Spymaster — guide

In short

Spymaster is a Rare Banner Lords champion of the HP type with Force affinity. His job is buff denial: an AoE Block Buffs, a Provoke on two random enemies and a Counterattack on himself. His best ratings are only Hydra and Faction Wars (2.5/5), so build Speed and Accuracy first, not damage.

Strengths

• Open Sabotage: AoE Block Buffs for 2 turns at a 60% chance once upgraded, on a 4-turn cooldown — it slaps the debuff on the whole wave.
• Spy Blade cuts the duration of two random buffs on the target by 1 turn — cheap pressure against shields and buffed enemies.
• Detailed Recon lands a 100% Provoke for 1 turn on two enemies and gives him a 2-turn Counterattack — a mini tank.
• His damage scales off HP (0.2 × HP), so a tanky build still contributes.

Weaknesses

• Rated 1.0 in Clan Boss, dungeons, Chimera, Hard mode and Doom Tower — he simply is not needed there.
• Provoke and buff control hit random targets, so you cannot lock down the key enemy.
• Weak base stats: 97 Speed, 782 Attack, 936 Defence — slow and fragile under focus.
• Site verdict: food. Investment barely pays off anywhere.

Where to use

Best spots are Hydra (2.5) thanks to the AoE Block Buffs and Faction Wars (2.5), where he fills a slot as a bulky Provoke body. In Arena (2.0) he only fits very budget setups against buff-heavy teams. Clan Boss, dungeons, Chimera, Hard and Doom Tower are all 1.0 — leave him out.

Stats and gear

Priority: Speed, then Accuracy, then HP.

• Speed 170–200 so Block Buffs and Provoke come around often.
• Accuracy 200–250 — without it Provoke and Block Buffs get resisted in higher content.
• HP 45–50k: survivability plus damage on A1/A2.
• Defence is a fine secondary; Attack, Crit Rate and Crit Damage are wasted here.

Sets: Speed plus Perception (Accuracy), or Immortal / Life for raw HP.

Masteries and blessings

The site build lists the Puppetmaster talent and the Mask of Rage relic. Go Defence and Support trees: survivability for the Provoke plus Counterattack loop, and Accuracy for the debuffs. No blessing is listed — he does not deserve one, the resources are worth more elsewhere.

Tomes

If you book him at all, do Open Sabotage (A2) first: it gets −1 cooldown and +10% chance, and it is his main tool. Then Detailed Recon (A3) for the −1 cooldown at level 4. Per the site verdict, though, tomes are better spent anywhere else.

Verdict

A narrow situational pick for Hydra and Faction Wars, and food everywhere else.