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70Games
Current season · Champion+

ae-WINTER is a fast 5-star Fire Thief from the aespa collab built around single-target lockdown. Her Black Out hits one enemy and stuns it for 2 turns, and every time she fires it the fixed-damage bonus on her crits grows by 5000, stacking up to 3 times so her late strikes punch through any defense. Her passive keeps her hidden in stealth at the start of battle and at the end of every turn, and whenever an enemy uses a non-attack skill she cleanses her own debuffs and "levels up" — gaining 2 turns of Immunity and an instant full reset of Black Out's cooldown. Her S1 adds a smaller single-target hit with a chance to stun for 1 turn.

Counters

  • Single squishy carries and back-line threats — Her whole kit pours into one target: Black Out stuns for 2 full turns and her growing fixed-damage bonus ignores defense, so a key enemy can be locked down and deleted while she works through her stacks.
  • Enemies that lean on setup and non-attack buffs — The moment a foe casts a non-attack skill, she cleanses her own debuffs, gains Immunity for 2 turns, and instantly refreshes Black Out — turning their buffing turn into her free re-stun and damage window.
  • Heavily armored or high-health bruisers — Her crits add a flat 5000 true damage that climbs by 5000 each cast up to three stacks, so even tanky targets that shrug off normal hits still take guaranteed chunks she can't be defended against.
  • Teams that try to disable or pick her first — She opens hidden in stealth and re-enters stealth at the end of each turn, keeping her untargetable by single-target attacks, while her Immunity blocks the debuffs and crowd control meant to shut her down.
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Countered by

  • Teams that cleanse the stun — Her control is single-target stun only — an ally cleanse or immunity buff strips Black Out's 2-turn lock off her victim, freeing the target before she can capitalize.
  • Pre-applied immunity on the threat — If the enemy she wants to lock already has an immunity buff up, both her S1 stun chance and Black Out's stun simply fail to land, leaving her with damage but no control.
  • All-out attackers and area-of-effect damage — Her safety comes from stealth, which only blocks single-target hits; an AoE strike reaches her anyway, and a fast burst team can drop her squishy Thief frame before her best-stacked Black Out comes back.
  • Patient teams that never waste a non-attack turn — Her Immunity, self-cleanse, and free Black Out reset only trigger when an enemy uses a non-attack skill, and only once every few turns, so foes who play purely with attacks deny her best engine and force her onto Black Out's long natural cooldown.
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Skills

S1Rapid Cut

Attacks the enemy with a sword and has a X chance to --stun-- for 1 turn.

Stun
Soulburn −10 soulsIncrease effect chance to 100%.
PNext LevelCD 3

At the start of the battle and at the end of the turn, grants stealth for 1 turn. After an enemy uses a non-attack skill, dispels all debuffs from the caster and activates Level Up. The debuff dispelling effect and Level Up can only be activated once every X turns. Level Up: Grants Immunity to the caster for 2 turns and fully resets skill cooldown of Black Out.

StealthImmunity
S3Black OutCD 6

Attack the enemy with various weapons and --stuns-- for 2 turns. A critical hit will deal an additional 5000 fixed damage. Increase fixed damage by 5000 every time this skill is used, stacking up to 3 times.

Stun

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