An agile Warrior who can jump between tombstones to deal AoE damage.
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Igor profile has been last updated at: January 19th, 2025.
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Profile
Review
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Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Funeral Ring
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 0s
Range: 10 tiles
Initial Energy: 0
Igor summons a tombstone where he stands when a battle starts. Every time an enemy hero loses 40% of their HP, Igor summons another tombstone on an empty tile closest to this enemy which will disappear after taking 3 normal attacks. Igor will always stand on the tombstone and remain steadfast. Igor deals 150% damage to all enemies when casting his Ultimate.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases damage to 180%.
Unlocks at level 111: Increases damage to 210%.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases damage to 240%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases damage to 270%.
Skill I
Ghastly Explosion
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 1s
Range: 10 tiles
All tombstones are activated every 8s or when Igor cast Ultimate. Igor jumps onto an activated tombstone, dealing 140% damage to enemies within 1 tile and deactivating the tombstone. He gains Damage Immunity and can't be targeted during using the skill. When the tombstone Igor jumps onto is activated by his Ultimate, this attack deals 50% additional damage.
Unlocks at level 71: Increases damage to 150%.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases damage to 160%.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases damage to 170%.
Skill II
Soul Siphon
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: -
Range: 2 tiles
Igor uses the tombstone he's on to block the fatal blow damage and jumps onto another tombstone when existing multiple tombstones. He gains Damage Immunity during the skill. And Igor heals for 3% of his max HP when using Ghastly Explosion or Soul Siphon. Each time you cast Soul Siphon after casting it 6 times, the HP loss ratio required to summon a tombstone with Funeral Ring increases by 12%.
Unlocks at level 91: Heals for 3.5% of Igor's max HP.
Unlocks at level 151: Heals for 4% of Igor's max HP.
Unlocks at level 211: Heals for 4.5% of Igor's max HP.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Igor increases his Life Drain by 7 during battle. His Life Drain is increased by an extra 6 until Soul Siphon is triggered for the first time.
Level 2: Igor increases his Life Drain by 10 during battle. His Life Drain is increased by an extra 8 until Soul Siphon is triggered for the first time.
Level 3: Igor increases his Life Drain by 12 during battle. His Life Drain is increased by an extra 10 until Soul Siphon is triggered for the first time.
EX. Skill
Horror Strike
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: -
Range: 10 tiles
Igor extends the range of Ghastly Explosion by 1 tile and reduces the target's' healing received by 50% for 4s when his HP ratio is above 70%.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Reduces the targets' healing received for 5s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Gains one use of the enhanced Ghastly Explosion regardless of Igor's HP for each Soul Siphon casting.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Reduces the targets' healing received for 6s.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Ultimate
Igor summons an extra tomb at adjacent positions with the most enemies when the battle begins.
Season 3 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Igor go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
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Review
Review
Igor is a S-Rank Graveborn Warrior with a unique 'Cheat Death' mechanic that is different from Thoran’s. He thrives on enemies losing HP, using it to sustain himself and remain a menace on the battlefield, all while dishing out solid damage.
Funeral Ring is a passive Ultimate ability that keeps Igor standing on a tombstone, which he can create additionally whenever an enemy loses 40% of their HP. When this happens, Igor summons a tombstone near the affected enemy and begins attacking them.
When he uses his active Ultimate ability, Igor deals damage to all enemies and triggers Ghastly Explosion on any nearby tombstones. This explosion activates every 8 seconds or when his Ultimate is cast, dealing damage to enemies within 1 tile of the tombstone. If triggered by Igor’s ultimate, the explosion deals additional damage. Ghastly Explosion also heals Igor for a percentage of his max HP from Soul Siphon.
When Igor takes a fatal blow, he uses Soul Siphon, making himself immune to damage and hopping to another tombstone. Ghastly Explosion also heals Igor for a percentage of his max HP from Soul Siphon. However, after Soul Siphon is triggered six times, Funeral Ring becomes less effective, as the HP loss required to create new tombstones increases by 12%.
Hero Focus of Life Drain isn’t particularly useful for Igor, as he primarily relies on hopping between tombstones and taking advantage of the Damage Immunity granted by Soul Siphon, rather than sustained healing.
Unlocking Horror Strike extends the range of the explosion from Ghastly Explosion and reduces the healing received by enemies hit by it. At EX+ 10, Igor gains an enhanced Ghastly Explosion whenever he hops from one tombstone to another using Soul Siphon. When unlocking Supreme+, Igor creates another tombstone near where most enemies are, which can either set up another Soul Siphon for damage immunity or trigger more damage from Ghastly Explosions.
Performance in Various Game Modes:
Story and AFK/Talent Stages - His niches aren’t as useful in high-deficit situations, where direct utility is often more valuable. His main strength lies in indirect utility through his distraction
Dream Realm - Igor isn't particularly useful in Bossing situations, as he can't generate tombstones consistently. While his damage is decent, there are other options that may perform better for such encounters.
PVP - He is a decent menace in PVP, as enemy heroes often get distracted by targeting him. Thanks to the damage immunity from Soul Siphon, he becomes difficult to deal with. While his damage isn't enough to place him consistently at the top of PVP teams, he’s still a solid choice for disrupting opponents.
Battle Drills - Similar to AFK Stages, Igor’s role as an enemy distraction isn’t as useful here, where the focus is more on utility and DPS.
Conclusion
Igor is primarily a PVP unit. While he may not be the best option right now, he's still a solid pick, especially for new players. You can use him effectively without any dupes, but he becomes stronger with more dupes, boosting his damage. At M+ EX+10, he gains enhanced Ghastly Explosions on every tombstone hop, making him even more impactful.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Great off-tank that is hard to get rid of
Healing reduction
Cons
Takes time for his tombstones to come out
Inconsistent frontlining as he is not your typical Tank to be taking damage constantly
Ratings
General Ratings
C
AFK Stages
C
PVP
C
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
C
Snow Stomper
C
Lone Gaze
C
Orson
C
Crystal Beetle
C
Shellbrute
C
Creeper
C
Illucia
C
Thalassa
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.
