Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Diane — Hero Guide

Axe is Diane's straightforward bruiser. Quake Smash is a chargeable hit that deals 100% at low charge and 307% fully charged, and a fully charged final strike on an enemy affected by Breaker resets its own cooldown. Charged Slash deals 205% and, when it lands on an enemy with Earth Burst activated, raises Diane's Crit Damage by 50% for 20 seconds. Her Ultimate, Rock Blast, deals 371% and inflicts Breaker for 10 seconds — and when used as the base of a Combined Attack it grants +30% Defense and +30% Normal Skill damage for 20 seconds.

The reason to run Axe is the passive Giant Girl: damage to enemies with Earth Burst active is increased by 25%, and attacking them 5 times self-inflicts Breaker for 10 seconds. Breaker is a heavy debuff — it Stuns for 4 seconds on the first application, deals 150% of Defense, and increases the damage that enemy takes from Diane by 30%. Paired with the +50% Crit Damage from Charged Slash, that is a clean, self-contained SSR damage package as long as the target carries an Earth Burst.

Gauntlets turns Diane into a Burst-Gauge engine. Her Normal Attack Terra Punch and the multi-hit Combination Kick each add +20 and +30 Burst Gauge per hit while Heavy Metal is active, so the path's whole loop is about keeping Heavy Metal up and flooding the gauge. Martial Drive deals 181% and raises her own Defense by 30% for 30 seconds — which matters because the passive Secret Art of the Giants adds bonus damage equal to 10% of Defense on every hit. Her Ultimate, Metal Drop, grants Heavy Metal for 15 seconds (reaction immunity, +50 to the enemy's Burst Gauge, +3% Shatter Resistance per hit) and then lands a 278% strike.

The path rewards a rhythm: Secret Art of the Giants grants Passion for 10 seconds when you land alternating Normal and Special Attacks, and each Passion hit adds another +20 Burst Gauge (up to 5 stacks). Combined with Heavy Metal's gauge bonuses and the Defense-scaling damage, Gauntlets is the Burst-acceleration path for a Burst-centric Earth team.

Nunchaku is Diane's Earth-team enabler. Terra Shot deals 96% and, if Diane holds Heart of the Land, decreases the enemy's Attack by 30% for 40 seconds. Desert Sands is the path's centrepiece: for 10 seconds it cuts enemy Movement Speed in range by 40% and deals 16% of Attack every second, and enemies hit 5 times are Petrified for 6 seconds — Petrify incapacitates and increases Physical and Earth damage taken by 50% (while cutting non-Physical/Earth damage taken by 75%, so keep the team on-element). Her Ultimate, Ground Rising, deals 219% and decreases Earth Resistance by 20% for 40 seconds when the enemy is slowed.

The path's team value comes from the passive Breath of the Giants: every 20 attacks Diane lands grant all allied heroes Heart of the Land for 20 seconds. Heart of the Land Taunts nearby enemies for 5 seconds on first grant, gives a barrier equal to 15% of Max HP, and restores HP equal to 10% of Defense every 0.5 seconds. Combined with the −20% Earth Resistance and the Petrify damage amp, Nunchaku is a complete enabler for a dedicated Earth composition.

The pattern matches every hero: odd levels (1, 3, 8) are flat Attack / Defense / Max HP — larger flat values here because Diane is an SSR — and even levels are the meaningful skill amplifiers. Prioritise reaching the amp levels for whichever path you committed to.

Diane's universal pick is Black Flame Wings (activating a Burst → +28% Attack and +6% Crit Chance for 10 sec), available across all three of her weapon types. As an SSR you can run her premium picks freely: Crimson Flame (Burst → +28% Attack) and Jet-black (Ultimate → 20% chance of +50% Crit Chance for 7 sec) are excellent on the Axe and Gauntlets damage paths, Ruler of the Forest / Corrupted Will (on hit → 20% chance to increase a skill type's damage by 8% for 15 sec) suit any path, and Dead Spirit's Breath on Nunchaku (attacking an Incapacitated enemy → −40% All Elemental Burst Resistance for 20 sec) pairs directly with her own Petrify. Note Gluttonous Soul grants Fire damage, which is off-element for an all-Earth hero — skip it here.

1. 1Drake461%Highest listed partner — the carry to build the combo around.
2. 2Meliodas449%Premium carry most accounts own from launch.
3. 3King433%Heavy combo payload.
4. 4Howzer406%Strong, accessible combo partner.
5. 5Elaine402%Reliable round-400% combo damage.
6. 6Dreyfus400%Round 400% combo damage.
7. 7Escanor397%Premium carry that loves her Earth-Resistance shred.

Her data ships only 2-hero Combined-Attack entries (no fixed 3-hero combos) and the combo base is a static 371% with no team-bonus debuff text — use the live community teams below to see how players actually run her.

Which Diane weapon should I build first?

Nunchaku for an Earth team — it is the cheapest way to add team value: −20% enemy Earth Resistance, Petrify (+50% Earth/Physical damage taken) and a team-wide Heart of the Land barrier. Build Axe if you want a self-sufficient Breaker/Crit-Damage bruiser, and Gauntlets for a Burst-Gauge accelerator on a Burst-centric Earth team.

Is Diane worth building as an SSR?

Yes — she is a premium SSR with high base stats and SSR-tier multipliers across all three paths, and her flat Potential values are larger than an SR's so the investment scales further. Nunchaku enables a whole Earth core, Axe is a strong self-contained bruiser, and Gauntlets accelerates Burst.

What does the Axe path's Breaker do?

Giant Girl self-inflicts Breaker after 5 hits on an Earth-Burst target, and Rock Blast also inflicts it. Breaker Stuns for 4 seconds on first application, deals 150% of Defense, and increases the damage that enemy takes from Diane by 30% — and a fully charged Quake Smash on a Breaker target resets its own cooldown.

Who is Diane's best Combined-Attack partner?

By the damage values in her data, Drake (461%) is the highest, followed by Meliodas (449%) and King (433%). Her own combo base is a fixed 371% — as an SSR she is a real combo carry, so pair her with a high-payload partner whose damage her Breaker and Earth-Res shred amplify.

What does her world passive do?

Summon Rock gathers the power of the earth to summon rocks from the ground — an open-world traversal/exploration tool. The data ships no combat numbers on it, so it does not change her damage.