Catherine
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Unique Passive
Shows values for Ranks 3/5/7/9.The Power Behind the Tabernacle
Coordinated attack: when an ally within 2/2/3/3 tiles of Catherine uses an Active Skill, she will grant the ally [Lively 2] buff that lasts for 2/2/2/3 turns. The effect can be activated 2 times per turn.
After Catherine's turn ends, if there’s no Shadow Lion alive on the battlefield, summon one beside her. The Shadow Lion can be summoned every 4/4/3/2 turns. The Shadow Lion inherits 100% of Catherine’s HP, but only 50%/55%/60%/70% of her other stats.
[Lively 2]: Increase damage dealt by 20%.
Skills
We are currently re-translating all the skills and also working on creating a new design to showcase them - to make it more in-line with the in-game tree with 3 paths.
Silence Magic
Magical DamageAttack the target, dealing 1.5x MATK damage, and inflict [Silence] debuff on him that lasts for 2 turns.
[Silence]: Can’t use Active Skills.
Supporting Allies
PassiveDuring the battle, increase MATK and MDEF by 4% for each ally within 2 tiles (up to 12%).
Death Contract
PassiveAfter using a skill, one enemy within 3 tiles will be inflicted with 1 random debuff.
Curse of Erosion
Magical DamageDeal 0.5x MATK damage to enemies in range and inflict [Magic Corrosion] for 2 turns on them.
[Magic Corrosion]: MDEF -30%.
Ruler of Shadows
SupportGrant the ally [Inspired] and [Solid Armor] for 2 turns. If the ally is a Shadow Lion, additionally grant him the [Blessing of the Night] for 3 turns.
[Inspired]: Increase PATK and MATK by 20%.
[Solid Armor]: Increase PDEF by 20%.
[Blessing of the Night]: Increase PATK and PDEF by 20%.
Melted Ice
PassiveIncreases damage dealt by 25% and reduces damage received by 25% when fighting Water element enemies.
Curse of Death
Magical DamageDeal 0.5x MATK damage to enemies in range and inflicts [Unhealable] for 2 turns on them.
[Unhealable]: Can’t be healed.
Gathering Shadows
SummonSummon 3 Shadow Soldiers in the empty tiles surrounding Catherine. The Shadow Soldiers inherit 50% of Catherine's stats and die immediately after performing an action.
[Deadly Skill]: Consume 3 Anger to use the skill (gain 1 Anger after you deal damage to a target).
Unique Weapon
SSR Shadow Breath
Stats
HP +51
MATK +67
Weapon passive
[Shadow Breath]
+4% HP and +4% MATK
[Activates only when worn by Catherine]
When at least one summon is alive on the map, all stats except HP +2%.
When your HP reaches 0, you will cheat death by sacrificing one summon and recovering 50% HP (can be triggered every 5 turns).
Stats
Stats are shown for level 1.Analysis
Review
Catherine is a Darkness Mage who specializes in debuffing enemies and summoning Shadow warriors to fight on her side. In most Tactical RPGs summoners sit at the top of the food chain because the ability to bring additional units into the battle is super strong - not only do the summoned units come with their own skills, but you can use them to confuse to opponent AI, so they will waste their skills on a summon. On top of summoning fodder shadows with her 'ultimate skill', she can also summon a much stronger one with her passive - and also make him much stronger if you decide to run the buff skill on her.
But Catherine isn't just a summoner. That's only half of her kit. The second makes her a great debuffer that can control the battlefield by Silencing enemies or messing up with enemy healers thanks to the Unhealable debuff - which will for sure come in handy in a lot of stages where you can't easily reach the backline to kill them.
Also, once you get her unique weapon, she will turn into a monster, as she will be able to cheat death as long as there is a summon on the map - she will sacrifice it, restore 50% and continue fighting.
Pros & Cons
Pros
can summon shadows to fight on her side,
debuffs for days - she can Silence enemies, make them Unhealable and decrease their MDEF on top of that.
Cons
she's a bit squishy as most mages, so be careful while using her,
requires her weapon to be really good,
her best skill is available at level 55, so it will take some time to reach her full potential.
Build tips and runes
Build tips
early game - Silence Magic + Curse of Erosion + Supporting Allies
late game - Gathering Shadows + Curse of Erosion/Curse of Death + Supporting Allies
Runes
4x Hourglass + 2x Magic Eye / Staff
Gallery
Full design
