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Annie

Ultra Rare · Warlock Carry

Annie

UR Warlock Carry F2P to unlock, $$$ to star

Back-row Energy burner who snipes the enemy's top attackers

“Punish your foes with a spark of whimsical ingenuity!”

At a glance

Annie is a Warlock damage dealer. Her Ultimate Skill throws two candy jars at the two highest-ATK enemies and sets them on fire, and her Active Skill burns everything in range. She is the most-used Carry in the top squads at Sanctuary 6 and Sanctuary 20.

  • Very high ATK growth (×1.52, second only to Zoya), but low HP (×0.57) — keep her in the back row behind two tanks.
  • All Energy damage, and her Passive Skill adds more Energy DMG.
  • Candy Jar targets the enemies with the highest ATK, so it hits their carries, not their tanks.
Position
Back row
Range
Ranged (800)
Damage type
Energy
Personality
Helpful
Max level / stars
150 / 50★
Appears in game
server day 13
Exclusive weapon
Candy Wand (not released yet)
Awakening
At 50★ (Season 1, day 28)

Stat growth

HP×0.57
ATK×1.52
DEF×0.9

Multiplier on the shared level and star tables. The line marks the average, ×1.0.

In the top 1,000 squads

Sanctuary 6433
Sanctuary 20527
Sanctuary 30509

How many of the best squads use this hero, with every hero built the way they usually are at that Sanctuary level.

Warlock heroes take 20% less damage from Ranger. Warrior take 20% less damage from them.

Getting this hero

F2P to unlock, $$$ to star. Rare in recruitment (about 1.3-1.7 shards per 100 pulls) but in the 50-pull guarantee; stars come mostly from her Hero Pass and packs.

Free

  • Hero Recruitment (Recruit Tickets): about 1.7 Annie shards per 100 pulls
  • the 50-pull guarantee in Hero Recruitment can give 10 shards (a full unlock)
  • free tracks of Hero Passes (10 shards in total)

Free + paid

  • Blades Out event shop (event or alliance currency; Stone Blades are also sold in packs)
  • Magic Box event

Paid

  • paid tracks of Hero Passes (160 shards)
  • Growth Packs and Daily Offers
Unlock
10 shards
To 10★
25 shards
To 30★
175 shards
To 50★
975 shards

Omni Shards (UR) can stand in for the hero's own shards, but only once you own the hero.

Who pairs well

  • Nicole: her Inferno Array deals 20%+ more damage to Burning targets, and Annie keeps everyone Burning. Nicole also heals.
  • Louis, Billy or Ulfrid in front. Billy and Ulfrid are Warlocks too, which builds toward the same-faction bonus.

Most common partners

In the top 1,000 squads at Sanctuary 20, Annie is in 527. These heroes share the most of them.

Best-ranked squads with Annie

  1. #1
  2. #2
  3. #3

Skills

Numbers are at skill level 1 with no star upgrades. Stars show the star levels that upgrade each skill.

  • Auto Attack

    Candy

    Level 4th
    Unlocks at hero Lv 1Every 0.83sUpgraded at5★25★50★

    Waves a magic wand to conjure a candy, dealing 87.1% ATK Energy DMG to a single enemy.

  • Ultimate Skill

    Candy Jar

    Level 1st
    Unlocks at hero Lv 5Ready at 15s, then every 15sUpgraded at10★30★50★

    Summons 2 explosive candy jars, targeting the 2 enemies with the highest ATK, dealing 415% ATK DMG, and inflicting Burn, causing 100% ATK damage per second for 5s.

  • Active Skill

    Surprise Gift

    Level 2nd
    Unlocks at hero Lv 10Ready at 4s, then every 4.5sUpgraded at15★35★45★

    Throws a gift box, dealing 188% ATK Energy DMG to enemies within range and causing them to Burn, inflicting 100% ATK Energy DMG per second for 2s.

  • Passive Skill

    Charged Gummies

    Level 3rd
    Unlocks at hero Lv 20Upgraded at20★45★50★

    In combat, increases Energy DMG dealt by 8.2%.

  • Support Skill

    Tenacity

    Fixed level
    Unlocks at hero Lv 30, 40★

    ATK, HP, and DEF +20%; skill cooldown speed +10%.

What to level, what to park

Level, in this order

  1. Candy Jar Ultimate Skill
  2. Surprise Gift Active Skill
  3. Charged Gummies Passive Skill
  4. Candy Auto Attack

Annie's Ultimate Skill is Candy Jar. Level it first. Next is Surprise Gift, because it sets everything in range on fire every 4.5 s. Charged Gummies follows, and her Auto Attack goes last.

Tenacity can't be levelled: it unlocks at its star requirement and stays fixed.

Skill check

How much the squad loses if this one skill is left at level 1: win-rate points against strong squads, with the hero's lost damage in brackets. Each column is every hero built the way they usually are at that Sanctuary level. It only counts fights against other squads, so it's one part of the order above, not the whole story. The biggest in each column is in bold.

Annie: value of levelling each skill
SkillSanctuary 6 max Lv 2Sanctuary 20 max Lv 8Sanctuary 30 max Lv 30
Candy+1.0 (1% dmg)+2.2 (4% dmg)+4.3 (11% dmg)
Candy Jar+0.3 (0% dmg)+1.7 (5% dmg)+3.4 (14% dmg)
Surprise Gift+0.6 (0% dmg)+2.2 (5% dmg)+3.3 (12% dmg)
Charged Gummies-0.1 (0% dmg)+0.1 (1% dmg)+0.1 (2% dmg)

Gear

Upgrade first: Weapon Gloves

For a Carry, upgrade Weapon and Gloves first (ATK, Crit Rate), then Chest and Boots. Normal gear isn't tied to a hero. Aim for UR in all four slots, strengthen to +60, then Promote.

Exclusive weapon

Candy Wand

Opens: not released yet

To unlock
30 weapon shards
To 50★
1,005 weapon shards
At 50★
HP +1,251,000, ATK +8,750, DEF +8,750
  1. 5★
    Hero DEF +10%
  2. 10★
    Hero HP +10%
  3. 15★
    Hero ATK +10%
  4. 20★
    upgrades Candy
  5. 25★
    Hero Energy DMG Taken -10%
  6. 30★
    upgrades Charged Gummies
  7. 35★
    Hero Physical DMG Taken -10%
  8. 40★
    upgrades Surprise Gift
  9. 45★
    Hero DMG Dealt +10%
  10. 50★
    upgrades Candy Jar

Weapon Honor levels 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 each add Warlock Hero ATK +0.5% (+4% in total).

Awakening

Opens: Season 1, day 28. Needs 50★ and 50 Annie Awakening Shards (Universal Awakening Shards also work). Awakening lifts the skill level cap from 30 to 40.

Levels
40
Shards for all levels
2,870
At level 40
HP +1,327,045, ATK +12,654, DEF +18,540, DMG RES +5%
  1. Lv 1

    Battle Skill: Candy

    Candy has a 50% Probabilities to inflict Burn on the target for 2s, dealing 200% Energy Dmg per second. When the team successfully applies Burn, additionally apply 1 stack of Scorch to the target. Scorch deals 35% of Annie's ATK as damage per second, lasting 20s, with a maximum stack count equal to the number of allied Warlock Heroes
  2. Lv 10

    Battle Skill: Surprise Gift

    Surprise Gift damage increased by 15%. for each stack of Scorch the target has, damage increased by an additional 4%
  3. Lv 20

    Battle Skill: Candy Jar

    Deals additional Energy DMG to all enemies with Scorch, equal to 250% of Annie's ATK × the target's Scorch stacks.
  4. Lv 30

    [Faction Enhance] Soul of Warlock

    During battle, increase all allied Warlock Heroes' ATK, HP, and DEF by 8%
  5. Lv 40

    Sweet Troublemaker

    When normal attack triggers Burn, apply 1 additional Burn to a random enemy hero. Scorch duration increased to 30s, and max stack increased by allied Warlock Hero count +3

Skill levels 31 to 40 need awakening levels 3 to 40.

Research that helps

Energy DMG Mastery in her squad's tree, plus the Warlock ATK and DMG techs in the Hero tree.

  1. Hero tree, Warlock techs (Lab 5-21): ATK +15%, DMG +15% first, then HP +15%, DEF +15%. The cheapest big boost for this hero.
  2. Squad tree for the squad this hero fights in (Lab 9-13): ATK, DEF and HP +5% each, plus Energy DMG +5%.
  3. Hero tree, all-hero techs (Lab 23-24): ATK, DEF, HP and DMG +10% each for every hero.
  4. Offensive or Defensive Tactics (Lab 20-25): +30% ATK, DEF and HP in PvP. Offensive if you attack, Defensive if you mostly guard your city.
  5. Warlock Mastery (Lab 30, late game): Warlock ATK, HP and DEF +15% each, DMG +10%, and Synergy techs that grow with every Warlock hero you field.

Skip the monster-only techs (Blight Slayer, Boost RES) unless this squad hunts monsters.

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