BThe Bloomer
The Bloomer Passive
After Stall (15), Double Sanctuary of Bloom's healing and Shielding. It lasts 1 second longer.
Hero
Pollen
Tier C
Mystic
The Bloom
Pollen tier and best specialization
C
C tier on patch 0.5.12
Runs with Pollen win at an average rate overall and among the worst on SSS difficulty, and player tier lists for Red Rift rate her C or lower. She keeps her place in Stall Aria, where she runs The Fae's Kiss.
Plays in these tier list comps
Specializations, best first
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.
- BThe Bloomer PassiveDoubles her field's healing and Shields after Stall (15) and extends it; players call it the strongest pure healing at rank B, and its runs win the most.
- C
The Fae's Kiss PassiveStall Aria runs it for double Poison and stronger Debuffs on all enemies, but the developers said it kept struggling and a player spec list rates it last. - C
The Earth's Child Passive · +MageThe most picked of her three, making her a Mage whose field adds Frost and Burn after Stall (20), yet its runs win the least.
Guides
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.
Pollen is the only Mystic who defends and pressures at the same time: her flower field poisons enemies and shields heroes standing in it, and past Stall (15) it starts healing them too. Her output scales on Mana Regen rather than Magic, which puts her in a different item lane from the rest of the class.
Mana Regen is her Poison stat
Sanctuary of Bloom inflicts 1 Poison per second plus 1 for every 5 Mana Regen. The divisor was 8 until 0.5.6, and with a specialization picked the new value only applied after the 0.5.7 fix. Mystic ranks add 4 Mana Regen each to her base 8, so a rank A Pollen starts at 16.
Stall Aria stacks more on top. Freezing Wand brings 4 Mana Regen, 25 Magic and 12 Frost per cast on the nearest enemy, and each of her two Mystic's Orb copies adds 4 Mana Regen and 25 Starting Mana, then 1 Mana Regen more every 4 casts. That is 28 Mana Regen before her first cast, over 6 Poison per second by the formula, and her upgrade Stall Battery gives every hero 3 more on each Stall trigger. The two Orbs also move her opening Mana from 35 to 85 of a 135 bar.
That build picks The Fae's Kiss. After Stall (10) the field inflicts 100% more Poison, and after Stall (30) every Debuff on every enemy grows by 33% plus 33% per rank. Patch 0.5.3 moved both marks down from Stall (20) and Stall (40), and the Debuff clause is tagged Backup.
The Magic half of the field
Shields and healing read a stat Pollen barely has. The field Shields for 10 plus 100% of Magic per second and heals for 10 plus 50% after Stall (15), yet she starts at 0 Magic and ranks add only 6 each; among her Stall Aria items only the Wand's 25 Magic helps.
The Bloomer doubles that healing and Shielding after Stall (15) and keeps the field up a second longer than its base 5. The Earth's Child adds the Mage class and 30 Magic, 40 before 0.5.2, and after Stall (20) the field also inflicts 1 Burn per 25 Magic and 1 Frost per 33 Magic each second.
Base stats
- Health
- 575
- Defence
- 30
- Attack
- 20
- Crit
- 15
- Magic
- 0
- Range
- 4
- Max mana
- 135
- Mana regen
- 8
What Pollen gains per rank
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 Pollen that stat is Mana regen.
| Stats | Per rank | C → S |
|---|---|---|
| Health | +12.5% | +37.5% |
| Defence | +8 | +24 |
| Attack | +6 | +18 |
| Magic | +6 | +18 |
| Attack speed | +5 | +15 |
| Crit | +4 | +12 |
| Mana regenprimary | +4 | +12 |
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.
Starting ability
Sanctuary of Bloom Active
Create a flower field for 5 seconds. Each second, inflict 1 (+1 per 5 Mana Regen) Poison on enemies and apply 10 (+100% Magic) Shields to Heroes inside the flower field. Each second after Stall (15), heal Heroes inside the flower field for 10 (+50% Magic).
Specializations
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.
CThe Fae's Kiss
The Fae's Kiss Passive
After Stall (10), Sanctuary of Bloom inflicts 100% more Poison. After Stall (30), increase the amount of Debuffs on all enemies by 33% (+33 per Rank). Backup.
CThe Earth's Child
Extra classes it can gain: Mage
Gain the Mage class and 30 Magic.
The Earth's Child Passive
After Stall (20), Sanctuary of Bloom also inflicts 1 per 33 Magic Frost and 1 per 25 Magic Burn each second.
Class upgrades
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.
Stall Certainty
Stall abilities trigger 6 seconds faster. Backup.
Rolling Conduit
Mystics gain 1 Mana Regen for each reroll this game. Backup.
Shard Weaver
Every other cast, gain 3 Shards.
Sideline Support
Backup Only: At start of combat, gain 5 Shards and give Heroes 500 (+500 per Rank) Shields.
Stall Battery
On Stall trigger, gain 1 Shard and give Heroes 3 Mana Regen. Backup.
Stall Enlightenment
After Stall (30), permanently gain 5 Mana Regen.
Shield Magnification
When this Hero applies Shields, apply 50% more Shields.
Empowered Magic
On cast, give other Heroes 100% Mana Regen Attack and 100% Mana Regen Magic.
Shield Formation
At start of combat, give this Hero and adjacent Heroes 400 (+250% Magic, +1000% Mana Regen) Shields.
Sideline Empowerment
Backup Only: At start of combat, give Heroes 4 (+4 per Rank) Mana Regen, 50 (+25 per Rank) Attack, and 50 (+25 per Rank) Magic.
Protective Magic
On cast, give the lowest percent health Hero 100 (+500% Mana Regen) Shields.
Arcane Growth
On cast, permanently gain 4 Magic.
Debuff Amplification
On cast, increase the amount of each Debuff on enemies in range by 50% Mana Regen.
Debuff Channeling
On cast, gain 1 Mana Regen for each type of Debuff on all enemies.
Debuff Protection
On cast, give the lowest percent health Hero 1 Shield per 2 Debuffs on all enemies.
Guildrun Heroes
Questions people ask
What tier is Pollen in Guildrun?
Pollen is C tier on patch 0.5.12. The strongest specialization is The Bloomer, rated B.
What class is Pollen in Guildrun?
Pollen is a Mystic hero with 575 health, 30 defence, 20 attack and 15 crit at rank C.
Which specializations can Pollen take?
Pollen has 3 paths: The Bloomer, The Fae's Kiss, The Earth's Child. One is picked at rank B and stays locked for the rest of the run.
What does Pollen gain per rank?
Every stat rises at each rank, but Mana regen rises three to four times faster than the rest, because it is the primary stat of Pollen’s class. There are 3 upgrades between C and S.
What is Pollen’s starting ability?
Sanctuary of Bloom (Active). Create a flower field for 5 seconds. Each second, inflict 1 (+1 per 5 Mana Regen) Poison on enemies and apply 10 (+100% Magic) Shields to Heroes inside the flower field. Each second after Stall (15), heal Heroes inside the flower field for 10 (+50% Magic).
What does ranking a hero up actually do?
Rank B unlocks the specialization. Rank A adds a class upgrade. Rank S adds a second class upgrade and a fourth item slot. A hero below rank B cannot take a specialization at all.
Can a hero play outside its class?
Yes, and that is the point of the game. Specializations exist to pull a hero out of its class role. A Mage can end up as the damage carry, a Vanguard can end up generating shards.
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