TIERING - Archimatos

ARCHIMATOS, Master of Possession

INSIGHT Rating - Tier B Assassin

• Guild       - 2
• PvP         - 2
• Arenas    - 3
• Events    - 1

• A versatile summoner to assassin important target(s) and overwhelm enemies with Bloodletters
• Strength:
• Powerful summons throughout the whole match
• Decent damage in melee and ranged
• Weakness:
• Short ranged and weak in HP and armor, difficult to survive long
• Bloodletters do not last long to be reliable outputs
• He has a few nemesis who shut him down

See Metrics for definition on classes and rating

PvP draft mode

• Minimising free hexes around characters are very important against Archimatos's active. In other words, his active should encourage enemies to stick together, creating tactical advantage should AoE damage be available
• If his summon spawns at melee range of an enemy in overwatch, it will block overwatches to that direction
• He can quickly overwhelm a team of range-focus characters
• Most of Space Wolf characters can counter him very well
• Be careful of LtGB hurting non-Chaos allies

Guild Raids

• Ineffective against Mortarion and Ghazghkull:
• Bloodletters are highly suspectable to Guild Bosses' AoE attacks (they have 0 armor and low health)
• Bloodletters prioritise enemy's summons than Guild Boss
• Against Szarekh, if Bloodletters run into Szarekh's range before it leaves the throne, Szarekh often stays in the throne. Timing to summon is crucial
• Bloodletters do 1 more hit against Pskyer bosses (all Tyrants and Mortarion)

Arena

• Good placement of Bloodletters can manipulate enemies' behaviors as enemies prioritise kills, and summons are easier to kill
• Same comments as PvP draft mode

Wave-clearing events

• Archimatos has wave-clearing AoE in ranged attack, with each kill summoning 1 Bloodletter (max 4 kills per attack, 2 from psychic damage and 2 from LtGB). 
• Same comments as Arena

Stats Analysis

At Rare, Silver 1; Damage against 300-armor target; Rank amongst all characters

Comments: 

• HP          - Rank 49 (Bottom 10)
• Armor    - Rank 52 (Bottom 5)
• Melee    - Rank 13
• Average: 2 hits, 100% pen. = 362
• Max:  2 hits, LtGB, 100% pen., high roll (+20%) = 652
• Ranged  - Rank 19
• Average: 1 hits, 100% pen. = 181
• Max: 1 hit, 100% pen., LtGBx2, Smite (50%), high roll (+20%) = 652
• Speed    - Average
• Equip.     - Crit-focus
• 38% for 250 damage

Skills Analysis

At Rare, Silver 1; Damage against 300-armor target;

Comments: Constant streaming of Bloodletters to overwhelm enemies

• Active     - Good
• Summon at most 5 Bloodletters surrounding the enemy (7 in Legendary), each hitting the target and ending its turn
• Stop summoning as soon as target expires
• Passive   - Good
• Upon killing his target with normal attack or LtGB, Archimatos summons 1 Bloodletter at the spot of expired target
• This can happen more than once per attack if more than 1 target expires
• Summon - Bloodletter
• HP                - 370
• Melee          - 237
• Hits               - 1-3 hits, with 80% pen.
• Movement  - Normal
• Traits:
• 25% chance to block 50% of melee damage (i.e. 118)
• +1 hit against psykers
• +1 hit when reaching a target

Traits Analysis

Comments: Reliable AoE to normal ranged attack

• Let the Galaxy Burn (LtGB)
• 50% chance to score 1 hit to the target or any non-Chaos unit next to target for 1 ranged attack
• Psyker
• 2nd psychic hit to a random unit next to original target, dealing 50% damage
• Only 1 LtGB will be triggered for 1 attack attempt. It can be triggered in either the 1st hit or 2nd hit

Synergy

Excluding flat damage buff for obvious synergy

• Displacement skills - To relocate target for maximised summoning potentials
• Certus active - Knockback
• Tjark active - Pull
• Sword Brother Godswyl active- Knockback but taking one hex doing so
• Tanksmasha active - Unreliable knockback

• Bloodletter Buff - To maximise outputs of the Bloodletters
• Abraxas passive - +1 hit to Daemon and + psychic damage per hit
• Maktohep active - +1 action to adjacent Bloodletters, esp. powerful right after a full summon
• Ancient Thoread passive - 1 attack when a Bloodletter dies

Reference

• https://tacticus.fandom.com/wiki/Archimatos
• https://tacticus.fandom.com/wiki/HDTW_Damage

Metrics

• Profile Version: v1.9.21.436; Round-down is applied to calculation
• Rating Criteria
• 1 - Deal little damage, or lacking skillsets
• 2 - Deal fair damage, or with noticeable skillsets
• 3 - Deal massive damage, or with unique skillsets
• Role Descriptions
• Carry - Winning condition by DPS or summon
• Assassin - Eliminate Carry
• Juggernaut - Lead front-line assault
• Bodyguard - Protect Carry
• Support - Provides utilities to the team

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