Year Five Champion Guide - Tatyana, the Air Genasi Barbarian/Druid
Last Updated: March 23rd, 2023 - Added event reference; moved Adventure Info to permanent event guide
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#Year Five Champion - Tatyana, the Air Genasi Barbarian/Druid
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Source: The Black Dice Society streams as played by Becca Scott
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Arrival Event: Festival of Fools
You can read their original Champion Spotlight here.
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Slot 8
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Good with: Black Dice Society; Everyone
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Affiliation: Black Dice Society - Brother Uriah, Desmond, Fen, Nahara, Tatyana, Valentine, Voronika
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Eligible for Vajra (Strahd w/Nahara, Zariel w/Feat)
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Time Gate Priority: Average
| Race | Class | Alignment | Gender | Age | Role(s) | Overwhelm Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Genasi | Barbarian / Druid | Chaotic Neutral | Female (She / Her) | 30 | Tanking / Support / Speed | 25 |
| Strength | Dexterity | Constitution | Intelligence | Wisdom | Charisma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
Bio: This toweringly tall Air Genasi barbarian earned her skills and power in the gladiatorial fighting pits of Koshmarr. Tatyana augmented her rage with the might of the bear totem, and the spirits of the mist connected her to the natural druidic world through the power of the moon. Her fearsome and deadly battle prowess is tempered by a respect for anyone who would return that respect. She is curious and bold, and while she's quick to jump into battle she's just as swift with her forgiveness.
Basic Attack: Tatyana has two attacks, and which she does depends on how many Fury stacks she has:
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Twin Kukri Strike — While she has 0-50 Fury stacks, Tatyana strikes at the closest enemy with two Kukri strikes, one Kukri in each hand, for two hits.
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Primal Savagery — While she has more than 50 Fury stacks, Tatyana strikes at the closest enemy with a bite and two clawed swings for three hits.
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Base Attack Type: Melee
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Base Attack Speed: 6 seconds
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Self-DPS Buff: 2.53e17%
Ultimate: Entangle — A stripe of entangling roots appears to the right of the front column, dealing damage to all enemies inside it, and all enemies that enter it during its duration. Enemies standing in the stripe deal 50% less damage. The stripe lasts for 30 seconds.
- Base Ultimate Cooldown Time: 240 seconds
Health Upgrades: 1.00e05
##Interesting Abilities
Faithful Friend: A random slot from the middle columns of the formation is chosen. Tatyana increases the damage of the Champion in that slot by 100%. Tatyana gains the benefit of this if she happens to be in that slot.
- 1.86e07% after upgrades; Supported by an Item & Feats
Gaar's Note: This is the core of Tatyana's kit. All the other abilities build around this one.
Rising Fury: Each time Tatyana is attacked, she gains one Fury stack. The effect of Faithful Friend is increased by +100% for each Fury stack, stacking additively and then applying multiplicatively. She loses 10% of her Fury stacks every 15 seconds that she is not attacked.
- 400% after upgrades; Supported by an Item & Feats
Rage: When Tatyana reaches 50+ Fury stacks, and for every 15 seconds she's above 50+ Fury stacks, she gets a Rage stack, up to 6. With at least 1 Rage stack, she rages and her base attack changes. For each Rage stack, Faithful Friend gets a 400% bonus, stacking multiplicatively. If she goes below 50 Fury stacks, she loses all Rage stacks.
- No upgrades
Find a Feast: If Tatyana is not attacked for 15 seconds, and the formation is in non-boss area with no barriers, she briefly runs ahead off the right side of the screen. She returns 2 seconds later from the right side with 2-3 additional enemies that simultaneously spawn. After she returns, the 15 seconds counter starts again from 0 seconds.
- No upgrades; Supported by an Item & a Feat
Gaar's Note: This is her Speed effect, however waiting 15 seconds for a speed effect is less than ideal. Also, she shares a bench slot with Hew Maan whose speed effect is one of the best in the game. You'll only use Tatyana for Speed if you can't use Hew Maan for some reason.
Loyal Protector: Tatyana increases the health of all other Champions by 25% of her max health.
- No upgrades
Global DPS Buff: 5.24e06%
##Specializations
Your Friends are My Friends: Tatyana's Faithful Friend now affects all Champions in slots adjacent to the Faithful Friend slot, and the effect is increased by 100%.
By My Side: Tatyana's Faithful Friend now affects all Champions in the column containing the Faithful Friend slot, and the effect is increased by 200%.
Best Friend Forever: Tatyana's Faithful Friend continues to only affect one slot, however the effect is increased by 400%.
Gaar's Note: There's no default Spec here. You'll have to actually figure out which is the best in any given situation based on where her Faithful Friend ends up.
##Equipment
| White | Green | Blue | Purple | Gild Priority | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot 1: Increases the damage of all Champions | 10% | 65% | 120% | 230% | 2 |
| Slot 2: Increases the health of Tatyana | 10% | 30% | 50% | 100% | 1 |
| Slot 3: Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability | 25% | 87.5% | 150% | 275% | 1 |
| Slot 4: Increases the effect of Tatyana's Rising Fury ability | 25% | 87.5% | 150% | 275% | 1 |
| Slot 5: Increases the effect of Tatyana's Find a Feast ability | 10% | 30% | 50% | 100% | 2 |
| Slot 6: Buffs Tatyana's Ultimate Attack Damage | 25% | 87.5% | 150% | 275% | 3 |
##Legendary Effects
- Increases the damage of all Champions by 100%
- Increases the damage of all Female Champions by 125%
- Increases the damage of all Genasi Champions by 150%
- Increases the damage of all Champions by 40% for each Champion with a CON score of 15 or higher in the formation
- Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each Champion with a WIS score of 11 or higher in the formation
- Increases the damage of all Champions by 20% for each Champion in the formation with a Neutral alignment
Gaar's Note: Find more information on the Legendary system here.
##Feats
Here is the info for when you can unlock each Feat Slot:
| Feat Slot | Unlocked at Level | Rough Cost |
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| First | 190 | e22 |
| Second | 595 | e42 |
| Third | 1080 | e67 |
| Fourth | 1675 | e96 |
Gaar's Note: Currently, you will need to level this Champion past their current upgrade softcap which will require you changing the blue update indicator from UPG to one of the numbered options.
Here is the info on what Feats are available for this Champion:
| Obtained | Recommended | Name | Effect |
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| Default | Selflessness | Increases the damage of all Champions by 10% | |
| Default | Tough | Increases the health of Tatyana by 15% | |
| Default | Thorny Disposition | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Rising Fury ability by 20% | |
| Default | Defensive Duelist | Tatyana takes 5 more enemies attacking to get overwhelmed | |
| 12,500 Gems | Inspiring Leader | Increases the damage of all Champions by 25% | |
| Regular Gold Chest | Survivability | Resilient | Increases the health of Tatyana by 30% |
| Regular Gold Chest | Blood Bound | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 40% | |
| 50,000 Gems | Pushing | Side By Side | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 80% |
| Regular Gold Chest | Rage of the Moon | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Rising Fury ability by 40% | |
| 50,000 Gems | Pushing | Simmering Rage | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Rising Fury ability by 80% |
| 12,500 Gems | Speed? | Raid the Pantry | Increases the number of enemies spawned by Tatyana's Find a Feast by 40% |
| 50,000 Gems | Zariel | Entertainer | Increases the Charisma score of Tatyana by 2 |
| Regular Gold Chest | Survivability | Calm Under Pressure | Tatyana takes 10 more enemies attacking to get overwhelmed |
##Level Upgrades
Gaar's Note: Level Cost is the cost to go from your current level to the stated level. It is not a cumulative total. However, since we're dealing with very large numbers, it's in the ballpark.
| Level | Level Cost | Upgrade Effect |
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| 1 | 4.00e11 | Add to Formation |
| 10 | 5.91e12 | Faithful Friend |
| 20 | 1.95e13 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 30 | 6.05e13 | Loyal Protector |
| 40 | 1.88e14 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 50 | 5.83e14 | Rising Fury |
| 70 | 7.44e15 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 80 | 1.75e16 | Find a Feast |
| 90 | 5.43e16 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 100 | 1.69e17 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 110 | 5.23e17 | Rage |
| 120 | 1.63e18 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 160 |
| 130 | 5.05e18 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 140 | 1.57e19 | Specialization Choice |
| 160 | 2.00e20 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 170 | 4.70e20 | Ultimate Attack |
| 180 | 1.46e21 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 210 | 6.23e22 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 220 | 1.36e23 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 280 |
| 230 | 4.22e23 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 260 | 1.80e25 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 270 | 3.92e25 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 280 | 1.22e26 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 300 | 1.55e27 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 310 | 3.65e27 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 320 | 1.13e28 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 490 |
| 350 | 4.84e29 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 380 | 1.45e31 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 390 | 3.16e31 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 440 | 1.34e34 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 450 | 2.84e34 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 860 |
| 480 | 1.21e36 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 490 | 2.64e36 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 500 | 8.20e36 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Rising Fury ability by 100% |
| 540 | 1.11e39 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 200% |
| 550 | 2.37e39 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 580 | 1.01e41 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 200% |
| 590 | 2.21e41 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 100% |
| 600 | 6.85e41 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 1,500 |
| 640 | 9.30e43 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 650 | 1.98e44 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 670 | 2.52e45 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 710 | 2.59e47 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 740 | 7.59e48 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 750 | 1.65e49 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 2,630 |
| 760 | 5.14e49 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 770 | 1.60e50 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 840 | 6.56e53 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 850 | 1.38e54 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 890 | 1.87e56 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 900 | 3.99e56 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 4,600 |
| 910 | 1.24e57 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 950 | 1.68e59 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 960 | 3.58e59 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 1000 | 4.86e61 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 1010 | 1.04e62 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 100% |
| 1040 | 4.42e63 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 1050 | 9.63e63 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 8,050 |
| 1100 | 4.09e66 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 1180 | 3.56e70 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 300% |
| 1190 | 7.49e70 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 14,200 |
| 1200 | 2.33e71 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 1230 | 9.93e72 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 1300 | 2.86e76 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 200% |
| 1320 | 2.48e77 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 100% |
| 1340 | 2.39e78 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 1350 | 5.61e78 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 24,700 |
softcap upgrade - June 1st, 2022
| Level | Level Cost | Upgrade Effect |
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| 1390 | 7.62e80 | Increases the damage of all Champions by 100% |
| 1420 | 2.23e82 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 200% |
| 1450 | 6.68e83 | Increases the effect of Tatyana's Faithful Friend ability by 100% |
| 1490 | 6.37e85 | Increases the damage of Tatyana by 100% |
| 1500 | 1.35e86 | Increases the health of Tatyana by 43,500 |
Current max upgrade level is 1500
#Formation & Mission Information
Once you complete the first mission, three Variants and a Free Play show up. It uses a formation that holds 10 Champions. It has a Champ-specific format that I've done my best to re-create below.
| Back Column | 4th Column | 3rd Column | 2nd Column | Front Column |
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| 0 | ||||
| 0 | 0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
New Player Formation & Specializations:
While I recommend learning to build your own formations, here's a set of starter formations for brand new players to use while they get the hang of things. Anyone with other options should check that link for how to figure out how to make the best of them. You can also ask for help in the #formations channel in the official Discord.
| Back Column | 4th Column | 3rd Column | 2nd Column | Front Column |
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| Bruenor - Battle Master | ||||
| NA | Asharra - Dwarves & Elves | |||
| Hitch - Charismatic | Celeste - War Domain | |||
| NA | Calliope - College of Valor | Nayeli - Oath of Devotion | ||
| Jarlaxle - Leader of Bregan D'aerthe | ||||
| Minsc - Humanoids |
This formation is for the first couple of runs where you're just not going to get enough Gold to get everyone on the field, let alone level people up into their power curves. At this point, Jarlaxle is focusing on being your Primary DPS while everyone else is set up to support him.
The following formation is for once your Hitch starts doing more damage than your Jarlaxle. You can find this out by pulling Asharra out of the formation and swapping Jarlaxle and Hitch around to see whose damage is better. If Hitch is higher, next run change Asharra's Spec to buff Hitch instead.
| Back Column | 4th Column | 3rd Column | 2nd Column | Front Column |
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| Bruenor - Battle Master | ||||
| Makos - Dark Blessing | Jarlaxle - Leader of Bregan D'aerthe | |||
| Minsc - Humanoids | Celeste - War Domain | |||
| Tyril - Moonbeam | Calliope - College of Valor | Nayeli - Oath of Devotion | ||
| Hitch - Charismatic | ||||
| Asharra - (Swap) |
This formation should get you through the Event as a new player. If you have other options or think a different DPS is geared better, try it out and see what happens! Swapping DPS around like this can help you figure out what works best for you with your specific items.
These are the rough Favor values you need to reach to make a Variant say Difficulty: Easy. Keep in mind that this is just a generic rating system and some Variants may be harder than others, even with Favor in this range.
| Variant | Favor Level (Normal) | Favor Level (Scientific Notation) |
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| 75 | 20,000 | ~2e04 |
| 125 | 15,000,000 | ~1.5e07 |
| 175 | 150,000,000 | ~1.5e08 |
##Initial Adventure: A Fool's Errand (Tatyana)
Cost: 25 Pennants
Complete: Level 50
Reward: Tatyana + whatever Lliira's Favor you earned
Info: No restrictions.
Gaar's Note: The area 50 boss here is armored and hits very hard. That makes this boss a Favor check as you need to not only be able to damage them, but also survive. You may need to farm a while at the prior level to upgrade useful abilities to pass it initially and at higher levels. This means you may not push as far in this event as others.
##First Variant: I'm HUNGRY!
Cost: 250 Pennants
Complete: Area 75
Reward: Gold Tatyana Chest & whatever Lliira's Favor you earned
Info: Tatyana starts in the formation. She can't be moved or removed from the formation. Quest requirements are doubled. Enemies spawned by Tatyana's Find a Feast ability count for 5x quest progress. Tatyana's Find a Feast ability starts out unlocked.
Gaar's Notes: So... If you clear each level in >15 seconds, you'll get bonus kills so you can finish quicker... Yeah. That's all that's going on here. This shouldn't cause any trouble as long as you have 2e04+ Favor.
##Second Variant: Exclusive Friend Club
Cost: 625 Pennants
Complete: Area 125
Reward: Gold Tatyana Chest & whatever Lliira's Favor you earned
Info: Tatyana starts in the formation. She can't be moved or removed from the formation. In area 51 and beyond, only Tatyana and the Champions affected by Tatyana's Faithful Friend can deal damage.
Gaar's Notes: This variant will slow your progress down a bit by restricting who does damage after 51, but otherwise it's not a big deal either since you want your Primary DPS killing anyway. With 1.5e07+ Favor, this should be no problem.
##Third Variant: Tanks a Lot!
Cost: 1,250 Pennants
Complete: Area 175
Reward: Gold Tatyana Chest & whatever Lliira's Favor you earned
Info: Every 5 seconds, each Champion takes damage which increases the further you get in the adventure.
Gaar's Notes: OUCH. Updated Info The damage being done in this variant is based on the base health of each Champion before taking into account health items, Feats, potions, or other health bonuses. Since this is not max-health-based damage, that means your best bet is to stack up your available tanks and potentially pop health potions to get through this. To be able to upgrade your Champions enough to get your Tanks some health and have them share it with your team, you'll want at least 1.5e08 Favor, but more is certainly going to help. Below is the formation I used and is based on Champs new players should have available as of this event. This puts as many Tanks as a new player should have by now into the formation and then fills with other Champs.
| Back Column | 4th Column | 3rd Column | 2nd Column | Front Column |
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| Minsc - Humanoid | ||||
| Tatyana - TBD | Bruenor - Battle Master | |||
| Tyril - Wild Shape | Celeste - War Domain | |||
| Jarlaxle - Leader of the Braegen D'aerthe | Asharra - Potpourri/TBD | Briv - Go With the Phlo | ||
| Nayeli - Oath of Devotion | ||||
| Arkhan - Any |
##Free Play
Cost: 500 - 2500 Pennants (Cost scales based on how many you do to a max of 2500)
Complete: Area 50 to earn a random Tatyana chest
Reward: See above + whatever Lliira's Favor you earned
Info: No restrictions.
#Achievements
Gaar's Note: All of these achievements can be earned at any time, not just during their Event, except where noted.
Recruit Tatyana - 1%
Recruit Tatyana, the Air Genasi Barbarian/Druid
Free from the Fighting Pits - 1%
Complete all three variants of the "A Fool's Errand (Tatyana)" adventure. (This achievement can be earned via Time Gates.)
Do We Feast or Do We Fight? - 1%
Obtain a piece of gear for each of Tatyana's six equipment slots. (Event Champ gear does not come from regular Silver/Gold Chests. You can earn Event Champ gear from their specific Event Chests, Time Gates, qualifying Patron Chests, and other limited-time Chests as noted.)
A Bear of a Companion - 1%
Complete area 225 in any "A Fool's Errand" free play. (This achievement can only be earned during the Festival of Fools Event, but it can be earned in any Champion's free play.)
I Guess We Fight! - 1%
Have Tatyana's Rage active for 3 minutes straight
Gaar's Note: This is pretty straightforward. Get to an area where she's constantly under attack, turn off auto-progress, keep her alive, and wait.
Posted Mar 15, 2023, 2:54 AM UTC · edited