Sabrael the Distant

Last Updated: April 7, 2026

Sabrael the Distant Overview

Born among the High Elves yet untouched by their warmth, Sabrael walked a path far removed from her kin. She studied control, time, and the unseen threads that bind battle together. In her pursuit of perfection, she split her own essence, becoming both an untouchable manipulator and a ruthless executioner.

BASE FORM

In her base form, Sabrael is one of the most oppressive control champions in the game, built for high-end Arena play and wave domination. Her kit revolves around denying enemy turns and dismantling setups before they begin.

Her A1 places Sleep and triggers automatically when enemies gain Turn Meter, targeting the enemy with the highest. This creates constant disruption, especially against speed-based teams. Enemies that try to accelerate their turns risk being shut down instantly.

Her A2 is a double hitter with a AoE buff strip that removes all enemy buffs. She then spreads her own buffs to allies, this ability alone makes her a top-tier counter to buff-heavy compositions.

Her A3 hits twice, with each hit increasing the cooldown of a enemy skills to maximum, for most champions with 2 or less skills this is essentially a full lockout. It also reduces Turn Meter by 30%, and grants her an extra turn. This allows her to chain directly into her A2, leaving enemies stripped, delayed, and unable to respond.

Her passive prevents all damage taken outside of enemy turns, making her immune to counterattacks and ally attacks. It also boosts ally damage based on how many enemy skills she has put on cooldown, scaling up to 25%. This turns control into direct team damage. She finishes with a 33% Speed Aura in Arena, placing her among the fastest and most impactful openers in PvP.

ALTERNATE FORM

In her alternate form, Sabrael shifts into a devastating damage dealer who thrives against disabled enemies. Her A1 is a triple hit that ignores Block Damage and Unkillable, and it triggers automatically when enemies gain those effects or cheat death mechanics. This makes her one of the strongest counters to defensive mechanics in the game.

Her A2 swaps HP with a target before attacking all enemies twice. The more HP she steals, the more Attack she gains and the more Defense enemies lose. This creates incredible damage scaling when used correctly, especially against high-HP targets.

Her A3 is an AoE double hit that ignores 25% Defense and reduces the value of Stone Skin, shields, and Magma Shield by 75%. If enemies have skills on cooldown, this effect cannot be resisted. It also grants her a shield based on her Attack, giving her self sustain.

Her passive guarantees critical hits against enemies with skills on cooldown and increases her damage for each remaining cooldown turn. This removes the need for Crit Rate in builds and allows full investment into Speed, Accuracy, and Crit Damage. Sabrael excels in Arena and wave content. She controls the fight from start to finish, then transforms into the force that ends it.

Sabrael the Distant Ratings

Core Areas

Dungeons

Doom Tower

Hard Mode

Arena Roles

Understanding Arena Roles

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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
Cleanser
Champions with the Cleanser role will use their skills to remove debuffs and keep them from being re-applied.
Crowd Control
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
Damage
Champions with the Damage role will have skills that deal significant damage and are designed to defeat enemy champions.
Damage Absorption
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
Healer
Champions with the Healer role will have skills that restore your champion's Health including Continuous Heals.
Debuffer
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.
Reviver
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
Skill Manipulator
Champions with the Skill Manipulator role will have skills that increase enemy skill cooldowns or reduce your ally skill cooldowns.
Speed Manipulator
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.

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Sabrael the Distant Skills

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Book Value

A2, A3

Book Priority

Sabrael the Distant PVE Masteries

Base Form
Alternate Form
Offense
blade-disciple
deadly-precision
heart-of-glory
keen-strike
shield-breaker
grim-resolve
single-out
life-drinker
whirlwind-of-death
ruthless-ambush
bring-it-down
wrath-of-the-slain
cycle-of-violence
opportunist
methodical
kill-streak
blood-shield
stoked-to-fury
warmaster
helmsmasher
giant-slayer
flawless-execution
Defense
tough-skin
defiant
blastproof
rejuvenation
might-endurance
improved-parry
shadow-heal
resurgent
bloodthirst
wisdom-of-battle
solidarity
delay-death
harvest-despair
stubbornness
selfless-defender
cycle-of-revenge
retribution
deterrence
iron-skin
bulwark
fearsome-presence
unshakeable
Support
steadfast
pinpoint-accuracy
lay-on-hands
shieldbearer
exalt-in-death
charged-focus
healing-savior
rapid-response
swarm-smiter
arcane-celerity
merciful-aid
cycle-of-magic
lore-of-steel
evil-eye
lasting-gifts
spirit-haste
sniper
master-hexer
elixir-of-life
timely-intervention
oppressor
eagle-eye
Offense
blade-disciple
deadly-precision
heart-of-glory
keen-strike
shield-breaker
grim-resolve
single-out
life-drinker
whirlwind-of-death
ruthless-ambush
bring-it-down
wrath-of-the-slain
cycle-of-violence
opportunist
methodical
kill-streak
blood-shield
stoked-to-fury
warmaster
helmsmasher
giant-slayer
flawless-execution
Defense
tough-skin
defiant
blastproof
rejuvenation
might-endurance
improved-parry
shadow-heal
resurgent
bloodthirst
wisdom-of-battle
solidarity
delay-death
harvest-despair
stubbornness
selfless-defender
cycle-of-revenge
retribution
deterrence
iron-skin
bulwark
fearsome-presence
unshakeable
Support
steadfast
pinpoint-accuracy
lay-on-hands
shieldbearer
exalt-in-death
charged-focus
healing-savior
rapid-response
swarm-smiter
arcane-celerity
merciful-aid
cycle-of-magic
lore-of-steel
evil-eye
lasting-gifts
spirit-haste
sniper
master-hexer
elixir-of-life
timely-intervention
oppressor
eagle-eye

Sabrael the Distant PVP Masteries

Base Form
Alternate Form
Offense
blade-disciple
deadly-precision
heart-of-glory
keen-strike
shield-breaker
grim-resolve
single-out
life-drinker
whirlwind-of-death
ruthless-ambush
bring-it-down
wrath-of-the-slain
cycle-of-violence
opportunist
methodical
kill-streak
blood-shield
stoked-to-fury
warmaster
helmsmasher
giant-slayer
flawless-execution
Defense
tough-skin
defiant
blastproof
rejuvenation
might-endurance
improved-parry
shadow-heal
resurgent
bloodthirst
wisdom-of-battle
solidarity
delay-death
harvest-despair
stubbornness
selfless-defender
cycle-of-revenge
retribution
deterrence
iron-skin
bulwark
fearsome-presence
unshakeable
Support
steadfast
pinpoint-accuracy
lay-on-hands
shieldbearer
exalt-in-death
charged-focus
healing-savior
rapid-response
swarm-smiter
arcane-celerity
merciful-aid
cycle-of-magic
lore-of-steel
evil-eye
lasting-gifts
spirit-haste
sniper
master-hexer
elixir-of-life
timely-intervention
oppressor
eagle-eye
Offense
blade-disciple
deadly-precision
heart-of-glory
keen-strike
shield-breaker
grim-resolve
single-out
life-drinker
whirlwind-of-death
ruthless-ambush
bring-it-down
wrath-of-the-slain
cycle-of-violence
opportunist
methodical
kill-streak
blood-shield
stoked-to-fury
warmaster
helmsmasher
giant-slayer
flawless-execution
Defense
tough-skin
defiant
blastproof
rejuvenation
might-endurance
improved-parry
shadow-heal
resurgent
bloodthirst
wisdom-of-battle
solidarity
delay-death
harvest-despair
stubbornness
selfless-defender
cycle-of-revenge
retribution
deterrence
iron-skin
bulwark
fearsome-presence
unshakeable
Support
steadfast
pinpoint-accuracy
lay-on-hands
shieldbearer
exalt-in-death
charged-focus
healing-savior
rapid-response
swarm-smiter
arcane-celerity
merciful-aid
cycle-of-magic
lore-of-steel
evil-eye
lasting-gifts
spirit-haste
sniper
master-hexer
elixir-of-life
timely-intervention
oppressor
eagle-eye

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Sabrael the Distant Relics

Sabrael the Distant Gear Recommendations

Recommended PVE Stats

Base Form: SPD, ACC, RES, ATK%, HP%

Alternate Form: ATK%, C.RATE, C.DMG, SPD

Recommended PVE Artifact Sets

Base Form: Speed, Impulse, Perception, Relentless, Mercurial

Alternate Form: Lethal/Savage, Cruel, Merciless, Mercurial

Recommended PVP Stats

Base Form: SPD, ACC, RES, ATK%, HP%

Alternate Form: ATK%, C.RATE, C.DMG, SPD

Recommended PVP Artifact Sets

Base Form: Speed, Perception, Mercurial, Stoneskin

Alternate Form: Lethal/Savage, Merciless, Stoneskin ,Mercurial

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