Counter Culture
Turn blocks into enormous Attack bursts, convert that Attack Damage into Power Damage, and answer enemy attacks with a synchronized volley of counter-Powers.
Gods
Lady Justice
Defense + retaliation
Reprisal
Protection
Piety
Protection and Weakened keep Avoron standing in melee, while Reprisal punishes the same enemy attacks that his block talents want to face.
Krom
Grouping counter-Power
Grappling Hook
Grappling Hook responds when enemies start attacking, then pulls them together for Avoron's sword and area Powers.
Summer
Power scaling + attack speed
Flare
Intensity
Fury
Flare completes the attacker-triggered Power trio, Intensity scales every damaging Power, and Fury complements Riposte's fast counterattack.
Blessing Priorities
Core
5 blessingsReprisal
Lady Justice · Power
Whenever an enemy starts attacking you, there is a chance your attacker becomes Smited .
Build role: Punishes enemies when they start attacking and applies Smited, which damages and briefly stuns the target.
Grappling Hook
Krom · Power
Whenever an enemy starts attacking you, there is a chance you shoot out a grappling hook that damages and pulls them towards you.
Build role: Shares Reprisal's enemy-attack trigger and pulls targets into close range for Avoron's counterattack.
Flare
Summer · Power
Whenever an enemy starts attacking you, there is a chance you shoot out a firebolt towards them.
Build role: Adds a third enemy-attack reaction that scales with Luck, Power Damage, and Power Area.
Intensity
Summer · Passive
Whenever you gain a level, your Powers damage is increased.
Build role: Permanently increases Power damage as Avoron gains levels, scaling the complete counter-Power package.
Protection
Lady Justice · Passive
All damage dealt to you is reduced.
Build role: Reduces all incoming damage and supports the build's deliberate close-range, block-heavy playstyle.
High Priority
3 blessings
Merciful Attack
Lady Justice · Attack
Your Attacks become stronger and apply Weakened .
Build role: Strengthens Avoron's Attack and applies Weakened so affected enemies deal 30% less total damage.
Fury
Summer · Passive
Your Attack Speed is increased.
Build role: Adds reliable Attack Speed between Riposte's larger block-triggered bursts.
Piety
Lady Justice · Passive
You restore more life from all sources.
Build role: Improves healing from every source, making sustained melee exposure easier to recover from.
Situational
4 blessings
Radiance
Lady Justice · Power
An aura damages enemies around you. The damage an enemy takes increases for every second it stays in the aura.
Build role: Replace Flare with Radiance when sustained close-range or boss damage matters more than a third attacker-triggered projectile.
Retribution
Lady Justice · Power
Whenever an enemy hits you, it is dealt back a percentage of its own damage in addition to some flat damage. Heal back a percentage of the damage you were dealt.
Build role: A defensive Power alternative that retaliates after a hit and restores part of the damage taken.
Rampaging Attack
Krom · Attack
Your Attacks become stronger and apply Ruptured .
Build role: An aggressive Attack alternative that applies Ruptured and enables Bloodlust.
Bloodlust
Krom · Passive
You gain attack speed for each ruptured enemy.
Build role: Pair with Rampaging Attack to gain Attack Speed from nearby Ruptured enemies.
Gear Priorities
primary
Power Damage
Directly scales Reprisal, Grappling Hook, Flare, and any situational Power swap.
Attack Damage
Scales Avoron's counterattack and contributes to Power Damage through Consecration.
secondary
Armor
Increases Vanguard's blocked amount and supports the build's close-range positioning.
Luck
Improves the trigger chances carried by all three core counter-Powers.
useful
Power Area
Extends Grappling Hook and Flare coverage alongside Luminosity's +30% Power Area.
Talents
Vanguard
Rank 5/5You have a chance to prevent damage. Damage block is equal to your Armor divided by 100. This damage prevention occurs before reductions.
Build impact: Reaches a 50% chance to block damage and activates the build's block-triggered talents.
Riposte
Rank 5/5Whenever you block, your Attack Damage and Attack Speed are increased until your next attack or for a limited duration.
Build impact: Every block grants +300% Attack Damage and +200% Attack Speed until the next attack for up to 1.6 seconds.
Panache
Rank 5/5Your Power Damage is increased.
Build impact: Adds +10% Power Damage to every counter-Power in the loadout.
Consecration
Rank 3/3Your Power Damage is increased by a percentage of your Attack Damage.
Build impact: Adds 40% of Avoron's Attack Damage bonus to Power Damage, connecting Riposte's block-triggered burst to the Power package.
Champion
Rank 1/1Your Prime Damage is increased.
Build impact: Adds +50% Prime Damage as the final offensive capstone for both the attack and Power sides of the build.
Hardened Steel
Rank 5/5Your armor is increased.
Build impact: Adds +15% Armor, increasing the amount Vanguard can block while making close-range counter play safer.
Austere Training
Rank 5/5You deal more damage.
Build impact: Adds +10% to all damage, benefiting both Avoron's attacks and Powers.
Avenger
Rank 4/4Whenever you block, there is a chance you become Exalted for a limited duration.
Build impact: Every block has a 50% chance to make Avoron Exalted for 5 seconds.
Luminosity
Rank 3/3Your Power Area is increased.
Build impact: Adds +30% Power Area so Flare and Grappling Hook cover more of the fight.
Talent Tree
Hardened Steel
Rank 5 / 5Your armor is increased.
- Armor: +15%
Conviction
Rank 0 / 3Your damage vs enemies above 50% life is increased.
- Damage: +4%
Holy Guidance
Rank 0 / 3You are luckier.
- Luck: +4%
Panache
Rank 5 / 5Your Power Damage is increased.
- Power Damage: +10%
Divine Prescience
Rank 0 / 2You gain more control over your god offers.
- Alterations: +2
Vanguard
Rank 5 / 5You have a chance to prevent damage. Damage block is equal to your Armor divided by 100. This damage prevention occurs before reductions.
- Vanguard: Chance: +50%
Great Library of Aulum
Rank 0 / 5You gain more experience.
- Experience Gain: +2%
Celestial Fate
Rank 0 / 2You gain more control over your god offers.
- Celestial Fate: Rerolls: +2
Focused Warp
Rank 0 / 3Your experience pull area is increased.
- Pull Area: +20%
Bulwark
Rank 0 / 5Reduces all damage taken.
- Damage Reduction: +5%
Riposte
Rank 5 / 5Whenever you block, your Attack Damage and Attack Speed are increased until your next attack or for a limited duration.
- Next Attack Damage: +300%
- Next Attack Speed: +200%
- Next Attack Duration: +1.6s
- Next Attack Cooldown: +1s
Zeal
Rank 0 / 5Your Attack Damage is increased.
- Attack Damage: +2%
Cleansing Aura
Rank 0 / 3Reduces the duration of all negative effects on you.
- Duration: +20%
Stoicism
Rank 0 / 5Your life is increased.
- Life: +5%
Austere Training
Rank 5 / 5You deal more damage.
- Damage: +10%
Rebuff the Wicked
Rank 0 / 2You have a chance to resist any negative status effect.
- Chance: +20%
Holy Restoration
Rank 0 / 3You restore more life from heals.
- Chance: +10%
Inspired Research
Rank 0 / 5Whenever you gain a level, become Exalted for a limited duration.
- Inspired Research: Duration: +4s
Edge of Divinity
Rank 0 / 4Your attacks have a chance to apply Smited.
- Edge of Divinity: Chance: +25%
Worldly Study
Rank 0 / 5Locations have a chance to be rarer.
- Worldly Study: Chance: +20%
Devotion
Rank 0 / 1God blessings can upgrade up to Master.
Avenger
Rank 4 / 4Whenever you block, there is a chance you become Exalted for a limited duration.
- Avenger: Chance: +50%
- Avenger: Duration: +5s
Aulum's Well of Knowledge
Rank 0 / 4Your chance for Expert offers is increased.
- Aulum's Well of Knowledge: Chance: +4%
Luminosity
Rank 3 / 3Your Power Area is increased.
- Power Area: +30%
Tectonic Plating
Rank 0 / 3Your Damage is increased for every 100 Armor points you have.
- Tectonic Plating: Damage: +0.02%
Outflank
Rank 0 / 1Whenever you block, recharge dashes.
- Outflank: Dash Charges: +2
Consecration
Rank 3 / 3Your Power Damage is increased by a percentage of your Attack Damage.
- Consecration: Percentage: +40%
Divine Protection
Rank 0 / 3You have a protective shield that prevents a single damage instance.
- Divine Protection: Cooldown: +30s
Aegis
Rank 0 / 1You have a chance to revive on death.
- Aegis: Chance: +40%
Guardian Angel
Rank 0 / 1When you take damage, prevent all damage for a limited duration.
- Guardian Angel: Duration: +2.5s
- Guardian Angel: Cooldown: +10s
Grand Archon of Aulum
Rank 0 / 1All blessings offered are at least Adept. Your Adept offer bonuses convert to Expert at a diminished rate.
- Grand Archon of Aulum: Adept to Expert Rate: +60%
Champion
Rank 1 / 1Your Prime Damage is increased.
- Prime Damage: +50%
Alternatives
Power-slot context
Avoron's base blessing-slot counts are missing from the current hero source, so the default loadout stays at three Powers. If fewer Power slots are available, take Reprisal first, Grappling Hook second, and cut Flare first.
No Summer?
Use Ninh for Rock Shield and Persistence. Rock Shield rewards Avoron's fast melee attacks, while Persistence increases Power Area.
No Krom?
Use Ninh for a steadier close-range Power package, or Winter for Frost Ring and Icebound control. You lose Grappling Hook's grouping.
Defensive Power swap
Replace Flare with Retribution when survival is the problem; replace it with Radiance for sustained close-range damage.
Aggressive Attack package
Choose Rampaging Attack and Bloodlust instead of Merciful Attack and Piety when you can give up Weakened and healing support for more Attack Speed.