Elaine

Elaine

Wizard
Frost
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Frost middle-line Wizard whose freeze ult looks flashy on paper and still lands D across every mode once the rest of the roster shows up.

Profile

age

42

height

170 cm

weight

54kg

birthday

4/21

nationality

Avalon

hobby

Magic Research

PvE

DPS D

Raid

DPS D

Brawl

DPS D

Colosseum

DPS D

Overview

Strengths

  • Blizzard at Transcend 5 hits all enemies for 475% Attack and Freezes for 2s on a 36s cooldown.
  • Water Balloon cleaves the front line for 259% Attack and pays 20% extra into Burned targets.
  • Team Critical Hit Resistance +6% from the passive is a free, always-on scrap of defense.

Weaknesses

  • D DPS in PVE, Raids, Brawl, and PVP. The freeze alone does not buy a roster slot.
  • No named gear path, no listed synergies, and no card plan; the kit stops at three skills.
  • Status-effect bonus on Water Balloon needs Burn setup she does not provide herself.

Build

Investment

Extra copies

Extra copies are not worth hunting. At D-tier with an empty investment brief, bank resources for units that actually move the tier list.

Transcend stop

Do not chase Transcend. Leave her at whatever base you pulled; T5 numbers do not change the D placements.

Gifts

Cupid Teddy Bear Sewing Kit

Skill

Lv.
ULT Lv.MAX Blizzard Ultimate
Description

Inflicts damage to all enemies and freezes them.

Damage Dealt

Inflict damage equal to 550% of Attack.

Effect: Apply Buff
Target
Self
Effect
Restraint.
Duration
2s
ACT Lv.MAX Water Balloon Active
Description

Inflicts damage to all enemies in front. Damage Inflicted increases against targets afflicted with Freeze.

Damage Dealt

Inflict damage equal to 286% of Attack.

Effect: Status Effect Bonus Damage

Damage is increased by 40% when attacking a target affected by Frost.

PAS Lv.MAX Intuition Passive
Description

Grants a Critical Resistance Chance Increase buff to all allies.

Effect: Apply Team Buff
Activation Condition
At the Start of War
Target
All Allies
Effect
Critical Resistance +12%.
Spell Type
Cannot be removed.

Review

Swordbringer Updated Sep 5, 2026

Elaine is a 3★ Frost Wizard parked in the middle row. The kit reads like a crowd-control mage (full-board Freeze, a frontal cleave, a tiny team crit-resist aura), and the tier list still stamps D DPS in PVE, Raids, Brawl, and PVP. That gap between fantasy and placement is the whole review.

Blizzard is the headline. At Transcend 5 it deals 475% Attack to all enemies, applies Frozen for 2 seconds, and sits on a 36s cooldown. Freeze is real control: targets cannot act while it lasts. The problem is frequency and opportunity cost. A 36s cycle means most of the fight is spent waiting, and stronger mages or dedicated CC supports cover the same job with better damage, better uptime, or party buffs Elaine never brings.

Water Balloon is the Active: 259% Attack to all enemies in front, 20s cooldown, with 20% additional damage against Burned enemies (and a broader “status effects” rider in the T5 text). That Burn rider is conditional on someone else lighting the board. Elaine herself does not apply Burn, so the bonus is either dead weight or a synergy tax you pay by drafting a Fire unit around a D-tier Wizard. Without Burn, you are looking at a middling frontal cleave on a long timer.

The unnamed Passive is a team buff: Critical Hit Resistance +6% for all allies. It is always on and costs nothing to use, which is polite. It is also a 6% scrap of defense that does not move clears, raid timers, or arena outcomes. Nothing in the kit raises Attack, crit chance, amp, or shields for the party.

There is no skill-priority string, no named weapon/armor/accessory/rune set, no synergy list, and no card recommendations in the brief. That emptiness matches the tier: the site is not investing editorial build pages into a unit that sits at the floor of every mode. If she appears in early story teams, treat her as a freeze button that occasionally Freezes the wave, not as a long-term middle-line carry.

Investment follows the same logic. Extra copies and Transcend ladders exist for units whose skill-level jumps change clears. Elaine’s T5 sheet is already accounted for in the D ratings; pushing past base does not open a new role. Spend the materials on Frost or Wizard slots that actually clear content.

Bottom line: Blizzard’s Freeze is the only memorable beat, Water Balloon needs Burn help she does not own, and the crit-resist aura is flavor. Keep her benched unless you are deliberately playing a low-rarity challenge run.