Awakened HildeInformation and Guide

Character
Introduction

Awakened Hilde is a ASSR Rarity character from the
Defender
Defender class and
Counter
Counter
type. They are part of the Type: Siegfried faction.

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Profile

Review and ratings

Other information

Profile

Combat information
Rarity
ASSR
Deployment Cost
6 cost
Movement Type
Ground
Attack type
Ground
Specialties
Barrier
Crowd Control
ETB
Shielder
Skills
Basic

Basic Attack

Valid hits: 2

Cooldown: -

Swings her sword along with Fafnir and Regin, inflicting AoE damage.

Level 2: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 3: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 4: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Level 5: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Passive

Fafnir's Descent

Valid hits: 2

Cooldown: -

When deployed, instantly knocks targets in an 800-reach radius backward in the direction she's facing. Charges at a target at least 300 reach away from her, inflicting AoE damage upon collision and forcing it to attack her for 3 seconds. Decreases Special Skill cooldown by 3 seconds when cast.

Level 2: HP +5%

Level 3: HP +5%

Level 4: HP +10%

Level 5: An noncancelable barrier by 8% of Max HP around all allies for 8 s upon deployment Special skill cooldown -5 s instead

Special

Regin's Wrath

Valid hits: 3

Cooldown: 28 seconds

Leaps backward into the air and crashes onto the ground, inflicting AoE damage. Afterwards, creates a noncancelable barrier by 25% of Max HP and becomes immune to all kinds of Hitstun for this barrier's duration.

Level 2: DMG +5%

Level 3: DMG +5%

Level 4: DMG +15%

Level 5: Role DISADV RES +100% for barrier duration

Ultimate

Buster Overdrive

Valid hits: 3

Cooldown: 48 seconds

Charges forward and inflicts AoE damage on contact with the first enemy in her path. Decreases DMG Taken by 30% and immune to all non-Permanent debuffs for 10 seconds afterward.

Level 2: DMG +5%

Level 3: DMG +5%

Level 4: DMG +15%

Level 5: Casts Special skill ignoring its cooldown during the buff.

Alternium

Buster Core

While Hilde exists on the battlefield, ally units are granted one barrier, each worth 8% of Max HP, that cannot be canceled.
Stats

Awakened Hilde stats aren't available yet. They will be added soon!

Availability
KR Release Date
July 10th, 2020
GLOBAL Release Date
May 26th, 2022

Review

Ratings
SS

PVE (Early)

A

PVE (Late)

S

PVP

Review
Summary

Awakened Hilde (AHilde) is a frontline tank with an obscene HP pool capable of disrupting enemies with her push-oriented kit. AHilde’s passive, special skill, and ultimate skill all synergize together to make a frontline tank capable of dealing heavy knockback and holding the space gained.

AHilde’s Alternium Reactor gives her some more team utility in the form of a barrier granted to all on field allies while AHilde is alive. This stacks with her passive, meaning she applies two distinct barriers on deployment.

PVE Review

AHilde is gifted to all players as a free story progression reward . Being a great frontline tank, she can be a major boon to new accounts lacking proper frontline options.

AHilde has an extremely low gear requirement. In PVE, her base DEF is almost enough to max category 1 DMG RES (refer to Terms and Mechanics guide). She only needs two substats’ worth of anti-ground DMG RES at level 100, and one substat’s worth at level 110. Additionally, her frequent self-barrier application reduces the pressure on her supports to keep her alive.

AHilde can survive almost any content in the game but in most cases, the durability she brings is excessive. Players eventually outgrow her in favor of more affordable frontline tanks, as oftentimes players only need a generic frontline tank. Her 6 DP cost can also be unwieldy when compared to cheaper alternatives who tank just as well for the situation.

This doesn’t make her entirely useless, as players may revisit her when the typical frontline tanks aren’t enough. These include Dive 50, specific Danger Close bosses (notably Soprano), but extends to any difficult stage (e.g. Dimension Trimming).

PVP Review

In PVP, AHilde can shove the enemy team around and ruin their units’ spacing. If AHilde can survive to cast her ultimate, she can provide a ton of value disrupting your opponent’s positioning by knocking back frontline tanks to expose the backline.

AHilde’s alternium reactor has breathed new life into the unit. She now sees decent usage during extreme stall-heavy weeks by giving her team additional bulk with the barriers provided by her alternium reactor. These barriers provide a great deal of survivability and help stabilize the backline provided that AHilde herself is not struggling to stay alive.

As a 6 DP frontline tank, AHilde can be remarkably inflexible and frequently struggles to justify her own existence in comps that would sooner run someone else. Her cost, which has always been a pain point, becomes especially difficult to work with in PVP when she is competing against other more efficient frontline tanks (e.g. Rearm Kaci, Rearm Alex). AHilde does provide unique value in the form of her barriers but when you only need a frontline tank who can soak damage, there is little that she provides over the alternatives.

Dealing with AHilde has always been one of the first major challenges new PVP players face. Between her innate tankiness, constant knockback, gap closer, and barrier spam, she can single-handedly overwhelm new players’ teams and quickly kill the game by squeezing everyone against the edge of the map. AHilde can be managed with some combination of:

  • Bringing properly geared anti-defender units: This can be a dedicated anti-defender damage dealers (e.g. Old Administration Rifleman) or characters inherently good against defenders (Awakened Maria, Awakened Regina). 

  • Giving your frontline tanks movement accessories: Movement accessories go a long way towards frontline survivability. Beyond the dodge chance, the EVA from movements help push most frontline tanks past AHilde’s surefire threshold. Being able to dodge AHilde’s special makes her much easier to manage.

  • Stacking multiple frontline tanks in front of AHilde: Building off the above point on evasion, stacking multiple frontline tanks makes it much harder for AHilde to knock back both.

Most of the time, AHilde difficulties stem from gear deficiencies. AHilde (and PVP in general) becomes more manageable as you iron out your substats and come to own a few proper sets.

Pros & Cons
Pros

- AHilde’s barriers (especially with her reactor) gives the team an incredible amount of bulk.

- AHilde is the tankiest character in the game. When the usual frontline options aren’t cutting it, AHilde is always there as the nuclear option.

Cons

- AHilde doesn’t provide nearly as much utility as other frontline tanks, and not every comp can accommodate AHilde. It can be difficult to justify the cost when ultimately she’s just an HP meatball.

Other information

Gear recommendation
PVE gear

Set: Full Tank or CDR Tank

PVP gear

Set: Full Tank or CDR Tank

The gear recommendations have been simplified and you should use them in combination with this guide (for PVP) and this guide (for PVE).