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Boughsmith Flannan

Rare Force Force Defense Sylvan Watchers

Overview

Boughsmith Flannan is a Rare Force Defense champion from the Sylvan Watchers, built as a debuffer, buffer and crowd control. In battle the kit pushes enemies' Turn Meters back, calls allies into a team attack, can take extra turns, places [Decrease SPD], [Stun] and gives allies [Increase ACC].

DebufferBufferCrowd control

Where Boughsmith Flannan helps

Worked out from the kit: each area lists what helps there (from our mode guides), and these are the matches in this champion's skills. Not a hand-made rating - gear, speed and the team matter more.

AreaFitBecause the kit has
Arena
PvP		Strong fit
Turn Meter ReductionStunExtra Turn
Faction Wars
Core		Good fit
StunExtra Turn
Campaign and dungeon waves
Campaign		Good fit
Extra TurnStun
Chimera
Core		Can help
Decrease SPD
Nether Spider
Doom Tower		Can help
Turn Meter Reduction
Frost Spider
Doom Tower		Can help
Ally Attack

Skills

8/10

Book value

Worth books early. 13 skill books to max every skill; each book upgrades a random skill.

  • A2 Shatter Knees: cooldown 4 → 3
  • A3 Mustersmith: cooldown 5 → 4
  • Passive Hammer Rhythm [P]: cooldown 4 → 3
  • A2 Shatter Knees: effect chance 75% → 100%
  • +40% damage / healing in total across the skills
A1

Strike the Anvil

Attacks 1 enemy 2 times. Each hit has a 25% chance of placing a [Stun] debuff for 1 turn.

Each hit also has a 35% chance of decreasing the target's Turn Meter by 5%.

If the target is under a [Decrease SPD] debuff placed by this Champion, decreases the target’s Turn Meter by 10% instead.
Damage 1.6×DEF
Skill books (5)
  1. Level 2: Damage +5%
  2. Level 3: Damage +5%
  3. Level 4: Damage +10%
  4. Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +5%
  5. Level 6: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
A2

Shatter Knees

Cooldown 4 → 3 with books
Attacks all enemies. Has a 75% chance of placing a 15% [Decrease SPD] debuff for 2 turns.
Damage 3.4×DEF
Skill books (6)
  1. Level 2: Damage +5%
  2. Level 3: Damage +5%
  3. Level 4: Damage +10%
  4. Level 5: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%
  5. Level 6: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%
  6. Level 7: Cooldown -1
A3

Mustersmith

Cooldown 5 → 4 with books
Places a 25% [Increase ACC] buff on all allies for 2 turns, then teams up with a random ally to attack a target enemy.
Skill books (1)
  1. Level 2: Cooldown -1
Passive

Hammer Rhythm [P]

Ascension 3Cooldown 4 → 3 with books
Has a 50% chance of granting an Extra Turn when this Champion places a [Decrease SPD] debuff on 3 or more enemies with their Shatter Knees skill.
Skill books (1)
  1. Level 2: Cooldown -1

Skill texts, cooldowns and book upgrades are the game's own. "Damage" is the skill's multiplier (for example 4×ATK = four times this champion's ATK, before the target's DEF) - see how damage works.

Suggested build

A starting point worked out from Boughsmith Flannan's own skills - not a hand-tested build. Each line says why it was picked; your gear and team decide the rest. See what stats each champion needs.

PvE

Stat priority

  1. SPD - A support's value is how often it acts.
  2. ACC - To land [Decrease SPD], [Stun].
  3. DEF% - The damage scales from DEF - and it keeps the champion alive.
  4. RES - Shrugs off enemy debuffs.

Gear set combinations

Main stats

WeaponATKFixed
HelmetHPFixed
ShieldDEFFixed
GauntletsDEF%Survivability and the DEF-based skills
ChestplateACCTo land the kit's debuffs
BootsSPDAlways - turns win fights
RingDEFFlat DEF
AmuletDEFFlat DEF
BannerACCTo land the kit's debuffs

Masteries

The key pick in each tier of the two trees - hover or tap a mastery for the game's own text. How masteries work

Support

  1. T1Pinpoint AccuracyACC for its debuffs.
  2. T2Charged FocusMore ACC when no skill is on cooldown.
  3. T3Rapid ResponseTurn meter when its buffs expire.
  4. T4Lore of SteelStronger set bonuses (Speed...).
  5. T5Lasting GiftsIts buffs can last a turn longer.
  6. T6Timely InterventionTurn meter when an ally drops low.

Defense

  1. T1DefiantRES.
  2. T2BlastproofLess AoE damage taken.
  3. T3ResurgentCan shake off a debuff after a big hit.
  4. T4Delay DeathTakes less damage from the same enemy over time.
  5. T5Cycle of RevengeTurn meter when allies are crit.
  6. T6Fearsome PresenceBetter odds for its crowd control.

Blessings

  • Temporal Chains - Speed control for the whole team: slower enemies act less often, which is why it is a staple for support and control champions.
  • Lightning Cage - Rewards teams that fight buffed enemies and gives any attacker a steady source of extra damage.
  • Intimidating Presence - A good fit on a leader whose aura is worth boosting; wasted on a champion that is not leading.

How blessings work

Relics

  • Hoarder's Cauldron - Sometimes ignores some of the target's RES when applying a debuff, so a debuffer lands more of what it casts.
  • Journal of Necrotos - Boosts every heal and every turn-meter fill the wearer gives its allies, so the more of those a kit has, the more it gets.
  • Harp of Kasbiel - Support skills that do no damage still refill a little turn meter, so buffers and healers act more often.

How relics work

Arena

Stat priority

  1. SPD - A support's value is how often it acts - and acting first in the Arena.
  2. ACC - To land [Decrease SPD], [Stun].
  3. DEF% - The damage scales from DEF - and it keeps the champion alive.
  4. RES - Resists enemy crowd control.

Gear set combinations

Main stats

WeaponATKFixed
HelmetHPFixed
ShieldDEFFixed
GauntletsDEF%Survivability and the DEF-based skills
ChestplateACCTo land the kit's debuffs
BootsSPDAlways - turns win fights
RingDEFFlat DEF
AmuletDEFFlat DEF
BannerACCTo land the kit's debuffs

Masteries

The key pick in each tier of the two trees - hover or tap a mastery for the game's own text. How masteries work

Support

  1. T1Pinpoint AccuracyACC for its debuffs.
  2. T2Charged FocusMore ACC when no skill is on cooldown.
  3. T3Rapid ResponseTurn meter when its buffs expire.
  4. T4Lore of SteelStronger set bonuses (Speed...).
  5. T5Lasting GiftsIts buffs can last a turn longer.
  6. T6Timely InterventionTurn meter when an ally drops low.

Defense

  1. T1DefiantRES.
  2. T2Improved ParryLess damage from crits.
  3. T3Wisdom of BattleCan block debuffs after crowd control ends.
  4. T4Harvest DespairIts crowd control can also place [Leech].
  5. T5Cycle of RevengeTurn meter when allies are crit.
  6. T6Unshakeable+50 RES.

Blessings

  • Temporal Chains - Speed control for the whole team: slower enemies act less often, which is why it is a staple for support and control champions.
  • Lightning Cage - Rewards teams that fight buffed enemies and gives any attacker a steady source of extra damage.
  • Intimidating Presence - A good fit on a leader whose aura is worth boosting; wasted on a champion that is not leading.

How blessings work

Relics

  • Hoarder's Cauldron - Sometimes ignores some of the target's RES when applying a debuff, so a debuffer lands more of what it casts.
  • Journal of Necrotos - Boosts every heal and every turn-meter fill the wearer gives its allies, so the more of those a kit has, the more it gets.
  • Harp of Kasbiel - Support skills that do no damage still refill a little turn meter, so buffers and healers act more often.

How relics work

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