Aphidus The Hivelord

Last Updated: June 5, 2025

Aphidus The Hivelord Overview

Aphidus is a burn-focused mythical who excels in longer fights, stacking damage and debuff value through HP Burn synergies in his base form, then shifting into a tanky control role with Stuns and Provoke to dominate encounters like Hydra, Spider, and Doom Tower.

Hidden in the shadows of the Elven Empire, it’s been rumoured a lonesome Warrior had raised a hive of deadly bugs. Not only were the rumours true, but he was bitten by one, and can now Metamorph into an pincered Scarab beast! Aphidus The Hivelord is a Mythical Defence champion from the Dark Elves Faction.

Base Form

The core mechanics of this pyro tactician form is to incinerate his foe to the ground! What makes this champions burn synergy so strong is the fact he instantly activates them, or simply places them if none are active. When facing content such as the Hydra, Frost spider & the Tainted Skavag [as examples], this detonation effect can be extremely powerful to detonate your allies, or his own burns. This skill is brought to the next level with the passive, as he not only Decreases the enemies DEF by 3% each time he places a Burn Debuff [Stacks up to 30%], But gains 10% Crit Damage for each Burn on the enemy team [stacks up to 100%], and 5% ATK for each burn activation [stacks up to 50%]. This synergy here can be devastating during a longer fight such as the Hydra, and will really add to the damage potential. Outside of the burns, Aphidus places a 50% Increase Attack buff on all allies, increases the duration of enemy debuffs, followed by an A1 that places Perfect Veil buffs on your highest ATK ally. This won’t only amplify your damage potential, but will keep debuffs active long enough to cycle your skills for a more consistent up time.

Alternate Form

Behold The Beast! As we Metamorph into this oversized bug form, the skills here revolve around strong crowd control and buffs/debuffs. In the Spider’s Den, controlling the spider lings can be a nuisance, therefore utilising his A2 to Stun them coincides perfectly with the Base Forms burns! He also has an AOE Provoke that will be useful to control bosses such as The Magma Dragon & Head Of Decay, coinciding with a passive to Weaken / Stun enemies who attack him. This bug may have a simple kit, but plays the role of a solid tank to assist your team through battle.

Aphidus The Hivelord Ratings

Core Areas

Dungeons

Hard Mode

Doom Tower

Faction Wars

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Arena Roles

Understanding Arena Roles

Champions normally form specific roles within an arena team. Our ratings define the roles that the champion fits and rates them on their ability to perform the roles. Below you can see a breakdown of all of our roles.

Cleanser

Champions with the Cleanser role will use their skills to remove debuffs and keep them from being re-applied.

Crowd Control

Champions with the Crowd Control role will use their skills to place soft (i.e. Provoke or Taunt) and hard (i.e Freeze or Stun) debuffs to disable enemy champions.

Damage

Champions with the Damage role will have skills that deal significant damage and are designed to defeat enemy champions.

Damage Absorption

Champions with the Damage Absorption role will have skills or effects that reduce the incoming damage your team takes. This can be through passive damage reduction or by applying skills such as Strengthen or Shields.

Healer

Champions with the Healer role will have skills that restore your champion's Health including Continuous Heals.

Debuffer

Champions with the Debuffer role will have skills that place debuffs that don't fall into Crowd Control or Skill Manipulator roles i.e. Decrease Defence. These champions may also have skills that remove Buffs.

Revive

Champions with the Revive role will have skills that bring your ally champions back from the dead including Revive on Death buffs.

Skill Manipulator

Champions with the Skill Manipulator role will have skills that increase enemy skill cooldowns or reduce your ally skill cooldowns.

Speed Manipulator

Champions with the Speed Manipulator role will have skills that affect the turn meter of your allies or enemies. This includes speed buffs and debuffs aswell as direct turn meter effects.