Praeva the Slitherer — guide

In short

Praeva the Slitherer is a Legendary Support from the Demons faction, Force affinity. She lives in PvE — dungeons, Hydra, Chimera and Clan Boss — where she heals, hands out DEF and SPD, revives with a full cooldown reset and pulls debuffs off her team. Build her fast and tanky; Accuracy is irrelevant on her.

Strengths

• Her passive moves 1 debuff from each ally onto herself at the start of her turn — cannot be resisted or blocked.
• At the end of her turn she fills all allies' Turn Meters by 10%, plus 2% for every debuff sitting on her. The messier the fight, the faster your team cycles.
• Malignant Energy heals all allies for 25% of her MAX HP, then applies 60% [Increase DEF] and 30% [Increase SPD] for 2 turns.
• Seed of Corruption revives one ally at 100% HP with 50% Turn Meter and fully resets all of their cooldowns — your key damage dealer comes back fight-ready.
• Her basic attack dumps every debuff on her onto the target, and with 3+ debuffs on herself that transfer can't be resisted.

Weaknesses

• No Accuracy-dependent effects at all: she brings zero control, only support.
• The passive skips Stun, Sleep, Freeze, Provoke, Fear, True Fear, Petrification and Sheep — against control teams you still need a real cleanser.
• Long cooldowns (5 and 6 turns): without tomes and Reflex/Relentless her rotation stutters.
• Arena (4.0) and Hard (4.0) already sit outside her comfort zone, and Doom Tower (3.5) is her weakest mode — no damage, no tempo flip.

Where to use

Dungeons (5.0) and Faction Wars (5.0) are home ground — she carries the Demons there. Clan Boss, Hydra and Chimera sit at 4.5: soaking debuffs and pushing Turn Meters is exactly what those fights reward. Arena and Hard are 4.0, Doom Tower 3.5 — bring her in those only for a specific job.

Stats and gear

Priority: SPD → HP → DEF → RES. Rough targets: 250+ SPD, 70,000+ HP, 2,500+ DEF, 200+ RES (higher for Hydra and Clan Boss). Ignore C.RATE and C.DMG, and don't bother with ACC. Sets from her build: Speed, Supersonic, Reflex, Relentless, Guardian, Protection, Bolster. Default to Speed plus Reflex or Relentless; if the team already survives fine, Guardian or Bolster adds more.

Masteries and blessings

Take the healing and survivability picks: Blessed Heal, Invigorated, Speedy Willpower, Damage Mitigation, Heal 'N' Go, Necrodefense, Bolstered Defense. Blessings: Survival Instinct or Faultless Defense as the default, Polymorph for Arena, Temporal Chains and Brimstone situationally. Relics: Chrysalid of Rebirth, Hallowed Hilt, Perched Shadow.

Tomes

Book Malignant Energy first — it's her engine (team heal plus DEF/SPD), and the cooldown cut is felt immediately. Then Seed of Corruption so the reset-revive comes around more often. The passive cannot be booked.

Verdict

A very clean PvE support: free debuff handling through her mechanics and Turn Meter acceleration in one slot. Must-have for dungeons and Faction Wars, skip her for Doom Tower.