Magnus Best Build and Skill Tree Guide

Build and skill tree guide for Magnus in Sword of Convallaria (SoC). See the best gear (weapon/trinket/tarot), skin, tier, and review here!

Magnus Tier & Basic Info

	Rarity	Legendary
	Role	Defender
	Faction	Iria Fortitude

Movement Stats

Magnus Tier

Overall Tier			Reroll Tier
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Review & How to Get

User Score

Best Build - Skill, Gear, and Tarot

Single-Target Boss Build

Basic Attack												Reaction
Feverish Attack												Hardening
Skill
Mountain Breaker								Cry of Victory								Blood & Steel
Weapon								Trinket								Tarot
Hollow Axe								Disaster Bottle								Rays of the Sun

Magnus Skill Unlock Priorities

Recommended Skill Set

Sharpened Blade	RK11	Iron Chariot
Mighty Swing	RK9	Feverish Attack
Crushing Bash	RK7	Blood & Steel
Bloodthirsty Axe	RK5	Hardening
Foreceful Cast	RK3	Cry of Victory
Offensive Stance	RK1	Resolve

Magnus Trait & Skills

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Magnus Trait

Max Effect
	[Experienced General] Magnus decreases the ATK and DEF of all enemies within 4 tiles of himself by 15%. When attacking, he is granted bonus P.ATK equal to 40% of his P.DEF.

Stars Unlocked	Effect
	Magnus decreases the ATK and DEF of all enemies within 3 tiles of himself by 12%. When attacking, he is granted bonus P.ATK equal to 40% of his P.DEF.
	Magnus decreases the ATK and DEF of all enemies within 3 tiles of himself by 12%. When attacking, he is granted bonus P.ATK equal to 30% of his P.DEF.
	Magnus decreases the ATK and DEF of all enemies within 3 tiles of himself by 8%. When attacking, he is granted bonus P.ATK equal to 30% of his P.DEF.
	Magnus decreases the ATK and DEF of all enemies within 3 tiles of himself by 8%. When attacking, he is granted bonus P.ATK equal to 20% of his P.DEF.

Magnus Base Skill

Skill	Range
Slash
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% Physical DMG.
Mountain Breaker
[Skill] Cost: 3 CD: 2 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Magnus deals 150% DMG. When the target is [Injured], he also inflicts [Isolate] before attacking. Magnus restores 2 NRG when he defeats the target.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK1

Skill	Range
Offensive Stance
[Skill] Cost: 1 CD: 1 (Support) [Instant]. Adds 40% of the character's P.DEF to P.ATK and takes 8% more DMG for 2 turns.
Resolve	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Passive) Immediately recovers 5% HP when the character is defeated. Can be activated up to 1 time per battle.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK3

Skill	Range
Foreceful Cast
[Skill] Cost: 1 CD: 3 (Physical DMG) Magnus throws the enemy to an [Empty Tile] 3 or 4 tiles away from himself, dealing 70% DMG to all enemies within 1 tile of the target tile and inflicting [▽ Move I]. The effect lasts for 2 turns.
Cry of Victory	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Passive) When an enemy is slain within 2 tiles around you, inflicts [▽ Attack 2] on all enemies within 5 tiles around you and grants all allies within 5 tiles around you [△ DMG 2]. The effects last 2 rounds and will be triggered immediately before you use [Mountain Breaker] and can be triggered up to 1 time per round.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK5

Skill	Range
Bloodthirsty Axe	-
[Reaction] Cost: - CD: - (Reaction) Performs a [Strike Back] with [basic attack] when hit by an active attack from the [front or side]. The effect can be activated up to 1 time per round.
Hardening	-
[Reaction] Cost: - CD: - (Reaction) When hit by an active attack, the DMG taken is decreased by 8%. After being attacked, the character gains [DMG Reduction II] for 2 turns.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK7

Skill	Range
Crushing Bash
[Skill] Cost: 0 CD: 3 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals 120% DMG and inflicts [Vulnerable II] for 3 turns.
Blood & Steel	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Leader's Aura) For all "Fortitude" allies in battle, increases ATK by 10% and DEF by by 20%. Decreases the DMG taken by 10% if (Healthy). Becomes immune to the negative effect of the [Injured] state.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK9

Skill	Range
Mighty Swing
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 70% [AoE DMG] to all enemies within a 3x2 area in the target direction.
Feverish Attack
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% physical DMG and gains 20% [Life Steal].

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK11

Skill	Range
Sharpened Blade	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Passive) When performing an active attack, DMG increases by 10%. When the character strikes back, DMG increases by 30%.
Iron Chariot
[Skill] Cost: 4 CD: 0 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals DMG equal to 300% of the character's P.DEF, up to 200% of P.ATK. Before attacking, adds 20% of the character's P.ATK to P.DEF for 2 turns.

Weapons That Magnus Can Equip

List of Weapons

Brutal Axe	Hollow Axe	Denial Hammer
Feast Axe	Tuning Hammer	Cornucopia Axe
Formidable Axe	Antimagic Axe	Balanced Heavy Axe
Battle-Hardened Axe	Heavy Iron Axe	Iron Axe

Magnus Voice Actor & Profile

Magnus Voice Actor (CV)

Magnus Profile

initial	Ascended

▲ Unlock Ascended Skin when character reaches Star Level 5.

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