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Lysanthir Beastbane

Lysanthir Beastbane

Legendary · Spirit · Defence · High Elves

Lysanthir Beastbane is a Legendary Spirit Defence champion from the High Elves, a tournament champion known as "The Survivalist" who lost his sight to the Hydra and now hunts it by sound alone. His kit is built to counter Hydra mechanics while remaining broadly useful elsewhere.

Core Strengths & Abilities

Life Barrier and Ally Protection Piercing: His passive, Survivalist Supreme, ignores Life Barrier and Ally Protection buffs entirely, letting him free allies from Digestion under Head of Decay's shield and improving Hydra run consistency; it also grants him 5% DEF per active buff, stacking up to 50%.

AoE Slow and Weaken: His A3, Runed Snares, hits all enemies twice, each hit carrying a 75% chance (100% booked) of a 30% Decrease SPD debuff and a 25% Weaken debuff for 2 turns, applying these before the attack against Hexed targets so they land even on a miss.

Repeatable Counterattack Nuke: His A2, Wiley Hunter, hits a single enemy twice with a 20% chance to repeat, and becomes his default skill when counterattacking or teaming up with allies, with damage rising 10% for each ally devoured (stacking to 50%) — useful for chewing through Hydra heads quickly.

Key Weaknesses

Modest Clan Boss Value: His Clan Boss rating (6) trails well behind his Hydra (9) and other 7-8 scores, suggesting his kit's Hydra-specific tools don't carry over as strongly there.

Lysanthir rates highest in Hydra (9), with strong 8s across Amius, Chimera, Fire Knight, Ice Golem, and Spider, making him a premier Hydra specialist with solid all-around value.