A fiery-tempered Marksman who can continue moving while attacking.
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Rhys profile has been last updated at: October 29th, 2024.
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Profile
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Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Flame Barrage
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 0s
Range: 10 tiles
Initial Energy: 0
Passive. Rhys can move while attacking but is unable to do so for 8s if under control effects. ATK SPD and Haste won't affect his attack animation speed. Every 1 ATK SPD or Haste grants him 2 Crit DMG Boost.
Rhys fires at enemies within a radius of arc, shooting 6 projectiles across the battlefield, each dealing 280% damage to enemies on its path. Rhys then loads his lance with Blast Ammo, allowing his normal attacks to deal 180% damage to the target and causing 40% splash damage to enemies in 1-tile arc behind the target until he is affected by a control effect.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases the damage dealt by each projectile against enemies on its path to 290%.
Unlocks at level 111: Increases the damage dealt by each projectile against enemies on its path to 300%.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases the damage dealt by each projectile against enemies on its path to 310%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases the damage dealt by each projectile against enemies on its path to 320%.
Skill I
Defensive Stance
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 12s
Range: Global
Passive. Rhys gains 10 Crit.
Active. Rhys gains control immunity when taking control effects.
Unlocks at level 71: Restores 120% of his ATK as HP upon casting this skill.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases the Passive Crit bonus to 12.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases the Passive Crit bonus to 15.
Skill II
Concussive Strike
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: 10s
Range: 2 tiles
Rhys loads Shock Ammo to shoot enemies within 2-tile, dealing 220% damage and knocking them back 2-tile. He's unable to cast this skill when loaded with Blast Ammo.
Unlocks at level 91: Increases damage to 230%
Unlocks at level 151: Increases damage to 240%
Unlocks at level 211: Increases damage to 250%
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Rhys increase his Crit DMG Boost by 22 during battle. He gains an extra 8 Crit DMG Boost when his lance is loaded with Blast Ammo.
Level 2: Rhys increase his Crit DMG Boost by 30 during battle. He gains an extra 10 Crit DMG Boost when his lance is loaded with Blast Ammo.
Level 3: Rhys increase his Crit DMG Boost by 38 during battle. He gains an extra 12 Crit DMG Boost when his lance is loaded with Blast Ammo.
EX. Skill
Fury Rush
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Rhys gains bonus movement speed when moving on the battlefield. He reaches the max speed 5s into a battle and loads Blast Ammo.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Increases Blast Ammo damage to 220% and the splash damage to 50%. Increases the splash range to a 2-tile arc behind the target.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Increases Blast Ammo damage to 230% and the splash damage to 55%. Increases the splash range to a 2-tile arc behind the target.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Increases Blast Ammo damage to 240% and the splash damage to 60%. Increases the splash range to a 2-tile arc behind the target.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Skill 1
Reduces the cooldown of Defensive Stance to 3s.
Season 2 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Rhys go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
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Review
Review
Rhys is an S-Level Marksman of the Mauler faction. His kit revolves around constantly moving around the map while dealing consistent AoE and single-target damage.
His ultimate, “Flame Barrage”, causes him to stop in his tracks and shoot 6 projectiles across the battlefield, dealing substantial AoE damage, and loading his gun with Blast Ammo, which enhances his normal attacks with extra splash damage until he gets stopped by a crowd control effect. Interestingly enough, this ultimate has a passive component, in that ATK SPD and Haste won’t affect his animation speed, but get converted into 2 Crit DMG Boost for each point of both.
“Defensive Stance” passively grants Rhys up to 15 Crit, and has an Active component where when he gets hit by a Crowd Control effect, he gains control immunity and restores some HP, on a 12s cooldown, going down to a staggeringly low 3s at Supreme+. “Concussive Strike” is an AoE knockback attack Rhys can use on a 10s cooldown as long as he hasn’t yet loaded Blast Ammo. His Hero focus grants him a large Crit DMG boost, which helps further boost his damage potential.
As for his EX Weapon, “Fury Rush”, it gives his bonus movement speed, and after 5s he loads Blast Ammo automatically. Upgrades increase Blast Ammo’s damage multipliers, and at +5 he also gets a bigger splash arc on his Blast Ammo.
Overall, Rhys is a solid ranged physical damage option in both AoE and bossing scenarios, but not the absolute best in any content at the moment.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Good single target damage in Dream Realm - works great with Kruger’s physical debuff.
Good AoE damage - works well in general PVE content.
Very Mobile unit - can sometimes dodge certain attacks due to his speed.
Cons
Not the absolute best in either AoE or single-target damage scenarios due to his jack-of-all-trades approach.
Somewhat vulnerable to Crowd Control before Supreme+
Ratings
General Ratings
A
AFK Stages
S
Battle Drill
B
PVP
A
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
B
Skyclops
A
Croaker
A
Necrodrakon
B
Snow Stomper
A
Lone Gaze
B
Alpha Bear
A
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.
