HEX Update – Frost Ring This March

Check out the Frost Ring teaser trailer!

The HEX Frost Ring Arena will launch in March! The arena is a four-stage gauntlet where you are pitted against the computer with a line-up of over 30 different opponents and 7 different bosses to battle again and again. You will earn gold, equipment, and exclusive PVE reward cards that you can use to upgrade your decks. Or head to the auction house to buy and sell your new gear. With nearly 200 unique rewards to collect and a variety of opponent strategies, passive skills, and champion equipment, each campaign through the arena will be different and require unique tactics!

Stay Frosty

Every successful adventure starts with preparation. Let’s get you ready to step into the Frost Ring. To begin, build a deck in the Card Manager. If you’re just playing with your Starter Deck, that’s great. You can skip this deckbuilding part and come back once you’ve gained some new cards or equipment.

If you have any equipment, you can put it on your champion here. Click on the Equipment tab to see all your gear and the corresponding cards. Right-mouse click on a piece of equipment to get a closer look at it, or double-click on a piece to equip it on your champion. Once you’re done, make sure to save your deck.

Now you’re ready for the arena. Click “Home” on the Navigation bar, then click on the Frost Ring button. There you’ll meet Hogarth, who will introduce you to his deadly amphitheater. Select your deck to step into the arena.

On the main arena screen, you can see your champion, rewards, and your first opponent. Up at the top bar, the game tracks your victories, defeats, your progress through the arena, and how much equipment your opponent is wearing depending on the stage.

Below, you can click “view info” on each enemy for a hint of what’s to come. You can also withdraw from the arena if you find yourself lacking in courage, and you’ll take all the rewards you’ve won along the way. If you want to keep your run and continue it at another time, click “Save and Quit”. Your rewards are tracked right under your champion. You’ll see your bags of gold quantity on the left. Next to it, you’ll find the number of cards and pieces of equipment you’ve won throughout your run.

Your Frost Ring run ends when you’ve either defeated all opponents, tallied three defeats, or withdrawn from the arena. Then, you’ll see the total amount of gold earned as well as the specific equipment and cards won. But don’t worry, if you’re defeated three times, you will keep all the rewards you’ve accumulated through your battles.

Once you hit “Battle Champion,” you’ll be pitted in a game against one of Hogarth’s many gladiators.

You should be familiar with this screen. This is your basic game screen where you’ll bash your opponents. There are a few additions in the arena, though, that you’ll want to know about.

Champions and bosses can have a charge power, passive power, or both. Once in a game, you can mouse over the champion power button to see what it is. After defeating the first boss, opposing champions additionally have passive powers. You can see that Avalanche Giant has a passive power that buffs troops when they hit a champion. As he’s in the second stage, he is now wearing two pieces of equipment. His equipment will remain hidden until the Giant plays a card that’s modified by his gear.

You may also notice that there’s a Cerebral Fulmination in play. Hogarth loves to throw in challenges at random battles. You’ll see it on the right if the match has one. In this case, the opponent starts with the Cerebral Fulmination in play. If you win the game, you’ll get a special buff for your next boss battle.

That’s a quick overview of arena, so you should be ready for your first run. Good luck in your battles, and make sure to leave any questions about the Frost Ring in the discussion forum linked below.

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[Edit: A previous version of this update noted that passive powers start in stage 2. That is incorrect. All AI champions and bosses can have passive powers, charge powers, or both]