Epic Seven – New Hero Lua, Astromancer Elena and From Pride to Hubris Side Story
The 4th anniversary of Epic Seven was quite the show with players getting some juicy rewards along the way. The end of the competitive tournament of E7WC 2022 (Epic Seven World Cup) also gave rise to the developers posting the official roadmap notes for the rest of the year and the start of 2023. For the time being, the game is back to releasing new heroes and new events to keep the players interested and engaged. These updates are made known to the community through the community managers Mashuu and Gregory via live streams on the game’s official YouTube channel and Twitch channel. Players are also rewarded with special gift codes for tuning in to the live streams. The chest code for this week is – astromancer. Input this code in the gift chest given to you in your in-game mailbox for some free rewards (3 leifs and 300,000 Gold).
For this week’s patch preview live stream, players were delighted to see the addition of 2 brand new heroes coming to the game. As expected, both of them were previously teased as well through a silhouette covered banner. The first hero joining the roster of heroes will be Lua – the 5-Star Ice elemental ranger. Players will be able to summon through their special summoning banner using covenant bookmarks. The second hero is going to the moonlight version of Elena – Astromancer Elena, a 5-Star Light elemental Ranger hero. As per tradition, the new moonlight hero will be available to be summoned through mystic summons in October 2022. Lastly, a new side story titled “From Pride to Hubris” is also released where players will be seeing the backstory of the newly added hero Lua. Let’s check all the new things coming to Epic Seven with the 6th October update.
Lua – Ice Elemental 5-Star Unit
Lua was added to the game as a delightful surprise with Episode 4 of the main story coming to an end soon. Players did not expect a back-to-back release of covenant heroes. Nonetheless, Lua, a natural 5-Star Ice elemental hero that is classified as a Ranger type is being added to the game. Her hero description reads the following – “The true leader of the Black Hand revolution, controlling influence over many factions, Lua was corrupted by the voices inside her. The alluring tactician now brings chaos to the continent of Orbis”
Lua’s skills are as follows: –
Folding Fan – Attacks the enemy with a fan, with a 40% chance to decrease Defense for 2 turns.
+1: +5% damage dealt
+2: +5% damage dealt
+3: +5% effect chance
+4: +5% damage dealt
+5: +5% effect chance
+6: +10% damage dealt
+7: +10% damage dealt
Butterfly Reverie – Attacks the enemy with light, dispelling two buffs before puffing them to sleep for 1 turn. Grants an extra tum to the caster.
+1: +5% damage dealt
+2: +5% damage dealt
+3: +5% damage dealt
+4: +5% damage dealt
+5: +5% damage dealt
+6: +10% damage dealt
+7: +10% damage dealt
Sweet Talk – Dispels one buff from all enemies before increasing skill cooldowns by 1 turn
and inflicting beguile. Increases Speed of all allies for 2 turns.
Beguile: At the end of the turn, deals additional damage to all allies of the target except for the target equivalent to 10% of their respective max Health. Beguile effect applies to Heroes only, and is dispelled once the effect is activated.
+1: -1 turn cooldown
Soulburn Effect (Consume 20 Souls): Ignores Effect Resistance.
Spatiotemporal Fan (5-Star Artifact) – Increases effectiveness by 20%. After using a non-attack skill, has a 100% chance to grant Stealth to the ally except for the caster with the highest Attack for 2 turns. Can only be activated once every 4 turns.
Astromancer Elena – Light Elemental 5-Star Unit
Astromancer Elena’s 2nd moonlight hero is being added to Epic Seven after the big gap of 4 months. Just like Lua, another silhouette was also shown beforehand but players thought of the silhouette to be of new skin. Turns out, it was the silhouette of Astromancer Elena, the natural 5-Star hero that is classified as a Ranger in-game. Her hero description reads the following – “The disciple of the star and the herald of their great will.”
Astromancer Elena’s skills are as follows: –
Melody of Damnation – Attacks the enemy with a punishing melody. When the target has a debuff, increases the damage dealt.
+1: +5% damage dealt
+2: +5% damage dealt
+3: +5% damage dealt
+4: +5% damage dealt
+5: +5% damage dealt
+6: +5% damage dealt
+7: +10% damage dealt
Disciple of the Stars – After an ally except for the caster attacks, when is unable to counterattack, activates Worship Me! Worship Me! can only be activated once every 4 turns.
Worship Me! (Acquire 10 Soul): Increases Combat Readiness of all allies by 15%
Cannot Counterattack: Makes the target unable to counterattack. This effect is applied to Heroes only.
+1: -1 turn cooldown
Enraged Star’s Retribution – Attacks all enemies with the energy of the enraged star, decreasing buff durations by 1 turn before restricting and making them unable to counterattack for 2 turns. When using this skill, increases Hit Chance by 35%. This skill cannot trigger a counterattack.
Soulburn Effect (Consume 20 Souls): Ignores Effect Resistance.
+1: +5% damage dealt
+2: +5% damage dealt
+3: – 1 turn cooldown
+4: +5% damage dealt
+5: +5% damage dealt
+6: +10% damage dealt
+7: +10% damage dealt
Side Story – From Pride to Hubris
A new side story especially for the new hero Lua is going to be released after the patch update on 6th October 2022. The new side story features the adventure of Lua in the world of Orbis.
Players will have to travel to different locations on the side story map. On the map, players will encounter many different stages. Stages are divided into 3 types:
- Story Stage – In these stages, players will be tasked to view the main storyline of the side story. These stages might be or might not be associated with a battle sequence depending on the stage. In these stages, Lua will be accompanying players in the battle as an NPC character. These stages will also have some additional conditions which are required to be fulfilled by the players in order to obtain extra premium currency. Players will also earn the event currency for this side story after they emerge victorious.
- Battle Stage – In these stages, players will be tasked to participate in and win battles against waves of enemies. These stages might also have certain conditions required to be fulfilled in order to obtain the premium currency. Some battle stages may also provide Lua as an NPC hero that is mandatory to be taken into the battles. Players will earn event currency as well post the victory.
- Boss Stage – In these stages, players are required to defeat the boss monster that will come at the end of the waves of enemies. These stages provide players with a higher amount of event currency compared to regular battle stages. Boss stages are further divided into multiple difficulties to suit the level of players – Easy Difficulty/ Normal Difficulty/ Hard Difficulty/ Extreme Difficulty.
Players are required to have cleared at least Episode 1, Chapter 10 Stage 10 (Stage Minaret) to be able to access the side story. The From Pride to Hubris side story is going to run for 2 weeks. The name of the event currency for the side story is still not known yet. Players can play the different side story stages and grind them repeatedly to collect the event currencies. As we mentioned before, make sure to farm the boss stages to get more event currency. An exchange shop will also be present during the side story that offers the likes of MolaGora, Greater and Lesser Artifact Charms, Penguins, Epic, and Rare Catalysts, Giga Phantasms, Covenant Bookmarks, and Gold. Players just need to exchange their collected event currency in this shop. Transit Stones and Leifs can also be obtained from the different reputation missions presented to the players.
During this side story, if players use the heroes: Lua then their stats will be increased in the following manner: Level 60/ Awakened to 6-Star/ +15 Enhanced Skills/Attack and Health increased by 30%. If players use the following heroes: Iseria/Ras/Adventurer Ras/Montmorancy/Angelic Montmorancy then their stats will be increased in the following manner: Attack and Health increased by 30%. Players can also get bonus event currency when clearing stages with heroes equipped with the following artifacts – Spatiotemporal Fan.
October 2022 Drop Rate-Up Banners
- Iseria with Song of Stars (Normal Summon Banner 29/09/2022 – 06/10/2022)
- Sez with Manica of Control (Normal Summon Banner 29/09/2022 – 06/10/2022)
- Lilibet with Creation and Destruction (Normal Summon Banner 06/10/2022 – 13/10/2022)
- Lua with Spatiotemporal Fan (Normal Summon Banner 06/10/2022 – 13/10/2022)
- Astromancer Elena and Wanderer Silk (Mystical Summon Banner 13/10/2022 – 03/11/2022)
That concludes everything coming to Epic Seven with the latest patch scheduled to be implemented on 6th October 2022. Players can feel free to read the official patch notes to get an in-depth view of the new content. We highly recommend playing Epic Seven on a PC with BlueStacks using a keyboard and mouse.
