Winterpage Desmara guide: skills, build and team roles
Overview
Winterpage Desmara is a Rare Water Ranged Attacker from the Magi Faction in Invokers: Titan Legacy. She slows and freezes groups. Her Ultimate, Winterpage Blizzard, creates a wide zone that casts Move SPD Down and Freeze on up to eight enemies, and Borealis Blast casts Combo SPD Down on random enemies. Only two Invokers cast Freeze, so she is a good candidate if your team needs it.
Her damage scales from ATK. Fully Awakened and before Gear, Desmara has 857 ATK, 545 DEF and 5,385 HP, with 58 Accuracy, 46 Skill SPD and 33 Skill RECOV. Her HP is low for a Ranged Attacker, so keep her behind a Tank.
Frozen enemies cannot move or use Skills, but they take 25% less damage and their cooldowns stop. Freeze is for stopping a dangerous Skill or a rush, not for bursting an enemy down. Winter Call's critical hits cut Borealis Blast's cooldown, so Crit Rate keeps her slows coming. Her debuffs all need Accuracy to land.
Skills To Prioritize
Winterpage Blizzard, her Ultimate, selects an enemy up to 14m away and creates a 7m zone that ticks four times, hitting the eight lowest-HP enemies in it each tick. Each hit casts Move SPD Down: 50% for 6 seconds at Level 1, 65% for 10 seconds at Level 10 and 75% at Max Level. The first hit also casts Freeze: 2 seconds at Level 1, 3 seconds at Level 7 and Level 10, and 3.5 seconds at Max Level. It costs 1,100 Mana at Level 1, 1,050 from Level 8 and 1,000 at Max Level, and it needs Accuracy.
Borealis Blast hits random enemies within 10m four times, and each hit casts Combo SPD Down: 8% for 8 seconds at Level 1, 12% for 11 seconds at Level 10 and 12 seconds at Max Level. Its cooldown falls from 28 seconds to 25 at Level 10 and 23 at Max Level. It needs Accuracy.
Winter Call hits one enemy twice, and each critical hit reduces Borealis Blast's cooldown: by 2 seconds at Level 1, 3.5 seconds at Level 10 and 4 seconds at Max Level. Its own cooldown falls from 27 seconds to 23 at Level 9 and 21 at Max Level.
If you want Desmara to lock down a group, upgrade Winterpage Blizzard first, as Level 9 reaches 65% Move SPD Down and Max Level a 3.5-second Freeze. If you want her to slow enemy attacks, upgrade Borealis Blast first, as Level 10 reaches 12% Combo SPD Down. If you want her to cast Borealis Blast more often, upgrade Winter Call first, as each critical hit cuts 3.5 seconds from Borealis Blast's cooldown at Level 10.
Build And Team Support
Freeze, Move SPD Down and Combo SPD Down all need Accuracy, so put Accuracy on your Chestplate and your Flask, and add more after that as the build allows. Then build Crit Rate to around 75-80%, because Winter Call only cuts Borealis Blast's cooldown on a critical hit, and then as much Crit DMG as the build allows. Mana Gen on your Talisman gets her to Winterpage Blizzard sooner, and Skill RECOV brings Borealis Blast back faster.
For Relic Sets, Accuracy Relics help Freeze and her slows land. Crit Rate Relics make Winter Call's critical hits more reliable, Crit Damage Relics raise how hard her hits land, and Predator adds ATK with its 3-piece bonus and Crit DMG with its 5-piece bonus. Mana Relics help her reach Winterpage Blizzard, and Fury Relics bring Borealis Blast back sooner.
Pair her with a Tank to keep enemies off her and teammates who hit hard once the enemy is slowed.
Arena, Bosses And Spires
In Arena, Winterpage Blizzard can Freeze up to eight enemies at once and slow them, giving your team time to act. Be wary of enemy Invokers with Willpower, as it stops Freeze, and of Immunity or Skills that cleanse debuffs, as they stop her slows landing.
Against Wind Omnissi, who wants Move SPD Down from several sources, Winterpage Blizzard casts up to 75% Move SPD Down, and Desmara's native Nightmare Tolerance covers one of her Corruptions. Against Dark Omnissi, who wants Combo SPD Down, Borealis Blast casts it with each of its four hits. Against Pentiax, her native Nightmare Tolerance covers one of his Corruptions.
Against Sedula, Winterpage Blizzard's 7m zone hits up to eight enemies on every tick, which helps clear her Tentacles quickly, and Borealis Blast casts Combo SPD Down on her. Sedula changes Element every day, and Desmara has Elemental Advantage on the days she is Fire.
In the Water Spire, Winterpage Blizzard stops a wave in its tracks. Pair her with Invokers of a similar Rarity: Gohshu the Faceless, an Epic Water Tank, heals, casts Shields and DEF Down, Rufin, a Rare Water Support, casts ATK Up, Combo SPD Up and Shields, and Arissa, a Rare Water Support, heals and casts DEF Up.
Awaken
Awakening boosts an Invoker's stats significantly. Bonuses from Relics, Accessories, the Trophy Room, Tactics and Titan leader bonuses apply to base stats and Awakening stats alike, so unlocking the Awakening nodes is critical to maximise Desmara's potential.
Unlocking each Titan node at Star 2, 4 and 6 adds a second to Titan Invokation, taking the total from 12 seconds to 15.
Review the Awakening guide for more detail.
