Seven Deadly Sins: Origin Drake — Hero Guide

The Greatsword identity is King's Magic. Lightning Stream grants King's Magic on its first strike — up to three stacks, each giving +10% Lightning Attack and +5% Crit Chance — and his Ultimate, Lightning Dragon's Wrath, hits for 461% of Attack with a further +30% damage for every King's Magic stack on him. That 461% base is the single largest Combined-Attack payload in the game's data, which is why Drake tops nearly every other hero's combo-partner list.

The kit sustains itself through cooldowns: Piercing Slash (a 7.5-second skill) shortens the Normal Skill cooldown per hit — an extra 2 seconds against Lightning-Burst targets — and the passive King of the Dragons grants a stacking 10% Cooldown Reduction whenever you use the Normal Skill. Build a few King's Magic stacks, keep the cooldown engine rolling, then detonate the Ultimate inside a Combined Attack.

Staff turns Drake into a Lightning enabler. The passive Regal Authority applies Electric Current on Normal Attacks (−8% Crit Defence per stack, up to 5) and rewards the whole team: any ally attacking an Electric-Current target gains +5% Lightning Attack per stack, plus +15% Crit Chance when the enemy is Paralyzed. Lightning Tempest stacks Electric Current and applies Paralysis to Shocked targets — incapacitating them and cutting 15% Lightning Resistance.

Lightning Spear converts 3+ Electric Current into Shock (a spreading Lightning damage-over-time), and the Ultimate Lightning Overdrive scales up against high Electric-Current targets and auto-crits Paralyzed enemies. Outside a Lightning composition this value collapses — build it deliberately as a Lightning support core.

Sword is built around Pulse. The Pulse skill grants every allied hero a damage aura that, when it hits enemies, builds Burst Gauge for the team; Bolt Slash adds a further +20 Burst Gauge every 3 hits while Pulse is active, and the passive The King in Arms raises Lightning Burst Efficiency by 30% during Pulse. The Ultimate, Phantom Blade, hits for 239% and lowers the enemy's Lightning Burst Resistance by 30% for 30 seconds.

Taken together this is a Burst-gauge battery for a Lightning-Burst team — it accelerates everyone's Burst and softens the target for Lightning Bursts. It is a specialist support-adjacent path; build it for dedicated Lightning-Burst compositions, not as a generic carry.

Across all three paths the pattern is the same: odd levels (1, 3, 8) are flat Attack / Defense / Max HP, while even levels are the meaningful skill amplifiers. You feel the jumps at the amp levels, so prioritise reaching them.

Drake's compatible grade-5 weapons with passives are limited, so the universal pick is Black Flame Wings (activating a Burst → +28% Attack and +6% Crit Chance for 10 sec), available on Greatsword, Staff and Sword. Note the Gluttonous Soul Longsword grants Darkness damage — off-element for a Thunder hero, so prefer Black Flame Wings or a crit-focused grade-4 there. On the Greatsword carry the Burst window matters most; on the support/Buster paths, raw-damage weapons matter less than his team utility.

1. 1MeliodasHighest listed partner; a premium carry most accounts own.449%
2. 2KingHeavy payload; appears in his verified 3-hero combos.433%
3. 3HowzerAnchors several of his strongest 3-hero combos.406%
4. 4ElaineRepeated 3-hero combo partner.402%
5. 5DreyfusRound 400% combo damage.400%
6. 6EscanorPremium carry; shares a 3-hero combo with Howzer and Elaine.397%
7. 7DianeSolid alternative combo partner.371%

Verified 3-hero Combined-Attack combos in his data: Elaine + Tristan, Elaine + Tioreh, Elaine + Escanor, Escanor + Howzer, Howzer + Tristan, Howzer + Tioreh, King + Mannie.

Which Drake weapon should I build first?

Greatsword, almost always. It is a strong standalone Thunder carry and its Ultimate is the single biggest Combined-Attack base in the game (461% of Attack), which is why Drake is the most-requested combo partner across the roster. Build Staff for a Lightning debuff team, and Sword only for dedicated Lightning-Burst compositions.

Why is Drake the top Combined-Attack partner everywhere?

His Greatsword Ultimate, Lightning Dragon's Wrath, has a 461%-of-Attack base — the highest Combined-Attack payload in the game's data — and gains a further +30% per King's Magic stack. That makes him the biggest single combo hit you can slot into almost any team.

Is the Staff path good?

Inside a Lightning team it is strong: Electric Current shreds Crit Defence, Shock spreads a Lightning DoT, Paralysis cuts Lightning Resistance, and the passive grants allies +5% Lightning Attack per Electric-Current stack. Outside a Lightning composition it does very little — it is a build-around support.

Who is Drake's best Combined-Attack partner?

By the damage values in his data, Meliodas (449%) is the highest, followed by King (433%) and Howzer (406%). His own Greatsword Ultimate is the 461% base, so Drake himself is usually the carry the combo is built around.

What does his world passive do?

Treasure Detection highlights nearby treasure chests by detecting the energy in them, and it activates simply by owning him. It is a pure exploration-economy bonus with no combat effect — it does not change his damage.