Tartarus the Oarsman

Last Updated: October 25, 2026

Tartarus the Oarsman Overview

Tartarus the Oarsman is a powerful single target damage dealer who excels at bypassing enemy protection through Keen Sight, Ignore DEF, and the ability to ignore Stoneskin and Unkillable, while his unique survival mechanics, Extra Turns, and scaling damage make him a dangerous PvP threat as Champions fall.

Ratings are subject to change following further playtesting of this Champion.

Rising from the underworld of Teleria comes a soul who believes those deemed unworthy are unfit to live. Tartarus the Oarsman is a Void Legendary Champion from the Argonites, specialising in powerful single target damage and abilities that grow stronger as Champions fall.

Tartarus is the first Champion to introduce Keen Sight, an effect that allows him to ignore Evade and abilities that redirect effects away from their intended target. His offensive potential is strong, ignoring 50% DEF, Stoneskin, and Unkillable, with ignore DEF increasing to 100% if any ally or enemy is dead. He can also target enemies through Perfect Veil and gain an Extra Turn after securing a kill, allowing him to take down priority targets without being disrupted by their protection.

His A2 places Increase DEF on all allies while granting himself Taunt, alongside an attack that ignores Block Damage, Shields, and up to 50% DEF, delivering an additional hit if any Champion is dead. This synergises with his passive, which prevents Tartarus from dying until an enemy has killed at least one ally. He can also deny an enemy revival attempt, activating an Instant Turn, and gains Berserk to further enhance his damage output.

Overall, Tartarus looks to be a strong PvP damage dealer, combining single target attacks with powerful survival mechanics. His ability to bypass multiple forms of protection makes him particularly dangerous against priority targets, while his 120 RES Arena Aura helps protect his team against enemy debuffs and control effects.

Tartarus the Oarsman Ratings

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Core Areas

Dungeons

Doom Tower

Hard Mode

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.

Live Arena

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Tartarus the Oarsman Skills

10/10

Book Value

A2, A3

Book Priority

Oar Pummel

Attacks 1 enemy. Has a 75% chance of placing a [Stun] debuff for 1 turn. This debuff cannot be resisted if any ally or enemy is dead.

Level 1: Damage +10%

Level 2: Damage +10%

Level 3: Buff/Debuff Chance +10%

Level 4: Buff/Debuff Chance +15%

Deemed Unworthy

5 Turns

Attacks 1 enemy. Before attacking, places a 60% [Increase DEF] buff on all allies for 2 turns and a [Taunt] buff on this Champion for 2 turns. Will ignore 25% of the target’s DEF, as well as any [Block Damage] and [Shield] buffs. Will ignore 50% of the target’s DEF instead and places an extra hit, if any ally or enemy is dead.

Level 1: Damage +10%

Level 2: Damage +10%

Level 3: Cooldown -1

Level 4: Cooldown -1

Unfit To Live

5 Turns

Attacks 1 enemy. Before attacking, places a [Keen Sight] buff on this Champion for 2 turns. Will ignore 50% of the target’s DEF, as well as any [Stone Skin] and [Unkillable] buffs. Will ignore 100% of the target’s DEF instead, if any ally or enemy is dead. This skill can target enemies under [Veil] or [Perfect Veil] buffs. Grants an Extra Turn if this attack kills an enemy.

Level 1: Damage +10%

Level 2: Damage +10%

Level 3: Cooldown -1

Death Hath No Hold [P]

4 Turns

[Passive Effect] This Champion cannot die until an enemy kills at least 1 ally. Occurs once per Round. If there are multiple Champions on the team with this skill, only one will activate. This skill will not activate on duplicate copies of this Champion, if this particular Champion is dead. [Active Effect] Denies 1 enemy revival attempt. If multiple enemies are revived at once, will deny 1 random enemy revival attempt. Activates an [Instant Turn] effect on this Champion and places a [Berserk] debuff on this Champion for 1 turn after denying an enemy revival attempt. This debuff cannot be removed, resisted, or blocked. If there are multiple Champions on the team with this skill, only one will activate. This skill will not activate on duplicate copies of this Champion, if this particular Champion is dead.