Athena
A tank with shields, 30% damage reduction for the team, and a heal block for enemies. Athena protects and disrupts in the same slot.
What she does
Ranked for the global build
Why she ranks here
A tank with shields, 30% damage reduction for the team, and a heal block for enemies. Athena protects and disrupts in the same slot.
Tank, Earth
SS tier in practice
Top of the roster
Strong carries and defensive anchors. Most serious teams start here.
When to use her
Use her when you need a second strong tank or when the enemy relies on healing.
How to build her
Role-level guidance, not datamined multipliers. The role decides what she needs before any single character quirk does.
Building a Tank
Stack HP and damage reduction. She survives the opening burst so the damage slots have time to ramp.
Holds the frontline with shields, damage reduction, or damage redirection.
What to build first
Keep the debuff applied. The debuff carries the damage, so the numbers behind it matter less.
Based on the tags above and on her role. This site does not datamine skill multipliers, so read this as a priority order, not a skill tree. · Heal block
Phase matchup
Earth: Strong against Water, weak against Wind.
Exposed to: Wind
Should you build her?
Build her first. She is at the top of the ranking, or more than one team on the team page uses her.
2 teams use her, 1 list her as a substitute
Who she wants around her
The teams that use her, the teams that list her as a substitute, and the partners her role needs.
Starter team
A team that works before you own the meta
Her job: Second tankOpen the teamBoss team
Keep one target under pressure
Her job: Tank and heal blockOpen the team
Listed as a substitute
Partners her role needs
The strongest characters in the roles her job depends on.
Medusa
SSS · Support, Radiant Star
The best healer in the game. Medusa revives each ally after their first defeat, keeps the team topped up, and adds 30% damage reduction.
Aether
SS · Support, Radiant Star
A healer who also deals damage. Aether gives 25% attack to your two highest-attack allies and cuts energy damage by 40%.
Hera
S · Support, Water
Hera heals and purifies, then adds a wide mix of buffs and debuffs. She is a utility healer rather than a pure healing number.
Seraph
S · Support, Fire
The healer for a Burn team. Seraph keeps the lineup alive, applies debuffs, and gives 25% attack to two allies.
Who to use instead
The closest swaps in the same role, within one tier step.
Horus
SS · Tank, Wind
Horus is hard to kill and can share damage across the team. Her defensive stats make her one of the most reliable frontliners.
Amaterasu
SSS · Tank, Radiant Star
The strongest tank in the global build. Amaterasu heals herself, revives once, and turns Charm into crowd control plus a damage cut for the whole team.
Set
S · Tank, Radiant Star
Set steps in when an ally drops below 50% health and also drains enemy energy and speed.
Every character in her role
The whole role in tier order, so a swap is a comparison instead of a guess.
| Character | Tier | Phase | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaterasu | SSS | Radiant Star | Revive / Charm / Sustain |
| AthenaThis page | SS | Earth | Shields / Team DR / Heal block |
| Horus | SS | Wind | Damage split / Durable |
| Set | S | Radiant Star | Emergency guard / Energy down / SPD down |
| Anubis | A | Earth | Self sustain / ATK buff |
| Dione | A | Water | AOE poison / Debuffs |
| Miku | A | Wind | Rift synergy / Debuffs |
| Shion | A | Fire | Team DR / DPS protection |
| Valkyrie | A | Fire | Shields / Damage split |
| Leviathan | B | Wind | Shields / DOT protection |
| Nut | B | Water | Poison defender / SPD disruption |
| Onmyoji | B | Fire | Shields / Crit resistance |
| Daji | C | Fire | Burn / Shields |
| Icarus | C | Wind | AOE damage |
| Tsukimi | C | Earth | DEF buff / Physical DR |
The phase that beats her
An element matchup decides more fights than a single tier step does.
Exposed to
Wind
Phase matchup
Earth: Strong against Water, weak against Wind.