Hierophant Lazarius

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Mythical

Affinity

Magic

Type

Support

Overall

9.0

Value

Priority

A2, A3

Faction

Hierophant Lazarius enters Teleria introducing himself as a Swiss army knife of a champion or an APL (All-Purpose Lizardman) and is one of the most versatile Mythical Champions in the game. Very capable of performing a wide range of roles to a high standard! There's nothing he can't do, although perhaps his experience in financial administration could use a refresher course...

BASE FORM

Starting in Lazarius-base, you're presented with a highly flexible Support Mythical boasting the ever-respectable 115 Speed and similarly respectable defensive stats, and then you get into actual clicking the buttons to activate his abilities and, well, they're all very good! Beginning with A2 "Nest of Vipers" he'll immediately place [Block Debuffs] on your team before reducing all enemy buff durations by 2 turns - reducing buff duration means Lazarius-base cannot be Polymorphed off this, however he will place [Block Buffs] afterwards which may very well trip Polymorph regardless. Otherwise, this functions as what will usually be full buff removal and [Block Buffs] on top of it. Note that while this places [Block Debuffs] it does not remove existing debuffs on Lazarius or his allies.

A3 "The Rift's Gaze" allows Lazarius-base to act as a Speed booster for your team - which when he has 115 Speed base, it's quite easy to gear him so that he goes first, especially when he also provides a 25% Speed aura in all battles. Increasing your team's Turn Meters while reducing that of the enemy, he then places ways to increase your team's damage dealt while bolstering their damage mitigation capabilities. When booked, both the A2 and A3 can ignore 20% of your target's Resistance and book down to a 3-turn cooldown, although you will typically consider using Metamorph once both active skills are on cooldown anyway.

If you're concerned about not having enough Accuracy on Lazarius-base despite your best efforts or if [Strengthen] alone won't be enough to make him withstand hits, then Lazarius-base's Passive "Reality Shift" is there to suit your needs. Granting him [Perfect Veil] and [Increase Accuracy] at the start of his every turn, Reality Shift also gives him 3% damage reduction all the way up to 30% depending on how high of an Attack stat you can reach. Remember - "The Rift's Gaze" gives him [Increase Attack] and you're probably building a significant amount of Attack on him in the first place, so between this, the [Perfect Veil] and [Strengthen] he is able to mitigate a lot of damage without any further protection from his allies.

Oh, and he automatically revives a random ally at the end of his turn. All in all, Lazarius is a fantastic Support Legenda- oh wait he's a Mythical, that means he has ANOTHER FORM!

Base Stats

Health:

19,980

Attack:

1,233

Defense:

1,288

Speed:

115

Crit Rate:

15%

Crit DMG:

50%

Resist:

Accuracy:

Phantom Cobra

Attacks 1 enemy. Places a [Shield] buff on the most injured ally for 2 turns. The value of the [Shield] is proportional to this Champion's ATK.

Damage Based On: [ATK]

Multiplier: 4*ATK

Shield

Lvl. 2 Damage +10%

Nest of Vipers - 4 Turn Cooldown

Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, places a [Block Debuffs] buff on all allies for 2 turns. Also decreases the duration of all buffs on all enemies by 2 turns.

After attacking, places a [Block Buffs] debuff on all enemies for 2 turns.

Damage Based On: [ATK]

Multiplier: 3.8*ATK

Block Buffs

Block Debuffs

Lvl. 2 Ignore RES +20%
Lvl. 3 Cooldown -1

The Rift's Gaze - 4 Turn Cooldown

Fills the Turn Meters of all allies by 20%. Also decreases the Turn Meters of all enemies by 20%.

Then, places a 50% [Increase ATK] buff and a 25% [Strengthen] buff on all allies for 2 turns.

Increase Attack 50%

Strengthen 25%

Lvl. 2 Ignore RES +20%
Lvl. 3 Cooldown -1

Metamorph - 4 Turn Cooldown

Transforms this Champion into their Alternate Form. Then grants an Extra Turn.

Reality Shift [P]

[Passive Effect]

At the start of this Champion's turn, places a [Perfect Veil] buff and a 50% [Increase ACC] buff on them for 2 turns. Also, this Champion receives 3% less damage for every 750 ATK they have (stacks up to 30%).

[Active Effect]

At the end of this Champion's turn, revive a random ally with 50% HP and 50% Turn Meter. Also places a [Perfect Veil] buff on the revived ally for 2 turns.

Perfect Veil 15%

Increase Accuracy 50%

AURA
Ally SPD all Battles 25%

Mythical

Affinity

Magic

Type

Attack

Overall

10.0

Value

Priority

A2A3

Faction

ALTERNATE FORM

Transforming into what seems to be a combination of a frilled-neck lizard and a bidepal dragon, the first thing people will see about Lazarius-alt is the Passive "Overwhelming Power" that automatically grants him two buffs to increase his damage output...and often that'll also be the last thing they'll see before they find themselves back to the Live Arena matchmaking.

A2 "Destruction Surge" is just that - don't let the multiplier of 3.4x ATK fool you, it's going to do a LOT more. Either self-cleansing himself of Decrease Attack or anything else that'd get in the way, if there was nothing to cleanse then he instead gets up to an additional +60% (or +90% if you're using him in Hydra, although it's more likely you'll instead get up to +75% as you use him in other PvE content) - speaking of A2, you will often find yourself using Lazarius-base A2 "Nest of Vipers" to try and remove [Stone Skin] buffs off the enemy team before attempting to wipe them out with "Destruction Surge" - although Bolster sets are not a concern to Lazarius-alt as "Destruction Surge" ignores [Shield] buffs as well as [Increase Defence] - but the [Block Buffs] from "Nest of Vipers" will mean the opponent will struggle to place anything like [Strengthen] that would otherwise reduce incoming damage.

Of course, if you need a way to eliminate someone who is under [Ally Protection] or [Strengthen] then the A3 "Flame Vulcan" of Lazarius-alt is more your fancy. A single-target 2-hitter good enough to dispatch of Rotos the Lost Groom or a more vulnerable target hoping Ultimate Deathknight can block damage for them, the skill also steals 50% Turn Meter enabling Lazarius' next attack to come sooner than expected. Unlike any of the debuffs from Lazarius-base, this Turn Meter steal can't be resisted. At a 5.0x ATK ratio with 30% DEF ignore and Lazarius-alt's naturally high ATK and self-buff from "Overwhelming Power" this will more often than not take out your target.

Even if you can't wipe out the enemy right away, even Lazarius-alt's A1 "Lambent Trident" provides ways to scale up in power while gradually weakening your opponent, making counterattacks or ally attacks useful tools to pressure the opponent. 3% per hit adds up over time, and if it doesn't take your fancy you can simply Metamorph back to Lazarius-base again for three turns, knowing that your opponent has probably forgotten half of what Lazarius-base's abilities do.

Overall, the APL is one of the most versatile and interesting Mythical Champions in the game, a great and strong pick in Arena with no particularly bad matchups and will contribute to you and your account in many different ways!

Base Stats

Health:

17,010

Attack:

1,597

Defense:

1,123

Speed:

103

Crit Rate:

15%

Crit DMG:

63%

Resist:

Accuracy:

Lambent Trident

Attacks 1 enemy 2 times.

The first hit increases this Champion’s ATK by 3% (stacks up to 30%). The second hit decreases 3% of the target’s ATK or DEF or destroys 3% of the target’s MAX HP, depending on their Type (stacks up to 30%).

[This effect does not work against Support Type Champions]

Damage Based On: [ATK]

Multiplier: 2*ATK

Lvl. 2 Damage +10%

Destruction Surge - 4 Turn Cooldown

Attacks all enemies. Will ignore [Shield] and [Increase DEF] buffs.

Before attacking, removes all debuffs from this Champion. Increases this attack's damage by 15% for each debuff removed.

If no debuffs were removed from this Champion, increases this attack's damage by 15% for each alive ally instead.

Damage Based On: [ATK]

Multiplier: 3.4*ATK+(3.4*ATK*0.15*aliveAlliesCount)

Lvl. 2 Damage +20%
Lvl. 3 Cooldown -1

Flame Vulcan - 5 Turn Cooldown

Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Will ignore any [Ally Protection], [Strengthen], and [Shield] buffs, as well as 30% of the target's DEF.

Before attacking, steals 50% of the target's Turn Meter. This effect cannot be resisted.

Damage Based On: [ATK]

Multiplier: 2.5*ATK

Lvl. 2 Damage +20%
Lvl. 3 Cooldown -1

Metamorph - 4 Turn Cooldown

Transforms this Champion into their Base Form. Then grants an Extra Turn.

Overwhelming Power [P]

[Passive Effect]

At the start of this Champion's turn, places a 50% [Increase ATK] buff and a 30% [Increase C. DMG] buff on them for 2 turns.

[Active Effect]

Increases the cooldown of all enemy skills by 2 turns whenever this Champion kills an enemy.

If this Champion kills two or more enemies in a single attack, this effect will only activate once. This effect cannot be resisted.

Increase Attack 50%

Increase C. DMG 30%

AURA
Ally SPD all Battles 25%