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30%Win rate
<0.1%Pick rate
0%Ban rate
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60Games
Current season · Champion+

Ambitious Tywin is a Light Knight bruiser-controller whose damage scales off his own max Health rather than Attack. His single-target sword strike can provoke the target, strips 4 souls, and his AoE swordstorm hits the whole enemy team with a chance to stun for one turn. While enraged, both of his attacks ignore Effect Resistance, making his provoke and stun land reliably. He sustains the team through a passive that, after he is hit, has a chance to dispel a debuff from every ally and grant himself rage for the turn.

Counters

  • High-resistance control targets — While he is enraged, both his single-target strike and his AoE swordstorm ignore Effect Resistance, so his provoke and one-turn stun land even on enemies built to shrug off crowd control.
  • Debuff-stacking and damage-over-time teams — His passive triggers after he is attacked: when an ally carries a debuff, he has a chance to dispel one debuff from every ally at once, undoing poison, bleed, defense breaks, and other stacked effects across the whole team.
  • Soul Burn and burst-window dependents — His single-target attack inflicts 4 Soul Removal, draining the enemy's soul pool so they cannot fund Soul Burn finishers or soul-gated mechanics.
  • Squishy backline under his swordstorm — His AoE hits all enemies and can stun for a turn, and because the damage scales with his own large Health pool, even a tanky-built Tywin threatens real damage plus team-wide lockdown.
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Countered by

  • Cleanse and debuff removal — His pressure leans on provoke and stun sticking; an enemy who cleanses the team simply removes the provoke or stun, defusing his control before it matters.
  • Immunity and resistance buffs — His crowd control is only sure-fire while he is enraged. Against pre-applied immunity, the provoke and stun are blocked outright, and any turn he is not enraged his control can be resisted normally.
  • Stance-dependent reliability — His Effect-Resistance ignore and his cleanse both hinge on conditions outside his direct control: rage must be active to pierce resistance, and the team cleanse only fires after he is attacked and only when an ally already has a debuff, so against a clean turn or an unbuffed start he offers nothing.
  • Long swordstorm downtime — His team-wide stun sits on a 5-turn cooldown, so after he opens with it he loses his AoE lockdown for several turns and is left with only his single-target strike.
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Draft-warping mechanic

  • Ambitious Tywin denies your Soul gain all match — Soulburn-reliant heroes lose that option (skills still fire on cooldown).

Skills

S1Icy Sword Storm

Attacks with a sword, with a X chance to inflict --provoke-- for 1 turn. Inflicts 4 Soul Removal on the enemy. When the caster is granted rage, ignores Effect Resistance. Damage dealt increases proportional to the caster's max Health.

Provoke
PBattle Command

After being attacked, when an ally has a debuff, has a X chance to dispel one debuff each from all allies and grant rage to the caster for 1 turn.

Rage / enraged (self combat stance)
S3FlashCD 5

Attacks all enemies with an instant swordstorm, with a X chance to --stun-- for 1 turn. When the caster is enraged, ignores Effect Resistance. Damage dealt increases proportional to the caster's max Health.

Stun
Soulburn −10 soulsSkill cooldown is decreased by 2 turns.

Meta web — the hero's place in the meta

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Matchups — from live RTA match data

Preys on

Rhianna and LuciellaRhianna and Luciella33%Lady of the ScalesLady of the Scales32%EstelleEstelle14%LidicaLidica10%Arbiter VildredArbiter Vildred9%

Falls to

Arbiter VildredArbiter Vildred9%LidicaLidica10%EstelleEstelle14%Lady of the ScalesLady of the Scales32%Rhianna and LuciellaRhianna and Luciella33%

Marches with

Rhianna and LuciellaRhianna and Luciella42%Perfumer ByblisPerfumer Byblis18%