Karsu

How to Play

A range-5 Duelist whose Snowpiercer fires one more arrow per 50 Attack Speed (up to 14), spreading Frost. Raise Attack Speed. The Falling Snow cuts Max Mana down to 40 for more casts, The Frostbite adds extra arrows to auto attacks, and The Warband is a Backup that shares the stats it stacks with Duelists like Irini and Nyx.

Starting Ability

ActiveSnowpiercer

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

B-Rank Specialization

At B rank you pick one of three. Tap the cards to compare.

StallCrit

The Falling Snow

Passive Ability

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On auto attack, reduce Karsu's Max Mana by 1 (Min: 40).

After Stall (15), Snowpiercer arrows gain 33 (+33 per rank) Crit.

Backup

The Warband

Passive Ability

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On cast, permanently gain 2 Crit, 3 Attack, and 4 Attack Speed.

At start of combat, other Duelists gain all stats gained from this ability. Backup.

Frost

The Frostbite

Passive Ability

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Gains class Warrior

On auto attack, fire an additional arrow that inflicts 1 (+1 per 100 Attack Speed) Frost and deals 1 (+10% Attack)% of normal auto attack damage.

Player Build Stats

Specializations, upgrades and items players picked for Karsu in shared builds. Each shows the pick rate (bold), the clear rate of builds with that pick, and the number of builds.

Recommended Items

Picked from the game data to match Karsu's mechanics, class and the stats their abilities scale with. The tags before each item name say why.

Duelist onlyAttack scalingAttack Speed scalingDuelist's Bow

+20 Attack Speed+25 Attack

If this item is held by a Duelist, double its stats.

Duelist onlyAttack Speed scalingDuelist's Foil

+20 Attack Speed+15 Omnivamp

Every 15 auto attacks, if held by a Duelist this item gains 1 Attack Speed.

Duelist onlyAttack Speed scalingDuelist's Vest

+200 Max HP+20 Attack Speed

If this item is held by a Duelist, double its stats.

FrostMagic scalingAmulet of Storms

+25 Starting Mana+4 Mana Regen+25 Magic

On cast, remove 30 Frost from each enemy with 30 or more Frost to Stun those enemies for 2.5 seconds.

FrostAttack Speed scalingFrosted Gauntlets

+200 Max HP+30 Defense+20 Attack Speed

On auto attack, inflict 2 Frost on the target.
When auto attacked, inflict 2 Frost on the attacker.

FrostMagic scalingFreezing Wand

+4 Mana Regen+25 Magic

On cast, inflict 12 Frost on the nearest enemy.

A/S Rank Class Upgrades

A and S rank upgrades are class upgrades: the options come from the hero's class, not the hero (game tutorial). In the current data the A and S rank options are the same list. S rank heroes also get one more item slot. Expand to see the options.

Duelist A/S rank options (15)

Class UpgradeBurning Attacks

On auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 33 Attack Speed) Burn (Max: 10).

Class UpgradeBurning Acceleration

Whenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Burn, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.

Class UpgradePoisonous Attacks

On auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 50 Attack Speed) Poison (Max: 6).

Class UpgradePoisonous Acceleration

Whenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Poison, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.

Class UpgradeFreezing Attacks

On auto attack, inflict 1 (+1 per 80 Attack Speed) Frost (Max: 6).

Class UpgradeFreezing Acceleration

Whenever a Duelist attacks an enemy with Frost, they gain 2 Attack Speed. Backup.

Class UpgradeDebuff Velocity

On auto attack, gain 1 Crit and 1 Attack per Debuff on the target.

Class UpgradeRush Dynamo

Duelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Rush trigger this game. Backup.

Class UpgradeCritical Timing

For Rush (10), gain +50% Crit.

After Stall (20), gain +50% Crit.

Class UpgradeCritical Invigoration

On Crit, heal (+50% Crit) health and gain 3 Mana.

Class UpgradeRolling Speed

Duelists gain 2 Attack Speed per reroll this game. Backup.

Class UpgradeGolden Eye

Every 9 auto attacks, gain 1 Shard.

Class UpgradeRanger

Gain 1 Range and 40 Attack Speed.

Class UpgradeScaling Speed

At start of combat, if this Hero is adjacent to exactly one other Hero they both permanently gain 25 Attack Speed.

Class UpgradeStall Dynamo

Duelists gain 1 Attack Speed per Stall trigger this game. Backup.

See everything on the class page

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