Eostrid Dreamsong

Eostrid Dreamsong was added to the game on April 4th with the Eostrid Fragment Collection Fusion as part of Update 8.40. Sold as a multi-purpose Support offering role compression to accounts progressing and looking to fill gaps in their roster they'd otherwise naturally find taking place, Eostrid can offer a lot to an account and their individual needs for various areas in the game!

Sitting at 115 base Speed, Eostrid is up there with Blind Seer and various Mythical Champions as the joint fastest Champions that RAID features, and it turns out Speed and Turn Meter are two things she's designed to work with very well. Her A3 "Blessed Dreamsong" not only grants [Increase Attack] and [Increase Speed] for 3 turns but boosts Turn Meter and ALSO gives Eostrid an [Extra Turn] which given the 4 turn cooldown of her A3 means she will keep the two buffs on her team at 100% uptime in most circumstances.

Her A3 naturally flows into her A2 "Burst of Spring" which inflicts similar effects but reversed onto the opponent. On a 3-turn cooldown when fully booked, [Decrease Speed] and [Weaken] are placed on all enemies, although this is an "on-hit" effect so against Spirit affinity Champions these debuffs may not land. She also cuts Turn Meter by 15% on all enemies hit this way, making her very similar to Champions like Shu-Zhen the Valorous or Lyssandra who increase your team's Turn Meter and reduce it for the opponent, although those two champions increase and decrease at a greater percentage. Between these two Active skills, this gives Eostrid a lot of use in various areas in the game, including and especially Hydra where she can act similar to popular Hydra Champions like Nekmo Thaar, although she doesn't completely replace him or others.

Her A1 "Slumberwisp" places [Sleep] on an enemy on a 75% chance when fully booked, although this increases to 100% if they're under [Decrease Speed] or [Weaken]. This is similar to Siphi the Lost Bride or Lady Mikage, although naturally slightly more limited due to differences in power budget due to Eostrid being an Affinity legendary compared to Siphi's Void legendary status or Lady Mikage's Mythical status. Regardless, it means that Eostrid can not only speed up your team and slow down the enemy, but she can also lock down single targets entirely, possibly more than one at once depending on Speed differences! While usable against the Sand Devil for this purpose, the chance will not be 100% at first due to how Sand Devil is immune to all debuffs if they are not already under [Sleep].

Finally, Eostrid has one more way to contribute to your team - the Passive "Lifebloom" will provide a heal on a 1-turn cooldown whenever your team has their Turn Meter filled - going off Eostrid's A3 "Blessed Dreamsong" this stands to be 7.5% of each Champion's MAX HP - the heal scaling off their own MAX HP instead of Eostrid's. While it will add up over the course of a battle, if you concern yourself with your Champions' HP then Eostrid is more of a secondary or "top off" healer than a main healer. Although, if you have a larger Turn Meter booster on your team or a Champion who boosts their own Turn Meter by a significant amount like how Hierophant Lazarius-alt steals 50% enemy Turn Meter with his A3 "Flame Vulcan" this will also mean he heals for 25% of his max HP!

When it comes to using Eostrid Dreamsong for Arena, her 28% Arena Speed aura contributes greatly, merely 2% shy of traditional Speed aura Champions like Arbiter, but while Arbiter and co. outmatch Eostrid in this regard, they can't match Eostrid's base Speed of 115 which may give her the advantage in this regard. Building Eostrid to be as fast as possible is advantageous, cycling through her skills and manipulating Turn rates as much as she can. Accuracy will be required to land her debuffs, whether a set amount for Dungeons, Hydra or other PvE areas, or simply as much as you can in addition to maxing out her Speed when it comes to Arena, where the opponent's Resistance stats are not immediately obvious in many cases.

All in all, Eostrid offers a lot of useful and important buffs, debuffs and other effects that will mean she will find a place on your account for whatever individual needs you'd have - this makes her a Fragment collection well worth going for!