Squire — guide

In short

Squire is an Uncommon Defense champion from Banner Lords with Force affinity whose damage scales off DEF. He only really shows up in Faction Wars early on; everywhere else he is food. If you do level him, stack DEF and SPD first and add ACC only so his debuff lands.

Strengths

• Both skills scale on DEF, so he hits and tanks with the same stat.
• Crushing Blow hits all enemies at a 3.9× DEF multiplier and can place Decrease ATK 25% for 2 turns.
• Uncommon rarity means cheap skill upgrades and low upkeep.
• Force affinity lines up well against Spirit in early dungeons and low-tier Arena.

Weaknesses

• Base DEF is only 947 — very low for a Defense champion.
• 96 SPD and no ACC in the base kit, so a 30% debuff chance will rarely land.
• Decrease ATK is only 25%, half of the usual 50%.
• No heal, no shield, no buffs — nothing useful beyond one debuff.

Where to use

Faction Wars (1.5) is the only place where he fills a body slot. Chimera (1.5) only as a filler unit. Arena, dungeons and Hard campaign (1.0 each) at the very start, before you have real champions. Clan Boss, Hydra and Doom Tower (0.5 each) — skip entirely.

Stats and gear

Priority: DEF% → SPD → ACC. Rough early-game targets: 2000–2500 DEF, 150–170 SPD, 100–150 ACC so Crushing Blow lands on dungeon bosses. Skip C.RATE and C.DMG, the multipliers are too low. Sets: Speed, Defense, Perception (for ACC), Life or Immortal for survivability. Gauntlets DEF%, chest DEF%, boots SPD.

Masteries and blessings

Defense tree for survivability (damage reduction, RES), Support tree for the ACC node. Key pick: Warmaster if you ever bring him to bosses. Keep two pages — PvE (Dungeons, Clan Boss, Doom Tower, Faction Wars) and PvP (Arena 1v1 and 3v3). Blessings are a low priority; don't invest in an Uncommon.

Tomes

Book Crushing Blow first — it's the only skill with any value (debuff chance, damage, cooldown). Still, tomes are wasted on an Uncommon; save them for epics and legendaries. If you need him in Faction Wars right now, a couple of books into the A2 is fine.

Verdict

Food. Keep him only for early Faction Wars and don't spend real resources on him.