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Faction Crypt · 5 of 5 seats · 16 owned bodies
The Fight▾
Gwyndolin anchors and LEADS (+60 ACC all-battle aura pays the debuff tax; Dec SPD/ACC + probabilistic debuff extension + extra turns) while Akemtum's Hex + poisons and Taurus's AoE max-HP poisons grind stages down; Bowf and Yuzan keep the team standing.
Team
RoleChampionNoteTier
Damage / Hex engine
AkemtumV6★ — Hex echoes every poison tick onto all Hexed enemies; NO Dec DEF anywhere in his kit (old role label was wrong)6★
AkemtumV6★ — Hex echoes every poison tick onto all Hexed enemies; NO Dec DEF anywhere in his kit (old role label was wrong)6★
Dec ACC / sustain
Bowf the RancidSAoE 75% 50% Dec ACC + ally buff extension (A2), team cleanse + heal + 50% Inc ACC (A3), passive halves ally poison damage — he has NO Dec ATK (old role label was wrong)4★
Bowf the RancidSAoE 75% 50% Dec ACC + ally buff extension (A2), team cleanse + heal + 50% Inc ACC (A3), passive halves ally poison damage — he has NO Dec ATK (old role label was wrong)4★Cleanse / anti-debuff
Yuzan the MaroonedVLight AoE cleanse (1 random debuff per ally) + 20% team heal + 2-turn Block Debuffs + AoE buff-strip — keeps the crypt's debuff spam off the poison core (his kit has NO Provoke; old note was wrong)4★
Yuzan the MaroonedVLight AoE cleanse (1 random debuff per ally) + 20% team heal + 2-turn Block Debuffs + AoE buff-strip — keeps the crypt's debuff spam off the poison core (his kit has NO Provoke; old note was wrong)4★Role coverage
- FDamageGwyndolin the Silent, Ursine Icecrusher, Akemtum, Taurus, Ursine Ironhide, Snorting Thug, Steelskull, Yaga the Insatiable, Fayne, The Cowardly Lion
- FDecrease ATKHidestitcher Boorn, Ursine Ironhide, Fayne
- SDecrease DEFFayne
- VControlYuzan the Marooned, Gnarox Blackhorn, Akemtum, The Cowardly Lion
- FTM ManipGwyndolin the Silent, Panthera, Ursine Ironhide, Fayne
- SSustainBowf the Rancid, Yuzan the Marooned, Gnarox Blackhorn, Ursine Icecrusher, Meatcarver Tolog, Hidestitcher Boorn, Steelskull
Levers
- ›Akemtum is now 6★ — this crypt got his upgrade for free.
- ›Panthera/Meatcarver/Hidestitcher (all FW 4★ rares) are real bench swaps if a stage demands TM manip or more healing.
- ›Ursine Ironhide benched: his Dec ATK/TM kit is real but the passive skill-lock needs Icecrusher's Dec C.RATE — a two-body combo the crypt doesn't have room for. Swap him in if Bowf falls behind on levels.
- ›The five field ZERO Dec ATK (Bowf never had it): Ursine Ironhide (FW 4★, AoE 75% 50% Dec ATK + TM shave) is the Dec ATK source — trial him in Taurus's seat on hard-hitting non-poison stages (Taurus FW 3★ is the weakest seat and his engine value drops when waves die fast).
- ›Gnarox Blackhorn is the Provoke body — A3 AoE 50% CHANCE Provoke, unresistable only when his DEF beats the target's — the control swap when a stage needs a pin; Steelskull (FW 4★, 60% team Inc DEF + 20% heal + 27% crypt DEF aura) is Bowf's real challenger for burst-damage stages now that Bowf's Dec-ATK rationale is dead (Bowf keeps the default seat on Dec ACC + buff extension + poison passive).
- ›Snorting Thug (July pull): guaranteed 2-buff steal + all-battle +40 ACC aura — bench body whose aura alone helps the crypt's debuffers land.
- ›Steelskull (July pull): team 60% Inc DEF + heal + 27% crypt DEF aura — the sustain bench alternative to Bowf/Hidestitcher.
- ›July 2026: FAYNE is the only meaningful addition (Ayumi FW 4★) — 60% Dec DEF AND 25% Weaken for 3 turns off one skill, plus two Poisons and 50% Dec ATK. Every debuff she carries is single-target, so she is a boss-floor swap for Taurus rather than a wave body. Yaga the Insatiable is flagged as feed material (Ayumi FW 1★).
- ›THE COWARDLY LION IS THE WAVE-FLOOR HALF OF TAURUS'S SEAT (recorded 2026-09-01), extending the split this record already made when it named Fayne the boss-floor swap for Taurus — the weakest seat at Ayumi FW 3★. CRYPT WAVES ARE ORDINARY CHAMPIONS WITH NO ALMIGHTY IMMUNITY, so his A2 Primal Roar's 75% AoE True Fear lands, his A1's '+10% damage per skill activated under Fear' stacking starts, and True Courage grants him free turns whenever a wave Fears him back — the same structural point that makes him valuable on Doom Tower's 108 wave floors. He adds a 4×DEF AoE, a team 60% Increase DEF buff, and A3's team Counterattack + 30% Reflect Damage, and this crypt has no counterattack-punishing mechanic. THE COST, STATED: Taurus's AoE max-HP poisons feed Akemtum's Hex engine, which is the crypt's damage plan — removing a poison source thins it, which is why this is a STAGE SPLIT and not a replacement. HE DOES NOT CLOSE THE CRYPT'S NAMED GAP: the five field zero Decrease ATK and Lion adds none; Ursine Ironhide remains the answer there. 5★, queue #1. NOTE HellHades publishes no FW-role ratings for him — only fw_primary Damage.
Bench
Sources:HellHadesAyumiLove