ShemiraInformation and Guide

Shemira is an S-Rank character from the Mage class who belongs to the Graveborn faction. Shemira’s kit is based around sacrificing her own health, dealing high AOE damage, and self-sustain.

All her offensive skills besides her Ultimate require losing HP to deal more damage through the summoning of ghosts.

Her Ultimate, “Phantom Procession”, summons ghosts, deals damage and heals her, but this damage sharply decreases once an enemy has been hit by 15 or more ghosts, making this ability less useful in Single Target scenarios, but great against groups of enemies.

Her first skill, “Sacrificial Orb”, sacrifices some of her HP to deal moderate damage to enemies in her path.

Her second skill, “Ghastly Tribute” has both a Passive and Active mode. Her Passive allows her to summon an extra ghost whenever your team loses some shield or HP, and synergizes very well with characters who provide shields or reliable healing. Her Active sacrifices some of her HP to deal True Damage to enemies based on their max HP.

Now, for a quick overview of her performance in the various game modes:

• Story and AFK stages – Shemira performs best in AFK stages, as this gamemode represents the ideal scenario, multiple enemies. Her role is that of a DPS, and she works as solo carry most of the time, being responsible for the bulk of the team’s damage output. Since her damage falls off after 15 ghosts against single targets, Shemira may struggle against single resilient enemies. As her kit offers little utility, Shemira will be one of the first characters to be replaced in AFK pushing teams as new banners come out.

• Dream Realm – Since Shemira’s kit favours fights against multiple enemies or bosses with multiple parts, in Thalassa and Plague Creeper, Shemira’s damage goes toe to toe with previous top teams, replacing Odie or Talene in each team, but does not quite come ahead beyond the margin of error for run-to-run variation. For other bosses, Shemira’s lackluster Single Target damage makes her a lot less viable.

•  PVP – Shemira can be extremely powerful in PVP, often ending fights within 10 seconds, but as she is an Ultimate-reliant hero who is also squishy at the start of battle, Shemira is prone to getting killed early on in the fight, especially if used in defense formations. But when Shemira does get her Ultimate out, her team will win as long as they survive long enough for her ghosts to do their thing. Callan is a great option to help buy her some extra time to survive until she can get her Ultimate out. She can also work in Dunlingr curelock teams, and can counter Cryonaia as long as she gets her Ultimate out first, as her ghosts cannot be frozen unlike the rest of the team. She works best in attack teams, and can be countered more easily when used in defense teams.

Investment

Shemira’s base kit is already usable at a single copy for AFK stages, but she will need the raw stats from extra dupes as you climb into higher deficit stages due to her Main Carry status.

• Legendary+ gives her more Energy Regen.

• Mythic+ gives her a conditional shield that deals damage to enemies when it pops.

• EX +10 gives her extra True Damage which also reduces non-boss enemy HP.

• Supreme+ allows Shemira to summon an extra ghost whenever a Hero is defeated.

A good investment level for Shemira is Mythic+ with her EX +10 weapon for True Damage.

Conclusion

Shemira is a character who deals great damage and can heal herself, but suffers from a lack of utility, and has a very selfish kit overall, which cements her as Main Carry. As a result she will be prone to getting power-crept relatively early as new banners are released. She is recommended to pull for new players as she works fine at low dupes, but her kit is nothing groundbreaking for veteran players and can be skipped in favour of future banners.