Kellan the Shrike — guide

In short

Kellan the Shrike is an Epic Magic Attack champion from Sylvan Watchers who works as a turn-meter disruptor rather than a pure nuker: his second skill strips half a turn meter and drops Decrease Speed. He shines in Classic and Tag Team Arena and as a single-target debuffer on Clan Boss, while Doom Tower is a waste of a slot. Build priority is Speed, crit and Accuracy.

Strengths

• Gambit of the Huntress hits twice: 75% chance to cut 50% of the target's turn meter, then 75% chance for a 30% Decrease Speed for 2 turns. Tomes push both to 100%.
• The same skill puts Veil on Kellan for 2 turns, and his passive ignores Shields while veiled — great for cracking shield teams in Arena.
• Shrike's Cry is an AoE with a 3.7x ATK multiplier and +5% damage per debuff on each target.
• The A1 applies 25% Weaken for 2 turns — useful on bosses and as a setup for his own AoE.

Weaknesses

• 1,443 base Attack and 958 Defense makes him paper-thin; any nuker deletes him.
• He brings no AoE debuffs of his own, so Shrike's Cry scales off teammates' debuffs rather than his kit.
• 98 base Speed means he needs a speed lead or he never lands the turn-meter cut in time.
• The passive only lives for 2 turns under Veil from his A2 — a small, easily stripped window.

Where to use

Arena is his home (3.5 in both Classic and Tag Team) — the turn-meter cut plus Veil actually swing fights. Chimera and Faction Wars sit at 3.5, Clan Boss at 3.0 (Weaken on the A1 plus Boss Slayer masteries). Dungeons and Hard mode are 3.0, Doom Tower a flat 1.5 — leave him out. The site author's verdict: "Vault (fusion)", with the lone note "for FW" — keep him for Faction Wars and as fusion fodder.

Stats and gear

Priority: Speed → Crit Rate → Crit Damage → Attack → Accuracy. Rough targets: SPD 220–250 (with an Arena speed lead), 100% Crit Rate, 180–220% Crit Damage, 3,500+ Attack, 150–200 Accuracy so the A1 and A2 debuffs land. Sets: Speed, Savage, Cruel, Divine Speed, Perception, Lethal, Killstroke — Speed + Savage for Arena, Speed + Perception for boss work.

Masteries and blessings

Offense tree: Pierce Defenses, Constant Onslaught, Bloodthirsty Prowess, plus Boss Slayer for Clan Boss. Run the PvP mastery layout for Arena and the PvE nuker layout for dungeons and Clan Boss. Blessings: Phantom touch as the default nuker pick, with Crushing rend and Cruelty as alternatives. Relics: Irethi Coronet and The Cat's Gaze.

Tomes

Book Gambit of the Huntress first: level 6 gives −1 cooldown and levels 4–5 lift the debuff chance from 75% to 100%, so the turn-meter cut and Decrease Speed stop failing. Then Shrike's Cry for its −1 cooldown, and the A1 last.

Verdict

A narrow but decent Arena tool — cut a turn meter, slap on Decrease Speed, follow with AoE. He is not an all-rounder, so park him in Arena, Faction Wars and the fusion pile.