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Bladehound

Strength · Explorer

Bladehound is a blade-toothed hound built entirely around Strength, an Explorer that trainers chase for its raw damage output.

Dex No.
No. 039
Rarity
5-star
Aspect
Strength
Trait
Explorer
Position
Frontline
Damage
Physical
Tier
S
Reroll
Good Pull
Height
185
Energy
95 J
Introduced
Pre-Release

Explorer role: The deepest role on the roster. Aspect bonuses treat it as offensive in some cases (Attack SPD under Strength) and durable in others (Max Health under Insatiability), so its scaling depends on the Aspect you build around.

Energy: Has Omnileech, which is what lets it trade damage and survivability instead of choosing one.

Dispositions

Bladehound carries these four. Exactly one runs at a time, so this is the one thing about it you choose rather than roll for. What the rest of the roster carries is on the Dispositions reference.

Abilities

Ability data compiled from community sources. Unofficial and subject to change during the closed beta.

Rapport ranks

Duplicate copies of Bladehound raise its Rapport rank, and each rank changes its signature skill. The ladder is not evenly weighted: ranks 1 and 4 scale numbers that are already there, ranks 3 and 5 are a flat stat bump and nothing else, and ranks 2 and 6 are where the skill actually gains something new. Those two are the ones worth pulling for.

Blighted BonespikesAoEControl

Active: Release Bonespikes in all directions, dealing 300% (ATK) ATK as Physical DMG to all opponents within 2 hexes. If any opponents are 1 hex away, they are also Stunned for 1s. Passive: ATK is increased by 2% of Max Health.

What each of the six Rapport ranks adds to Blighted Bonespikes
RankEffectKind
R1Increases DMG dealt by the Active Skill to 360% ATK.Scales the skill
R2The Active Skill deals an additional 15% Max Health as Physical DMG to opponents within 1 hex, and Stun duration increases to 2s.New effect
R3ATK increases by 20%.Flat stat bump
R4Increases DMG dealt by the Active Skill to 420% ATK.Scales the skill
R5ATK increases by 20%.Flat stat bump
R6Bladehound gains Max Health equal to 2% of an opponent's Max Health whenever it participates in defeating that opponent.New effect

Rank text recorded from closed-beta play and compiled from community sources. Unofficial and subject to change. The Kind column is our own reading of the ladder, measured across all 82 published rank sets rather than assigned by hand.

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