Happy Holidays, Defenders! Today, Etheria gets a bit more merry and a lot more mischievous. Patch 10.0.0 introduces the Gunwitch hero, Frostdale Wonderland mission, holiday-inspired weapons and pets, and more!
New Hero: The Gunwitch
Coming from the lands far to the north, the Gunwitch is a masterful witch who—in addition to wielding both guns and crossbows with frightening proficiency—can unleash devastating curses! The Gunwitch can adapt to any combat situation using four distinct curses instead of towers. If a kit full of variety is what you seek, the Gunwitch is the hero for the job!
Discover new ways to cause mayhem on Etheria with the following curses:
- Icy Needle - Shoot a powerful piercing projectile that slows all enemies it damages.
- Vroom Broom - Use a powerful aura that increases your movement speed while healing allies in its range.
- Two for the Price of One - Deal extra damage to enemies you hit while consuming additional mana.
- Witch’s Curse - Shoot a single-target projectile that causes the struck enemy to take increased damage for 10s.
Or by using these powerful abilities:
- Broom Nado - Summon a swarm of brooms that goes forward in an area, dealing damage each second to all enemies inside
- Blunder Broom Buster - Fires a short-ranged spread of nets, dealing generic damage and snaring enemies in place.
The Gunwitch hero is available to recruit now, and defenders can take advantage of 10% launch discount until January 3rd;
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3359180/Dungeon_Defenders__Gunwitch_Hero_DLC/
New Mission: Frostdale Wonderland
After delivering presents to help Santa, it's time to defend against a horde of enemies wanting to ruin Christmas again!
This mission provides two unique rewards to victorious defenders; the Staff of Frost and Frost RIfle.
Three new cheerful companions can be obtained by completing Frostdale Wonderland on Survival; the Nut Cracker, Pack Rat, and Ice Cube, obtained by completing waves 25, 30, and 35, respectively.
Finally, keep an eye out for peculiar pieces of coal enemies may be carrying during the festivities. Collect 44 of them and they can be used at the Forge in the Tavern for a special pet!
New Wheel o’ Fortuna combinations
- Speed-Up Enemies - Enemies' movement speed is doubled for 30s. Combination: two mana tokens and one potion.
- Slow-Down Enemies - Enemies' movement speed is halved for 30s. Combination: one sword and two potions.
- Gravity Down - Gravity for all players is halved for 30s. Combination: two swords and one potion.
- Random Teleport - Teleport to another random player. Combination: two mana tokens and one crystal core.
Jester Wheel o’ Fortuna Changes
- ‘Buff Enemies’ duration increased to 30s.
- ‘Buff Players’ now provides a 10% damage buff that stacks with cat. Duration increased to 30s.
- ‘Damage All’ changed so each use is half as effective as the previous one (per enemy). Only on Ruthless difficulty.
- ‘Downgrade Nearby Tower’ now scales amount with ability 2, up to a maximum of 11 at 10k.
- ‘Golden Enemies’ increased the number of golden enemies significantly.
- ‘Kill %’ now kills a minimum of 10 enemies or 5% of the current wave, whichever is greater.
- ‘Stun Enemies’ has been changed to utilize the buff system, and now affects all enemies on the map.
- ‘Upgrade Nearby Tower’ now scales amount with ability 2, up to a maximum of 11 at 10k.
Balance Changes
- On all Crystalline Dimension maps, ‘Ruthless’ difficulty enemies now move at 1.1x speed as compared to ‘Nightmare’ and have no tower damage resistance.
- On all Crystalline Resurgence maps, ‘Ruthless’ difficulty enemies now move at 1.1x speed as compared to ‘Nightmare’ and have no tower damage resistance.
- Reduced the difficulty of Crystalline Dimension by 10% to make up for the previous ‘Damage All’ Wheel O’ Fortuna change.
- Reduced the difficulty of ‘Ruthless’ Palantir Survival.
- Reduced the number of flags that are needed to be captured to win on Frostdale: Capture the Flag.
- Reduced the number of turkeys required to progress on each wave of ‘Ruthless’ Greater Turkey Hunt.
Fixes
- Added ‘Ruthless’ icons to Tavern Incursion enemies.
- Fixed Goblin Copters having 9x hp instead of 1.85x on ‘Ruthless’ difficulty.
- Fixed the Portal Gun being awarded too early into the tavern load-up and not being given properly.
- Fixed ‘Move Tower’, ‘Build Tower’, ‘Upgrade Tower’, and ‘Repair Tower’ being canceled on wave end.
For Etheria!