Confirmed hero announcements
Both notices give a window from after October 8 maintenance until October 28 maintenance. This is an announcement directory for the current update, not an exhaustive playable roster or a power ranking.
What a skill notice can establish
An official skill description can establish names, conditions and the described effects. It cannot by itself establish equal-investment damage rankings, clear times or the cheapest team. Lancelot's trial uses a fully upgraded hero with appearance skins; that is not a direct measurement of a new account's investment experience.
When reading a kit, record the trigger, duration, weapon and partner requirements separately. Check whether your own account can satisfy them. A maximum effect with unmet conditions is not an everyday performance estimate.
Separate account fit from acquisition budget
First identify the failure or goal you need to address. Then check the ticket budget needed to obtain the hero. Availability is not proof of value, and character preference is not a substitute for a spending plan. Use Investment priorities and pull-budget examples.
Older profiles with unverified role inferences and stale current-banner advice have been withdrawn. A republished build guide needs attributable kit evidence or a recorded version, loadout and test result. Story biography is not evidence of combat strength.
How to read a hero page responsibly
Start with the official notice date and the version or maintenance window attached to it. A skill name can be confirmed even when a practical ranking cannot. Separate four layers of evidence: the published effect, the conditions required to trigger it, the account investment needed to reach those conditions, and the encounter where the effect was observed. If one layer is missing, the safe conclusion is narrower. A trial can demonstrate how a fully prepared character behaves in that trial; it cannot automatically prove the same result for a new account, a different weapon, or a different boss.
When a page uses words such as “best,” “must pull,” or “main carry,” look for a recorded version, loadout, team, objective and test result. If those details are not available, treat the statement as an editorial hypothesis rather than a confirmed fact. This hub keeps untested placements out of the current route so readers can make a budget decision without confusing an announcement with independent testing.
What this hub does not claim
This page is not a complete roster, a leak index, or an official character database. It does not predict the next banner, assign universal damage rankings, or convert a character story into a combat role. Future characters, reruns, rates, pity behavior and post-window banners remain separate questions until an official source or a reproducible in-game record confirms them. Historical profiles may remain accessible for context, but they are not current recommendations unless the page carries current-version evidence.
Choose the next route
- Use Current banners to confirm the active window and official acquisition rules.
- Use Pull-budget examples to plan tickets, guarantees and the separate 120th Draw Bonus.
- Use Investment priorities only for the current evidence boundary, not as a replacement for account-specific testing.
- Use Editorial policy to see how official facts, analysis and withdrawn claims are separated.
Verify the source directly
Lancelot details (326) · Lancelot Pick Up (327) · Elaine Pick Up (328). Current official and in-game wording takes priority over our summary. If an official page changes, check the date and wording before treating an older summary as current.