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Iseria, Monarch of the Sword, is a Light Knight built around relentless counterattacking. Her passive doubles her counter chance, makes the foremost ally counter alongside her whenever she retaliates against an enemy hero, and wraps her in an attack-scaling barrier after she attacks. Her counters punch through defense and convert into Sword of Duty, pushing Combat Readiness for herself and a teammate while dealing attack-based bonus damage and stacking Injuries that permanently shave enemy max HP. Her AoE Dawnbreaker cleanses all her own debuffs, then hits the whole enemy team with more bonus damage and Injuries, though she pays for her big strikes by self-inflicting Fracture.

Counters

  • Teams that lean on hitting her — Her passive doubles her counterattack rate and drags the foremost ally into countering too, so any team that keeps attacking her gets punished with extra retaliation strikes that ignore Defense.
  • High-defense and high-HP walls — Her counters and skills penetrate Defense, and her Injuries permanently cut a target's max HP, so beefy tanks and bruisers melt faster than their stats suggest the longer the fight runs.
  • Slower compositions — Sword of Duty pushes Combat Readiness on herself and the foremost ally, letting her team grab extra turns and out-tempo opponents who don't move first.
  • Debuff-stacking enemies — Dawnbreaker cleanses all debuffs off her before it strikes, so poison, control, and stacking-debuff strategies aimed at her get wiped clean on her turn while she still hits the whole enemy team.
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Countered by

  • Counter-blocking effects — Her whole identity is retaliation; an enemy that prevents or ignores counterattacks shuts off her doubled counters, the ally chain-counter, and her Sword of Duty conversion all at once.
  • Dispels and buff-strippers — She relies on the attack-scaling barrier she grants herself after attacking; stripping that shield leaves her exposed, and removing her buffs undercuts her survivability between counters.
  • Burst before she retaliates — Her damage is reactive, so a team that opens with a fast, hard strike can drop her or her front-liner before her counters and barrier come online.
  • Cooldown and self-Fracture timing — Her team-wide hit, Dawnbreaker, sits on a 3-turn cooldown, and her big strikes self-inflict Fracture; opponents can play around the downtime and exploit the window where her own debuff is active.
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Who counters Monarch of the Sword Iseria? — full guide ›

Skills

S1Revelation

Attacks the enemy with sword fragments. Penetrates the target's Defense. When triggered as a counterattack, activates Sword of Duty instead. Sword of Duty: After inflicting --fracture-- on the caster, attacks the enemy with the ritual sword, and increases Combat Readiness of the caster and the foremost ally except for the caster by X. Inflicts additional damage proportional to the caster's Attack on the target and up to 25% injuries.

Fracture (self-inflicted on Iseria)
Soulburn −10 soulsIncreases damage dealt.
PElbris's Successor

Increases Penetration Resistance by X. All counterattack chances of the caster are doubled, and when counterattacking, if the target is a Hero, triggers a counteratack from the foremost ally. After attacking, grants a barrier (proportional to Attack) to the caster for 2 turns.

Barrier / Protect
S3DawnbreakerCD 3

After inflicting --fracture-- on the caster and dispelling all debuffs, attacks all enemies with the power of the ritual sword. Inflicts additional damage proportional to the caster's Attack on the target and up to 25% injuries.

Fracture (self-inflicted on Iseria)

Meta web — the hero's place in the meta

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Top teams proven 3-cores, by win rate

  • Genesis RasEye of the Abyss FumyrLady of the Scales73%22 games
  • Genesis RasSchool Nurse YulhaEye of the Abyss Fumyr70%40 games
  • Boss ArunkaDisciplinary Prefect AriaSchool Nurse Yulha68%37 games
  • BelianNotosSilvertide Christy65%20 games
  • EstelleEye of the Abyss FumyrPerfumer Byblis65%17 games
  • BelianEstellePerfumer Byblis64%22 games
  • HarsettiEstelleArbiter Vildred60%15 games
  • EstelleBoss ArunkaPerfumer Byblis58%19 games
  • EstelleArbiter VildredRhianna and Luciella57%21 games
  • Genesis RasRhianna and LuciellaEye of the Abyss Fumyr53%15 games

Matchups — from live RTA match data

Preys on

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Falls to

Auxiliary LotsAuxiliary Lots28%Arbiter VildredArbiter Vildred32%SariaSaria35%Last Rider KrauLast Rider Krau36%MortMort37%

Marches with

Sage Baal & SezanSage Baal & Sezan80%AmidAmid76%VildredVildred73%AramAram67%FrierenFrieren67%