Leander the Searazor guide: skills, build and team roles
Overview
Leander the Searazor is a Rare Earth Melee Attacker from the Freeborn Faction in Invokers: Titan Legacy. He steals buffs and then keeps his own Skills coming back through critical hits. Underhanded steals a buff, Deceit hits up to eight enemies and feeds his Mana, and Showoff casts Crit DMG Up on him and cuts his Skill cooldowns.
His damage scales from ATK. Fully Awakened and before Gear, Leander has 737 ATK, 582 DEF and 6,221 HP, with 60 Accuracy and 7 Skill RECOV. His HP is low for a Melee Attacker, so he needs a Tank and healer.
His kit runs on critical hits. Each critical hit from Showoff cuts a Skill cooldown, and Deceit gains Ultimate Mana on critical hits, so the more he crits, the more often he casts. Underhanded gives an ally the enemy's buff when it lands, which needs Accuracy to beat the target's RES.
He has no healing or Shields, and his Skills are single-target except for Deceit.
Skills To Prioritize
Showoff, his Ultimate, casts Crit DMG Up on him and hits one enemy three times. The Crit DMG Up is 15% for seven seconds at Level 1, and 30% for ten seconds at Level 10 and Max Level. Each critical hit cuts the cooldown of one Active Skill, one for each of the three hits, by five seconds at Level 1, eight at Level 10 and ten at Max Level. Each hit deals 155% of his ATK at Level 1, 291.4% at Level 10 and 310% at Max Level. Its cost falls from 900 Mana to 850 at Level 10 and 800 at Max Level.
Underhanded hits one enemy three times and the third hit steals a random buff: 90% of his ATK per hit at Level 1 and 180% at Max Level. At Max Level it steals two buffs. The cooldown falls from 30 seconds to 25 at Level 10 and 23 at Max Level. It needs Accuracy.
Deceit hits up to eight enemies in a 90 degree, 8m cone in front of him and gains him Ultimate Mana on critical hits: four at Level 1 and eight at Level 10 and Max Level. The cooldown falls from 30 seconds to 25 at Level 10 and 23 at Max Level.
Jade Spike hits one enemy on a ten-second cooldown for 127.5% of his ATK at Level 1 and 255% at Max Level.
If you want Leander to cycle his Skills faster, upgrade Showoff first, as Max Level cuts each cooldown by ten seconds per critical hit and lowers the cost to 800 Mana. If you want him to take enemy buffs, upgrade Underhanded first, as Max Level steals two buffs and the cooldown falls to 23 seconds.
Build And Team Support
Build Crit Rate to around 75-80%, then as much Crit DMG as the build allows. His cooldown cuts and Mana only happen on critical hits, so Crit Rate does more for him than raising ATK. Underhanded needs Accuracy to beat a target's RES, so put Accuracy on your Chestplate and your Flask. Mana Gen on your Talisman helps him reach Showoff, which carries his kit.
For Relic Sets, Crit Rate Relics make his critical hits more reliable, Crit Damage Relics and Predator raise how hard they hit, and Accuracy Relics help his buff steal land. Mana Relics help him reach Showoff sooner, and Fury Relics bring back his Active Skills sooner. His native Atrophy Tolerance covers one Corruption on Galvos and Astral Omnissi.
Pair him with a Tank and a healer, and with Invokers who can use the enemy buffs Underhanded steals for your team.
Arena, Bosses And Spires
In Arena, Underhanded takes an enemy's key buff and Deceit hits a whole group, while Showoff keeps his Skills coming back. Protect him from early burst, as his HP is low, and be wary of enemy Invokers with Immunity, as it stops Underhanded from landing.
Against Sakiel, who needs Accuracy to beat his RES when you steal his buffs, Underhanded steals two buffs at Max Level. Against Sorgott, who wants buff steal or negation, Underhanded does that job. Earth Omnissi also wants buff steal. His native Atrophy Tolerance covers one of the two Corruptions on Galvos and on Astral Omnissi.
Against Sedula, Deceit hits up to eight enemies in an 8m cone, which helps clear her three Tentacles, and Showoff's Crit DMG Up and cooldown cuts help his damage in her 60-second window. Sedula changes Element every day, and Leander has Elemental Advantage on the days she is Wind.
In the Earth Spire, Deceit hits waves and Showoff keeps his Skills available. Pair him with Invokers of a similar Rarity: Anarose, a Rare Earth Support, heals and casts DEF Up, Kandra, an Epic Earth Tank, casts Damage Filter and Deflection, and Roddin the Spelunker, an Uncommon Earth Melee Attacker, steals buffs and casts DEF Down.
Awaken
Awakening boosts an Invoker's stats significantly. Bonuses from Relics, Accessories, the Trophy Room, Tactics and Titan leader bonuses apply to base stats and Awakening stats alike, so unlocking the Awakening nodes is critical to maximise Leander's potential.
Unlocking each Titan node at Star 2, 4 and 6 adds a second to Titan Invokation, taking the total from 12 seconds to 15.
Review the Awakening guide for more detail.
