Aphidus The Hivelord is a Mythical Magic Attack champion from the Dark Elves, a warrior who raised a hive of deadly bugs, was bitten, and can now Metamorph into a pincered Scarab beast. His base form is a burn tactician who detonates HP Burns on demand; his beast form trades fire for crowd control.
Core Strengths & Abilities
Burn Detonation: His A3, Blisterbug Horde, attacks all enemies and instantly activates any HP Burn debuffs — or places a fresh 2-turn Burn on anyone without one — on just a 3-turn cooldown. Against Hydra, Frost Spider, or the Tainted Skavag, detonating his own or allies' burns is devastating.
Snowballing Passive: Fleshsearer shreds a target's DEF by 3% per Burn placed (up to 30%), grants 10% C.DMG per Burn on the enemy team (up to 100%), and 5% ATK per Burn activation (up to 50%) — the longer the fight, the harder he hits.
Team Amplification: His A2, Umbral Stingers, places a 50% Increase ATK buff on all allies before an AoE that extends all enemy debuffs by 1 turn, while his A1 grants a Perfect Veil buff to the highest-ATK ally. Beast form adds AoE Provoke and Stuns for Spiderlings, Magma Dragon, and Head of Decay.
Key Weaknesses
Burn-Immune Content: Where burns and Provoke fall flat he is ordinary — Iron Twins and Amius (both 6) are his weakest venues.
Aphidus scores perfect 10s in Dragon, Spider, and Ice Golem with 9s in Arena and Fire Knight.
Attacks 1 enemy. Places a [Perfect Veil] buff on the ally with the highest ATK for 1 turn Level 2: Damage +20%
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perfect Veil | buff | place | 100% | 100% | 1 |
Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, places a 50% [Increase ATK] buff on all allies for 2 turn. Then, increases the duration of all enemy debuffs by 1 turn. Level 2: Damage +20% Level 3: Ignore RES +20%
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase ATK | buff | place | 50% | 100% | 100% | 2 | all allies |
Attacks all enemies. Instantly activates any [HP Burn] debuffs on each enemy. If an enemy is not under any [HP Burn] debuffs, place a [HP Burn] debuff on them for 2 turns. Level 2: Damage +20% Level 3: Ignore RES +20%
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Burn | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | |||
| HP Burn | debuff | condition | 2 | ||||
| HP Burn | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | 2 |
Transforms this Champion into their Alternate Form. Then grants an Extra Turn.
Each time this Champion places a [HP Burn] debuff, decreases the target’s DEF by 3% [stacks up to 30%]. For each [HP Burn] debuff on the enemy team, increases this Champion’s C.DMG by 10% [stacks up to 100%]. Whenever an enemy [HP Burn] debuff activates, increases this Champion’s ATK by 5% [Stacks up to 50%]. Resets each Round.
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Burn | debuff | place | 100% | 100% | one enemy | ||
| HP Burn | debuff | condition | self | ||||
| HP Burn | debuff | condition | self |