Zheng the Frostwing - Vlado's WWM DB

Overview

Frost-themed campaign boss who lords over the Granary of Plenty in Kaifeng.

Mechanics

A two-phase ice-element boss with a distinctive weapon-swap between phases. Phase 1 uses dual fans and made-up swords with two signature combos: a 3-instance close-range fan-and-sword flurry and a 5-instance variant. After each signature combo, ice veins spawn from the ground as residual hazards. Most Phase 1 attacks are blockable / parryable on standard red-glint timings.Phase 2 transforms the kit entirely - he creates a large ice pillar to perch on and switches to screen-wide ice-wave projectiles. First two ice waves per cycle are unblockable (dodge sideways), the third ice wave is a red attack that MUST be parried - successful parry destroys the ice pillar and brings him back to the ground. Phase 2 also introduces gold-glint attacks at both close and ranged distances that cannot be deflected.

Phases

Phase 1
Phase 1: Twin Fans

Dual fans + conjured-sword melee. 3-instance and 5-instance signature combos, each leaving ice-vein ground hazards on completion. Standard parry-school combat; relatively forgiving timing tolerances.
Phase 2
Phase 2: Ice Pillar

Creates a large ice pillar perch and rains screen-wide ice waves. First two waves dodge-only, third is a parry-mandatory red attack that drops him from the pillar. Gold-glint dodge-only attacks added at all ranges. The fight becomes positioning-heavy with mandatory parry beats.

Strategy

Phase 1: parry-and-punish - the fan + made-up sword combos have consistent rhythms that reward rote pattern parries. After signature combos, navigate around the ice veins rather than running through them.Phase 2: positioning is the entire fight. Dodge the first two ice waves laterally, hold parry input timing for the third red wave - landing the third-wave parry is the only consistent way to pull him off the pillar. Common mistakes: standing in ice-vein hazards (chip damage accumulates), trying to parry gold-glint attacks (won't work, they're dodge-only), and missing the third-wave parry (the cycle restarts and chip damage piles up).

Rewards

First-clear: Echo Jade, cosmetic chest, ice-themed gear pieces
Ever-Normal Granary / Granary of Plenty quest completion
Frostwing-themed cosmetic / nameplate
Kaifeng Exploration Points
Ice/frost Inner Way unlock

Lore

Lords over the Granary of Plenty in Kaifeng (also referenced as Ever-Normal Granary in the related quest). The Granary is a Kaifeng state-grain-reserve institution - the boss controlling it represents a frost-corruption of a fertility/abundance symbol, an ironic inversion (the granary that should feed the populace is now frozen-locked under Zheng).Thematically Zheng is the abundance-corrupted Kaifeng boss - paralleling Murong Yuan (aristocratic decadence), Drunk Martial Artist (vice), and God of Avarice (greed) as the four-faceted Kaifeng corruption track. Each Kaifeng major boss embodies a different abundance-turned-vice. Zheng's specific corruption is frost-as-stasis: abundance hoarded into uselessness.

Overview

Mechanics

Phases

Phase 1: Twin Fans

Phase 2: Ice Pillar

Strategy

Rewards

Lore

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