Activity: Snowball Mayhem

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A complete guide to the “Snowball Mayhem” activity introduced as part of the Guild Wars 2 Wintersday event.

Go to the Divinity’s Reach, Crown Pavilion Waypoint [&BCwDAAA=] and speak to the “Festive Lion Guard” located north of the dome.

Goal

The purpose is to bring gifts back to your own camp. The 1st team to reach 500 points will win the game.

Combat professions

Three professions will be available. Once chosen, you can change classes at any time using your elite spell which will take you back to the entrance, next to the snowman.

	Skills	Description
Supporter
Supporters keep allies alive and control areas with icy spells.
	Throw Snowball	Throw a snowball at your target.
	Healing Breeze	Heal allies in a cone in front of you, including yourself. Allies gain 5 seconds of regeneration.
	Icy Ground	Coat the target area in ice, causing enemies to slip.
	Ice Wall	Create an ice wall to block enemies and their snowballs.
	Snowroll	Roll yourself into a ball of snow to knock your foes around.
Heavy Gunner
Heavy Gunners deals a lot of damage. While your gun is drawn you will move slower, but will regenerate health and can't be knocked down.
	Fire Snowball	Fire a snowball at your target.
	Powder Spray	Spray a cone of snow in front of you.
	Jump Shot	Blast the ground, damaging nearby foes and leaping to your target.
	Overcharged Shot	Fire a giant snowball with enough force to knock back your target.
	Defensive Bubble	Create a dome around you that pushes foes back and reflects projectiles.
Scout
Scouts excel at movement and quick strikes. They infiltrate and eliminate.
	Quick Shot	Throw a snowball at your target.
	Evasive Shot	Fire a quick shot in an evasive retreat.
	Rapid Fire	Fire multiple snowballs at your foe.
	Sniper Shot	Fire a long range shot. The longer you charge the shot, the farther and faster it will fly.
	Snowblind	Vanish in a flurry of snow, blinding nearby enemies.

Profession-specific skills

These skills appear in the 6th skill bar slot.

	Elementalist	Summon Ice Elemental: Summon an ice elemental to help you fight.
	Engineer	Snowman Turret: Build a snowman turret that throws snowballs at foes. Detonate your snowman turret to deal damages.
	Guardian	Slingshot of Understanding: Summon an arcane slingshot to aid you in battle. If reactivated, Command the Slingshot of Understanding to fire a barrage of snowballs on its target. This destroys the slingshot.
	Mesmer	Clone: Summon a clone of yourself.
	Necromancer	Frostmark: Inscribe a mark that chills foes when triggered and chains to nearby foes.
	Ranger	Snowball Trap: Set a trap that will launch a barrage of snowballs at your foe when triggered.
	Revenant	Vengeful Snowballs: Invoke snowballs to circle around you, damaging and chilling foes.
	Thief	Ice Wurm Venom Trap: Set a trap that freezes enemies with ice wurm venom when triggered..
	Warrior	Rush: Knock your foe down with a headlong charge. Reflect snowballs while running.

Bonus

These bonuses can be obtained all over the map.

• Damage increased: All of your attacks deal additional damages.
• Speed increased: Your movement speed is increased.
• Piercing fire: Your snowballs pass through enemies allowing you to hit multiple people.
• Skill Reload: Your weapon spells reload faster.
• Regeneration: Grants you regeneration.

Score and team

• Your team will earn 100 points each time you bring a gift from the center of the map to your base; gives you 10 personal points
• Your team will earn 5 points per enemy killed; granting you 3 personal points.

Map

Here is the map of Snowball Mayhem.

The central area at the top of the map is the area where gifts appear.

The two blue and red areas at the bottom left and right of the map are the players spawn areas (the bases).

The light blue zone indicates a jump zone which allows a quick shortcut between the two bases. Be careful, some jumps require speed.

• All professions: Ctrl + right click on your spell # 1 to activate the automatic cast.
• Supporter: Once your enemy is down, use the Snowroll skill. It deals huge damage to players on the ground!
• Scout:
  • You can use Snowblind near an allied gift carrier, which will grant you Speed.
  • Camp near the enemy base, when you see an opponent carrying a gift, use your Snowblind and then Sniper shot. If Sniper shot is fully charged, it will take 80% of your opponent's life down.

• Snowball Mayhem Participant