Locwain — guide

In short

Locwain is an Epic Magic Attack champion from the Sylvan Watchers with a +20% Arena Speed aura. He is an Arena nuker/stripper: he peels buffs off the enemy team and finishes a single target with a double hit that ignores Shield. Build him for Speed and damage — his PvE value is limited.

Strengths

• +20% Ally SPD aura in Arena — a direct boost for speed-led teams.
• His A2 hits all enemies, has a 75% chance to remove one random buff from each of them and can also strip Veil and Deep Veil.
• His A3 strikes twice, ignores Shield, and resets its own cooldown on a kill — in Arena he can chain finishers.
• The passive adds +10 ACC for every buff on the enemy team, so stripping buffed opponents is easier.
• Decent Faction Wars pick (3/5).

Weaknesses

• Low base ATK (1 409) for a nuker and only 98 SPD — without gear he does nothing.
• Almost useless against Clan Boss (1/5) and in Hard mode content (1/5).
• Squishy: 14 040 HP and 958 DEF, with no self-protection in his kit.
• Buff removal is not guaranteed until booked, and the A1 steal is only 30%.

Where to use

His best areas by rating are Classic Arena, Tag Team Arena and Live Arena (3.5/5), where the aura and the buff strip do real work. Next comes Faction Wars (3/5). In Hydra, Chimera and Doom Tower (2/5) he is only a filler option, and against Clan Boss or Hard mode (1/5) there is no reason to bring him.

Stats and gear

Priority: C.RATE to 100%, C.DMG 200%+, ATK 4 000+, SPD 180–220, ACC 200–250 (you can go lower — the passive tops ACC up from enemy buffs). C.DMG gloves, ATK% chest, SPD boots. Sets: Speed, Savage, Cruel, Divine Speed, Lethal, Zeal — Speed and Divine Speed for turn order, Savage, Cruel and Lethal for damage.

Masteries and blessings

Offense-tree nuker build with Pierce Defenses, Critical Strategy and Survival Speed — the standard late-game PvP damage setup. Blessings: Crushing Rend and Cruelty. Relics: Malefic Talon and Hammer of Ending.

Tomes

Book the A3 first: it drops the cooldown by 2 turns and adds damage, which is his main Arena argument. Then the A2, where books push buff removal to 100% and cut the cooldown to 3 turns. The A1 comes last — just +5/+10% damage and a steal chance up to 50%.

Verdict

A narrow but cheap Arena specialist with a great aura and reliable buff stripping; outside Arena and Faction Wars there is no reason to invest in him.