The Bulwark
Skorn
“Let them try. I'll take it gladly.”
Skorn "The Bulwark" is a Tank hero of the A Temple guild with 925 HP, 60 Defense and 1 Range, with the passive ability "Retribution".
Notes
A counter tank who taunts everything onto himself. Come At Me! taunts all enemies and shields him per Stall triggered this game, then reflects 50% of the remaining Shield after 5 seconds. Retribution returns Poison and magic damage on every hit taken. His 60 Defense is among the highest in the game.
The Winter's Bite copies his Poison into Frost and grants Shields on top — the backbone of debuff comps. With multiple tanks, The Bristleguard opens fights with Poison plus team-wide Defense. Stack Stall relics and Magic items and being attacked becomes his win condition.
Stats
| HP | 925 |
|---|---|
| Mana (start/max) | 30 / 105 |
| Mana Regen | 4 |
| Base Attack Damage | 30 |
| Defense | 60 |
| Attack Speed | 0.38/s |
| Crit | 15 |
| Range | 1 |
| Price | 25 |
Starting Skills
Retribution
Passive Skill
When auto attacked after Stall (10), deal 2 + 100% Magic damage and inflict 2% Defense Poison on the attacker.
Rank B Skills (choice of 3)
When ranked up to B, pick one of three options unique to this hero.
The Haughty
Active Skill
[30/105 Mana]
Come At Me!
Taunt all enemies and gain 10 + 10% Defense + 10% Magic Shields per Stall triggered this game. After 5 seconds, deal damage to all enemies targeting Skorn equal to 50% of his remaining Shield.
★
The Winter's Bite
Passive Skill
Whenever Skorn inflicts Poison, he inflicts an equal amount of Frost.
Whenever Skorn inflicts Frost, he gains 10×Rank Shields.
★
The Bristleguard
Passive Skill
At start of combat, for each Tank in combat inflict 5 + 10×Rank Poison on all enemies and give 5 + 10×Rank Defense to all Heroes. Backup.
★
Rank upgrades (choice of 3 at ranks A and S)
A- and S-rank choices are not hero-specific: three options are drawn from a pool of 15 per class.
Rank A pool3 offered out of 15
Second Wind
After Stall (35), heal 100% Max HP, gain 100 Mana, and gain +20% Defense.
Stall Certainty
Stall abilities trigger 6 seconds faster. Backup.
Stalled Defense
On Stall trigger, gain 45 Defense.
Resolute
When auto attacked, gain 1 Defense.
Distraction
After Stall (10, Stall 20, Stall 30, Stall 40, and Stall 50): Taunt all enemies.
Freezing Presence
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Frost. Backup.
Spiked
When auto attacked, deal 50% Defense damage to adjacent enemies.
The Best Offense...
Tanks gain 1 Attack and 1 Magic per 3 Defense they have. Backup.
Freezing Aura
When auto attacked, inflict 1 + 1% Defense Frost on the attacker (Max: 6).
Freezing Restoration
When auto attacked by an enemy with Frost, gain 2 HP/S.
Poisonous Aura
When auto attacked, inflict 1 + 0.4% Defense Poison on the attacker (Max: 3).
Poisonous Restoration
When auto attacked by an enemy with Poison, gain 2 HP/S.
Poisonous Presence
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Poison. Backup.
Protector
This Hero gains +20% Defense for each enemy targeting it.
Rear Support
At start of combat, if this Hero is in the back row all Heroes gain +75% Defense.
Rank S pool3 offered out of 15
Second Wind
After Stall (35), heal 100% Max HP, gain 100 Mana, and gain +20% Defense.
Stall Certainty
Stall abilities trigger 6 seconds faster. Backup.
Stalled Defense
On Stall trigger, gain 45 Defense.
Resolute
When auto attacked, gain 1 Defense.
Distraction
After Stall (10, Stall 20, Stall 30, Stall 40, and Stall 50): Taunt all enemies.
Freezing Presence
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Frost. Backup.
Spiked
When auto attacked, deal 50% Defense damage to adjacent enemies.
The Best Offense...
Tanks gain 1 Attack and 1 Magic per 3 Defense they have. Backup.
Freezing Aura
When auto attacked, inflict 1 + 1% Defense Frost on the attacker (Max: 6).
Freezing Restoration
When auto attacked by an enemy with Frost, gain 2 HP/S.
Poisonous Aura
When auto attacked, inflict 1 + 0.4% Defense Poison on the attacker (Max: 3).
Poisonous Restoration
When auto attacked by an enemy with Poison, gain 2 HP/S.
Poisonous Presence
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Poison. Backup.
Protector
This Hero gains +20% Defense for each enemy targeting it.
Rear Support
At start of combat, if this Hero is in the back row all Heroes gain +75% Defense.
Lore
Current work
An eye for an eye - except Skorn takes two; Hit him and get hit back. He's built his whole fighting style around one insane conviction: nothing in any rift can take more pain than he can. So far, nothing has. Every scar is a fight where the monster blinked first.
Motivation
He gets bored in guilds that fight carefully. Promise him the front of every fight, and the ugliest opponents you can find, and he's in.