Stronghold

Stronghold

Defender
Defender
Soldier
Soldier
B

PVE

D

PVP (SEA)

C

PVP (GLB)

Profile

Personal information
Character ID
#1029
Full Name
Stronghold
Alt names
Faction / Title
Black Tide
Combat information
Rarity
SSR
Deployment Cost
3
Movement Type
Ground
Attack Type
All
Availability
Regions
KR, SEA, Global
KR Release Date
February 11th, 2020
GLB Release Date
June 1st, 2022
SEA Release Date
May 17th, 2021
Specialities
Buffer
Retribution

Skills

Basic Attack
Basic1 valid hits

Approaches and swings his shield at a Ground target, or fires a pistol at an Air target.


At level 2: Basic Attack DMG +5%

At level 3: Basic Attack DMG +5%

At level 4: Basic Attack DMG +5%

At level 5: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Point Shooting
Passive

Uses a pistol to perform Basic Attack while moving. Forces the inflicted enemy to attack him for 3 seconds.


At level 2: ATK +3%

At level 3: ATK +3%

At level 4: ATK +6%

At level 5: Pistol DMG +100%

Titanium Body Bunker
Passive

Wears a titanium alloy body bunker. Decreases DMG Taken by 10%.


At level 2: Ranged DMG RES +5%

At level 3: Ranged DMG RES +5%

At level 4: Ranged DMG RES +10%

At level 5: DMG Taken -10% from attacks from the front

Can't Die Like This
Passive

Acts selflessly, inspiring his comrades. Increases all units' DMG RES by 5% for 6 seconds upon death.


At level 2: Buff duration +1 s

At level 3: Buff duration +1 s

At level 4: Buff duration +2 s

At level 5: Increases DMG RES by 10% instead

Stats

Analysis

Review

Stronghold is a 3-cost version of A.Hilde. He can tank quite a lot of things, but he doesn't do anything besides that. This is why other SSR tanks like Lee Yumi or Serapel are a way better choice for your main tanker. Still, he has the advantage of being able to tank Air enemies, which gives him an edge in stages where this is needed. Also as there are two Strongholds, he can tank more Valid Hits from enemies AOE skills.

Sadly as Kang Minwoo and Overflow were released he lost his spot in Soldier teams because they are much better defenders in Soldier teams than him.

Also, his MDL is the weakest among all Defenders (only 15%), but considering that you summon two units, makes him last quite long.


MDL = Max Damage Limit or DMG Taken Limit is a stat that only appears on SSR rarity Defenders. How does it work? For example, if an employee has 10% MDL it means that any hit that does more damage than 10% of his max HP, will have the part exceeding the MDL value lowered by 80%. This prevents Defenders with MDL from being one-shot by skills/ultimates.

A way to counter MDL is to use employees with great ASPD like Administration Rifleman, Ifrit, or Millia Rage.

Ratings
B

Story

B

Raids

B

Guild Coop

A

Shadow Palace

B

Danger Close

C

Dive 45-50

D

Relic Dungeons

D

PVP (SEA)

C

PVP (GLB)

Pros & Cons
Pros

- can tank both ground and air enemies,

- good valid hits absorber thanks to being two units in one.

Cons

- overshadowed by newer soldier-type defenders especially due to cost.

Gear Recommendation
PVE gear

Set: HP+HP / HP+DEF

PVP gear

Set: HP+HP / HP+DEF / DEF+DEF


Hummingbird Weapon, Maze Armor, Gordias Acc; Ground DMG Res + Melee/Ranged DMG Res substats.

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