Hero
Tier C
Tank
The Rose Knight
C tier on patch 0.5.12
Players rate Pimenta around B and call her one of the better tanks early in a run, but her runs sit in the lower half overall and on SSS difficulty, so she drops to C despite roles in Stall Tanks and Debuff Duelists.
Picked at rank B and locked for the run. The order weighs what each one does for this hero in the comps that win, not the ability on its own.
The Seasoned Passive · +MageMakes her a Mage with a bigger, longer cloud and a Defense Backup for Tanks and Mages; Stall Tanks runs it, and its runs win the most.
The Lover PassiveGives the heroes behind her Attack Speed, and Sal more; Debuff Duelists runs it, and players split between calling it a good early pick and bait.
The Spicy Passive · +DuelistMakes her a Duelist who deepens every Debuff on her target; one player backs it as a Duelist tank, but its runs win the least of her three.Tiers are reviewed by hand after each patch (latest: 0.5.12), weighing the runs players share, most of them in Red Rift, the comps that clear the high difficulties, current player tier lists and recent balance changes. All 25 heroes side by side are on the hero tier list.
Pimenta turns her own Defence into offence: the poison cloud around her scales on Defence and Magic, and past Stall (15) it also heals her for every enemy standing in it. She is the Tank that gets stronger the more enemies commit to her, and the only one who wants to be outnumbered.
Every item Pimenta holds in Stall Tanks is Defense: Tank's Glyph 90 plus 15% for a hero who is already a Tank, Bulwark 30 and Frosted Gauntlets 30. Pepper Spray turns that stat into damage and Poison together, 5 plus 75% Magic plus 50% Defense and 2 Poison plus 1 per 20 Defense each second, so her 58 base Defense plus those 150 put 104 Defense-based damage into every tick.
The Seasoned makes her a Mage with 25 Magic, widens the cloud and lengthens it by a second, and after Stall (15) gives Tanks and Mages 20 plus 20 per rank Defense; in that build only Fiona misses out. The same Stall (15) mark starts the cloud's healing, 2 plus 2 per rank HP/S per enemy inside, and a wider cloud has room for more of them.
Debuff Duelists plays her on The Lover beside Sal and Irini. Heroes directly behind her gain 15 Attack Speed whenever a fight opens, Sal 30, and the gain is permanent, so it compounds. Her Frosted Gauntlets put 2 Frost on each attacker, which switches on her upgrade Freezing Restoration, 2 HP/S whenever an enemy carrying Frost auto attacks her. Venomous Gauntlets mirror that with 1 Poison, and Battlemage Robes heal her for 25% of Max HP per cast.
The Spicy adds the Duelist class and 20 Attack Speed. On each auto attack, for every type of Debuff on the target, it inflicts 2 plus 1 per rank more of that Debuff and deals 10 plus 75% Attack Speed as bonus damage. Pepper Spray supplies the Poison; a source of Frost or Burn makes a second type and doubles both parts.
The cloud changed in 0.5.3: Magic scaling rose from 50% to 75% and the Poison from 1 per 25 Defense to 1 per 20, while the HP/S per enemy fell from 3 plus 2 per rank to 2 plus 2. A 0.5.7 fix made that regeneration trigger against damage-immune enemies.
A hero climbs C → B → A → S — 3 upgrades in all. Every stat rises at the same rate on every hero, with one exception: the primary stat of the class rises three to four times faster. For Pimenta that stat is Defence.
| Stats | Per rank | C → S |
|---|---|---|
| Health | +12.5% | +37.5% |
| Defenceprimary | +30 | +90 |
| Attack | +6 | +18 |
| Magic | +6 | +18 |
| Attack speed | +5 | +15 |
| Crit | +4 | +12 |
| Mana regen | +1 | +3 |
Health rises as a percentage of base health; every other stat is a flat addition. The specialization is chosen at rank B, and the class modifier pools open at A and S.
Create a poison cloud around Pimenta for 4 seconds. Each second, deal 5 (+75% Magic, +50% Defense) damage and inflict 2 (+1 per 20 Defense) Poison to enemies in the poison cloud. Each second after Stall (15), gain 2 (+2 per Rank) HP/S per enemy in the poison cloud.
A hero unlocks one of these at rank B. The choice is locked for the run, and it decides which role the hero ends up playing.
Extra classes it can gain: Duelist
Gain the Duelist class and 20 Attack Speed.
On auto attack, for each type of Debuff on the target inflict 2 (+1 per Rank) more of that Debuff and deal 10 (+75% Attack Speed) bonus damage.
Extra classes it can gain: Mage
Gain the Mage class and 25 Magic.
Pepper Spray expands in size and lasts 1 second longer.
After Stall (15), Tanks and 
Mages gain 20 (+20 per Rank) Defense. Backup.
At start of combat, Heroes directly behind Pimenta permanently gain 15 Attack Speed. Sal gains 15 more.
Picked at rank A and again at rank S. Drawn from the shared pool for the hero class, so two heroes of the same class compete for the same upgrades.
After Stall (30), heal 100% Max HP, gain 100 Mana, and gain +25% Defense.
Stall abilities trigger 6 seconds faster. Backup.
On Stall trigger, gain 45 Defense.
When auto attacked, gain 2 Defense.
After Stall (10, Stall 20, Stall 30, Stall 40, and Stall 50): Taunt all enemies.
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Frost. Backup.
When auto attacked, deal 50% Defense damage to adjacent enemies.
Tanks gain 1 Attack and 1 Magic per 2 Defense they have. Backup.
When auto attacked, inflict 1 (+1 per 100 Defense) Frost on the attacker (Max: 6).
When auto attacked by an enemy with Frost, gain 2 HP/S.
When auto attacked, inflict 1 (+1 per 100 Defense) Poison on the attacker (Max: 6).
When auto attacked by an enemy with Poison, gain 2 HP/S.
Tanks gain +33% Defense against damage from enemies with Poison. Backup.
This Hero gains +20% Defense for each enemy targeting it.
At start of combat, if this Hero is in the back row all Heroes gain +75% Defense.
