Fredrinn

ATier

Combo-point jungle bruiser who converts damage taken into healing

FighterTankJungleDeals physical

Fredrinn is a jungle fighter-tank who fights through extended trades rather than bursting out of them. Crystalline Armor stores the damage he takes as Crystal Energy that he converts into HP, while Piercing Strike and Brave Assault both empower his next basic attack, chaining a slow into a knockup on anyone he catches.

Difficulty: Moderate
Specialities: DamageChase

Tracking Combo Points, Crystal Energy decay, and which basic attack is currently empowered takes practice to sequence correctly.

Beaten by: 93 hard
Strong into: 13
Best duos: 10
Builds: 2

At a glance

Damage	6 of 10
Durability	8 of 10
Crowd Control	5 of 10
Mobility	6 of 10
Utility	5 of 10

Rated against the whole roster, not against their own class.

When Fredrinn is strong

Attributes

Damage: 6
Durability: 8
Crowd Control: 5
Mobility: 6
Utility: 5

Strengths

Crystalline Armor converts damage taken into HP, turning extended trades into free sustain
Piercing Strike and Brave Assault both empower his next basic attack into a slow-then-knockup lockdown
Energy Eruption taunts and grants bonus defense on hit, letting him engage and survive the follow-up
Landing Combo Point skills refunds cooldowns on Piercing Strike and Brave Assault, chaining fights back to back

Weaknesses

Needs 4 skill hits to fully stack Combo Points, so he's weaker in fights that end quickly
Crystal Energy decays at 10% max HP per second after 5 seconds, so he must convert it fast or lose the sustain
Only a brief taunt and knockup for CC — he can't lock down a target like a dedicated tank
Depends on closing distance with Brave Assault, so ranged kiting heroes deny his whole combo

Skills

Max Piercing Strike first for its damage and slow uptime, then Brave Assault for the dash and mobility, taking the ultimate at 4, 8 and 12.

Passive

Crystalline Armor

BuffHeal

Fredrinn gains 1 Combo Point that lasts 5 seconds each time his skill hits a non-minion enemy, up to 4 Combo Points. His Ultimate costs different numbers of Combo Points at different skill levels. Fredrinn stores 100% of the damage he receives as Crystal Energy, which decays after 5 seconds at a rate of 10% Max HP per second. Fredrinn can convert the stored Crystal Energy into HP by 20% of his damage dealt (10% for damage dealt to minions).

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Always active — no cooldown

Skill 1

Piercing Strike

Damage

Fredrinn thrusts his sword in the target direction, dealing 125 (+7% Total HP) Physical Damage to enemies hit and slowing them by 30% for 2 seconds. His next Basic Attack gains extra attack range and deals 85 (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage. This skill deals 150% damage to non-hero enemies.

Cooldown: 8.5s

Skill 2

Brave Assault

MobilityCC

Fredrinn dashes in the target direction, dealing 200 (+80% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the first non-minion enemy hit. His next Basic Attack knocks the target airborne for 0.3 seconds.

Cooldown: 8.5s

Ultimate

Energy Eruption

CCAOE

Fredrinn deals 300 (+100% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to nearby enemies and taunts them for 1 second. Hitting a non-minion enemy grants Fredrinn 15-35 Physical and Magic Defense for 3 seconds and reduces the cooldowns of Piercing Strike and Brave Assault by 75%. This skill costs 1 Combo Point.

Cooldown: 30s

Signature combo

Brave Assault (dash in) → empowered basic attack (knockup) → Piercing Strike (slow) → Energy Eruption to taunt the group and reset cooldowns.

Fredrinn builds

Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.

Jungle Bruiser

6,750g total

Default pick when Fredrinn needs to clear jungle fast and duel other junglers.

Emblem

Fighter

T1Firmness
T2Wilderness Blessing
T3Impure Rage

Battle spell

Retribution35s CD

A well-timed Retribution on a low-HP objective — a 'smite steal' — can snatch Turtle or Lord away from a team that appeared to be securing it, often the single biggest swing play of the early-to-mid game.

Swap in when needed

Blade Armor — Against crit-heavy marksmen who punish his basic-attack playstyle.
Antique Cuirass — Against enemy skill-combo fighters or assassins diving him.
Immortality — Insurance for committing hard to the ultimate's taunt engage.

Full Tank

7,050g total

When the team already has a damage carry and needs Fredrinn purely as durable frontline.

Emblem

Tank

T1Vitality
T2Tenacity
T3Concussive Blast

Battle spell

Retribution35s CD

Swap in when needed

Athena's Shield — Against a single burst magic diver.
Immortality — Insurance versus a coordinated burst-kill comp.

Who counters Fredrinn

The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.

Full counter page

Items to build against Fredrinn

Fredrinn is strong into

Heroes whose own counter list names Fredrinn — the same matchup, read from the other side.

Who to pair Fredrinn with

Duo partners whose kit completes this one.

Playing Fredrinn well

1
Weave basic attacks between skills to build Combo Points faster before committing to the ultimate
2
Use Brave Assault's dash to close the gap, then let the empowered basic attack knock the target airborne
3
Convert stored Crystal Energy into HP by dealing damage quickly — don't let it sit and decay
4
Energy Eruption's taunt is strongest on isolated targets since a taunted enemy is forced to attack Fredrinn back

Fredrinn — common questions

Is Fredrinn good for beginners?

Fredrinn is moderately friendly to learn since his damage and healing come from just fighting normally, but tracking Combo Points and which basic attack is currently empowered takes a few games to internalize.

What is the best build for Fredrinn?

Warrior Boots into Hunter Strike, Blade of the Heptaseas and Brute Force Breastplate is the standard jungle-bruiser build, shifting into a fuller tank line if the team needs him purely as frontline.

Which heroes counter Fredrinn?

Kaja and X.Borg are the hardest counters because Divine Judgement's suppression and Firaga Armor sidestep his tankiness outright, while Hanzo, Gord, Karrie, Hanabi, Luo Yi, Alpha and Valir all deny his combo or sustain in softer ways.

How does Fredrinn's healing work?

His passive Crystalline Armor stores 100% of damage he receives as Crystal Energy, which he can convert into HP equal to a percentage of the damage he deals — but that stored energy decays fast if he stops dealing damage.

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