DunlingrInformation and Guide

Dunlingr is a S-Rank Celestial Tank, with focus on Controlling the battle through blocking the use of Ultimates or Heals. Before battle begins, Player can choose one of the two Dunlingr’s Order:

• Curelock - All characters are unable to Heal others.

• Spellbind - All characters are unable to cast their Ultimates.

At the beginning of battle, the Bell is summoned and the chosen Order is put into place for 12 seconds, this duration can be extended by Dunlingr summoning the Bell again by casting his Ultimate. All enemies take damage every time the Bell is summoned.

During battle, he can cast a shockwave in front of him, debuffing enemies Attack Speed if set to Spellbind, and deals extra damage if set to Curelock. He also grants himself a Shield whenever an enemy casts an Ultimate during Bell downtime, if set to Spellbind, or whenever he loses 20% of his Maximum HP, if set to Curelock. This allows him to stay alive longer and possibly cast his Ultimate to set the Order again. 

Now, for a quick overview of his performance in the various Game Modes:

• Story and AFK stages - He lacks the tankiness to be used as Tank in High-Deficit AFK stages and his Orders often hinder his allies more than their enemies. However, sometimes when there is a stage with enemies relying on Ultimates or Healing, Dunlingr gains relevance for that particular stage.

• Dream Realm - Due to effectively debuffing his own team while not doing much to the bosses, he does not perform well in Dream Realm

• PvP - Dunlingr cements his place as Meta-Defining unit in PvP, as he effectively counters the two main archetypes: Ultimate reliant teams, such as Eironn Control teams or Sustain reliant teams, such as Scarlita Stall teams.

  • He fits right into currently dominant Dionel’s Arena team, where he is used in Spellbind Mode to exclude Dionel from his effect and deny enemies their Ultimates.

  • He also counters the same team, by using Dunlingr in Curelock Mode instead and pairing with Assassins, bursting down enemies while denying them Healing.

  • In a post-Dunlingr Meta, old teams reliant on Ultimates or Healing are no longer viable and players must think out of the box.

• Battle Drills - Similarly to Dream Realm, him debuffing his own team, lacking self damage makes him a hindrance in the mode, as enemy packs don't rely on Ultimates themselves, making clearing Mob Stages or dealing damage to Bosses much harder with Dunlingr on the team.

 Investment wise we are looking at following:

• Legendary + grants him Damage Resistance, increasing his tankiness.

• Mythic + allows him to exclude one ally from his chosen Order, enabling more strategies (and further buffing the chosen Ally at higher EX Weapon levels)

• Supreme + grants him a teamwide buff giving 50 Attack Speed if set to Spellbind, or 25 Life Drain if set to Curelock whenever he casts his Ultimate.

Dunlingr works at single copy, but since his Order’s duration is severely cut with his death, it's advised to invest a bit in his dupes. The minimum recommended investment, especially when used in Dionel teams for PvP is Mythic + to exclude one ally from his chosen Order. His EX weapon hardly requires upgrading but enjoys the biggest jump in buffs at EX+15 and Supreme + separately.

Conclusion

Dunlingr is a Meta-Defining PvP hero without any other use. If you plan to keep up with PvP Meta, pull him, otherwise completely skippable.