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Riolet desperately needs a buff!

Given the current meta heavily centered around the "Solo DPS + 4 Supports" draft style—where one main core damage dealer is backed by the rest of the team—why has Riolet seen absolutely no progress in terms of power, especially considering the following?

• Next season will feature Moon-element hero skins.
• His fellow Dark unit, Arbiter Vildred, received a massive buff that completely shifted the meta landscape in the second half of the Summer 2026 season.
• The introduction of the Riposte set brings insanely high variance with a 70% counter chance upon a successful evasion.
• Bellona "joined" the Evasion in the first half of the Summer 2026 season, making the "Solo DPS + 4 Supports" playstyle from the previous season trend heavily and get heavily SPAMMED early on with the arrival of Perfumer Byblis & Estelle.
• Double-Edge got its counter rate buffed from 30% → 50%, pushing the Evasion playstyle back into the spotlight.

However:

• Riolet only benefited from Double-Edge during the recent sweeping buffs to Evasion playstyles.
• Sustain from the Lifesteal set (recovering 20% of damage dealt) is currently extremely weak for single-target damage dealers. To give a direct comparison:

- Setsuka S1 heals for 30% of damage dealt.

- R&L S1 heals for 40% of damage dealt.

- Closer Charles S1 heals for 30% of damage dealt.

• Comparing sets to Artifacts: excluding damage-boosting ones like Golden Rose or Sigurd Scythe, Bloodstone is the closest equivalent to the Lifesteal set. However, Bloodstone heals for a whopping 26% of damage dealt—over 30% more effective than the Lifesteal set itself.

Overall, many heroes natively possess 30%+ lifesteal, with BBK even scaling up to 50%. This clearly shows the Lifesteal set is weak and severely suffocates single-target Thief heroes who lack AoE attacks, as the Thief class has no native lifesteal artifacts.

• Riolet’s sign is Leo. While strong offensively, it is notoriously fragile defensively. Building a Leo hero is extremely stat-heavy, requiring meticulous stat balancing. Combined with the Lifesteal set, he becomes a total stat black hole. Looking at other Leo heroes for comparison:

- Tori: A meta Leo hero who reigns supreme in damage and remains remarkably survive thanks to her self-barrier and Exceed damage mechanic.

- Martial Artist Ken: Completely freed from Crit stats, belongs to the Warrior class with access to Sigurd Scythe for insane sustain, gains self-Virgo buffs for higher damage output, and boasts reinforced defense.

- Navy Captain Landy: A massive stat-sink from back in 2023, yet she possesses Crit Resistance (even if RNG-heavy, similar to evasion) and Stun/Sleep immunity. Despite Leo’s low base HP, her base Def is quite high compared to other Knights, and she has built-in Atk buffs and self-sustain.

Meanwhile, Riolet requires ATK, HP, SPEED, CRIT CHANCE, and CRIT DMG—making him a total nightmare to gear. Building him means sacrificing crucial stats; he is extremely difficult to run, especially on a Lifesteal set that offers zero bonus stats aside from an Atk buff on S3.

• He cannot utilize the Riposte set because he lacks intrinsic healing or lifesteal artifacts. Thus, Riposte is completely out of reach for him, whereas 6 out of 8 Evasion Thieves possess built-in sustain: Savior Adin (20% S1), Closer Charles (30% S1), R&L (40% S1), Setsuka (30% S1), Specimen Sez (30% S3), and Violet (15% S2 with 6.2k HP base and built-in counter on evade).

From all the points above, Riolet is undeniably the hero most in need of a buff right now—or at least a brand new Exclusive Equipment (EE) so he can finally compete in this meta!