Polyphemus
Overview
Mighty archer commanding nature through beast companions. Basic attacks have 35% chance to summon bears dealing scaling damage. Meteor Shower provides burst AoE while Cannibalize turns Deathrattle stacks into crit scaling.
Abilities
Meteor Shower
Throws a huge rock, dealing 400% of Attack as physical damage to enemies in a large circular area around target.
⚡ Elegance in Motion
Deals 240% of Attack as physical damage to enemy units in a medium circular area around target.
🔐 Cannibalize
Grants 100 Crit. Each stack of [Deathrattle] increases Crit by an additional 15.
Talent: Beast Companion
Basic Attack has 35% chance to deal additional 160% of Attack physical damage and summon a Bear (only one can exist). Bear inherits 50% Attack, 30% Health, 100% other stats.
Level Enhancements
⭐ Level 2
Gains [Morale] when casting [Meteor Shower]
⭐ Level 3
Attack is increased by 12%
⭐ Level 4
When possessing both [Morale] and [Fervor], enters [Grace] status. While in [Grace], self damage is doubled
Our Take on Polyphemus
Polyphemus is an SR Archer who mixes area damage with a summoned Bear. Meteor Shower throws a rock for 400% physical damage in a large circle, and Elegance in Motion follows with 240% in a medium circle. His talent Beast Companion gives basic attacks a 35% chance to deal an extra 160% and summon a Bear that inherits 50% of his Attack and 30% of his HP.
Strengths
- +Meteor Shower is a 400% large-circle hit, a lot of area damage for a single skill.
- +Cannibalize grants 100 Crit with no condition, plus 15 per [Deathrattle] stack.
- +At talent level 4, holding both [Morale] and [Fervor] puts him in [Grace], which doubles his own damage, and level 2 already gives him [Morale] when he casts Meteor Shower.
Weaknesses
- −His kit has no [Fervor] source, so the doubled damage of [Grace] depends on an ally.
- −Only one Bear can exist at a time, and its 30% HP inheritance makes it fragile.
How to Play Polyphemus
Keep Polyphemus in the back row and save Meteor Shower for when the most enemies sit inside its large circle. With talent level 2, that cast also gives him [Morale], so a teammate who supplies [Fervor] then puts him in [Grace] for double damage. Level 4 is his most important upgrade by a wide margin. Between skills, basic attacks have a 35% chance to summon or refresh his Bear; the text does not say whether a new proc replaces an existing Bear. Level 3's 12% Attack is a minor gain.
Good Teammates
- Goren (SSR) – Goren's Rocket Skull grants [Fervor] to allies in a medium area, which combines with Polyphemus's Meteor Shower [Morale] to enter [Grace] and double his damage.
- Eurytion (SR) – Eurytion grants [Fervor] to himself and the nearest ally on entering [Wild] at talent level 2, another route to Polyphemus's [Grace].
- Siegfried (SR) – The SR Siegfried's Flamecleave applies [Physical Defense Down] in a rectangular area, boosting Meteor Shower's physical damage against the same group.
Keywords in brackets are explained in the status effect glossary.
Should You Invest?
Polyphemus is an SR rated T4 on this site. With a [Fervor] partner and talent level 4, doubled damage gives him real upside; without one he is an ordinary area-damage Archer. He is worth building only if your team already produces [Fervor].
Polyphemus FAQ
- How does Polyphemus's Bear work?
- Each basic attack has a 35% chance to deal an extra 160% physical damage and summon a Bear. Only one Bear can exist, and it inherits 50% of his Attack, 30% of his HP and 100% of other stats.
- What does [Grace] do for Polyphemus?
- At talent level 4, holding both [Morale] and [Fervor] puts him in [Grace], which doubles his own damage. He gains [Morale] from Meteor Shower at level 2 but needs [Fervor] from an ally.