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Current season · Champion+

Frieren is a 5-star Earth Mage collab unit who opens fast and snowballs with Soul. Her basic attack hits one target, grants herself immunity for a turn, and then chains into Vollzanbel, an extra flame attack on all enemies that hits harder the more Health the enemies have lost. Her passive front-loads 40% Soul at the start of battle, gives allies Combat Readiness when she is attacked, and grants her a Defensive Magic barrier once her Soul reaches 4. Her cooldown skill self-buffs Attack for 3 turns, then strikes all enemies with lightning that strips every buff and ignores 50% of their Defense.

Counters

  • Buff-stacking and shielded teams — Her lightning skill hits every enemy and dispels all of their buffs, peeling away attack stacks, barriers, damage reduction, and invincibility before it lands her damage.
  • Tanky low-Defense-reliant bruisers — That same lightning ignores 50% of the target's Defense, and her flame attack scales up against enemies that have already lost Health, so durable frontliners get punished as the fight wears on.
  • Crowd-control and debuff openers — She grants herself immunity for a turn on her basic attack and shields herself with Defensive Magic at high Soul, letting her shrug off stuns, silences, and debuff dumps that would otherwise lock her down.
  • Slower enemy compositions — She starts with 40% Soul, acts fast, and pushes her allies' turns forward when she is hit, so she can take the initiative and start her flame nukes before slower teams set up.
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Countered by

  • Buff theft and buff-duration cutters — Her game plan leans on her self-immunity, her Attack buff, and her Defensive Magic barrier; the immunity and Attack buff can be stolen or shortened, but Defensive Magic is undispellable — burst her down before it matters instead.
  • Enemy dispels — Because her safety comes from self-granted immunity and a barrier rather than raw bulk, an opponent who dispels those off her leaves her exposed as a squishy Mage.
  • Burst before her Soul builds — Defensive Magic only appears once her Soul reaches 4, so early in a fight she has thin Defense and HP and can be deleted before her shield ever comes online.
  • Long lightning cooldown — Her buff-stripping, Defense-piercing lightning sits on a 4-turn cooldown, so teams that re-apply their buffs or shields can simply rebuild them in the windows when it is unavailable.
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Skills

S1Ordinary Offensive Magic

Attacks the enemy with magic, and grants immunity to the caster for 1 turn. When it is the caster's turn, activates Vollzanbel as an extra attack. Vollznabell (gain 1 Soul): Attacks all enemies with flame magic. Damage dealt increases proportional to the amount of the enemy's lost Health.

Immunity
Soulburn −10 soulsIncreases damage dealt of Ordinary Offensive Magic.
PThe Highest Form of Magic

At the start of battle, grants 40% resource increase to all allies. During battle, when Soul is 4 or higher, grants Defensive Magic. After being attacked, increases Combat Readiness of all allies by X

Defensive Magic (Frieren)
S3JudradjimCD 4

After granting increased Attack to the caster for 3 turns, attacks all enemies with lightning magic, dispelling all buffs. Penetrates the target's Defense by 50%.

Increase Attack

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Top teams proven 3-cores, by win rate

  • Ruele of LightPerfumer ByblisMonarch of the Sword Iseria80%315 games
  • Ruele of LightSwift Flagbearer SigretPerfumer Byblis78%249 games
  • VildredBriar Witch IseriaLady of the Scales77%317 games
  • Briar Witch IseriaShepherd of the Dark DieneLady of the Scales74%304 games
  • Ruele of LightLone Crescent BellonaPerfumer Byblis74%298 games
  • Briar Witch IseriaTactical Archetype ColiLady of the Scales72%444 games
  • Ruele of LightAmidPerfumer Byblis72%664 games
  • Ruele of LightEstellePerfumer Byblis70%419 games
  • Ruele of LightBirgittaPerfumer Byblis69%554 games
  • StrazeBriar Witch IseriaLady of the Scales69%344 games

Matchups — from live RTA match data

Preys on

Inferno KhawazuInferno Khawazu92%Closer CharlesCloser Charles82%LilibetLilibet80%Challenger DominielChallenger Dominiel77%FenneFenne76%

Falls to

Perfumer ByblisPerfumer Byblis39%Lady of the ScalesLady of the Scales43%Angel of Light AngelicaAngel of Light Angelica44%Shepherd of the Dark DieneShepherd of the Dark Diene44%Solitaria of the SnowSolitaria of the Snow46%

Marches with

PeiraPeira71%AramAram70%Pirate Captain FlanPirate Captain Flan67%FlanFlan67%Lady of the ScalesLady of the Scales66%