

You latch onto the queen and tear a chunk out of her with your teeth, dealing 2 melee damage.
The queen holds her orb aloft, calling the winds of winter to cut you for 17 etheric damage.

You viciously slash the queen with your knife for 1 melee damage.
The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 16 etheric damage.

The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 49 etheric damage.

The queen gestures forward with her scepter and countless tiny snowmen rise from the snow, beating at your knees for 35 etheric damage.

12 Etheric Power
3 Melee Power

Defense
32 Etheric Defense
2 Melee Defense
3 Ranged Defense
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You toss a grenade, landing just in front of the queen. It explodes, peppering her with hot shards of metal for 1 fire damage.
The queen gestures forward with her scepter and countless tiny snowmen rise from the snow, beating at your knees for 1 etheric damage.

You hurl a vial of NitroX at the queen. It explodes into a ball of flame, dealing 1 fire damage.
The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 5 etheric damage.

The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 51 etheric damage.
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16 Etheric Power
3 Melee Power

Defense
21 Etheric Defense
5 Melee Defense
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You take a deep breath, then exhale a wave of cold motes over the queen, but she doesn't seem to mind.
The queen gestures forward with her scepter and countless tiny snowmen rise from the snow, beating at your knees for 13 etheric damage.

You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 18 etheric damage, but golden light weighs down her attack, preventing all of the damage.

You give the queen the Evil Eye and she bursts into flames. The malefic green fire deals her 1 etheric damage.
The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 24 etheric damage.

The queen holds her orb aloft, calling the winds of winter to cut you for 52 etheric damage.

16 Etheric Power
3 Melee Power

Defense
21 Etheric Defense
5 Melee Defense
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You open your third eye, bathing the area in golden light.
The queen holds her orb aloft, calling the winds of winter to cut you for 20 etheric damage, but golden light weighs down her attack, preventing all of the damage.

You give the queen the Evil Eye and she bursts into flames. The malefic green fire deals her 2 etheric damage.
The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 24 etheric damage.

The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 61 etheric damage.

The queen gestures forward with her scepter and countless tiny snowmen rise from the snow, beating at your knees for 47 etheric damage.

Last edited on 22 Dec 2020 02:17 by bigalphillips Show more

Kinak 22 Dec 2020 03:23

Wow, the names you ended up with for the Techniques are way better than mine. Consider them appropriated!

Cheers!
Kinak

Cryptodynamic 23 Dec 2020 19:18

I think there must be some particular trigger that causes this to appear. I know borkman has gotten the Icy Throne to show up, but I think not the queen yet, and I haven't seen the throne yet at all. I've definitely placed a bunch of bricks and carved a number of swans, and I've now left 4 bricks unused just in case.

Given how dangerous the queen is also makes this feel like there would be some particular active trigger that kicks things off. Al, what kinds of snowmen had you killed prior to this stuff starting?

bigalphillips 24 Dec 2020 04:05

I killed only the basic Fresh Snowman, I am pretty sure. I tried attacking a few of the harder ones once or twice but didn't win.

GoldS 20 Dec 2021 06:41

After placing a total of 100 unmelting ice bricks, carving 25 swans, defeating a good number of swans (7 or so?) and getting Frigid Rulership once, I got this encounter. At that point, 25 snowmen were built, 73 were destroyed, and the total Abomonometer reading was 4.

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Cryptodynamic 20 Dec 2021 14:42

Did you still have the chisel equipped when encountering the queen?

GoldS 20 Dec 2021 18:24

Yes, I had the chisel equipped.

Cryptodynamic 21 Dec 2021 19:32

Okay, I'm not sure if the chisel is required to trigger some of the conditions for getting the queen to appear, but it is not required in order to fight her. I went up against her twice, and lost pretty badly. The first time I could only make a one technique chain and got obliterated. The second time I was able to match her chains, but my etheric defense was just not up to the task. On the third try I went in with the following stats:

Power
1 Etheric Power
27 Melee Power
-4 Ranged Power

Defense
29 Etheric Defense
14 Melee Defense
1 Ranged Defense
2 Stealth Defense

Combat log:

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You lay into the queen for 30 melee damage.
The queen gestures forward with her scepter and countless tiny snowmen rise from the snow, beating at your knees for 2 etheric damage.

You punch the queen, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 30 melee damage.
The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 6 etheric damage.

You viciously slash the queen for 20 melee damage.
The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 8 etheric damage.

You latch onto the queen and tear a chunk out of her with your teeth, dealing 31 melee damage.
The queen holds her orb aloft, calling the winds of winter to cut you for 8 etheric damage.

The queen continues bleeding from the jagged wounds, taking 10 damage.

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You lay into the queen for 22 melee damage.
The queen holds her orb aloft, calling the winds of winter to cut you for 4 etheric damage.

You punch the queen, throwing the whole weight of your body behind it and dealing 31 melee damage.
The queen commands the snow from her throne. It comes down on you in a crashing wave for 12 etheric damage.

You viciously slash the queen for 31 melee damage.
The queen commands ice to rise from the ground in jagged spikes, piercing you for 6 etheric damage.

You latch onto the queen and tear a chunk out of her with your teeth, dealing 20 melee damage.

The queen continues bleeding from the jagged wounds, taking 12 damage.

You've won the battle!

The vacant throne disappears back into the mists, waiting for the next heir to take her place.

You found: orb of ice

After the combat, you patch yourself up, healing 1 hit point.

You've earned 4 XP in Reflexes

You've earned 6 XP in Strength

From initially getting Frigid Rulership it took over 30 energy for her to appear. Once she did, though, after the first fight I ran into her again 2 energy later, and then 6 energy after that. I think I may have lost my remaining energy of Frigid Rulership after beating her? I had a lot of effects running, so I wasn't paying close enough attention. I think I should have still had duration remaining, though. Still not sure what the initial trigger was. I should have had 6 or 7 swans carved when the noncombat first appeared, and then been up to 9 by the time the fights started happening. Had killed a few swans, and was placed on leaderboards but was not at the top of any of them by the time the first combat happened. (I killed several more snowmen by the time I beat her and was at the top of the destroyed leaderboard then, but not at first.)

Last edited on 21 Dec 2021 19:32 by Cryptodynamic Show more

GoldS 22 Dec 2021 03:11

I finally encountered her again after killing 3-5 swans (Didn't get the exact number), getting Frigid Rulership, and then killing more swans. The encounter came when I had 2 energy left of Frigid Rulership. I did Crypto's melee-based strategy and ended up winning with exactly 1 HP left.

Last edited on 22 Dec 2021 03:12 by GoldS Show more

Cryptodynamic 24 Dec 2022 17:48

Got holiday stuff going on so I'm just barely having time to burn through my remaining energy and can't get all the details wiki'd up now, but I (eventually) beat the Queen of Ice with the orb of ice equipped, and this time the drop I got from her was the scepter of ice.