MarcilleInformation and Guide

Marcille is an S-level Dimensional Mage, featured for a limited time with the Delicious in Dungeon collab.

Marcille has a very unique kit, in that all of her skills require chanting for her to cast. Her chanting speed is affected by Haste and ATK SPD, and she will attempt to cast her skills during the whole battle. For every chant Marcille can complete, Marcille’s Haste and Energy Recovery Rate are increased by 10 and 5%, respectively. These gains can stack up to 10 times. 

When Marcille casts her Ultimate, she spends 200 Energy to summon Sky Fish. While Marcille continues to chant using 80 Energy per second, Sky Fish dashes across the battlefield, dealing high damage to enemies based on a percentage of Marcille’s ATK. The chanting frequency for summoning Sky Fish is once every 2 seconds.

After chanting for 3 seconds, Marcille can cast “Explosive Spell,” dealing damage based on a percentage of her ATK to all enemies within a 1-tile radius. 

After chanting for 2 seconds, Marcille generates a “Magical Flash” of light around an ally who is surrounded by enemies. This ally will then recover a percentage of their HP and deal damage to all nearby enemies at a rate determined by Marcille’s ATK. The ally will also Blind enemies for 4 seconds, making the enemies unable to use their normal attacks.

At Mythic+, Marcille unlocks “Ancient Magic,” an Exclusive Skill where she generates an ancient magic circle at her feet. After 3 seconds of chanting, Marcille will revive a defeated ally and recover a percentage of their HP based on her ATK, with a limit of 1 time per battle. If there is an ally placed 1 tile behind Marcille during battle preparation, this skill will target that ally; however, if Laios is on the team, Marcille can use this skill an additional time to revive him as well. Reviving Laios does not count toward the skill limit and is not contingent on his initial placement. If Marcille is interrupted while chanting, she cannot recast the skill for 5 seconds. 

At EX+10, Marcille’s ancient circle deals 250% (ATK) damage per second to all enemies and converts 100% of this damage into additional HP for the revived ally. 

At Supreme+, Marcille will recover 10 additional Energy per second for each ally who is currently providing her with a buff. This gain is limited to 3 stacks, and upon reaching the 3rd stack, Marcille becomes Unaffected.

Performance in Various Game Modes:

• Story/AFK Stages - Marcille is an excellent choice for both early and late season Apex Stage pushing due to her high DPS speed, multi-target/AOE attack style and her ability to revive a defeated ally. In the most challenging of stages, the team often falls apart when a crucial hero gets one-shot; Marcille has the potential to counter this with her Ancient Magic and secure the win. Her rapid Energy regen allows her to deal continuous damage with Sky Fish to every enemy on the battlefield, and her Magical Flash will also prevent them from using their Normal attacks. Altogether, these capabilities give her the competitive edge she needs for Stage pushing success.

• Dream Realm - Without HP Loss/Pure damage in her kit, Marcille is unlikely to see much use in Endless Dream Realm, but she still has massive potential to shine against Pre-Endless bosses as a main or auxiliary damage dealer. Marcille may not be strong enough to dethrone a DR queen like Shemira, but she still has a lot to offer. With her EX+10 skill, her resurrection of a defeated DPS/Support, plus additional healing of that revived ally, could give you the extra bit of damage you need to move up in ranking if she is placed behind a DPS like Shemira or a Support like the Twins. When fighting a boss such as Blightshroom, where Shemira is not best in slot due to the Energy drain inflicted on your team by the boss, Marcille continuously recovers so much extra Energy with her Supreme+ skill that she can still use her Ultimate almost every 10 seconds. This level of performance implies Marcille may have as much utility as units like Zanie or Nazrik in Pre-Endless. 

• PVP - Marcille can be described as a glass cannon in the arena. In early testing, she has already proven herself powerful enough to compete with some of the most prominent PVP Assassins in the current burst/nuke and melee meta, creating a threatening burst synergy when paired with allies like Ravion, Kulu, Dunlingr, Aliceth, Thador and Saida/Athalia. Her damage is impressive and quick if she can get her Ultimate off as early as possible into the fight, and with consistent buffing, she can stay Unaffected for entire battles. However, she can be fragile and easy to shatter if her enemies have single-target attack styles or Ultimate interruption like Lily May, Silvina or Dunlingr. Because of this, Marcille may find more success when used on attack over defense. 

Conclusion

Marcille is a limited-time hero who has shown impressive prowess, making her a reasonable choice for investing. She has the capability to excel in multiple game modes and will be costly to build from the Season Store once the event is over, which means now is the best (and only) time to pull her. Marcille can be effective in PVE as low as Mythic+ to unlock her ally revival, but to maximize her full potential, the ideal investment is Supreme+ EX+10 to unlock her Energy regen, AOE damage/extra ally healing, and Unaffected status from the buffs she receives.