The Tin Woodman is one of five champions from the Echoes of Oz campaign event, joining the Bannerlords with a kit built around team-wide Ally Attacks, scaling Ignore DEF, and self-sacrificing damage redirection that looks exceptionally strong on paper.
Core Strengths & Abilities
Full Team Ally Attack: His A2, Fell It Now!, attacks a single enemy while inflicting 10% more damage and ignoring 10% DEF per buff on himself, then directs every other ally to join the attack using their default skills, with the bonus damage and Ignore DEF scaling further for the other Oz champions, making this one of the strongest Ally Attacks in the game and a top-tier tool against the Fire Knight boss and Mercurial gear's Total Guard stacks.
Scaling AoE with Rare Shatter Buff: His A3, Lumber Machine, hits all enemies while granting the team a 30% Increase C.DMG buff and a 15% Shatter buff for 2 turns, ignoring 5% of enemy DEF for each buff on himself, and placing Revive On Death on himself if the attack secures a kill.
Damage Redirection with Scaling Power: His passive, True Heart, redirects 15% (30% for fellow Oz champions) of damage that would hit his allies onto himself instead, and if that redirected damage exceeds 50% of his max HP, it both grants him Revive On Death and triggers a free Hewing Ax attack against the enemy with the lowest HP.
Key Weaknesses
Passive Damage Redirection May Create Fragility: Because he absorbs a portion of his allies' damage himself, he risks becoming squishier than expected despite the offensive payoff, especially in prolonged fights.
Full Potential Still Unproven: As with any newly released damage dealer, how much actual damage his kit produces in practice will determine whether he lives up to his strong theoretical ceiling.
With ratings of 9-10 across nearly every category, including perfect 10s in Amius, Arena, Fire Knight, and Overall User, The Tin Woodman looks like an elite team-wide damage amplifier for Fire Knight, PvP Mercurial counters, and general Clan Boss progression.
Attacks 1 enemy. Heals this Champion by 15% of their MAX HP. Lvl.2 Damage +10% Lvl.3 Damage +10% Lvl.4 Heal +10%
Attacks 1 enemy. Inflicts 10% more damage & ignores 10% DEF for each buff on this Champion. Then, directs all other allies to team up and attack the same target. The allies joining the attack will use their default skills. Increases the damage inflicted by allies teaming up to attack the target and their Ignore DEF effects by 5% (10% for Dorothy Gale, The Tin Woodman, The Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion ) for each buff on this Champion. Resets the cooldown of the Lumber Machine skill if the target is killed. Lvl.2 Damage +5% Lvl.3 Damage +5% Lvl.4 Damage +10% Lvl.5 Cooldown -1
Attacks all enemies. Before attacking, places a 30% [Increase C. DMG] buff and a 15% [Shatter] buff on all allies for 2 turns. Will ignore 5% of each target’s DEF for each buff on this Champion. Places a [Revive On Death] buff on this Champion for 1 turn if this attack kills an enemy. Lvl.2 Damage +10% Lvl.3 Damage +10% Lvl.4 Cooldown -1
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shatter | buff | mention | 15% | 2 | all allies | ||
| Revive On Death | buff | place | 100% | 100% | 1 | self |
Decreases the damage all allies receive by 15% (30% for Dorothy Gale, The Tin Woodman, The Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion ). This Champion receives that damage instead. If the damage received in this way exceeds 50% of this Champion’s MAX HP, places a [Revive on Death] buff on this Champion for 2 turns. If the damage received in this way exceeds 50% of this Champion’s MAX HP, activates the Hewing Ax skill against the enemy with the lowest HP. If there are multiple Champions on the team with this skill, only one will activate. This skill will not activate on duplicate copies of this Champion, if this particular Champion is dead. Whenever this Champion receives damage via this skill, increases this Champion’s DEF by 10% (stacks up to 100%).
| Effect | Kind | Action | Value | Chance | Booked | Turns | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revive On Death | buff | place | 100% | 100% | 2 | self |