A member of The Seven Deadly Sins bearing the mark of Gluttony. Though she possesses vast knowledge, her hunger for learning is insatiable. No matter the challenge, she will stop at nothing to uncover the answers she seeks.
BookWandStaff
Elemental HarmonyFires a projectile infused with the power of 5 elements. The projectile can be manually controlled toward its target.
Elements: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Cold
Fires a projectile infused with the power of 5 elements. The projectile can be manually controlled toward its target.
Elements: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Cold
Merlin fights with 3 weapons — each one swaps the whole skill set, element and role. Pick a weapon to see its kit.
Normal Attack
Spatial Freeze
Range
1500
Inflicts damage equal to 150% of Attack.
Special Attack
Cold Intellect
Cooldown
8s
Magic Cost
26
Range
1500
Inflicts damage equal to 50% of Attack.Replaces the Normal Attack with Special Attack: Glacial Pierce for 6 sec.Glacial PierceInflicts damage equal to 6% of Attack, up to 312%, while the stance is maintained. Attacking the same enemy 15 times Freezes them for 6 sec. Attacking an enemy with a Frost Mark 8 times inflicts 1 additional Frost Mark(s) for 10 sec. (Max: 4 times)※ Freeze: Incapacitated. When hit with a skill, inflicts 80% of damage taken and removes Freeze.※ Frost Mark: Restores the caster's Tag Gauge by 150 when hit (Cooldown: 3 sec). When hit with a Tag Skill while this effect is at its max, it is removed after inflicting additional damage equal to 300% of Merlin's Attack.
Normal Skill
Frost Seed
Cooldown
25s
Magic Cost
171
Range
1500
Inflicts damage equal to 22% of Attack every 0.5 sec to enemies in range for 5 sec, also applying Frost Marks for 10 sec.Attacking an enemy with max Frost Mark stacks increases the hero's Cold Attack by 10% of Attack for 20 sec.※ Frost Mark: Restores the caster's Tag Gauge by 150 when hit (Cooldown: 3 sec). When hit with a Tag Skill while this effect is at its max, it is removed after inflicting additional damage equal to 300% of Merlin's Attack.
Tag Skill
Frost Sweep
Magic Cost
225
Range
1500
Inflicts damage equal to 150% of Attack.Every 1 Frost Mark(s) on the enemy increases the damage by 30%.
Ultimate Attack
Iceberg Descent
Cooldown
10s
Range
1500
Increases the hero's Crit Damage by 50% for 15 sec, then inflicts damage equal to 394% of Attack.When using a Combined Attack with the hero's Ultimate Move as the base, each hit of an element other than Physical inflicts additional damage equal to 10% of Attack and restores 1 Tag Point(s).
Passive
Infinite Frost
When allied heroes land Normal Attacks 3 time(s) on an enemy without a Frost Mark, they are inflicted with one for 10 sec. (Max: 4 times)When a Frost Mark is applied to an enemy who doesn't have one, the hero's Cold Attack increases by 40% for 15 sec, and damage increases by 50% when attacking an enemy with a Frost Mark.※ Frost Mark: Restores the caster's Tag Gauge by 150 when hit (Cooldown: 3 sec). When hit with a Tag Skill while this effect is at its max, it is removed after inflicting additional damage equal to 300% of Merlin's Attack.
Per weapon
Potentials
Each weapon has its own 10 potential tiers — stat bonuses and skill upgrades. Pick a weapon, then a tier.
Tier 5
Merlin's Potential Point
Increases the hero's Cold Attack by 30%.
Each hit of Special Attack: Glacial Pierce on an enemy with a Frost Mark restores the Tag Gauge by 15.
Attack
+15%
Defense
+12%
HP
+5%
Ice Rate
+30%
Normal Attack
Spatial Freeze
Inflicts damage equal to 150% of Attack.
1st hit: 21%
2nd hit: 25%
3rd hit: 39%
4th hit: 65%
Combat
Base stats
Attack250
Defense200
Max HP2,000
Critical Rate10%
Accuracy80
Block50
Critical Resist3%
Critical Damage25%
Critical Damage Resist10%
Per weapon
Weapon mastery
Mastery nodes unlock flat & % stats as you level each weapon. Pick a weapon, then a tier.
ΣAll tiers — total mastery
Combined bonus once every mastery tier is unlocked, with the full material cost.
Attack+2,356
Accuracy+316
Defense+1,832
Block+191
HP+2,880
Critical Rate+23.64%
Critical Damage+55.14%
Crit Resist+6.3%
Crit Damage Resist+23.64%
Total materials
×8Mermaid's Tear×8Spirit Plant×8Armor Cactus Essence×8Wasteland Amber×26Elite Token×14Courage Token×10Hero's Token×8Soft Giant Bird Feather×8Rough Giant Bird Feather×24Fine Compass×32Refined Scabbard Fragment×8Song Spirit Hat×24Premium Arrowhead of the 「Abyss」×16Premium Song Spirit Hat×72Low-quality Magic Fragment×40Uncommon Magic Fragment×8Premium Magic Fragment
Verdict
At a glance
The Boar's Sin of Gluttony — a three-element SSR with three DPS kits: Book Ice Frost-Mark Attacker, Wand Lightning Overload Attacker, Staff Fire Burster. Full skill breakdown, the Frost Mark / Tag-Skill loop, potential priority and best Combined-Attack partners — plus our build and team tools.
From the communityTier ratings are cumulative player votes, and the meta below is aggregated from published community builds, not editorial picks. It updates as players vote and publish.
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A member of The Seven Deadly Sins bearing the mark of Gluttony. Though she possesses vast knowledge, her hunger for learning is insatiable. No matter the challenge, she will stop at nothing to uncover the answers she seeks.
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