Summoners War Buffs
Buffs are essential in Summoners War, providing positive status effects that enhance a team’s survivability, damage output, and overall effectiveness in battle. Common buffs such as Attack Up, Defense Up, Immunity, and Speed Up can significantly shift the momentum of a fight by strengthening allies or protecting them from harmful effects. Strategic use of buffs allows teams to hit harder, last longer, and maintain control during challenging encounters across both PvE and PvP content. Building compositions that can apply and maintain key buffs consistently is a fundamental part of creating reliable teams and succeeding in higher-level gameplay.
Increase Attack Power
Increases Total Attack by 50% (Increases damage/effect of skills that scale with atk by 50%)
Increase Defense
Increases Total Defense by 50% (Reduces non-armoring damage by 33%)
Increase Crit Rate
+30% Flat Crit Rate
increase Attack Speed
+33% Total Speed (Attack bar moves 33% faster, deal more damage with skills that scale with attack speed)
Increase Critical Protection
Halves Total Crit Chance of attackers (Prevents half of incoming critical hits)
Immunity
Prevents harmful effects from being applied, including attack gauge reduction
Blessed
Heals 15% Max HP of target per turn upon receiving a turn
Protect Soul
Invincibility
Reduces damage taken to zero
Brand
Reflect Damage
Attackers receive 33% of the damage they dealt upon attacking
Shield
Prevents a certain amount of damage from being taken (including continuous damage and bombs)
Summoners War Debuffs
Debuffs play a crucial role in Summoners War, acting as negative status effects that can drastically weaken enemies and turn the tide of battle. These effects range from damage-focused debuffs like Continuous Damage and Defense Break to control-based debuffs such as Stun, Freeze, and Provoke, each serving a specific strategic purpose. Properly applying debuffs allows players to increase damage output, limit enemy actions, and create safer, more consistent clears in both PvE and PvP content. Mastering when and how to apply debuffs—and building teams that can reliably land them—is essential for efficient dungeon runs, successful Arena battles, and high-level competitive play.
Reduce Attack Power
Halves Total Attack (Decreases damage of attack scaling attacks by 50%)
Reduce Defense
Halves Total Defense (increases non-armoring damage taken by 50-100%)
Increase Glancing Hit Rate
+50% chance of causing targets attacks to land as Glancing Hits (Glancing Hits deal 50% less damage, cannot crit and does not apply harmful effects including Attack Gauge reduction)
Reduce Speed
-33% Total Speed (Attack bar moves 33% slower, deal less damage with skills that scale with attack speed)
Continuous Damage
Damaged by 5% of Max HP per turn upon receiving a turn
Bomb
Deals a fixed amount damage scaled from the appliers Attack Power when it runs out upon receiving a turn
Unrecoverable
Prevented from being healed, health balancing effects may still cause health to increase
Provoke
Forced to attack the applier with skill 1. Removed if the applier dies
Block Beneficial Effect
Prevents beneficial effects from being applied, excluding attack gauge increase
Sleep
Causes turn(s) to be missed. Removed if the sleeping monster is attacked
Freeze
Causes turn(s) to be missed
Stun
Causes turn(s) to be missed