Summoners War: Fire Poison Master RTA Build and Draft Guide

To counter heavy crowd-control compositions in Summoners War World Arena (RTA), build Fire Poison Master (Fire Doctor) as a durable reactive bruiser and reserve him as a fourth or fifth draft pick. His passive kit triggers retaliatory damage and disruptive debuffs whenever inability effects—such as Stun, Freeze, and Sleep—land on your team. This mechanic punishes multi-hit, area-of-effect control teams, but he requires specific stat benchmarks and careful draft timing to survive direct snipes and cooldown manipulation.

Rune Builds and Stat Priorities

Fire Poison Master requires a balance of bulk, speed, and offensive stats. Pure damage builds leave him vulnerable to incoming chip damage, while pure defensive builds fail to generate enough threat when his retaliatory attacks trigger.

Rune Set	Main Stats (Slots 2 / 4 / 6)	Primary Role	Priority Sub-Stats
Vampire + Revenge	SPD / CRIT DMG / HP% or ATK%	Self-sustaining reactive bruiser	SPD, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, HP%, DEF%
Despair + Will	SPD / HP% / HP% or DEF%	Utility and secondary disruption	SPD, Accuracy, HP%, DEF%
Violent + Will	SPD / CRIT DMG / HP%	Turn cycling and active pressure	SPD, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%

Vampire is his most reliable setup because frequent passive retaliations replenish his health pool between incoming attack waves. Despair provides extra control by stunning enemies who target your allies, while Violent allows him to cycle turns quickly if he is not actively locked down.

Artifact Optimization

Equip left and right Artifacts that enhance his reactive damage and sustain:

Additional Damage proportionate to ATK and HP: Maximizes chip damage on every retaliatory strike.
Damage Dealt on Wind: Increases counter damage against common Wind control units like Cheongpung and Oliver.
Skill 1 Life Drain: Bolsters health recovery alongside Vampire runes.
Skill 2 Accuracy: Ensures debuffs land reliably through enemy base resistance.

When to Draft Fire Poison Master

Pick Fire Poison Master strictly in pick slots four or five. Selecting him in early rotations allows opponents to pivot away from inability control and draft direct counters.

Ideal Matchups: Draft him when the opponent has selected two or three heavy area-of-effect lockdown monsters (such as Moore, Cheongpung, or Robo) without drafting cooldown resets or passive silences.
Team Synergies: Pair him with durable anchors who absorb burst damage and provide stability. Vanessa offers a speed lead and a safety revive, while Camilla and Water Hollyberry Cookie provide frontline resilience against multi-hit attacks.
Pivot Indicators: If the opponent drafts answers before your final picks, do not select Fire Poison Master. Instead, pivot to passive cleansers like Juno or Haegang to handle debuff heavy drafts.

Hard Counters and Draft Vulnerabilities

Fire Poison Master relies strictly on the enemy landing inability effects to generate value. Avoid picking him into teams that feature the following mechanics:

Oblivion: Tesarion and Herne silence his passive entirely, removing his ability to retaliate.
Cooldown Resets and Skill Locks: Sekhmet, Oliver, and Zibala can reset his skills or lock his actions before he can cycle turns. Sekhmet is particularly threatening because she outspeeds base turn-two setups and strips Will runes.
Single-Target Burst: High-speed snipers such as Sonia, Miles, and Masha ignore his reactive kit by eliminating him before wide crowd control is cast.
Non-Inability Disruption: Attack Bar pushbacks, glancing debuffs, and slow effects control turn order without triggering inability-based counters, allowing control players to starve him of actions.