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Skylla, who sometimes goes by the alias Charmay, forged a warlock’s pact with Baba Yaga. It is from this powerful archfey that Skylla draws her magic.
Skylla will be a new champion in the Feast of the Moon event on 5 November 2025.
Seat: Unknown Species: Human (Guess) Class: Warlock (Guess) Roles: Support / Debuff / Control (Guess) Age: Unknown Gender: Female (Guess) Alignment: Unknown Affiliation: Unknown
Base Attack: Eldritch Staff (Melee and Magic)
Skylla attacks a random enemy with her staff for one hit, and zaps another random enemy for 1 hit.
Cooldown: 4.5s (Cap 1.125s)
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Base Attack: Eldritch Staff (Melee and Magic)
Skylla attacks a random enemy with her staff for one hit, and zaps another random enemy for 1 hit.
Cooldown: 4.5s (Cap 1.125s)
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Base Attack: Eldritch Staff (Melee and Magic)
Skylla attacks a random enemy with her staff for one hit, and zaps another random enemy for 1 hit.
Cooldown: 4.5s (Cap 1.125s)
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Ultimate Attack: Hypnotic Pattern
Skylla casts Hypnotic Pattern, making enemies take additional BUD-based damage from attacks for the duration. Additionally, enemies are stunned until they take damage.
Cooldown: 200s (Cap 50s)
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Whispers of Baba Yaga (Guess)
Skylla increases the damage of all Champions in the column in front of her by 100% for each Champion affected by this ability, stacking multiplicatively.
ⓘ Note: This ability is prestack.
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Faerie Fire (Guess)
When Skylla attacks an enemy but doesn’t defeat it, she casts Faerie Fire on it. Champions deal 100% additional damage to enemies affected by Faerie Fire.
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Fae’s Flicker (Guess)
Whenever an enemy that is debuffed by Faerie Fire is defeated, Skylla gains a Shimmer stack. Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each Shimmer stack she has, stacking additively. Shimmer stacks persist for the entire adventure and reset when you complete it.
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Witches Switch (Guess)
Most formation abilities featuring ability score thresholds now target Champions who do not meet the thresholds, instead of those that do, and the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga is increased by 200% for each such ability, stacking multiplicatively.
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League (Guess)
Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 100% for each evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
{ "id": 2478, "flavour_text": "", "description": { "desc": "Skylla increases the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by $(not_buffed amount)% for each evil Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively." }, "effect_keys": [ { "effect_string": "buff_upgrade,100,17845", "off_when_benched": true, "amount_func": "mult", "stack_func": "per_hero_attribute", "per_hero_expr": "HasTag(`evil`)", "amount_updated_listeners": [ "hero_tags_changed", "slot_changed" ], "show_bonus": true } ], "requirements": "", "graphic_id": 27676, "large_graphic_id": 27676, "properties": { "is_formation_ability": true, "owner_use_outgoing_description": true, "indexed_effect_properties": true, "per_effect_index_bonuses": true, "default_bonus_index": 0, "spec_option_post_apply_info": "Evil Champions: $num_stacks" } }
Wthering Ward (Guess)
Increase the effect of Whispers of Baba Yaga by 33% for each debuff that has been applied to an enemy in the current area, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 50.
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Green Fire (Guess)
Skylla’s Faerie Fire remains green, but increases the effect of the debuff by 100%.
{ "id": 2480, "flavour_text": "", "description": { "desc": "Skylla's Faerie Fire remains green, but increases the effect of the debuff by $amount%." }, "effect_keys": [ { "effect_string": "buff_upgrade,100,17851", "off_when_benched": true } ], "requirements": "", "graphic_id": 27675, "large_graphic_id": 27675, "properties": { "is_formation_ability": true, "owner_use_outgoing_description": true, "indexed_effect_properties": true, "per_effect_index_bonuses": true, "default_bonus_index": 0 } }
Blue Fire (Guess)
Skylla’s Faerie Fire turns blue. Champions attacking enemies affected by Faerie Fire have a 40% additional chance to deal a critical hit.
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Purple Fire (Guess)
Skylla gains the Breaker role and her Faerie Fire turns violet. Enemies affected by Faerie Fire lose an additional armor or segmented health piece when they are attacked and at least 1 segment was broken.
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Baba Yaga
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Golmos Prison
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Unlock Adventure: The Crypt of Legends (Skylla) (Complete Area 50)
Pay respects to the heroes of olde during the Feast of the Moon.
Variant 1: Whispers of the Warlock (Complete Area 75)
Skylla starts in the formation with her Whispers of Baba Yaga ability unlocked. She can be moved, but not removed.
Only Skylla and Champions affected by her Whispers of Baba Yaga ability can deal damage.
Getting to Know Skylla: Skylla increases the damage of Champions in the column in front of her, and her buff grows stronger the more Champions it affects. Put her behind the longest column buffing your best damage dealer!
Variant 2: Nocturli (Complete Area 125)
Skylla starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
After area 50, enemies without a Debuff on them take only 1 damage from normal attacks.
Two animated constructs join the formation. Champions next to these constructs attack 1 second faster.
Getting to Know Skylla: When Skylla attacks and fails to defeat her enemy, she casts Faerie Fire on it, making it easier to damage with subsequent attacks. Use her and other debuff Champions to get through these resistant foes!
Variant 3: Twist of Fate (Complete Area 175)
Skylla starts in the formation. She can be moved, but not removed.
You may only use Debuff Champions, Evil Champions, or Champions with large differences in the ability scores that Skylla switches.
Getting to Know Skylla: One of Skylla’s specialization choices swaps the ability scores of Champions in the formation, and increases her buff when the ability scores differ by a large number. You might find some interesting interactions with Champions that care about ability score thresholds!
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Last Modified: 2025-08-29 02:44:13 +0000