Ice heroes are some of the most useful units in Epic Seven due to their ability to produce results in Wyvern Hunts as well as taking on big bosses in Adventure mode.
Some of the best PvP openers in the game are the ice heroes, but they also have some amazing counter-attackers if that suits your playstyle a bit more.
Make no mistake, ice units tend to be more pervasive than other items in Epic Seven. Instead of specializing in one specific aspect of gameplay, they can often be used across many different types of content.
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re looking to diversify your pool of heroes. Putting gear and resources on a unit can be disastrous if they turn out to be useless, so checking out this list of the best ice heroes is a good idea!
10) Angelica
Class: Soulweaver
How to get: Connections and Covenant Summon 4*
recommended construction: Health
Featured on lists of the best Soul Weavers and the best Heroes for Wyvern, Angelica is a staple of any Epic Seven player’s collection.
Lots of healing power, tanking, and immunity buffs make her the perfect choice for many early game PvP and PvE builds.
Towards the end of the game, Angelica is little more than a forgotten hero as you acquire better Soul Weavers.
Until then though, it will take you past Episode 3 in Adventure, Wyvern Hunts, Abyss Floors, and Labyrinths.
9) Fairy Tale Tenebria
Class: Wizard
How to get: 5* Limited Summon (wait for his banner)
recommended construction: Speed | Effectiveness
A niche unit, but one that has many uses in PvP and against Archdemon Mercedes in the Hall of Trials.
F. Tenebria spreads debuffs like wildfire, taking away buffs and forcing enemy units to attack your tankier heroes.
His ability to apply poison is also a great help in dealing with certain Abyss floors.
Right now, F. Tenebria has fallen out of the PvP meta due to the abundance of faster openers. However, she is still a strong unit that could very well see updates in the future to bounce back as the Queen of debuff openers.
8) cherry
Class: Ranger
How to get: 5* Limited Summon (wait for his banner)
recommended construction: Speed | Effectiveness
Cerise is a strong start to PvP builds, removing enemy buffs, reducing speed, and applying the restricted debuff. Since his 3 ability ignores elemental buffs, he almost always lands!
Subsequently, his other abilities are good for stunning or unleashing dual attacks.
The only problem with Cerise is her equipment requirements. He needs a lot of speed, effectiveness, and offensive stats.
Due to how difficult it is to build, I really wouldn’t recommend it for new players. However, it’s great once you get to the late game and you can produce quality sets more often, so take it out if you see it available.
7) Emily
Class: Soulweaver
How to get: 5* Limited Summon (wait for his banner)
recommended construction: Speed | Health
Emilia is a brilliant CR booster, giving a slower hero (usually her burly DPS) a ton of combat readiness, as well as increased attack.
If you see a defense team containing Emilia with heroes like Bloodblade Karin or Inquisitor Vildred, make sure to avoid attacking them!
Currently, World Arena (known as RTA; real-time arena) gives Soul Weavers an additional speed boost, making Emilia even more valuable in 2022.
In addition to her ability to turn any slow DPS into a raid boss, Emilia can dispel all allies’ debuffs before healing herself and providing a shield, though this ability has a long cooldown.
6) Peira
Class: Thief
How to get: 5* Covenant Summon
recommended construction: Speed | Effectiveness
With one of the highest base speeds of any hero in the entire game, Peira is a powerful opener to wear down and support allies.
After forcing enemy units unbuffable and restrained for 2 turns, Peira gains an additional turn to increase all allies’ attack stats, as well as taking 30% of any damage dealt to allies.
It’s easy to build, enjoying just about every stat out there, including effectiveness and effect resistance. As long as you are hitting at a speed of 260, it will be a good starting option for any PvP battle.
5) Age
Class: Wizard
How to get: 5* Covenant Summon
recommended construction: Speed | Effectiveness
Since her buff, Eda has seen significant play in the PvP scene thanks to her capable AoE debuffing power.
It is capable of stunning entire teams, lowering their combat readiness, and applying defense breaks.
Eda is definitely more of a support PvP hero, but she can also deal some good damage.
Not much speed is required (around 220 max) as you get a free combat readiness boost every time an allied hero uses a non-attack ability.
4) custard
Class: Ranger
How to get: 5* Covenant Summon
recommended construction: Speed | Effectiveness
Used as an opener for cleaved builds, Flan is an excellent hero for applying the defense break debuff to all enemy heroes.
It is mostly used in PvP, but may have some use in PvE scenarios that require a single powerful hero to deal most of the damage.
Basically a staple of splinter builds, you should check out the list of the best AoE DPS heroes for a list of the units he works best with.
3) Rem
Class: Warrior
How to get: 5* Limited Summon (wait for his banner)
recommended construction: Counter | Immunity
Up there with the most frustrating units in the entire game, Rem is currently the best counter hero in Epic Seven.
When an ally is attacked, Rem has a chance to counter with a blunt AoE attack, reducing the duration of buffs and making them incurable.
Her special perk “Demon Mode” is one of the best in the game, greatly reducing the enemy’s ability to affect her with debuffs or special effects.
Rem is primarily a PvP hero and should be placed on your defense team alongside other powerful heroes that require your opponent to defeat before Rem does.
2) Bellona Beach
Class: Ranger
How to get: 5* Limited Summon (wait for his banner)
recommended construction: Critical Chance | Critical damage
Regarded as one of the best PvE heroes in the game, Seaside Bellona is great at Abyss, Labyrinth, Expeditions, and even Wyvern hunts.
In PvP, SSB is a powerful ranger who constantly launches counter attacks. She be careful bringing her into Arena fights, as she can be countered by anti-counter and anti-AoE units like Angel of Light Angelica and Lionheart Cermia.
Since he counters often regardless of which ally is attacked, SSB doesn’t need speed. Instead, try to get at least 4000 attacks, 300% critical damage, 100% critical chance, and 70% effectiveness.
Any other stats can include health or defense for extra survivability.
1) ran
Class: Thief
How to get: 5* Covenant Summon
recommended construction: Speed | Critical Chance
As of 2022, Ran is currently the strongest and most useful ice unit in Epic Seven.
Exceptional in PvE while retaining some PvE uses, countless strategies build on Ran’s incredible base speed stat.
With a base speed of 129, Ran only needs a speed set with speed main stat boots to achieve a speed of 210; more than enough to surpass anything up to the rank of Arena Master.
Ran is also excellent at fire dispatch thanks to her ability to not attack which leads to defense breakdown.
As you start to rank up, Ran really needs at least 280 speed to come out on top in PvP fights.
If you can get that, a simple Ran cleave build can easily take you to Challenger and beyond!