Seven archetypes
Duelist
A hero’s class decides two things that matter more than its stats: which upgrade pool it draws from at rank A and again at rank S, and which relics and items are built to support it. Seven classes, four heroes each, and a shared pool per class — so two heroes of the same class compete for the same upgrades. Each page below lists the heroes, both upgrade pools in full, and every relic and item that carries the class name.
Updated for patch 0.5.10
Rush Duelists, one of the two Duelist builds rated S, spends none of its eleven relics on the class and leans on the Acceleration family instead. Irini and Nyx both take Rush Dynamo for 1 Attack Speed per Rush trigger, and Rip is the third hero. He joins them again in two more of the four builds named after the class, with Pimenta in his place in Debuff Duelists: sturdy company for a class that averages 712.5 health, ahead of only Mystics and Mages.
Class gear
Class relics show up in the other S tier build, Rush Duelists Stack, instead: Duelist's Fury Filigree for 150 Attack Speed during Rush (10), Duelist's Flame Banner for 3 Burn per auto attack, and two Duelist's Foil on Irini. With Karsu, Irini and Nyx in combat, Duelist's Memento brings Stall abilities 12 seconds forward.
Of the two relics in Debuff Duelists, one is Duelist's Outbreak Banner, rewritten in 0.5.5 to add 20 damage to each Duelist auto attack for every Debuff type the target carries. Sal becomes its second Duelist through The Breezy.
Speed on the sheet
Every Duelist starts with 20 bonus Attack Speed, and the four hold the fastest base attack rates on the roster; the quickest heroes outside the class, Hoyoung and Funke, make 0.47 attacks per second. Burning, Poisonous and Freezing Attacks apply their Debuff on auto attack, each with an Acceleration partner worth 2 Attack Speed against a target that already carries it. Six upgrades in the pool carry Backup, the highest count among the seven pools.
Duelist heroes
IriniDuelistLimitless: Each auto attack, gain 1 Attack Speed. After Stall (15), auto attacks deal 100% Attack Speed bonus damage.
NyxDuelistFerality: For Rush (5), gain 5 (+25% Attack Speed) Attack Speed and 5 (+25% Attack) Attack for each time this ability has triggered this combat. Every 12 auto attacks, refresh all of Nyx's Rush abilities.
TillyWarrior / DuelistLuxurious: Gain 25% Attack Attack Speed and 25% Attack Speed Attack. Every 25 auto attacks, gain 2 (+2 per Rank) Shards.
KarsuDuelistSnowpiercer: Loose a volley of 5 (+1 per 50 Attack Speed) arrows at nearby enemies. Each arrow deals 25 (+100% Attack, +100% Magic) damage and inflicts 3 (+2 per Rank) Frost. Max Arrows: 14
Duelist stats compared
The base values of every Duelist, before ranks, items and relics.
Duelist upgrades — rank A
15 upgrades in the rank A pool. A hero picks one, and heroes of the same class draw from the same list.
Burning AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 33 Attack Speed) Burn (Max: 10).
Burning AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Burn, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
Poisonous AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 50 Attack Speed) Poison (Max: 6).
Poisonous AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Poison, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
Freezing AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 80 Attack Speed) Frost (Max: 6).
Freezing AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Frost, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
Debuff VelocityOn auto attack, gain 1 Crit and 1 Attack per Debuff on the target.
Rush DynamoDuelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Rush trigger this game. Backup.
Critical TimingFor Rush (10), gain +50% Crit. After Stall (20), gain +50% Crit.
Critical InvigorationOn Crit, heal 50% Crit health and gain 3 Mana.
Rolling SpeedDuelists gain 2 Attack Speed per reroll this game. Backup.
Golden EyeEvery 9 auto attacks, gain 1 Shard.
RangerGain 1 Range and 40 Attack Speed.
Scaling SpeedAt start of combat, if this Hero is adjacent to exactly one other Hero they both permanently gain 25 Attack Speed.
Stall DynamoDuelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Stall trigger this game. Backup.
Duelist upgrades — rank S
15 upgrades in the rank S pool. A hero picks one, and heroes of the same class draw from the same list.
- Burning AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 33 Attack Speed) Burn (Max: 10).
- Burning AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Burn, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
- Poisonous AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 50 Attack Speed) Poison (Max: 6).
- Poisonous AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Poison, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
- Freezing AttacksOn auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 80 Attack Speed) Frost (Max: 6).
- Freezing AccelerationWhenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Frost, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.
- Debuff VelocityOn auto attack, gain 1 Crit and 1 Attack per Debuff on the target.
- Rush DynamoDuelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Rush trigger this game. Backup.
- Critical TimingFor Rush (10), gain +50% Crit. After Stall (20), gain +50% Crit.
- Critical InvigorationOn Crit, heal 50% Crit health and gain 3 Mana.
- Rolling SpeedDuelists gain 2 Attack Speed per reroll this game. Backup.
- Golden EyeEvery 9 auto attacks, gain 1 Shard.
- RangerGain 1 Range and 40 Attack Speed.
- Scaling SpeedAt start of combat, if this Hero is adjacent to exactly one other Hero they both permanently gain 25 Attack Speed.
- Stall DynamoDuelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Stall trigger this game. Backup.
Duelist relics and items
19 entities carry the Duelist name. They are built around what the class does, so they are the first place to look when you commit to it.
Duelist's Precision BannerUniqueDuelists gain 1 Crit per 5 Shards you've generated this game.
Duelist's Toxin BannerUniqueWhenever a Duelist auto attacks, they inflict 2 Poison on their target.
Duelist's Chill BannerUniqueWhenever a Duelist auto attacks, they inflict 2 Frost on their target.
Duelist's Flame BannerUniqueWhenever a Duelist auto attacks, they inflict 3 Burn on their target.
Duelist's Outbreak BannerUniqueWhenever a Duelist auto attacks, they deal 20 bonus damage per type of Debuff on their target.
Duelist's Precise ReflectionUniqueDuelists gain 20 Attack Speed and 15 Crit.
Duelist's Combative ReflectionUniqueDuelists gain 20 Attack Speed and 25 Attack.
Duelist's MedallionCommonDuelists gain 20 Attack Speed.
Duelist's MementoRareFor each Duelist in combat, Stall abilities trigger 4 seconds earlier.
Duelist's EmblemRareIf there is a Duelist in combat, Heroes deal 30 bonus damage with each auto attack.
Duelist's Rhythm PrismEpicWhenever a Duelist auto attacks, they randomly inflict 2 Poison, 4 Frost, or 6 Burn on their target.
Duelist's Profusion FiligreeEpicAfter Stall (10), whenever a Duelist auto attacks they also hit the nearest enemy to their target, dealing 33% damage and applying on-hit effects.
Duelist's Fury FiligreeEpicFor Rush (10), Duelists gain 150 Attack Speed.
Duelist's Momentum EngineLegendaryHeroes gain 40 Attack Speed. Whenever a Duelist auto attacks, they deal 5 bonus damage for each time they have auto attacked this combat.
Duelist's BowUniqueIf this item is held by a Duelist, double its stats.
Duelist's VestUniqueIf this item is held by a Duelist, double its stats.
Duelist's FoilRareEvery 15 auto attacks, if held by a Duelist this item gains 1 Attack Speed.
Duelist's GlyphEpicThe holder counts as a Duelist during combat. If they were already a Duelist, they gain +20% Attack Speed.
Duelist's CrestUniqueThe holder counts as a Duelist during combat.