New All-Round Hero Judas Added Key Lies in Utilizing Dark Stigma and Physical Attack Stacking
On Thursday, October 29, a new Legendary hero, Judas of the Apostles of the Abyss, was added to Seven Knights Re:BIRTH. Judas is an All-Round hero whose key features involve dealing additional damage via Dark Stigma and stacking Physical Attack. His exclusive equipment, Judas's Broken Sword, was also introduced.
The core of his kit is the passive skill, Power of the Abyss. It inflicts Dark Stigma on the 3 enemies with the highest Attack and deals additional damage when attacking those targets. Judas possesses Blessing and a Shield, gaining Physical Attack stacks and a Shield every 2 attacks. Additional stacks are also applied based on the number of All-Round allies in the team.
When an ally dies, his skill cooldowns are reduced by 17 seconds, while applying Damage Reduction and Critical Damage reduction to all enemies. Upon reaching 2-Transcendence, Power and additional Attack stacking and healing effects when Power triggers are added.
His basic attack prioritizes targets marked with Stigma. Skill 1, Vortex of Ruin, attacks all enemies and triggers consecutively up to 1 additional time upon defeating an enemy. Skill 2, Final Throne, swaps the HP of the enemy with the highest Max HP and deals defense-ignoring damage to all enemies. Upon Skill Enhancement, Skill 1 gains turn-based buff reduction, while Skill 2 gains improved HP swap values and Unhealable. At 6-Transcendence, Piercing is applied to both skills.
Awakening Added for Judas and Lee Stronger Attacks Against Stigma Targets, Enhanced Counterattacks and Backline Protection
Awakened Judas features enhanced damage for basic attacks and both skills, as well as increased additional damage to targets marked with Stigma. The enemy Critical Damage reduction from his passive is also increased from 28% to 34%. Effects gained through Skill Enhancement in his base form—such as Damage Reduction, turn-based buff reduction, and Unhealable—are applied by default in his Awakened state.
His Awakened Skill, Day of Judgment, prioritizes targets with Dark Stigma, dealing defense-ignoring damage twice to 4 enemies. Additional damage is applied to targets with Stigma. Upon Skill Enhancement, it removes 2 buffs, and at 6-Transcendence, Piercing is added.
The existing Rare hero Lee was also selected for Awakening. Awakened Lee protects 2 backline allies with Guard, grants Physical Damage Reduction to 3 allies, and reduces the skill cooldowns of himself and 2 backline allies by 6 seconds with basic attacks. His Awakened Skill, Demon-Slaying Bead Strike, attacks 3 enemies while applying turn-based buff reduction and Confusion. Upon Skill Enhancement, the buff reduction is upgraded to 3 turns and Confusion to 4 hits.
Pre-Awakened Lee was also rebalanced. At 2-Transcendence, Physical Attack reduction and Confusion are added to his counterattacks, and at 6-Transcendence, when hit by enemy attacks 3 times, he heals the 3 allies with the lowest current HP.
Arena League Reorganization and QoL Improvements Promotion and Demotion Per League, Team Presets That Store Equipped Gear
The Arena is now divided into Novice Arena, as well as Rookie, Elite, and Champions Leagues. Initial placements were assigned based on final rankings as of October 26 at 9:00 AM: the top 15% to Champions, the next 45% to Elite, and the remainder to the Rookie League. Players within the same region and league will be matched, and at the end of a season, the top 10% of Rookie and Elite Leagues are promoted. The bottom 15% of Elite and bottom 20% of Champions are demoted, while Novice Arena players move to Rookie after completing 3 seasons.
Rewards are divided into Battle Results, First Rank & Score Achievements, and Weekly Rank Rewards. Season end and tallying start have been moved up to Monday at 2:00 AM, with battle resumption remaining at 9:00 AM as before. The Arena Shop has also been revamped, allowing exchanges for Pet Wish Summon Tickets, Legendary Carving Charms, and Legendary Accessory Chests. Existing adventurers should remember to claim their achievement rewards based on each league's criteria as well.
The existing Advanced Arena has been renamed to Event Arena, and this season runs in a 3v3 mode until November 12 at 2:00 AM. In Total War, players who meet the previous season's league and rank conditions and have saved a normal rank team preset will automatically participate upon logging in. The score requirement for the Mythic rank in Total War has been lowered from 8,000 points to 7,000 points.
Up to 30 Team Presets can be saved per content type and team size, storing heroes, pets, formations, skill queues, and equipped gear information altogether. When applied, gear is swapped automatically, which may alter the equipped status of other heroes. With this revamp, existing team presets have been reset and require reconfiguration, but deck-swapping flexibility across different content is expected to be significantly enhanced.
The Infinite Tower has been expanded up to Floor 450, with allowed role categories changing every 10 floors in the new section. For minigames, the roulette wheel was adjusted to 8 slots with added once-per-account achievement rewards, which must be manually claimed in the Reward tab. The number of heroes eligible for Awakening Restoration increased from 2 to 5, and in the Tower of Trials, clearing with 6 medals maintains the settings for the next floor. Other QoL improvements have also arrived, such as an automatic summon ticket usage setting during Repeat Battles.
Abyss Box and 1.5-Year Eve Event Chance to Obtain Growth Materials, Carving Charms Rewarded Based on Usage Count
The 1.5-Year Abyss Box is an item that offers a chance to obtain Crystals of Harmony, Essence of Memory, Essence of Chaos, Essence of Oblivion, Intact Raid Crafting Materials, and Legendary/Ancient Carving Charms. Among the items, 10 Crystals of Harmony appear with a probability of 57.12%, and 2 Essences of Memory with a probability of 34.06%. Players can also look forward to rare drops such as 50,000 Crystals of Harmony or 3 Ancient Carving Charms.
Boxes can be obtained through Eve Missions, Judas Pick-Up Summon rewards, the Scenario Exchange Shop, and related paid packages. In the Ruby menu of the Exchange Shop, players can purchase up to 50 boxes per day for 30 Rubies each until maintenance on November 26, with the daily purchase limit resetting every day at 9:00 AM. In the Scenario Shop, 1 Box can be exchanged for 1 Event Currency in both the first and second parts, with a stock of 300 for each.
Eve Missions reward players with boxes by completing tasks such as Exclusive Equipment Tuning, Advanced Crafting, Repeat Battles, Raids, and Arena, providing extra rewards based on the number of boxes opened. Players can obtain Shane Weapon and Armor Chests and Essence of Chaos; at 4,000 uses, a Legendary Carving Charm is rewarded, at 6,000 uses, an Ancient Carving Charm, and at 7,000 uses, 3,000 Crystals of Harmony. Players are encouraged to collect boxes aiming for the 7,000-use mission clear before deciding on purchasing additional store products if needed.
The Scenario Event "Apostles of the Abyss - Apocalypse of the Abandoned" runs until maintenance on November 26. Available after clearing Adventure Stage 2-5, Part 1 consists of Story 1–6 and Challenge A1–A4. Part 2 of the story opens after maintenance on November 12. The structure allows players to enjoy the story, then spend entry tickets on Challenge stages for repeat plays to gather required event currencies.
Entry tickets recharge by 5 every day up to a maximum of 5, and up to 5 additional tickets can be purchased daily for 100 Rubies each. In Part 1, Judas and Lee each provide a deployment bonus of 10 currency, while Rachel and Eileene each provide 5. The collected currency can be exchanged for Judas's exclusive equipment, 6-Star Aris, 6-Star Baek Gak, exclusive equipment for each hero, and Exclusive Crystals of Harmony.
