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Armin is a 4-star Earth Knight built as a defensive anchor whose offense and protection both scale off her Defense. Her shield attack hits one target with a chance to stun for a turn, and turns into an all-enemy strike when she counters off-turn. Her passive lets her counterattack when struck and cuts 30% of the damage an ally takes from single-target hits, while her 4-turn Shield Wall dispels one debuff from the whole team, raises her own Defense, and shields all allies with a barrier sized off her Defense.

Counters

  • Single-target burst attackers — Her passive gives 30% damage reduction to an ally hit by a single attack and lets her counterattack the attacker, blunting heroes that try to delete one target at a time.
  • Debuff-stacking and damage-over-time teams — Shield Wall dispels a debuff from every ally on a recurring basis, peeling off bleeds, poisons, defense breaks, silences, and similar effects before they snowball.
  • Fragile, low-defense enemies — Her shield hit can stun for a turn and deals more damage the higher her Defense, so a heavily-built Armin can lock down a target while still chipping it.
  • Slow attrition fights — The recurring barrier sized off her Defense plus her self Defense buff keeps the team standing through grinding, sustained-damage matchups.

Countered by

  • Dispel, buff steal, and buff-duration cuts — Her protection leans on the team barrier and her Defense buff; stripping, stealing, or shortening those buffs removes the wall before it can absorb anything.
  • Cleanse and immunity carriers — Her main offensive pressure is the single-turn stun, which a timely cleanse or a pre-applied immunity simply removes or blocks.
  • Counter-suppressing enemies — Much of her threat comes from her counterattack proc; anything that prevents counterattacks neutralizes her retaliation, leaving only her slow basic turns.
  • Burst that ignores her shield, plus cooldown gaps — Shield Wall is on a 4-turn cooldown, so heavy nukes timed while the barrier is down, or attacks that bypass damage reduction, can punch through before she can re-shield.
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Who counters Armin? — full guide ›

Skills

S1Takedown

Attacks the enemy with a shield, with a X chance to --stun-- for 1 turn. Damage dealt increases proportional to the caster's Defense. When it is not the caster's turn, this attack changes into an attack that targets all enemies.

Stun
PProtect

When attacked, has a X chance to counterattack. When an ally is attacked by a Single Attack, grants 30% damage reduction.

S3Shield WallCD 4

With the Shield of Light, dispels one debuff from all allies, and grants increased Defense to the caster for 2 turns, and grants a barrier (proportional to the caster's Defense) to all allies for 2 turns.

Increase DefenseBarrier / Protect
Soulburn −10 soulsExtends the duration of buffs granted by this skill by 1 turn.

Meta web — the hero's place in the meta

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