Who Counters Achates in Epic Seven?
Fire · Soul Weaver · 4★ · 40% RTA win rate
Achates, a single+aoe healer with team cleanse, is a 4★ Fire Soul Weaver in Epic Seven. Achates's biggest weakness: her entire value is healing and barriers off her max Health; an enemy that applies 'cannot recover Health' turns off her heals and leaves her with only a single weak Attack-down debuff to offer. Below are the heroes and team archetypes that counter Achates in RTA, the matchups where Achates struggles most, and how to draft against Achates.
Best counters to Achates
- Unhealable effects — Her entire value is healing and barriers off her max Health; an enemy that applies 'cannot recover Health' turns off her heals and leaves her with only a single weak Attack-down debuff to offer.
- Enemy dispel and buff strip — The barrier she grants with Rapid Cure can simply be stripped off the ally she shielded, erasing the protection before it absorbs anything.
- Debuff immunity on the enemy — Her only offensive tool is the chance-based Attack-down from her staff attack; against immunity it does nothing, so she contributes no real pressure and is reduced to pure healing.
- Fast, repeated burst that outpaces her cooldowns — Her heal, barrier and team cleanse all sit on cooldowns and she has no passive and below-average Speed, so a fast team that bursts again before Rapid Cure or Curing Prayer comes back up can kill through the gaps in her sustain.
How to beat Achates
- Her entire value is healing and barriers off her max Health; an enemy that applies 'cannot recover Health' turns off her heals and leaves her with only a single weak Attack-down debuff to offer.
- The barrier she grants with Rapid Cure can simply be stripped off the ally she shielded, erasing the protection before it absorbs anything.
- Her only offensive tool is the chance-based Attack-down from her staff attack; against immunity it does nothing, so she contributes no real pressure and is reduced to pure healing.
- Her heal, barrier and team cleanse all sit on cooldowns and she has no passive and below-average Speed, so a fast team that bursts again before Rapid Cure or Curing Prayer comes back up can kill through the gaps in her sustain.
What Achates counters
Lady of the Scales59%
Swift Flagbearer Sigret56%
Witch of the Mere Tenebria55%
Perfumer Byblis63%
Shepherd of the Dark Diene59%
School Nurse Yulha58%
Briar Witch Iseria56%
Empyrean Ilynav54%
Harsetti56%
Unbound Knight Arowell62%- Debuff-heavy and damage-over-time teams — Curing Prayer dispels one debuff from the entire team and heals everyone, so she steadily peels off poisons, burns, bleeds and other lingering ailments and keeps allies topped up against teams that try to win by stacking damage-over-time and afflictions.
- Soft control and lockdown openers — Her team cleanse strips things like stuns, silences and other turn-denial effects off allies, letting a locked-down carry act again, and the cooldown reduction on Rapid Cure helps a key ally get its big skill back online sooner.
- Burst and assassin attempts on a key ally — Rapid Cure puts a Health-scaling barrier and a heal on a single chosen ally before they get hit, blunting the spike from one-shot attackers, while her staff attack's Attack-down on the enemy further softens incoming damage.
- High-attack bruisers and heavy hitters — The Attack reduction from her basic attack lowers a strong attacker's damage output for 2 turns, easing the pressure on her team during a sustained fight.
Achates counters — FAQ
Who counters Achates in Epic Seven?
Boss Arunka, Frieren, Rinak and other hard counters counter Achates. Her entire value is healing and barriers off her max Health; an enemy that applies 'cannot recover Health' turns off her heals and leaves her with only a single weak Attack-down debuff to offer.
What is Achates weak to?
Unhealable effects: Her entire value is healing and barriers off her max Health; an enemy that applies 'cannot recover Health' turns off her heals and leaves her with only a single weak Attack-down debuff to offer. Enemy dispel and buff strip: The barrier she grants with Rapid Cure can simply be stripped off the ally she shielded, erasing the protection before it absorbs anything. Debuff immunity on the enemy: Her only offensive tool is the chance-based Attack-down from her staff attack; against immunity it does nothing, so she contributes no real pressure and is reduced to pure healing. Fast, repeated burst that outpaces her cooldowns: Her heal, barrier and team cleanse all sit on cooldowns and she has no passive and below-average Speed, so a fast team that bursts again before Rapid Cure or Curing Prayer comes back up can kill through the gaps in her sustain.
What does Achates counter?
Debuff-heavy and damage-over-time teams: Curing Prayer dispels one debuff from the entire team and heals everyone, so she steadily peels off poisons, burns, bleeds and other lingering ailments and keeps allies topped up against teams that try to win by stacking damage-over-time and afflictions. Soft control and lockdown openers: Her team cleanse strips things like stuns, silences and other turn-denial effects off allies, letting a locked-down carry act again, and the cooldown reduction on Rapid Cure helps a key ally get its big skill back online sooner. Burst and assassin attempts on a key ally: Rapid Cure puts a Health-scaling barrier and a heal on a single chosen ally before they get hit, blunting the spike from one-shot attackers, while her staff attack's Attack-down on the enemy further softens incoming damage. High-attack bruisers and heavy hitters: The Attack reduction from her basic attack lowers a strong attacker's damage output for 2 turns, easing the pressure on her team during a sustained fight.