Maya

Maya is a Fire Knight who fights as a defensive disruptor, with all her damage scaling off her own Defense rather than Attack. Her two attacking skills each strike a single enemy with a chance to stun for one turn, and her shield bash (a 3-turn cooldown) follows the stun by knocking the target back 30% on the turn gauge. Her ultimate (a 5-turn cooldown) hits all enemies with a chance to provoke them for a turn and lower their Attack for two turns, while shoring herself up with increased Defense. She offers single-target lockdown, turn-meter denial, and team-wide attack suppression rather than raw damage.

Counters

• Fast single attackers she can stun and stall — Both Weakening Blow and Concuss carry a chance to stun the target for a turn, and Concuss also drains 30% of its Combat Readiness, so a key threat can be locked down and pushed back before it acts.
• Hard-hitting attackers her ultimate neutralizes — Morale Boost can provoke every enemy for a turn and lower their Attack for two turns, forcing dangerous attackers to swing weakly into her while she raises her own Defense.
• Teams that race for the first move — Her stun and the 30% Combat Readiness knockback on Concuss let her interrupt and delay an opening play, stealing tempo from a foe trying to act first.
• Attackers her bulk simply outlasts — Because her damage and her Concuss knockback scale with Defense, building her tanky makes her both sturdy and more disruptive, letting her grind down softer attackers without needing offense stats.

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Countered by

• Enemies under Immunity — Immunity blocks her stun, provoke, and Attack-down outright, leaving her with only weak Defense-scaled hits and no control.
• Cleansers and effect-resistance — Her stun and provoke last just one turn and her Attack-down two; a cleanse or high resistance removes them almost immediately, so the lockdown evaporates before it matters.
• Buff removal and shortened buffs — Her self-Defense buff from Morale Boost is her main survival tool; stripping it, stealing it, or cutting its duration strips away the bulk her whole kit relies on.
• Cooldown-gated, single-target control — Her crowd control on all enemies only comes from a 5-turn ultimate and her real disruption hits one target at a time, so wide threats or burst that races her between cooldowns can simply ignore her.

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