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Hugin profile has been last updated at: December 22nd, 2024.
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Profile
Review
Guides
Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Unstoppable!
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 0s
Range: Global
Initial Energy: 600
Passive - Hugin sets his anvil on the tile where he is placed during battle preparation. As his normal attacks and skills require the anvil, he will remain near it throughout the battle and will always return to it if displaced.
Active - Hugin forges a Gear of Might for the ally dealing the highest cumulative damage, boosting their combat strength. The gear increases the ally's ATK by 6% + 1% of Hugin's base ATK and increases their Haste by 80 for 10s.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases the ATK boost to 7% + 1%.
Unlocks at level 111: Increases the ATK boost to 8% + 1%.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases the ATK boost to 9% + 1%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases the ATK boost to 10% + 1%.
Skill I
Titan's Aegis
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 6s
Range: Global
Hugin crafts a cogshield for the weakest ally, allowing them to block 600% + 60% damage for 8s.
Unlocks at level 71: Increases the shield value to 620% + 60%.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases the shield value to 640% + 60%.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases the shield value to 660% + 60%.
Skill II
Mechanized Bond
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 Tile
When a battle starts, Hugin etches a mechanical sigil one tile behind him, granting ally on this tile an ATK bonus equal to 14% + 2% of Hugin's base ATK. The buffed ally recovers an extra 75 Energy whenever Hugin casts Titan's Aegis.
Unlocks at level 91: Increases the ATK boost to 16% + 2%.
Unlocks at level 151: Increases the ATK boost to 18% + 2%.
Unlocks at level 211: Increases the ATK boost to 20% + 2%.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Increases Haste by 12 during battle.
Level 2: Increases Haste by 16 during battle.
Level 3: Increases Haste by 20 during battle.
EX. Skill
Steelbound Kinship
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: While the cogshield or enhanced cogshield is active, the protected ally also takes 30% less damage.s
Range: Global
Hugin crafts enhanced cogshields for the 2 weakest allies when casting Unstoppable!, granting each with a shield that blocks 800% damage for 8s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Increases the shield value to 850%.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Grants control immunity to allies protected by an enhanced cogshield while it's active.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Increases the shield value to 900%.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects:
Season 2 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Hugin go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
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Review
Review
Hugin is an A-rank Lightbearer Support. He is a buff support that can grant huge shields to allies, and upon reaching M+ EX+10 makes them CC Immune. While his abilities look impressive on paper, he lacks synergy with many heroes presently in the game, and his kit has notable drawbacks that require creative workarounds.
Hugin's Mechanized Bond ability etches a tile behind him, granting any ally positioned there an ATK boost and Energy whenever he activates Titan's Aegis. However, if the ally leaves the tile or is displaced by an enemy, they lose these buffs. In order to maximize this ability gain, you can build a full turtle comp or use Odie as the Mechanized Bond target, as he typically sticks to one place throughout the battle. Another neat interaction with the Mechanized Bond tile is with Damian, when he goes away and summons his cart, he is still buffed by the tile as if he was still on the tile.
Performance in Various Game Modes
Story and AFK Stages - Hugin is great at AFK Stage pushing, as he is technically Koko but with better buffs and comparable defensive capabilities. Just note that Hugin needs to be M+ in order to give more shields compared to Koko at base. He further needs Odie as a Mechanized Bond target to maximize his potential.
Dream Realm - Aside from providing literal ATK and Haste boosts on his Ultimate and shielding, Hugin isn’t worth using in this mode. Mechanized Bond cannot be fully utilized, as there isn’t a viable DPS commonly used in Dream Realm that can consistently stay on his tile. There are just better options.
PVP - Hugin will not be seen a lot in PVP Arena. In Supreme Arena, however, you can pair him with Odie on Map 3, equipping a Defensive Artifact to enhance his tankiness. While it can be easily disrupted by any displacement, the massive shields and buffs can still come in clutch.
Battle Drills – Hugin performs badly in this game mode, as there are better alternatives.
Hugin can work at base, but to provide more shields and grant CC immunity, additional dupes are required.
Legendary+ gives him more Haste.
Mythic+ will provide 2 of the weakest allies a massive shield. At EX+10, those characters under that shield will be CC Immune while it's active.
Supreme+ will make allies under Hugin's shields take 30% less damage.
Recommended to upgrade him to M+ EX+10 for the extra shields and CC Immunity.
Conclusion
Hugin has strong potential as a support, but it’s not his time to shine just yet. Still, consider pulling a few copies of him to help with your AFK Stage progression.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Massive Shields.
CC Immune Buff.
ATK and Haste Boost.
Cons
Needs a stationary DPS to maximize Mechanized Bond potential.
Deals no damage by himself.
Bulk of his buffs are tied to his Ultimate.
Ratings
General Ratings
S
AFK Stages
B
Battle Drill
B
PVP
B
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
B
Skyclops
B
Croaker
B
Necrodrakon
B
Snow Stomper
B
Lone Gaze
B
Alpha Bear
B
Orson
B
Crystal Beetle
Guides
EX Investment
The EX investment information were created with the help of Seas0n, the creator of the
AFK Analytica community that supports AFK Arena and AFK Journey.
You can find their website here and their discord here.
Since the
Temporal Essence
and
Twilight Essence
are very hard to obtain, you have to be really careful with the using them to upgrade the EX weapon. And in this guide we ordered all characters by the priority when it comes to how much they need investment in their EX weapon to work well and where should you stop to get the best bang for your buck.
Why does the +8 breakpoint appear so often?
Because the raw stats you get from upgrading the EX weapon help you more than the passive in some cases. Also, to upgrade the EX from +5 to +8 you need only 30x
Temporal Essence
, while the remaining two levels require additional 45x
Temporal Essence
. So you get the best bang for your buck stopping at +8.
Color explanation:
+0 - the base investment for the character,
+5/8 - the next step that you should do when investing into that character,
+10/15 - the final step you should do when investing into that character - you can go beyond that later though once you have the Essences to spare.
