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This serves as a preannouncement to the planned balance adjustment and recall of the 5★ Covenant Hero, Elvira, which will take effect after the 1/18 update.

1. Balance Adjustment Target

With this balance adjustment, 5★ Covenant Hero, Elvira’s skills will be adjusted as previously announced in the notice posted on January 11.

The details of the balance adjustment for the Hero can be seen below.

Hero

※ The probability and number of turns are based on fully enhanced characters.

※ Skill Cooldowns will not be changed unless stated.

※ The skill descriptions mentioned in this preview may differ from the actual update.

1-1. Hero Balance Adjustments

1-1-1. Covenant / 5★

Elvira

Elvira was initially designed as a Hero to counter enemies reliant on Fighting Spirit. However, an issue arose when she was used in conjunction with a specific Artifact, allowing her to sustain Immortality excessively and prolong battles. This led to unsatisfactory experiences for both Elvira users and opponents. To address this issue, we are adjusting her skills to eliminate the unpleasant experience while enhancing her role as a Hero capable of preventing enemies from gaining Fighting Spirit.

The first adjustment involves altering Capturing Sacrifice to no longer be affected by Cooldown increase and decrease effects. Although she cannot reduce the Cooldown of her skill outside of her turn, this change ensures a more consistent performance when facing enemies like Lua and Nahkwol, who can increase skill Cooldown. Furthermore, Elvira will now contribute more offensively by decreasing the defense of the target in addition to inflicting the existing unhealable effect.

The condition requiring Elvira to be Immortal to prevent enemies from acquiring Fighting Spirit has been removed from her skill, Blood Mana. This modification ensures a more consistent performance in her primary role of preventing enemies from gaining Fighting Spirit. The buff removal effect from enemies, originally part of her skill Hit and Run, will be transferred to Exterminate. Hit and Run will now inflict Provoke, creating better synergy with Immortal. These adjustments empower Elvira to more effectively suppress enemies reliant on Fighting Spirit. If she can maintain Immortality, she can also apply Beguile more effectively, protecting both allies and herself from formidable threats when equipped with high Effect Resistance Equipment.

These proposed balance adjustments are scheduled for the 5★ Hero Elvira on January 18.

We apologize for any inconvenience and offer a recall for Elvira summoned before the update on 1/18. The drop rate up period for Elvira will be extended for an additional week to give you ample time to decide on the adjusted Elvira. For more details on the recall, please refer to the information below.

2. Preview of 5★ Hero Elvira Recall

Elvira's recall period will last two weeks, starting after the maintenance on 1/18 until 02:59 UTC on 2/1.The recall will only be available for Elvira as long as she is within your Hero Inventory before the maintenance on 1/18.  If Elvira is in your Hero Storage, please move her to your Hero Inventory before the maintenance on 1/18.  Additionally, you can only recall the Hero once during the recall period, regardless of having multiple separate copies. We will provide a reminder about the schedule and the details of the recall method in the 1/18 Update Notice.

You will be able to exchange your recall target for another Hero of the same grade that has been released as of the recall starting date. However, Covenant Heroes that are only obtainable through limited summons or collaborations, and those that cannot be summoned (such as Zeno, Yuna, Serila, etc.), will be unavailable for selection. In addition, even if the selected 5★ Covenant Hero exchanged via recall is a duplicate Hero, you will not receive any Covenant Coins.

When you proceed with the recall of the 5★ Covenant Hero Elvira, depending on the Memory Imprint Grade of the recall target, you will receive Memory Imprint material called Slate of Fate, which can be used for Memory Imprinting 5★ Covenant Heroes. Slate of Fate cannot be used on Moonlight Heroes, Limited Heroes, or Collaboration Heroes.

If you would like to receive a fresh copy of the Hero that was used as a Memory Imprint material instead of receiving a Slate of Fate, please contact customer service using the 1:1 Inquiry before the end of February.   You must retain a copy of the Slate of Fate. We will check your in-game log and exchange the Slate of Fate for a fresh copy of Elvira. The Elvira you receive via this method will not be eligible for recall.

Likewise, if you used any Unknown Slates to Memory Imprint Elvira and would like to receive those back as Unknown Slates instead of Slate of Fates, please contact customer service using the 1:1 Inquiry before the end of February.   You must retain a copy of the Slate of Fate. We will check your in-game log and exchange your Slate of Fate with Unknown Slates in accordance with the amount you've used as Memory Imprints.

These are the proposed balance adjustment for the 5★ Covenant Hero Elvira that is scheduled for the update on January 18. We apologize once again for any inconvenience caused by this issue.

We will continue to carefully monitor and review the balance trends to provide a stable gameplay experience.

Thank you.