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Aidan Hero Guide
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AIDAN

HEALER • WAY OF CHAOS • BACK LINE

Aidan is a powerful back-line support and healer built around sacrifice, permanent Health growth, healing and protective shields. His mechanics become increasingly dangerous as battles continue, especially when combined with Heroes that benefit from friendly Health sacrifice.

ABILITIES

SKILLS

SKILL 1

Phoenix Ritual

SACRIFICE • HEALTH SCALING

Aidan sacrifices 20% of his maximum Health and permanently increases both the maximum and current Health of every allied Hero. The affected allies are set on fire and take damage over nine seconds equal to the Health bonus they received.

Aidan's abilities cannot kill his own allies. If an ally falls below 25% Health, his abilities stop damaging that Hero.

If Kayla is on the allied team and has already fallen, Phoenix Ritual immediately resurrects her.

Scales with Aidan's Health. Repeated activations permanently increase the team's maximum Health and also strengthen the shields created by Flame Shield.
SKILL 2

Fire Embrace

HEALING • MAGIC ATTACK

Heals the ally with the lowest Health and also restores teammates that have lost Health through friendly skills since the previous activation of Fire Embrace.

Chaos Heroes receive additional healing, making the skill particularly effective inside Chaos-based compositions.

Scales with Magic Attack. Its ability to target the ally in the most critical condition can save an important Hero at a decisive moment.
SKILL 3

Bonds of Fire

SACRIFICE • SCALING

Aidan sacrifices Health from the ally with the highest Health and from teammates currently above 80% Health. He converts the sacrificed Health into additional maximum and current Health for himself while also healing.

Scales with Magic Attack and creates powerful interaction with Heroes that benefit from friendly Health sacrifice.
SKILL 4

Flame Shield

SHIELD • TEAM HEALTH

Whenever Aidan or an ally that started the battle with him falls below 30% Health, Aidan creates a shield around that Hero for four seconds.

The shield absorbs both Physical and Magical Damage. Each ally can receive it once every fifteen seconds.

Shield durability equals 24% of the team's combined maximum Health. Because Phoenix Ritual continuously increases team Health, Flame Shield becomes stronger as the battle progresses.
BUILD PRIORITIES

SKINS & GLYPHS

Skins

  1. Health Skin — first priority
  2. Health Skin + Super Skin
  3. Magic Attack Skin + Skin+
  4. Second Magic Attack Skin
  5. Armor Skin
  6. Default Intelligence Skin

Health strengthens both Aidan's survivability and Phoenix Ritual. Magic Attack improves Fire Embrace and Bonds of Fire.

Glyphs

  1. Health
  2. Magic Attack
  3. Intelligence
  4. Armor
  5. Magic Defense

For most players, bringing all five Glyphs to Level 40 provides a strong foundation unless you are specifically pushing Hero Classes further.

BUILD PRIORITY

ARTIFACTS

PRIORITY 1

Book

Provides Magic Attack and Health. It strengthens Aidan's abilities while also improving his survivability.

PRIORITY 2

Ring

Provides Intelligence, improving Magic Attack and adding further Magic Defense.

PRIORITY 3

Weapon

Grants team-wide Magic Defense when Phoenix Ritual is activated. Useful, but personal stat development provides greater priority.

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT

GIFT OF THE ELEMENTS & TALISMANS

Gift of the Elements

MAX IT.

Health keeps Aidan alive and directly benefits his Health-based mechanics, while Magic Attack strengthens his healing and sacrifice scaling.

Talismans

Talisman 1: Intelligence + Magic Attack.

Talisman 2: Toughness + Health.

Both are excellent options. Aidan can still perform extremely well without both Talismans if the rest of his build is properly developed.

IMPORTANT INTERACTIONS

KEY SYNERGIES

Kayla

Phoenix Ritual can immediately resurrect Kayla if she has already fallen. Without a resurrection counter, this interaction can create repeated revival pressure and make the pair extremely difficult to eliminate permanently.

Xe'Sha

Health sacrificed by Aidan and his allies contributes to Xe'Sha's Soaring Might, permanently increasing her Magic Attack. Through Spiritual Power, that offensive scaling can then benefit the rest of the team.

HOW TO FIGHT HIM

AIDAN COUNTERS

Morrigan

Necromancy blocks Phoenix Ritual from resurrecting Kayla. Failed resurrection attempts can also generate Soul Essence for Morrigan.

Kendle

Pure Damage can bypass the protection offered by Aidan's large shields, creating a direct way to pressure protected targets.

Cornelius

Aidan's very high Intelligence makes him vulnerable to Cornelius' ultimate, which can produce devastating damage against high-Intelligence targets.

Phobos

If Aidan has the highest Magic Attack on his team, Phobos can drain his Energy and control him, limiting access to the abilities that make Aidan difficult to defeat.

QUICK SUMMARY

WHY AIDAN IS SO POWERFUL

Aidan combines permanent team Health growth, healing, friendly sacrifice and powerful shields in a single back-line support. Phoenix Ritual makes the entire team progressively harder to kill, while the same Health growth also increases the durability of Flame Shield. His interactions with Kayla and Xe'Sha add even more value to specific compositions.

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