Varl the Destroyer — guide

In short

Varl the Destroyer is a Legendary Spirit Attack champion from the Orcs — a narrow but brutal boss killer. His kit spreads Weaken and Attack Down over the whole enemy team, then lands a hit that cuts the target's MAX HP. He shines in Hydra and Clan Boss and is mediocre in dungeons and on hard content. Worth building: damage first, Accuracy second.

Strengths

• A2 hits all enemies, places 25% Weaken for 2 turns and puts 50% Attack Down for 2 turns on everyone who got Weaken. Once booked, the chance is a guaranteed 100%.
• A3 ignores 30% of the target's DEF and reduces its MAX HP by 50% of damage dealt — perfect against high-HP bosses and Hydra heads. If it kills, he gains Block Damage for 1 turn.
• Passive Carnage: +10% ATK every time he uses an active skill, up to +100%, reset each round — the longer the fight, the harder he hits.
• A1 heals him for 30% of the damage dealt, so he partly sustains himself.
• The ratings speak for themselves: Hydra 5.0, Clan Boss 4.5, Faction Wars 4.5.

Weaknesses

• 98 base SPD and 10 base ACC — he needs serious gear to land debuffs and take enough turns.
• Squishy: 15,030 HP and 1,101 DEF, so dungeons and hard content punish him fast.
• His AoE damage is average; without Weaken and Attack Down he is just a body.
• Dungeons 3.0 and Hard 2.0 — he is not a universal pick.

Where to use

His home is Hydra (5.0), where MAX HP reduction plus team-wide debuffs matter most. Next come Clan Boss (4.5) and Faction Wars (4.5), then Chimera (4.0) and Arena (4.0) as a nuker with debuffs. Doom Tower (3.5) is situational. In dungeons (3.0) and on high difficulty (2.0) he is weak — that content wants survivability he does not have. Author's note: especially good against the Crab boss.

Stats and gear

Priority order: ATK% → 100% C.RATE → 200%+ C.DMG → SPD 190–220 (220+ for Hydra and Clan Boss) → ACC 250–300 for A2's debuffs. Sets: Savage (its DEF ignore stacks with A3), Cruel, Speed, and Perception or Accuracy to fill in Accuracy. Recommended relics from the build: Malefic Talon, Irethi Coronet, The Cat's Gaze.

Masteries and blessings

Run the PvE tree for dungeons, Clan Boss, Doom Tower and Faction Wars — key picks are Pierce Defenses and Boss Slayer, and around them you stack boss damage and crit. For Arena (1v1 and 3v3) use a separate nuker tree focused on raw damage and DEF penetration. No blessings are listed in the build — take the ones that boost a nuker's damage.

Tomes

Book A2 first: levels 4 and 5 push the debuff chance from 75% to 100%, and level 6 cuts the cooldown by 1. That skill is the whole reason to bring him to Clan Boss and Hydra. Then A3 for the −1 cooldown and extra damage. A1 last — it only gains damage.

Verdict

Build him. Varl is a specialist rather than a universal carry, but against high-HP bosses — especially in Hydra — he delivers a full five out of five.