[Hero Wars Guide]Astaroth

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Hero Guide
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Hero Guide

Versatile Tank: A highly reliable and easy-to-use tank who performs well on both offense and defense.
Pure Defensive Focus: Built entirely around defense, Astaroth contributes very little damage. Because he does not feed enemy heroes Energy through unnecessary actions, this can be viewed as both a strength and a weakness.
Team Synergies: He fits well into a wide variety of team compositions and pairs especially well with Heidi.
Matchup Advantage: Like most tanks, Astaroth has certain DPS heroes he performs particularly well against. Among them, he is notably effective against Dante.
Physical Damage Mitigation: Even at relatively low power levels, Astaroth excels against physical DPS heroes. He mitigates physical damage through a combination of Armor buffs, a physical damage barrier, and damage redistribution.
Last-Hero Situations: When Astaroth becomes the last surviving hero on his team, he can target himself with his third skill, Vicious Retaliation. Combined with his damage reduction effects, this often allows specialized Astaroth builds to successfully defend against teams below 400,000 team power.
Rear-Line Pressure: His second skill, Flame Veil, burns the Energy of the enemy’s rearmost hero. As a result, he is particularly effective against teams that place their primary DPS in the fifth position.
Resurrection: His resurrection skill, Last Word, is exceptionally powerful. However, heroes such as Celeste, Morrigan, Amira, and Cascade can counter or negate its effect.
Magic Attack Synergy: His first and fourth skills benefit from allies that increase Magic Attack, making Magic Attack support effects more valuable than they may initially appear.
Skin Priority: The Barbarian Skin is considered essential, while the Devil Skin and Lunar Skin offer little practical value beyond appearance.
Double-Tank Lineups: Astaroth is an excellent choice for double-tank teams. When placed in the second position, his third skill helps redistribute damage across the team. However, this same mechanic creates particularly poor synergy with Galahad in double-tank lineups.
Pet Synergies: Giving Astaroth Violet Oliver patronage and using a Violet Axel as the team’s active pet makes him exceptionally durable.

Flavor Text

Astaroth’s scorching blade emanates unbearable heat. His eyes burn with Infernal flame. Rejected by God, this angel was filled with rage. His only goal is to burn this world to ashes.

Skills

Flame Veil

Casts a shield that blocks physical damage on the entire team. The shield’s capacity is shared between all team members.
Shield capacity: 76,777 (100% Magic attack + Level x 100 + 1,000) damage

Devastation

Astaroth spews a flare of hellfire, burning up some of the energy accumulated by the furthest enemy.
Energy burned: 38 (Level x 0.1 + 25)%
If the opponent’s level is above 130, the chance to burn their energy is decreased

Demon’s Allegiance

Passive skill. Astaroth maintains a connection with the ally who has the least health left and takes on a part of the physical damage inflicted against that ally. The transferred damage is also reduced.
Transfers 48 (Level x 0.1 + 37)% of physical damage
An extra 34.5 (Level x 0.15 + 18)% is subtracted from the transferred damage