Midwinter Festival Season 5

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The festive chills are upon us once again, but this time a cosmic shift is on the horizon. Fan favourite Guardians make a wintery reappearance, a one of a kind frosty flame mythic skin, updated flashy visuals for that dopamine rush, a full lineup of weekly events, and leaderboards to climb for the ultra competitive. 

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Join us in this festive bash as we soon bid farewell to 2025!

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New Guardian: Alexander, Cosmic Walker

Across the endless tapestry of the night sky, there are those who study the stars… and those who command them. Alexander, the Super Control Guardian, arrives as a battlefield hyper-intellect—bending dimensions, conjuring cosmic anomalies, and isolating foes in a realm where only he makes the rules.

Powerful, elegant, and terrifyingly precise, Alexander brings a style of combat that no other Guardian can replicate

Play style highlights 

1v1 dimensional suppression, tactical spell interruption, and a scaling win-condition that can completely unravel enemy teams.

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Skills Breakdown

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Dimensional Rift (Ultimate)

• Effect: Deals 600% of Attack as Magic Damage to a single enemy guardian, then banishes them into a Rift for 10 seconds.
  
  
• Special case: If the target is immune to control — or if they are the only non-summon enemy guardian remaining — the banish effect doesn’t trigger. Instead, the guardian remains on the battlefield and takes double the damage.
  
  
• Post-return debuff (with exclusive equipment): When the banished enemy returns from the Rift, their Attack is reduced by 30% and Magic Evasion reduced by 30 for 10 seconds.

Lv.2: Damage increased to 650% of Attack

Lv.3: Damage increased to 700% of Attack

Lv.4: Damage increased to 750% of Attack

Gravity Pull

• When used: Automatically activated at the start of battle (initial cooldown = 1 second). Thereafter it triggers every 5 seconds (cooldown 5s).
  
  
• Effect: Creates a Black Hole at the center of the battlefield that pulls the nearest enemy into it. After 1 second, a second Black Hole appears above the farthest enemy, dropping them and dealing 200% of Attack as Magic Damage to all enemies within a 3-meter radius of the impact point. Additionally, affected enemies are stunned for 1.5 seconds.
  
  
• Bonus effect: The Black Hole resets the duration of all negative effects (debuffs) on any enemy pulled in.

Lv.2: Damage increased to 220% of Attack

Lv.3: Damage increased to 240% of Attack

Lv.4: Damage increased to 260% of Attack

Lv.5: Damage increased to 280% of Attack

Cosmic Repulsion

• When used: Automatically placed at the enemy backline at battle start (initial cooldown = 1 second), then triggers every 8 seconds (cooldown 8s).
  
  
• Trigger condition: Fires only when a non-summon enemy guardian casts a skill (excluding ultimates).
  
  
• Effect: Upon detecting a cast, the White Hole releases an energy wave that deals 300% of Attack as Magic Damage to the casting target. The wave interrupts the cast, and imposes a silence or disarm (depending on the type of skill interrupted—for 4 seconds). Also, the White Hole’s wave dispels all positive effects from the target.

Lv.2: Damage increased to 320% of Attack

Lv.3: Damage increased to 340% of Attack

Lv.4: Damage increased to 360% of Attack

Lv.5: Damage increased to 380% of Attack

Celestial Resonance (Passive / Synergy Mechanic)

• Buff on Rift cast: Every time Alexander casts Dimensional Rift, he gains +3% Attack and +3 Magic Defense (for the rest of the battle).
  
  
• On banish via Rift: If the target has 1 active debuff, Alexander gains 125 Energy + 5% Magic Penetration for the rest of the battle.
  
  
  
  • If the target has 2 or more active debuffs, Alexander also banishes another nearby guardian into a Rift (2.5 seconds) — prioritizing the guardian with the most debuffs. This secondary banish can also trigger another Celestial Resonance chain, continuing until no valid targets remain.
    
    
• Other benefit: Celestial Resonance also increases Energy Gain Speed by 5%.

Lv 2: Alexander gains 5% Attack, 5 Magic Defense and 5 Evade.

Lv 3: Alexander gains 7% Attack, 7 Magic Defense and 7 Evade.

Lv 4: Alexander gains 9% Attack, 9 Magic Defense and 9 Evade.

Lv 5: Alexander gains 11% Attack, 11 Magic Defense and 11 Evade.

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Summary — Alexander’s Combat Role

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Use Alexander when you need hard mitigation and control: his ultimate, Dimensional Rift, can remove an enemy guardian from the fight entirely — putting them in a separate dimension for 10 seconds, or delivering massive burst damage if banish fails. This makes him excellent against high-HP frontline targets or key enemies whose presence would otherwise dominate the battle.

Alexander also excels at disruption. His Cosmic Vacuum silences or disarms spell-casting backline enemies whenever they try to cast spells, and his Gravity Pull repeatedly stuns and pulls enemies — resetting debuffs and breaking enemy formations.

For maximum value, build teams that:

• help him gain energy so he can cast Rift often;
  
  
• apply debuffs or crowd control to targets (so his passive can chain multiple banishes);
  
  
• capitalize on windows when enemies are removed or silenced.
  
  

In the right setup, Alexander becomes a control engine — enabling your team to dictate the pace of the fight.

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• Primary role: A space-mage controller and specialist who removes or neutralizes key enemy guardians (especially tanks, supports, casters) — either by banishing them temporarily or delivering heavy burst damage.
  
  
• Crowd-control engine: Through Gravity Pull and Cosmic Vacuum, he disrupts positioning, interrupts casters, stuns, silences/disarms, dispels buffs, and refreshes enemy debuffs.
  
  
• Scaling powerhouse: Thanks to Celestial Resonance, every Rift cast improves his stats and resource generation; with properly debuffed targets, he can chain multiple banishes — potentially decimating enemy frontlines and backlines in sequence.
  
  
• Best used when:
  
  
  
  • Facing high-HP guardians (tanks or bulky supports).
    
    
  • Enemy team has casters, healers, or summoners who rely on backline spells.
    
    
  • Allies can apply debuffs or DoT effects ahead of time to maximize Celestial Resonance.

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How to get Alexander

Roll those Calling Crystals and watch in anticipation yourself pull Alexander in our new and visually more stunning summoning upgrade! Along with your Calling Crystals, you can also get Alexander in the Premium Pass by completing quests, as well as the Bundle pass for an additional copy of Alexander (Bundle Alexander is immediately available after you purchase, no quests needed!)

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Cindos and Griselle

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From the 17th-31st of December, Griselle will be the featured Guardian for our Summoning Stone banner, and Cindos from the 1st-14th of January 2026. Drop rates for Griselle and Cindos are at 2X Rate Up.

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Cindos comes with more surprises this season! Exclusive to the Bundle pass, his seasonal Midwinter Battle Armor skin is available for a limited time only! Give Cindos a frosty flame this holiday season!

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Weekly Events Calendar

Event Highlights

Call of Alexander

Elderym’s cosmic Guardian is ready for combat! In the first 2 weeks of Midwinter Festival, Call of Alexander will feature various quests which require you to use Alexander in different combat scenarios, and game modes! Complete as many quests as you can to climb the leaderboard, where the Champion Chroma of Alexander and 2 adamantine contracts awaits the top player! Top 2-10 players will receive 1 adamantine contract and the seasonal Alexander Sunny Sun Walker chroma. 

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Players ranked 13-1000 will receive various rewards depending on their leaderboard placement.

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Alexander Special Event, Divide and Conquer

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Faction Souls and Calling Crystals are up for grabs! With this special event, Tomoe is the featured Boss and this time around when the number of enemies on the field is 5, all enemies take 75% reduced damage. Make sure you bring Alexander to the battlefield, banishing enemies into the portal might just help!

Call of Cindos

In the latter 2 weeks of Midwinter Festival, Cindos sets the battlefield alight with a chilly flame and striking set of armor! Complete quests with Cindos during the 2 weeks to earn points and climb the leaderboard.

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Cindos Special Event, Health and Conquer 

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Ikams is the featured boss for this event, with Enemies' (boss’ enemies) healing effectiveness is reduced by 100%, while their damage taken is increased by 100%.

• Cindos has powerful lifesteal ability. Since healing is useless, you need to rely on abilities like lifesteal to keep your HP up!

Summon Shop

You’ll find Alexander and Cindos readily available in the Summon Shop, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to claim another copy of these Guardians. Aside from the Guardians you’ll find plenty of other resources that you will not want to miss out on!

Game mode modifiers

Make sure you check out each game mode during the weeks of Midwinter Festival. Modifiers will be applied, and you can refer to the calendar above to know which modes are in competitive mode. Remember, the top 1 player for each game mode will win a unique 1/1 avatar frame at the end of the season! 

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Cosmetic Rewards

Embark on your Valor Journey where you can claim up to 5 mythril contracts, as well as the following titles and frames.

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