Seven Knights Re:Birth (henceforth, Seven Knights Rebirth) has welcomed new hero 'Schuld' and awakened 'Sylvester'. Notably, Schuld received her awakening right at launch. Alongside Sylvester, she showed signs of becoming a cornerstone for magic decks, and indeed, we've spotted two of them being frequently used in the top echelons of the Arena post-update.

Official partner creators 'MoovingTV', 'YoonKkungKkungTV', and 'Gaerector' have also swiftly grasped the awakened specifications and begun performance verification for these two heroes. Among them, many adventurers will be curious about the true performance of the new hero, Schuld. Let's delve into the analysis and recommended settings for Schuld from these three official creators.

With Millia, 'Skill Cooldown Increase' is instantaneous.

After the introduction of 'Omok', the new magic deck hero, the dominance of magic decks seemed to continue, but the subsequent arrival of 'Cal Heron' put a halt to that. While maintaining a balance between offense and magic decks, Schuld and awakened Sylvester have now arrived. As Schuld is also capable of awakening, all subsequent explanations will proceed based on her awakened skills.

A common advantage of Schuld highlighted by the official partner creators is her 'Skill Cooldown Increase'. This is because with the passive skill effect of Millia, an essential magic deck hero, the entire enemy team can be perpetually afflicted with 'Magic Vulnerability,' and Schuld's skill's additional condition for debuffs requires this Magic Vulnerability. In Seven Knights Rebirth, increasing skill cooldowns resets the 'Scheduled Skill' order, making it excellent for disrupting the opponent's tactics. With 'Secret of the Constellation' at 23 seconds and the awakened skill 'Radiant Blessing of Heaven' at 26 seconds, she can effectively use this ability twice. Furthermore, her survivability is excellent, utilising the buff 'Thread of Destiny' from her passive 'Crescent Moon Prophet'.

MoovingTV introduced Schuld as a 'hard counter to defense decks'. They believed the cooldown increase and 'unhealable' buff would be devastating against defense formations. Additionally, Radiant Blessing of Heaven attacks three enemies and triggers 'Life Steal', making it lethal against defense decks with high HP. Moreover, with penetration and turn-based buff reduction included, its versatility is outstanding, and they assessed that as an awakened hero, she would be usable for a long time.

YoonKkungKkungTV shared results of defeating defense decks with a speed-focused 481 magic deck at 6,000 points in the Arena. Even when facing the same magic deck, they were able to gain the initiative by applying the skill cooldown increase first. However, they emphasised that battles against magic decks with 'Effect Resistance' settings rely on luck. Indeed, in the replay, the fight was tense as only two out of five enemies were affected by the skill cooldown increase. They noted that on the third day of the Arena, non-awakened heroes had to switch from speed-focused to internal-focused builds by equipping 'Exclusive Equipment' to achieve victory.

Gaerector, as a defense deck user, analysed the meta shift caused by Schuld. They assessed that the 'Shatter' option of exclusive equipment is being used with high efficiency by the offense deck hero 'Yeopo', making him perform at a 'no-weakness' level. To counter such offense decks, magic decks are incorporating Schuld and Sylvester, leading to the trend of omitting 'Melkir'. This is a measure to prevent Yeopo's additional skill activation. Consequently, with the disappearance of Melkir, who used to easily counter defense decks, defense decks have seen an increase in their win rate. For adventurers who find it difficult to field Schuld and magic decks, using defense decks might be a good way to increase win rates.

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MoovingTV - As an awakened hero, she seems like she'll be used for a long time.

MoovingTV recommended Schuld's settings as 'prioritising speed as much as possible, aiming for around 100% effect accuracy, and the rest for attack options'. For legendary rings, the 'Power Ring' is the top choice due to its passive 'Damage Nullification + Recovery', followed by resurrection and immortality in that order. Their analysis suggested that the Power Ring is safe because Schuld's total damage nullification count is 4, and it can be refilled by another 4 with the Thread of Destiny.

For recommended exclusive equipment options, they advised 'offensive options', specifically 'All Attack (%)', 'Effect Accuracy', 'Shatter', and 'Damage Amplification'. Recommended transcendence levels were divided based on adventurer preference. For free-to-play or low-spending adventurers not using magic decks, they recommended 2-transcendence for added recovery capabilities, while others were advised to go for the base 6-transcendence. Incidentally, MoovingTV also remarked while introducing Schuld that 'as an awakened hero, she seems like she'll be used for a long time'.

YoonKkungKkungTV - Speed is 'Sorcery', Internal Build is 'Attunement'.

Having completed Schuld's awakening quickly from day one, YoonKkungKkungTV promptly conducted practical tests. They uploaded separate videos for the Arena on day 1 and day 3, indicating in-depth analysis. YoonKkungKkungTV recommended two types of settings: the 'Sorcerer' set for speed builds and the 'Attuner' set for internal builds.

On the first day, they achieved victories regardless of offense, magic, or defense decks. However, by the third day, other decks had also equipped exclusive equipment, significantly raising their baseline performance. They advised preparing speed and internal builds accordingly to compete. During the explanation, they discussed effect resistance and effect accuracy, and introduced the current composition of magic decks. The key point was that with 'Freya's' passive increasing effect accuracy by 37%, and Schuld's passive reducing effect resistance by 34%, they effectively secured 71% effect accuracy. Although the skill cooldown increase probability is 70%, relying on luck, it's a significant point that they possess quite high effect accuracy.

However, they mentioned that despite this, the debuff accuracy doesn't match that of 'Rosi + Nia'. This is because Nia has 49% effect accuracy, and Rosi provides a 20% increase in 'effect application probability' for allied defensive and all-around types, which is a different league. Nevertheless, it's true that the probability is comparable, so consider this setting when configuring Schuld's build and deck.

Gaerector - New adventurers should prioritise Schuld.

With two awakened heroes released simultaneously, adventurers who started Seven Knights Rebirth around the 1st anniversary are asking, 'Should I prioritise Sylvester or Schuld?' Gaerector recommended, 'Prioritise the new hero, Schuld.' The reason is that Schuld is currently absent from 'Seven Knights Chess', making it difficult to guarantee her acquisition immediately. While Schuld will be included in the next Seven Knights Chess, by then, Schuld's pickup banner will likely have ended, making additional transcendence difficult. Sylvester, being an existing hero, can be targeted through normal summons, the 1st-anniversary wish list, and Seven Knights Chess, thus having a lower priority. Therefore, the opinion is that Schuld has a higher priority among the two awakened heroes.