The newest hero for 'Seven Knights Re:BIRTH' (hereinafter 'SKRB'), Orca, was introduced via developer notes as a specialist for offensive builds. Since arriving on June 25, Orca has been shaking things up by forcibly increasing the skill cooldowns of frontline heroes—excluding Orca—to ensure backline main damage dealers get priority. With additional utility in boosting effect accuracy and stripping the opponent's success rate, Orca is poised to be the new wings for the offensive meta. KookminTree takes a closer look at the second hero of the Pentagon.

Q. What kind of hero is Orca?
A. A damage dealer who debuffs enemies and manages skill timing for allies in specific positions.

Orca wields unique buffs and debuffs named 'Unfair Contract' and 'Bad Debt'. 'Bad Debt' triggers with 100% probability during 'Basic Attack' and 'Unfair Trade'. 'Unfair Trade' hits four enemies, reduces their effect success rate, and deals piercing damage that ignores damage immunity. At Transcendence 6, it adds 40% defense penetration, further juicing the damage output.

'Ruthless Exploitation' hits four enemies twice and reduces turn-based buffs by two turns. Note that it lacks piercing, so it won't bypass immunity shields. Like the other skill, Transcendence 6 grants 40% defense penetration. The passive, 'Cruel Deal', is where Orca shines as a support. The 'Unfair Contract' buff triggers after any ally (including Orca) uses two skills. It only applies to 'Attack' type allies excluding Orca, making it a niche pick for offensive decks. Orca remains self-sufficient with '2-turn Damage Immunity', '3-turn Immortality', and a 40-point Awakening Gauge boost upon triggering immortality. Furthermore, Orca grants a permanent 34% 'Effect Accuracy' buff to all allies. Reach Transcendence 2, and Orca gains 49% 'Effect Resistance', making it much harder to crowd-control.

The Awakening skill 'Ultimatum' triggers automatically at 100 gauge. It hits all enemies twice and strips two turns of buffs. If it crits, it deals an additional 47% of physical attack per hit. Skill upgrades increase the base coefficient, and Transcendence 6 adds the signature 40% defense penetration. Combined with 'Ruthless Exploitation', Orca can single-handedly wipe away up to 4 turns of buffs.

Q. What are the key buffs and debuffs for Orca?
A. Immortality, Effect Accuracy boost, Unfair Contract, and Bad Debt.

Offensive decks in SKRB typically run 'Landgrid' and 'Karl Heron' in the front. The problem? Skill sequencing. Arena battles allow manual queuing for the first three moves, but after that, it's a random mess. Often, frontline heroes fire off skills when you actually want your backline to carry, blowing the match. Orca solves this via 'Unfair Contract'.

Unfair Contract increases the cooldown of frontline allies' skills by 18 seconds while healing them for 60% of Orca's physical attack. For backline allies, it grants a 25% attack boost for two turns and one layer of damage nullification (up to 6 stacks). By spiking the cooldowns of Landgrid and Karl Heron, Orca effectively silences them. Since this only affects Attack-type allies other than Orca, placing Orca in the front is perfectly fine.

Bad Debt inflicts '20% Defense Reduction' and '17% Physical Vulnerability' on enemies hit four times. These stack up to twice. As mentioned, it triggers 100% of the time during basic attacks or Unfair Trade. Just keep in mind that enemy resistance might still block it. Also, since Orca comes with built-in immortality, you're better off using a Legendary Ring rather than the Ring of Immortality.

Q. How should I set up Orca's equipment?
A. Crit-focused gear using Tracker or Assassin sets, with an emphasis on effect resistance.

At Transcendence 4, Orca gains an additional 24% Effect Resistance. Combined with the 49% from Transcendence 2, you're looking at a meaty 73%. Add some substats, and hitting 100% is easy. However, Orca lacks passive crit boosts, making a 100% Crit Rate build tricky. Focus your weapon main stat on Crit Rate while balancing Attack Speed to ensure Bad Debt is applied early to get that lead. If you want Weakness Attack, you'll need 65% from the Tracker set. Balancing both Crit and Weakness to 100% is a tall order, so pick your poison: go with the Tracker set for Weakness priority or the Assassin set for Crit.