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Dwarves
Faction Crypt · 5 of 5 seats · 15 owned bodies
The Fight▾
Stage-21 crypt bosses carry Almighty Immunity (immune to Stun, Freeze, Sleep, Provoke, Block Active Skills, Fear, True Fear, HP-exchange/balancing and cooldown-INCREASING effects), but Ayumi's FW ranking page (updated 2026-07-26) confirms they are still controllable via Decrease SPD and Decrease Turn Meter. So every hard-control body in this faction is wave-only and Geomancer's full TM depletion is the one boss-legal lock. He also runs the engine: 75% HP Burn + Weaken, buff strip/steal off burned targets, and a passive that shaves 15% off ALL ally damage taken and reflects it onto his burned enemies. Grizzled Jarl covers Dec ATK 50% AoE plus 60% Inc DEF; Fodbor supplies the 60% AoE Dec DEF amp and strips the boss's buffs; Gala executes with stacked DEF-ignore while self-shielding and self-healing. Melga Steelgirdle is the sustain answer the faction never used to have (team Shield + 15% Continuous Heal, a 2-ally revive, and an A1 cleanse) — the old 'Dwarves have NO healer, mitigation IS the plan' note is retired. HellHades' own Dwarves page names speed control as the faction's headline weakness and advises building defensively and going slow.
Team
RoleChampionNoteTier
Damage / TM control
GeomancerFAURA SUPERSEDED 2026-09-01 (Frolni's 35% Ally HP in all battles now leads; keep this seat, not the lead) — aura 'Increases Ally HP in all battles by 25%' (Ayumi), live in Faction Crypts and the biggest aura Dwarves own. Only 6★ in the faction. A3 Quicksand Grasp FULLY depletes the target's Turn Meter (one of only two boss-legal levers per Ayumi 2026-07-26) plus 75% HP Burn / 25% Weaken 3 turns; A2 removes all buffs and steals them from targets he has HP-burned; passive Stoneguard cuts damage taken by all allies 15% and reflects it onto his burned targets. He has NO shield and NO provoke. HH fw: damage 5, tmManip 4, sustain 4; Ayumi FW 5★.6★
GeomancerFAURA SUPERSEDED 2026-09-01 (Frolni's 35% Ally HP in all battles now leads; keep this seat, not the lead) — aura 'Increases Ally HP in all battles by 25%' (Ayumi), live in Faction Crypts and the biggest aura Dwarves own. Only 6★ in the faction. A3 Quicksand Grasp FULLY depletes the target's Turn Meter (one of only two boss-legal levers per Ayumi 2026-07-26) plus 75% HP Burn / 25% Weaken 3 turns; A2 removes all buffs and steals them from targets he has HP-burned; passive Stoneguard cuts damage taken by all allies 15% and reflects it onto his burned targets. He has NO shield and NO provoke. HH fw: damage 5, tmManip 4, sustain 4; Ayumi FW 5★.6★Sustain / cleanse / revive
Melga SteelgirdleSNEW — replaces Hilda. 4★, Priority Queue #23. The faction's ONLY cleanse, Continuous Heal and revive: A2 Sheer Grit shields the whole team for 20% of HER MAX HP + 15% Continuous Heal (2 turns, 4T CD → 3 booked); A3 Glorious Return revives 2 allies at 20% HP / 20% TM with a Shield worth 30% of their MAX HP; A1 has a 50% chance to strip a debuff off a random ally. HH fw_sustain 5/5 and HH overall 8/10 — the highest-rated owned Dwarf after Geomancer — with Ayumi FW 5★. Build her as pure HP: the shield scales off her own MAX HP, so 4★ shields for very little and 6★ is the top promotion in the faction.4★
Melga SteelgirdleSNEW — replaces Hilda. 4★, Priority Queue #23. The faction's ONLY cleanse, Continuous Heal and revive: A2 Sheer Grit shields the whole team for 20% of HER MAX HP + 15% Continuous Heal (2 turns, 4T CD → 3 booked); A3 Glorious Return revives 2 allies at 20% HP / 20% TM with a Shield worth 30% of their MAX HP; A1 has a 50% chance to strip a debuff off a random ally. HH fw_sustain 5/5 and HH overall 8/10 — the highest-rated owned Dwarf after Geomancer — with Ayumi FW 5★. Build her as pure HP: the shield scales off her own MAX HP, so 4★ shields for very little and 6★ is the top promotion in the faction.4★Dec ATK / defensive support
Grizzled JarlM4★ — HH 5/5 in BOTH fw_decreaseAtk and fw_sustain, the only Dwarf with two 5s. A3 Earthstomp: AoE, 75% chance of 50% Decrease ATK for 2 turns, and strips enemy MAX HP by 30% of damage dealt. A2 Ancestral Shield: 60% Increase DEF for 2 turns plus Block Debuffs for ONE turn only (books cut the 5T cooldown, never the duration — do not read this as blanket debuff immunity). A1 is a 35% chance of 100% Heal Reduction, not a guaranteed one.4★
Grizzled JarlM4★ — HH 5/5 in BOTH fw_decreaseAtk and fw_sustain, the only Dwarf with two 5s. A3 Earthstomp: AoE, 75% chance of 50% Decrease ATK for 2 turns, and strips enemy MAX HP by 30% of damage dealt. A2 Ancestral Shield: 60% Increase DEF for 2 turns plus Block Debuffs for ONE turn only (books cut the 5T cooldown, never the duration — do not read this as blanket debuff immunity). A1 is a 35% chance of 100% Heal Reduction, not a guaranteed one.4★Dec DEF / buff strip
Fodbor the BardS4★ — HH fw_decreaseDef 5/5. A3 Awful Crooning: AoE, 75% chance of 60% Decrease DEF for 2 turns on a 5T cooldown (4 booked) — the faction's largest damage amp. A2 Robber's Tale: 80% chance to steal 2 buffs, and it only Stuns instead when the target has no buffs, so against an Almighty-immune boss it is a pure strip. A1 hits 3× with a 100% Heal Reduction rider at just 15% chance — treat Heal Reduction as incidental from him, not as a deliverable.4★
Fodbor the BardS4★ — HH fw_decreaseDef 5/5. A3 Awful Crooning: AoE, 75% chance of 60% Decrease DEF for 2 turns on a 5T cooldown (4 booked) — the faction's largest damage amp. A2 Robber's Tale: 80% chance to steal 2 buffs, and it only Stuns instead when the target has no buffs, so against an Almighty-immune boss it is a pure strip. A1 hits 3× with a 100% Heal Reduction rider at just 15% chance — treat Heal Reduction as incidental from him, not as a deliverable.4★LEADER — damage / Ally Protection
Frolni the MechanistM6★ MYTHICAL — SWAP from Gala Longbraids AND takes the leader aura from Geomancer (audit 2026-09-01). HIS OWN CHAMPION RECORD PREDICTED THIS: 'His 35% Ally HP aura in ALL battles is the largest HP aura on the account and beats Geomancer's 25% inside the Dwarves crypt, where Geomancer currently holds the lead seat — worth a crypt re-audit.' Confirmed. THE FACTION'S BINDING CONSTRAINT IS STAR LEVEL: Geomancer was the only 6★ Dwarf and the other four seats are all 4★. Frolni arrives at the 6★ ceiling needing only gear, books and awakening, which changes this crypt more than any kit comparison. AURA: 35% Ally HP in ALL battles against Geomancer's 25% — both live in crypts, Frolni's simply larger, and Geomancer keeps his seat either way. His alt-form Engine of War puts 50% ALLY PROTECTION on all allies plus Unkillable on himself and a Shield on anyone below 50% HP (CD 5, →3 booked), with an 80%-damage-reflect passive — layered on Melga's shield/heal that turns the faction's thinnest area into its strongest. His alt-form Pulverizing Procedure heals him 50% MAX HP and equalises all allies' HP to the highest. A2 Bloody Larceny steals 2 buffs UNRESISTABLY, duplicating Fodbor's buff-strip job with no ACC required. HONEST COST: HellHades scores Gala 5/5 on FW damage against Frolni's 4/5, and Gala's A2 ignores 50% DEF while she holds a Shield — on raw damage per seat Gala is better, and if she ever reaches 6★ this should be revisited. Fresh HH FW roles: damage 4/5 (primary Damage); his curated 'sustain' tag is dropped — HH scores fw_healing/fw_revive at 1/5.6★
Frolni the MechanistM6★ MYTHICAL — SWAP from Gala Longbraids AND takes the leader aura from Geomancer (audit 2026-09-01). HIS OWN CHAMPION RECORD PREDICTED THIS: 'His 35% Ally HP aura in ALL battles is the largest HP aura on the account and beats Geomancer's 25% inside the Dwarves crypt, where Geomancer currently holds the lead seat — worth a crypt re-audit.' Confirmed. THE FACTION'S BINDING CONSTRAINT IS STAR LEVEL: Geomancer was the only 6★ Dwarf and the other four seats are all 4★. Frolni arrives at the 6★ ceiling needing only gear, books and awakening, which changes this crypt more than any kit comparison. AURA: 35% Ally HP in ALL battles against Geomancer's 25% — both live in crypts, Frolni's simply larger, and Geomancer keeps his seat either way. His alt-form Engine of War puts 50% ALLY PROTECTION on all allies plus Unkillable on himself and a Shield on anyone below 50% HP (CD 5, →3 booked), with an 80%-damage-reflect passive — layered on Melga's shield/heal that turns the faction's thinnest area into its strongest. His alt-form Pulverizing Procedure heals him 50% MAX HP and equalises all allies' HP to the highest. A2 Bloody Larceny steals 2 buffs UNRESISTABLY, duplicating Fodbor's buff-strip job with no ACC required. HONEST COST: HellHades scores Gala 5/5 on FW damage against Frolni's 4/5, and Gala's A2 ignores 50% DEF while she holds a Shield — on raw damage per seat Gala is better, and if she ever reaches 6★ this should be revisited. Fresh HH FW roles: damage 4/5 (primary Damage); his curated 'sustain' tag is dropped — HH scores fw_healing/fw_revive at 1/5.6★Role coverage
- FDamageGeomancer, Morag Bronzelock, Gala Longbraids, Baerdal Fellhammer, Rugnor Goldgleam, Dilgol, Kurzad Deepheart, Hilda Arnorndottr, Fodbor the Bard, Frolni the Mechanist
- MDecrease ATKGrizzled Jarl
- VDecrease DEFBaerdal Fellhammer, Rugnor Goldgleam, Dilgol, Kurzad Deepheart, Fodbor the Bard
- FControlGeomancer, Dilgol, Hilda Arnorndottr, Rock Breaker, Fodbor the Bard, Conellia
- FTM ManipGeomancer, Conellia
- VSustainMorag Bronzelock, Rock Breaker, Grizzled Jarl, Melga Steelgirdle, Demytha, Conellia
Levers
- ›LEAD CHANGED 2026-09-01: Frolni the Mechanist's 35% Ally HP in ALL battles replaces Geomancer's 25% as the crypt lead. Both are live in Faction Crypts and only the leader's aura applies, so this is a free 10 percentage points of team HP. Frolni also ends the faction's defining problem — Geomancer was the ONLY 6★ Dwarf and the other four seats sit at 4★; Frolni is a 6★ Mythical needing gear, books and awakening only. Build order is unchanged below him: Melga → Grizzled Jarl → Fodbor, with Gala now a bench body rather than the execute seat.
- ›2026-07-27 audit: MELGA STEELGIRDLE takes HILDA ARNORNDOTTR's seat. Hilda's headline FW contribution is an AoE Stun — a 40%-chance 1-turn rider on a 6-turn cooldown that is immune-blocked on every stage-21 boss — and HellHades publishes NO fw_* role ratings for her at all (Ayumi FW 4★). Melga is FW 5★ on both sources with HH fw_sustain 5/5. Her lost Heal Reduction is partly covered by Grizzled Jarl's A1 (35%) and Fodbor's A1 (15%). Hilda remains the swap when a stage rewards her passive (+15% ally damage vs targets she has Heal-Reduced or Stunned) over healing.
- ›Team Ideal = Team Now in personnel: zero seat changes at full build. The whole gap is stars and tomes — Geomancer is the ONLY 6★ Dwarf. Promotion order: Melga (shield scales off her MAX HP), then Grizzled Jarl, Fodbor, Gala. Book order: Geomancer A3 fully booked (HP Burn 75→100%, two CD-1s for a 3-turn cycle matching the 3-turn burn, which is what keeps the Stoneguard reflect permanently live), Melga A2 CD-1 (4→3), Jarl A3 fully booked (75→100%, CD 5→4) then A2's two CD-1s (5→3), Fodbor A3 CD-1 (5→4) and A2 CD-1 (4→3), Gala A3 CD-1 (4→3).
- ›Rock Breaker is a WAVE-ONLY control swap. HH rates his fw_control 5/5 and Ayumi FW 4★, but his A2 Provoke is blocked outright by stage-21 Almighty Immunity, and his aura is 'Increases Ally DEF in the Arena by 30%' — Arena-only, so he can NEVER lead a crypt team. He needs lvl 50 + ACC + full A2 books (Provoke 75→100%, CD 4→3) for the near-lockdown cycle.
- ›Kurzad Deepheart is the accuracy/speed lever and the highest-value Rare promotion in the faction. A3 Deep Ambush places 50% Increase ACC on all allies for 2 turns on a 3-turn cooldown (near-permanent — the direct answer to debuff misses at crypt-21 RES) then hits all enemies with a 75%-chance 30% Decrease DEF; A1 Bushwhack adds an extra hit on a crit carrying 30% Decrease SPD for 2 turns. Dec SPD and Dec TM are the only two levers Ayumi's dated FW page says still work on the boss, and Kurzad and Geomancer are the only Dwarves who supply them. At 3★ Rare he is a swap, not a starter; promoting him would make him a real seat contender.
- ›Dilgol stays a BOSS-stage shred swap (single-target 60% Decrease DEF, 3★ Rare). Morag Bronzelock is a Strengthen/counterattack mitigation swap with ZERO healing in her kit — never describe her as the healer; HH names her a recommended Dwarves FW body (fw_damage 4 / fw_sustain 4).
- ›Chase list (all unowned, absent from champions.json): Trunda Giltmallet (Legendary — takes Gala's execute seat), Gnut (Legendary — takes Grizzled Jarl's defensive-anchor seat), Senna Amberheart (Legendary — second control/support body), Dazdurk (Epic — contests the wave-control lever seat). HellHades' Dwarves faction page lists Trunda, Gnut, Senna and Geomancer as the faction MVPs. No availability or fusion claim is made — no dated source page supports one.
- ›champions.json fixes owed from this audit: geomancer has NO faction-wars rating (Ayumi 5★; HH fw damage 5 / tmManip 4 / sustain 4); gala-longbraids.aura is null but Ayumi gives 'Increases Ally ATK in all Battles by 25%'; morag-bronzelock has no faction-wars rating despite HH fw_damage 4 / fw_sustain 4; kurzad-deepheart's fwRoles omit sustain (HH fw_sustain 4); Hilda's repo fwRoles are kit-inferred because HH publishes an empty fw_roles object for her.
- ›GALA LONGBRAIDS ROTATES TO THE BENCH (2026-09-01) — she is not demoted on merit. HellHades scores her 5/5 on FW damage against Frolni's 4/5, and her A2 Fearless Aggression ignores 50% DEF while she holds a Shield and heals her for 50% of damage dealt. She loses the seat on build state (4★ against a 6★) and on the aura. If she reaches 6★, re-derive this seat.
Bench
Sources:HellHades hh-api/v3 ratings + FW roles (geomancer, gala-longbraids, hilda-arnorndottr, grizzled-jarl, fodbor-the-bard, melga-steelgirdle, dilgol, kurzad-deepheart, rock-breaker, morag-bronzelock, baerdal-fellhammer, rugnor-goldgleam)HellHades Dwarves faction page (recommended FW champions, faction weaknesses)AyumiLove champion guides: Melga Steelgirdle, Geomancer, Grizzled Jarl, Hilda Arnorndottr, Fodbor the Bard, Rock Breaker, Gala Longbraids, Kurzad DeepheartAyumiLove Faction Wars ranking page (page dated 2026-07-26 — stage-21 Almighty Immunity list, Dec SPD / Dec TM boss levers)