Crimson Armin

Crimson Armin is a 4-star Light Knight built as a single-target defensive anchor whose damage scales off her own Defense. Her basic attack strikes one enemy with a chance to provoke it for one turn, pulling that target's attacks onto her. Her passive grants all allies damage reduction whenever one of them is attacked, and her third skill covers the entire team in an aura of holy spirit that grants immunity for 2 turns, blocking incoming debuffs for everyone.

Counters

• Single hard-hitting attackers — Her provoke locks one enemy into attacking only her for a turn, and because her damage and bulk scale with Defense she can soak that forced hit and stall a dangerous single threat.
• Debuff-reliant teams — Her holy-spirit aura gives the whole team two turns of immunity, so opponents who depend on landing crowd control or stacking debuffs to win simply bounce off during that window.
• Burst and sustained damage dealers — Her passive grants every ally damage reduction whenever one is attacked, blunting both spike nukes and turn-after-turn pressure across the team.
• Squishy targets she can pin — The provoke chance combined with Defense-scaling damage lets her redirect and chip away at a fragile enemy, controlling where their offense lands.

counterElvira54%Setsuka57%

Countered by

• Debuff cleansing — Her main form of control is a one-turn provoke; an enemy that cleanses the provoke off itself shrugs off her lock and is free to attack whoever it wants.
• Buff stripping — Her value is front-loaded into the team immunity buff; an opponent who dispels that buff reopens the team to the very crowd control and debuffs it was meant to block.
• Enemy immunity — Provoke is her only way to dictate targeting, so an enemy already under immunity cannot be provoked and ignores her control entirely.

counterBystander Hwayoung52%Frieren55%Witch of the Mere Tenebria59%Swift Flagbearer Sigret61%Salome56%

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