To play Errol effectively in Arena of Valor, build him as a bruiser with cooldown reduction and armor shred, pre-stack his passive to five charges before entering skirmishes, and consume those charges with an empowered Skill 2 (Boneslicer) to restore missing health and deal true damage.
Core Equipment Build Path
Errol requires a balance of offensive stats and survivability. While offensive items scale his abilities, his passive strips away base defenses as he attacks. Pure defensive builds leave him lacking kill threat, whereas pure damage builds cause him to collapse under enemy focus.
| Item Slot | Recommended Item | Strategic Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Boots | Gilded Greaves | Provides magic defense and resistance to reduce crowd control lockouts. |
| Core Damage 1 | Spear of Longinus | Supplies physical attack, cooldown reduction, and armor shred across multi-hit attacks. |
| Core Damage 2 | Omni Arms | Adds burst damage to basic attacks following ability casts, plus cooldown reduction and lifesteal. |
| Mid-Game Defense | Shield of the Lost or Frost Cape | Lowers attacker attack speed or applies target slows to prevent enemies from kiting. |
| Magic Defense | Medallion of Troy | Grants a scaling magic shield and high magic defense against burst mages. |
| Situational Capstone | Fenrir's Tooth or Blade of Eternity | Increases execute damage on low-health targets or provides a revive during late-game teamfights. |
Rush Spear of Longinus first in the Slayer Lane. Errol’s multi-hit basic attack patterns rapidly apply the armor reduction debuff, maximizing damage before casting abilities. Follow with Omni Arms to turn basic attacks into reliable burst against squishier targets.
Managing the Blood Curse Passive
Errol’s passive, Blood Curse, dictates how aggressively you can fight:
- Passive Buffs: Each normal attack or ability hit adds one stack of Blood Curse, capping at five stacks. Stacks grant increased attack speed, movement speed, and life steal.
- Passive Penalty: Each active stack reduces Errol’s base armor and magic defense. At five stacks, he is highly vulnerable to enemy burst damage despite his enhanced life steal.
Because his durability drops at maximum stacks, avoid walking directly into enemy formations at zero stacks while abilities are on cooldown. Hit minions or jungle monsters to build five stacks prior to rotating toward river fights. This grants immediate access to your empowered ability without absorbing poke while vulnerable.
Combo Execution and Ability Timing
Errol’s primary burst and sustain come from consuming five Blood Curse stacks using Skill 2 (Boneslicer). When fully stacked, Boneslicer deals true damage, knocks enemies into the air, and heals Errol based on his missing health.
Execute trades using the following sequence:
- Close distance with Ghostclaw (Skill 1): Dash forward to strike the target, using the movement to avoid linear skill shots or close the gap.
- Weave basic attacks: Land standard strikes to reach five Blood Curse charges if you did not pre-stack on creeps.
- Cast Empowered Boneslicer (Skill 2): Unleash the axe slam at five stacks to trigger the airborne knockup, bypass enemy armor with true damage, and heal back damage taken.
- Pursue with basic attacks: Utilize your refreshed attack and movement speed to clean up retreating targets.
Because Boneslicer features a brief wind-up animation, avoid casting it against high-mobility targets until they expend their dash abilities, or chain it directly after allied crowd control.
Teamfight Rules and Ultimate Usage
Errol’s ultimate, Demon Claw, launches him into the air, rendering him untargetable while raining down dark energy that slows targets before he crashes down with a knockup.
Do not use Demon Claw as an uncoordinated blind engage into five enemies, as they will collapse on your landing position. Instead, reserve the ability for three specific scenarios:
- Counter-Engaging: Wait for enemy tanks to commit their crowd control tools onto your front line, then land Demon Claw directly onto clustered enemy damage dealers.
- Evading Lethal Burst: Trigger the untargetable flight when targeted by high-damage telegraphed enemy abilities to nullify their cooldowns.
- Objective Contests: Drop the ultimate directly into the Abyssal Dragon or Dark Slayer pit to disrupt the opposing jungler and scatter enemies attempting to secure the monster.
Slayer Lane Early Game Priorities
During Level 1, play conservatively against ranged or highly mobile laners. Prioritize clearing the first wave of three minions to reach Level 2 immediately. Unlocking both Ghostclaw and Boneslicer enables you to trade effectively. Once Level 2 is secured, hit the wave to stack Blood Curse, then threaten an empowered Boneslicer whenever your lane opponent steps up to contest minion gold. Use that lane pressure to clear the Abyssal Scuttle and rotate toward mid-lane skirmishes.
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