Moriko

Slow Spirit Plant Tank

Legendary Hero

Element:

Nature
30% vs

Water units
-25% vs

Fire units

Excess Tokens:
1 Token → 300 Aether

Unlocked	Background Moriko is a stalwart spirit guard that is the living embodiment of the forests.
Abilities & Traits &
Attack Speed	Slow
Attack Range	Melee/Ranged
Damage	???/Elemental/Nature/Physical
Epic	No
Buddy Synergy	25px ??harbinger??, Undine, Vulcan
Combat Style
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Damage	N/A
Toughness	N/A
Team Support	N/A
Crowd Control	N/A
Synergy	N/A
See Hero Rating for more details about this.

Statistics	Total	Bonus¹	Traits²	Epic	Base
Attack (ATK)	+225%	+130%	+ 25%	-
Defense (DEF)	+225%	+130%	+25%	-
Skill (SKL)	+160%	+130%	-	-	0
Max Health (HP)	+225%	+130%	+25%	-

Crit Chance (CRIT)	5%	+0%	-	-	5%
Crit Multiplier	200%	-	-	-	200%
Dodge Chance	0%	-	-	-	0%
Damage Penetration	0%	-	-	-	0%
Damage Reduction	0%	-	-	-	0%
Chaos Damage Reduction	0%	-	-	-	0%

¹Bonus (ATK, DEF, SKL, HP) includes Hero Stars (★★★★★★) and Hero Rarity.
²Stats affecting Traits: Slow

Resistances
Fire Burned	18% 18%
Nature Poisoned Wounded	33% 33% 33%
Water Frozen Chilled Cryosleep Frostbitten	0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Light	0%
Lightning Shocked Paralysis	0% 0% 0%
Dark Diseased Banished	0% 0% 0%
Spirit Feared Stoned Possessed Marked	6% 6% 6% 6% 6%

Abilities (Active)		Traits (Passive)
	Forest Fist		Ethereal
	Sapling Siege		Forest Feasts
	Super Epic Attack		Plant Growth
	Forest Thirsts		Slow
	Unbridled Loyalty		The Forest Remembers
			Lingering Energy
			Spirit Armor
			Spirits Pact
			Unbound Stalwart

First Ascension	Second Ascension
Abilities & Traits &	Abilities & Traits &
Required Hero Stars and Evos
4x Astral Evo 20x Dark Evo Monarch 30x Nature Evo 6x Subterranean Evo Evo Cost Index: 9400	5x Coldfire Evo 40x Dark Evo 8x Infinity Evo 60x Nature Evo Monarch Evo Cost Index: 12100

Moriko has yet to discover their Epic.

I wonder what it will be...

Check Epic Heroes for more information.

Moriko tokens: Heroic Summon Events
There are no Dungeons in which Moriko tokens are available.

Rune Slots:

(standard)

Moriko has the standard rune slots for a

Nature hero.

Nature	Nature	Water	Light	Dark

Abilities & Traits:

&

Forest Fist

Basic Attack (None)

A basic Melee Physical attack doing [??% ATK] base damage. Adds a stack of Growth to Moriko.
Effects | Growth

Sapling Siege

Special Attack (, AoE)

Summons saplings that attack all enemies for [??% ATK] base damage, and lower defense for 2 turns.
Effects | DEF-

Super Epic Attack

Special Attack (Passive)

Spirit Team attack: Melee Dark, Fire, Water, and Nature attacks (4) on all enemies that apply stacks of Terror, Buring Rage, and Mark of the Trident to enemies, and applies stacks of Growth to allies. Starts Powered, one use per dungeon.
Effects | terror | burning rage | mark trident | Growth | Starts Powered

Forest Thirsts

Special Attack (), requires 1st Ascension

Melee Nature attack on target enemy for [??% ATK] baase damage, and drains health from target.
Effects | (drains health?)

Unbridled Loyalty

Special Attack (), requires 2nd Ascension

Buffs allies for 3 turns, redirecting [51%] damage to Moriko. When damage is retaliated this way, Moriko lifesteal reflects a part of the damage back to the attacker. Starts Powered.
Effects | Starts Powered | Damage Reflection | Lifesteal

Ethereal

Trait (Passive)

Gains 20% Damage Reduction and Ethereal Spirit on the first turn. The shield-like buff prevents that HP drops below 1. This effect cannot be stolen or purged. Shield-Piercing attacks ignore the Ethereal Spirit shield.
Effects | Ethereal Spirit | Damage Reduction

Forest Feasts

Trait (Passive)

When an enemy dies, their corpse is absorbed by Moriko and heals for that 10% of his max health, and a stack of Growth is applied.
Effects | Remove Corpse | Regeneration | Growth

Plant Growth

Trait (Passive)

This plant grows, increasing Max HP and ATK at the end of each round. (Stacks up to 8 times and resets each encounter. When a hero with Plant Growth moves from one room to another in a Campaign dungeon, they uproot themselves, setting their stacks back to 1 in the new room. Stacks are set to 0 on death.)
Effects | Growth

Slow

Trait (Passive)

Attacks last, but ATK, DEF and Max Health are increased by [25%]. Also will revenge Physical attacks. Percentage increases with Skill. (Heroes sharing the same speed trait go in order of positioning, left to right, as chosen at the beginning of the battle. See Attack Speed for details.)
Effects | Revenge Attacks

The Forest Remembers

Trait (Passive)

After taking damage 3 times Moriko will parry the next attack and deal damage equal to his missing health to the attacker.
Effects | Parry | Damage Reflection

Lingering Energy

Trait (Passive), requires 1st Ascension

This hero gains +1 energy if a magic based ability was used on the previous turn.
Effects | Energy Gain

Spirit Armor

Trait (Passive), requires 1st Ascension

After an allied Spirit dies health does not drop below 1 until the following turn. This effect can't be stolen, copied, or purged. Must have Harbinger, Undine, Moriko, and Vulcan as team members.
Effects | Ethereal Spirit | Buddy Synergy

Spirits Pact

Trait (Passive), requires 2nd Ascension

All healing recieved is shared with Spirit allies.
Effects | Heal

Unbound Stalwart

Trait (Passive), requires 2nd Ascension

If a Spirit ally dies heal all Spirit allies to 100% health.
Effects | Heal

Buffs & Debuffs:

(drains health?)

Buddy Synergy - efffect (Special)

If this hero is in a team with a certain other hero, then a trait will be unlocked or enables additional effects of a trait. (Sometimes more than one other hero is needed in the team.)

burning rage

Damage Reduction - effect (Damage/Damage Reduction)

The damage suffered is mitigated by certain percent. Damage Reduction is capped at 90% and applied multiplicative.

Damage Reflection - buff (Shield/Damage/Defense)

Target reflects a % of the damage received back at the attacker.

DEF- - debuff (Defense)

Target has reduced DEF.

Energy Gain - effect (Energy)

The hero gains some extra energy, which is required to use their special attacks/abilities.

Ethereal Spirit - buff (Shield/Death)

Health does not drop below 1 for 1 turn. Cannot be stolen or purged.

Growth - buff (Stack/Health/Attack)

The plant hero grows (max 8 stacks). Growth increases Max Health (~38% for the first 4 stacks to a max of 150%) and Attack (5% for each stack, max 40%). The number indicates their growth level. Purge resets the the counter to 0, and let them shrink. Entering a new room resets it to 1. Can't be copied or stolen.

Heal - effect (Health)

Recovers HP for the target ally.

Lifesteal - effect (Health)

Target heals, or recovers HP, for a % of the damage dealt during an attack.

mark trident

Parry - effect (Defense/Status Effect)

The attack is parred, the target takes no damage, and the attack's debuffs are ignored.

Starts Powered - effect (Energy)

This Ability has full energy and can be used at the beginning of the battle.

Regeneration - buff (Health)

Target heals, and heals more HP which is split over 3 turns including this one.

Remove Corpse - effect (Death)

The corpse of a dead enemy is removed, and cannot be revived. This counters resurrection.

Revenge Attacks - effect (Attack)

If the target (or an ally) is hit there is a chance for a Revenge attack, a basic attack. Buffs (like Pumped) or traits (like Slow) can grant Revenge attacks. Revenge attacks can trigger Epics but not another Revenge attack of the enemy to prevent endless loops.

terror

Immunities & Damage Reduction: Under construction, see above 'Buffs & Debuffs'

Ascensions: (9400) = + & (12100) = +
First Ascension			Second Ascension
	Astral Evo	4x		Coldfire Evo	5x
	Dark Evo Monarch	20x		Dark Evo	40x
	Nature Evo	30x		Infinity Evo	8x
	Subterranean Evo	6x		Nature Evo Monarch	60x
	Forest Thirsts (Special Attack/x Turns)			Unbridled Loyalty (Special Attack/x Turns)
	Lingering Energy (Trait/Passive)			Spirits Pact (Trait/Passive)
	Spirit Armor (Trait/Passive)			Unbound Stalwart (Trait/Passive)

Synergies of Spirit/Plant heroes (Family):

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Spirit Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

All healing recieved is shared with Spirit allies.

(Trait) by

If a Spirit ally dies heal all Spirit allies to 100% health.

(Trait) by

Starts with +1 Energy for each other Warrior or Spirit ally on the team.

(Special Attack) by

Recovers health split between all allies, applies Cleansing Regeneration to all allies for 3 turns, and all Spirit allies gain another turn of Ethereal Spirit (shield buff).

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Plant Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

Allies heal at the end of the round for each stack of Growth on this character. Plant allies also heal for each stack of Growth. (This trait replaces 'Rapid Regrowth' when the Epic is unlocked.)

(Trait) by ,,,,

This plant grows, increasing Max HP and ATK at the end of each round. (Stacks up to 8 times and resets each encounter. When a hero with Plant Growth moves from one room to another in a Campaign dungeon, they uproot themselves, setting their stacks back to 1 in the new room. Stacks are set to 0 on death.)

(Trait) by

Plants gain a chance to poison on basic attack per stack of growth.

(Special Attack) by

Allies gain Damage Reflection and life steal for [40% base+0.5%/level] of damage on all attacks for 3 turns. Grows allied Plants. Nature allies become Plants until end of dungeon.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Nature attack on all enemies that grants team Evasion and buffs their DEF for 2 turns, Grows allied Plants.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Nature attack on all enemies for [40% ATK] base damage and absorbs health for allies, reduces enemy healing, and Grows allies Plants for 3 turns.

Synergies of Nature heroes (Element):

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

Nature Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

Boosted CRIT Chance for self and Nature allies..

(Trait) by

+15% Max HP for self and Nature allies.

(Trait) by

Self and Nature allies deal 2x damage to Armored enemies.

(Trait) by

+15% ATK for self and Nature allies.

(Trait) by

+15% DEF for self and Nature allies.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Spirit attack that drains 1 energy, steals all Buffs, and adds them to the caster. Adds 1 energy and increases DEF of all Spirit and Nature allies for 3 turns.

Synergies of Tank heroes (Class):

Other Synergies of Heroes:

can get following passive buffs when teamed up with other Heroes:

All Heroes get the following passive buffs:

(Trait) by

Allies and self gain Haste after using a single target Melee Physical attack once per round.

(Trait) by

Grants team +1 Energy on CRITs.

(Trait) by ,

If the Hero can act at the end of the round, cleanses 1 Debuff on all allies.

(Trait) by

Allies gain immunity to burn and take 50% less damage from fire attacks.

(Special Attack) by

Buffs team +ATK, then does a Ranged Dark attack on enemies.

(Trait) by

Whenever a Burn debuff is applied to an enemy, all allies gain +5% max health.

(Special Attack) by

Ranged Fire attack on all enemies, with Rage adding an additional chance to Burn. Grants team Burning Touch (chance to Burn on Basic attacks).

(Trait) by

Grants the team a chance to Chill on Melee Physical attacks.

(Trait) by

All allies heal [25/35/50]% of their maximum health when inflicted with Frozen. Enemy and ally skills inflicting Frozen on allies will trigger this effect. The gained health depends on rank (I-III) of this trait.

(Basic Attack) by

Melee physical attack on target enemy, OR heals target friendly construct, OR target ally gains a class-specific buff (Tanks get DEF+, Healers get CRIT+ and SKL+, Casters get +1 ENERGY, all others get ATK+.)

(Trait) by ,

Each ally healed will gain Impervious (Cannot be Poisoned, Burned, Frozen, Chilled, Shocked, nor Diseased) for two turns.

(Trait) by

Self and allied single target abilities deal 100% more Damage on CRITs.

(Trait) by

Heal Team for [50% ATK] on CRIT. Triggers when landing a critical hit from a basic attack.

(Trait) by ,

This hero gains +10% Damage Reduction for each other living ally.

(Trait) by

Allies take significantly reduced damage from non-Physical (-60%) and Chaos attacks (-20%).

(Trait) by

All allies take 50% reduced Chaos Damage.

(Trait) by

Allied Heroes gain Shell protection (allies cannot be Burned, Frozen, Chilled, Paralyzed or Shocked).

(Trait) by

When killed, remaining allies gain an Aegis Shield.

(Trait) by

Allies Melee attacks have a chance to purge a buff on basic attack and can’t be retaliated against by Melee attackers.

(Trait) by

When at full HP, this Hero heals the team for a % of his HP every turn.

(Trait) by

Self and allies are immune to Exhaustion (=Energy Loss that is caused by use of abilities). Note: Passive traits like epic Malice "All Hope is Lost" can still drain energy.

(Trait) by

Boosted CRIT damage for all allies. CRIT Multiplier is increased by [50%], percentage increases slightly with SKL.

(Trait) by

Heals allies when Venom is applied on the enemies by Cobressa. The heal amount increases with the rank (I/II) of this trait. Enemies immune to Venom prevent the heal effect.

(Trait) by ,

Allies start dungeons with [1/2/3] stacks of Foresight.

(Trait) by

All allies and self gain an additional [5%/10%/15%] Chaos Damage Reduction (max 50%), depending on the rank of this trait (I/II/III). Skill increases the percent value.

(Special Attack) by

Silences all enemies and Buffs allies' Damage. This Hero gains stacks of Storm Power equal to the number of Light or Honorbound Heroes on the team. Starts Powered. (The Empowered Buff to applied to all allies and the caster to double (2x) their damage.)

Counters:

can be countered by making use of the following traits and special attacks:

Slow Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Boosted damage to Tanks and Slow targets.

(Trait) by

Cannot be Retaliated against.

Spirit Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Immune to Spirit and Fire damage. High resistance (75%) to Burn debuffs, Fear Immune, Possess Immune, Mark Immune, and Stone Immune.

(Trait) by

Immune to Spirit, Lightning, and Light attacks. High resistance (75%) to Paralysis. [Light allies start Dungeons with +1 extra energy]. The text in [brackets] is of rank II of this trait (I/II).

Plant Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Special Attack) by

Melee Physical attack on target enemy with 75% splash damage that inflicts Nerve Damage on hit. Deals 3x damage to Flying and Plant enemies.

Tank Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Boosted damage to Tanks and Slow targets.

(Special Attack) by

Armor-Piercing Melee Physical attack that Dazes the target and deals 5x damage to Tanks and enemies with high DEF.

Slow Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

Boosted damage to Tanks and Slow targets.

(Trait) by

Cannot be Retaliated against.

Non-Armored Heroes are vulnerable to:

(Trait) by

2x damage against non-Armored targets.

(Special Attack) by

3 Melee Physical attacks on target enemy that deals 3x damage to non-Armored targets. If target dies, all other enemies' HP is set to 75% of their current HP.

Notes and Tips

Moriko was the last of the 4 Spirits that celebrated their debut between the Halloween and Frightmare Before Winterfest events in 2020. He was revealed on 2020-12-08 and is the 109th Hero in the game.

Moriko is one of the few Tanks in Dungeon Boss that has no Taunt and no ability with a Provoked debuff to control the enemies attacks.

His crowd control abilities consist of preventing any Resurrections by absorbing dead bodies from the battlefield. This happens passively (automatically) as long as he is on the battlefield. It does not matter if he is dead or alive.

The trait responsible for this, Forest Feasts, also blocks the summoning of Niveous' Ice Golems and effectively counteracts him. Lord Zomm's Zominions, however, are little impressed by this and continue to rise from the ground unhindered.

When Moriko was released he had the simple version of the Slow trait without revenge attacks and stat boosts, and he was no member of the Plant family. This is fixed. Runes that are restricted to the Plant Family can be equipped now.

Moriko has a close bond with Harbinger the Terror, Undine, and Vulcan. All together, they can perform a special Spirit Team Super Epic Attack.

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