Frozen Fortitude (custom mission)

Frozen Fortitude
Basic Information
Name:	Frozen Fortitude
File name:	mvm_winterbridge_rc4_int_frozen_fortitude
Developer(s):	Crinitus & Mince
Map:	Winterbridge
Mission type:	Invasion
Waves:	6
Difficulty:	Intermediate
Starting credits:	900
Maximum possible credits:	4950
Minimum respawn wave time:	4
Maximum respawn wave time:	8
Fixed respawn time:	No
Tour:	Madness vs Machines
Sentry Buster spawn time:	—
Sentry Buster respawn time:	—

Frozen Fortitude is an intermediate invasion mission made by Crinitus & Mince. It is available on the custom Winterbridge map.

Waves

Sub-wave	Class			Count			Delay(s)		Credits
Wave 1 (600 Credits)
1A		Easy	—	2	12	24	—	3	100
	Shovel Knight	Easy	The Dark Falkirk Helm	2	6	12	6	6	100
1B		Easy	—	1	10	25	—	1	100
	Giant Demoknight	Expert	Spawns at gate A's left if allowed  -3 seconds of crits on kill	1	2	2	10	12	100
1C	Crusader	Easy	—	2	6	12	—	5	100
	Super Heavyweight Champ	Expert	Spawns at gate A's left if allowed	1	1	1	15	—	100
Support		Easy	—	1	1	∞	—	2.5	—
Wave 2 (500 Credits)
2A		Normal	Gatebot  Ignores enemies	4	12	24	5	5	100
	Armored Sandman Scout	Expert	+5% movement speed	1	2	2	—	15	100
2B		Easy	—	2	8	20	—	2.5	50
	Steel Gauntlet	Expert	Gatebot	1	3	8	5	5	50
	Giant Miner Soldier Type	Expert		1	2	2	5	15	100
2C		Hard	-3s seconds of crits on kill	2	6	18	—	2.5	25
	Scimitar Sniper	Easy	—	1	8	16	—	1.25	25
	Giant Archer	Expert	2450 HP  +25% fire rate bonus  +50% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed	1	2	2	12.5	12.5	50
Wave 3 (600 Credits)
3A		15,000	—	1	1	1	—	—	100
		Normal	Gatebot  65 HP  Loses Bonk! when gates are captured	3	12	24	10	5	50
3B	Bushman	Normal	—	2	10	20	—	3	50
	Zatoichi Demo	Normal	—	2	6	12	6	6	100
	Giant Jarate Master	Expert	Gatebot  Fires continuously  Stops firing continuously after gates are captured	1	2	3	—	10	100
3C	Miner Soldier	Easy	—	2	10	36	—	2.5	100
	Giant Neon Annihilator Pyro	Expert	3000 HP  +40% knockback resistance  -70% movement speed	4	8	12	7.5	12	100
	Milk Scout	Expert	Fires continuously  -200% recharge rate  +400% fire rate penalty
Wave 4 (650 Credits)
4A
	Apothecary Crusader	Easy	—	4	12	28	—	4	50
	Scimitar Sniper	Easy	—
	Giant Miner Soldier Type	Expert	Gatebot	1	2	2	12	12	50
4B	Nimble Swordsman	Easy	Spawns at gate B's left and right if allowed  Spawns at the left and right	2	10	30	—	2.5	50
	Giant Beast Heavy	Expert	4500 HP  +70% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed  +100% fire vulnerability	4	8	8	—	20	100
	Torture Chamber Soldier	Easy	Fires continuously
4C	Blind Gatebot Demo	Normal	Gatebot  Spawns at gate B's left if allowed  Spawns at the left  Ignores enemies before gates are captured	1	5	10	6	6	50
	Longcharge Knight	Easy	Spawns at gate B's left and right if allowed  Spawns at the left and right	1	9	27	—	1.5	50
	Giant Crossbow Crusader	Expert	Brass Bucket  3000 HP  +50% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed	1	2	2	5	15	100
4D	Tribal Sniper	Easy	The Aztec Warrior  Spawns at the left and right	1	7	21	—	1	50
	Conq Crusader	Easy	Brass Bucket  Spawns at gate B's left if allowed  Spawns at the left and right	1	6	12	4	4	50
	Giant Blacksmith Pyro	Expert	3500 HP  40% knockback resistance  -60% movement speed	1	3	3	8	12	100
Wave 5 (600 Credits)
5A	Giant Elite Knight Heavy	Easy	—	1	1	1	5	—	100
5B
	Resilient Crusader	Easy	—	4	12	20	4	4	50
	Laughing-Spell Wizard (Heavy Mittens)	Easy	The Point and Shoot  100% crit chance
		Normal	Gatebot  Spawns at gate B's left if allowed  Spawns at the right  65 HP  Loses Bonk! when gates are captured	2	6	20	4	4	50
5C
	Solar Sentinel	Expert	—	4	8	12	10	10	100
	Apprentice Pyromancer	Normal	Pyromancer's Mask  -50% damage penalty  +50% fire rate penalty
	Axtinguisher Pyro	Normal	Gatebot  Spawns at gate B's left and right if allowed  Spawns at the left and right	2	10	20	—	2.5	50
5D	Giant Executioner	Expert	—	1	3	3	6	12	50
	Hyper League Scout	Easy	Spawns at the left and right  +75% recharge rate	2	12	24	—	3	50
	Giant Archer	Expert	2450 HP  +25% fire rate bonus  +50% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed	1	3	3	8	12	50
5E
	Caber Demo	Expert	Spawns at the left and right	3	12	21	—	4.5	50
	Zatoichi Demo	Normal	Spawns at the left and right
5F	Master Pyromancer	Expert	Fear Monger  3000 HP  +40% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed	1	3	3	6	12	100
Support		Easy	Spawns at gate B's left and right if allowed  Spawns at the left and right	1	10	20	7.5	1.5	—
	Steel Gauntlet	Hard	Gatebot  Begins after 5A is all dead  Spawns at the left and right	1	2	20	6	6.5	—
	2/3 Axtinguisher Pyro	Easy	Begins after 5E has finished spawning  Spawns at the left and right	1	10	∞	—	1.75	—
	1/3 Apothecary Crusader	Easy	Begins after 5E has finished spawning  Spawns at the left and right
Wave 6 (600 Credits)
6A1	Giant Nimble Swordsman	Expert	100% crit chance	1	2	2	5	5	100
6A2	The White Knight	Expert	Spawns with full rage  Fires continuously in phase 3	1	1	1	5	—	100
6B	Crusader	Easy	Spawns at the left and right	1	12	22	18	—	100
6C	Fan O'War Scout	Easy	Spawns at the left and right	1	10	40	—	0.5	100
	Giant Tribal Bowman	Easy	—	1	4	4	—	12	100
6D		20,000	+5 movement speed	1	1	1	1	—	100
Support	Crusader	Easy	Begins after 6C is all dead  Stops after 6D is all dead	1	8	∞	9	1.5	—
	16/20 Crusader	Easy	Begins after 6D is all dead  Spawns at the left and right	1	10	∞	7	—	—
	3/20 Buffing Crusader	Easy	Begins after 6D is all dead  Spawns at the left and right
	1/20 Super Rare Crusader Dude (Crusader)	Easy	Begins after 6D is all dead  Spawns at the left and right

Custom Robot List

Scout

Fan O'War Scout

Icon	Name	Melee	Attributes
	Fan O'War Scout	Fan O'War	20% smaller in size  +75% higher voice pitch  50% bigger head size  +75% movement speed  65 HP  -99% damage dealt  Cannot pick up the bomb

Small and frail, these Scout robots will rush towards their targets then mark them for death, causing hit targets to receive more damage for oncoming attacks for a period of time. When marked for death, being less offensive is recommended for survival.

Nimble Swordsman

Icon	Name	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Nimble Swordsman	Three-Rune Blade	Dark Falkirk Helm	Does not hit self on miss

These Scout robots have been trained how to use swords correctly to avoid causing themselves to bleed. With their new ability, it helps them in causing enemies to retreat from them once they get hit. However, their ability goes to waste if their victim has the ability to heal itself.

Soldier

Crusader

Icon	Name	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Crusader	Half-Zatoichi	Brass Bucket	30% bigger in size  350 HP

These robots appear quite often in this mission and usually not much of them appear at once. However, if given the chance, more of them will join the other Crusaders in the battle. Kill them quick to prevent it from happening, but also be careful to not let them kill you or they will gain health!

Buffing Crusader

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Buffing Crusader	Buff Banner	Half-Zatoichi	Brass Bucket	30% bigger in size  350 HP  Spawns with full rage  +900% buff duration

Crusader robots with the ability to grant itself and others mini-crits, letting all affected enemies deal 35% more damage. Eliminate it first to stop it from buffing other enemies!

Conq Crusader

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Conq Crusader	Concheror	Half-Zatoichi	Brass Bucket	30% bigger in size  350 HP  Spawns with full rage  +900% buff duration

Crusader robots with the ability to grant itself and others to heal on hits and move faster. Eliminate it first to stop it from buffing other enemies!

Resilient Crusader

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Resilient Crusader	Battalion's Backup	Half-Zatoichi	Brass Bucket	30% bigger in size  350 HP  Spawns with full rage  +900% buff duration

Crusader robots with the ability to grant itself and others to take 35% less damage and be immune to crits. Eliminate it first to stop it from buffing other enemies!

Demoman

Blind Gatebot Demo

Loadout 1

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Attributes
	Blind Gatebot Demo	Splendid Screen	Pain Train	Gatebot  Ignores enemies  +1 seconds charge time  +600% recharge rate  Cannot pick up the bomb

Loadout 2

Icon	Name	Primary	Attributes
	Blind Gatebot Demo	Loose Cannon	Fires continuously  -90% damage dealt  -99% explosion radius  -99% fuse time  +9,999,900% damage dealt to self

As their name implies, Blind Gatebot Demos cannot see and lacks the ability to know when to attack their enemies. Despite being blind, they will charge whenever possible and charges incredibly more often than a Demoknight, which becomes a bit of a trouble once they all get together. Blocking their path will make them stop charging.

If they were to finish capturing the gates, they will all suicide.

Longcharge Knight

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Attributes
	Longcharge Knight	Tide Turner	Claidheamh Mòr	+2 seconds charge time

Having a longer charge duration, Longcharge Knights can get to their far away foes with ease.

With their Tide Turner's ability to move freely while charging, this makes them dangerous to be dealt with. Finding higher ground or buying jump height can help in avoiding their attacks.

Medic

Apothecary Crusader

Icon	Name	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Apothecary Crusader	Amputator	Brass Bucket	30% bigger in size  350 HP

Apothecary Crusaders are robots that has more health than the regular Medic robot. It has the same attributes as the Crusader, with the added ability to heal surrounding allies while taunting.

Giant Scout

Solar Sentinel

Icon	Name	Melee	Attributes
	Solar Sentinel	Sun-on-a-Stick	3000 HP  +25% damage dealt  30% knockback resistance  +50% fire rate penalty  -25% movement speed

Solar Sentinel are Giant Scout robots that move slower, but can take more damage than a Giant Scout. While they move slower, their speed should not be underestimated and they should be killed as quick as possible.

In this mission, they are accompanied by Flare Pyros. Be more cautious when fighting Solar Sentinels while on fire.

Giant Soldier

Giant Miner Soldier Type

Icon	Name	Melee	Attributes
	Giant Miner Soldier	Equalizer	3800 HP  +60% knockback resistance  -50% movement speed

Giant Miner Soldier has identical stats to a regular Giant Soldier, just that it uses the Equalizer instead.

Giant Miner Soldier Type

Icon	Name	Melee	Attributes
	Giant Miner Soldier	Escape Plan	Gatebot  3000 HP  No mark for death  +60% knockback resistance  -35% movement speed

For every health it loses, its speed will instead gradually increase, meaning it can move fast when its weak. Before it gains high speed, its path should be blocked to prevent it from speeding with the bomb and should be taken out quickly with a few teammates.

Giant Demoman

Giant Executioner

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Giant Executioner	Chargin' Targe	Scotsman's Skullcutter	Executioner	3300 HP  50% knockback resistance  +20% fire rate penalty  -50% movement speed

Giant Executioner are giant Demoman Robots that carry a Scotsman's Skullcutter. Be careful of their extra damage from their weapon, try to avoid hits from their melee weapon. Its slower swing speed should make it easier to evade hits.

Giant Heavy

Giant Elite Knight Heavy

Icon	Name	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	Giant Elite Knight Heavy	Fists	Dark Falkirk Helm	10,000 HP  +75% damage dealt  Damage causes airblast  Regenerates 20 HP per second  +60% knockback resistance  +75% damage taken from fires  +45% damage taken from bullets  +33% damage taken from crits  +50% fire rate penalty  -77% movement speed  +400% damage taken from explosions

When focused on gates, this robot will gain a great amount of resistances, and can even replenish its health naturally. It lacks resistances for regular melee attacks and becomes extremly vulnerable to explosive attacks, meaning the Kamikaze and the Ullapool Caber will deal more damage.

Giant Sniper

Giant Tribal Bowman

Icon	Name	Primary	Hat	Attributes
	Giant Tribal Bowman	Huntsman	Aztec Warrior	2450 HP  Bleeds enemies for 5 seconds  +40% knockback resistance  -30% damage penalty  -50% movement speed

Giant Tribal Bowman are Giant Archers with the additional buff to cause bleed on any of its enemies, which will injure the victim further and expose their disguises if they're a Spy. When bleed is inflicted upon you, you can stop the bleeding by using med-kits found in the map.

Giant Jarate Master

Icon	Name	Secondary	Attributes
	Giant Jarate Master	Jarate	Fires continuously  3000 HP  +300% recharge rate  +40% knockback resistance  +400% fire rate penalty  -50% movement speed

These Jarate throwing Giants will throw Jarates whenever they're able to. However, their arms needs a 4 second cooldown before it can rethrow Jarate. While it cannot defend itself, defenders will have a hard time avoiding being coated by Jarate. Spies should be careful, as any bot who sees a Spy covered in Jarate will see through his disguises.

They appear alongside Bushwacka Snipers which always gains critical hits whenever it has mini-crits.

Boss Robots

The White Knight

Loadout 1

Icon	Name	Secondary	Hat	Attributes
	The White Knight	Concheror	Capo's Capper	120% bigger in size  Spawns with full rage  22,500 HP  +90% knockback resistance  +899900% buff duration  -90% rage given to players  -51% movement speed  Can't jump

Loadout 2

Icon	Name	Secondary	Hat	Attributes
	The White Knight	Concheror	Capo's Capper	120% bigger in size  Spawns with full rage  22,500 HP  +100% knockback resistance  +899,900% buff duration  -90% rage given to players  Can't move  Can't jump

Loadout 3

Icon	Name	Primary	Secondary	Hat	Attributes
	The White Knight	Cow Mangler 5000	Concheror	Capo's Capper	120% bigger in size  Fires continuously  +50% bigger hand size  Spawns with full rage  22,500 HP  +100% damage dealt  Sets enemies on fire for 6 seconds  +100% knockback resistance  +899,900% buff duration  -90% rage given to players  +150% fire rate penalty  Can't move  Can't jump

Loadout 4

Icon	Name	Secondary	Melee	Hat	Attributes
	The White Knight	Concheror	Half-Zatoichi	Capo's Capper	120% bigger in size  Spawns with full rage  22,500 HP  Fire rate bonus gained based on health lost, up to 70%  +200% damage dealt while health below 50% of max  Heals 2500 health on kill  of victim's base health restored for self on kill  +5 seconds of speed boost on kill  +50% knockback resistance  +899,900% buff duration  -90% rage given to players  -50% fire rate penalty  -50% damage dealt while health above 50% of max  No honorbound  -60% movement speed

The White Knight is the final boss of the mission, being a multi-phase boss with various different stat sets that change as the wave progresses. It can use the Concheror as it stands in spawn to give any freshly spawned bot a speedboost into battle, shoot powerful Cow Mangler 5000 shots out of spawn, and rush into battle with the Half-Zatoichi.