Blue Tarmiel

Published January 12 2021

Last Updated April 16 2023

## Skill Effects

Depletes Ultimate Move Gauge Orb, Guard, Heal, Decreases HP, Decreases Damage Taken

## Location

Draw Hero

Race Draw II

## Association

Blue Tarmiel decreases allies' final damage received and uses a Stance skill which makes him take some of the reduced damage for allies.

## Grace

*\*If a hero with a Grace is used as an Association hero, the Grace will apply to the main hero.*

## Hero Guide

### Summary

[The Four Archangels] Tarmiel of Ocean, also known as Blue Tarmiel, was a featured unit in the Ocean and Tornado banner (January 12, 2021 - January 26, 2021), along with Red Sariel.

Unlike Sariel, Tarmiel’s kit makes him a solid support unit, well-known for his strong tanking capabilities and using a different way of calculation to carry most of his effects since he uses his Defense stat for many of them.

His kit allows him to support his teammates by soaking damage and keeping a solid presence by continuously reducing the damage his allies take and receiving it in their place by setting his Stance. He also grants his team a tremendous amount of control by depleting the Ultimate Move Gauge of his enemies, while his Ultimate Move can deal AOE damage based on his Defense while healing himself and his allies. Furthermore, his Holy Relic helps him to reduce the damage his allies receive when using a Stance while at the same time increasing the damage they deal with counters derived from them.

His Grace helps him to remain relevant as a PVE and PVP unit by granting continued healing. On the other hand, his Unique reduces the Max HP of his enemies.

### Pros

* Tarmiel can delay his enemies from getting their Ultimate Move.
* His Stance reduces the damage his allies take.
* His Ultimate Move heals all his allies.
* He doesn’t need many dupes to a helpful link.
* Tarmiel’s Unique can reduce the max HP of all enemies based on his Defense as soon as he joins the battle.

### Cons

* Units that decrease Defense-related stats or Defense can completely shut him down.
* Several effects, such as Remove Stance, Petrify, Freeze, or Stun, can remove his Stance.
* Units with Infect skills can render Tarmiel’s Grace completely useless.

## Skill Review

**Ark Beam -** This skill is the only one where Tarmiel uses his Attack for the damage calculation. Provides some degree of Ult Control by reducing the Ultimate Move Gauge orbs of the target enemy.

**Ark Shield -** Tarmiel’s Stance focuses on reducing the incoming damage while, at the same time, redirecting a part of the damage onto Tarmiel himself. It works with his Grace.

**Ultimate Move: Ark -** Tarmiel’s Ultimate Move deals damage based on his Defense instead of his Attack as most other skills. Then, it heals Tarmiel and his allies by a fraction of the damage.

**Grace: Ocean -** Tarmiel’s Grace helps his playstyle. It provides him with healing based on his Defense when he takes damage during the enemy’s turn. This Grace can maintain his sustainability since his Stance causes him to take damage instead of his allies. As with all Graces, it can be bestowed on other units when Tarmiel is linked.

**Unique: Angelic Wrath -** His Unique decreases all enemies’ Max HP based on Tarmiel’s Defense, thus effectively being a hard counter for heroes who focus on getting high HP, such as Red Purgatory Ban or Red Reinhard.

## Gear Recommendation

Tarmiel has two options for gear, depending on him, either acting as a fighting unit or a link. If he’s in the main team, his preferred equipment is 3x Defense; this is to make sure his Ultimate Move deals a lot of damage while also making his Unique decrease as much max HP from the enemy as possible. On the other hand, if he’s acting as a link, he should have HP/Defense gear to maximize the HP of his linked unit, this will make his Grace’s heal marginally worse, but the stats he provides to the main unit will be more helpful.

### Equipment Set

* 3x Iron Wall (Defense)

**OR**

* Life (HP) / Iron Wall (Defense)

### Sub-stats

* Bracer / Ring: Attack
* Necklace / Earring: Defense
* Belt / Rune: HP

## Usage

### PVP

As a member of The Four Archangels, Blue Tarmiel can be a part of the Goddess team. As a link, he can help any unit that requires extra sustainability by providing heals with his Grace. With his Holy Relic, he can also be helpful on the Naofumi team.

### PVE

His supreme flexibility allows him to play in any team in almost all kinds of PVE content.

#### Story Mode

Tarmiel can be a solid choice when you need an ally to take damage instead of more necessary units during Story Mode. He can also be used as a link on any tank to keep them alive.

#### Death Match

There are better options than Blue Tarmiel in Death Match, although he still works great as a link for any unit, especially in Original Demon Death Match, where the regular team uses Red Festival Queen Diane as a tank.

#### Demonic Beast Battle

Blue Tarmiel can work as a great link in the absence of Red Tarmiel in some cases across all Demonic Beast Battles. In Hraesvelgr, for example, he’s the preferred link for your tank if you lack firepower since in Phase 2, Red Tarmiel might cause an undesired interaction (will make Hraesvelgr kill all your units regardless of your team having a Taunt up or not). For the rest, as stated before, he can be a decent replacement for Red Tarmiel.

#### Tower of Trials

Blue Tarmiel can find some use in particular Tower of Trials floors as a frontline unit to help you solve some gimmicks or to heal your allies as a link.

Overall, Blue Tarmiel is a great unit that opens many possibilities of play.

 Lacking Faith
 Refuse to Recognize
 Battled Before
 Hurdle to Victory

## Story

Tarmiel is one of the Four Archangels of the Goddess Clan. He is also one of the commanders of Stigma alongside Ludociel and Sariel. As one of the Four Archangels, Tarmiel is an extremely powerful goddess. He was confident that he could eliminate the Ten Commandments within ten seconds. Tarmiel's young and old looking heads can fire a holy beam from its eyes and loud blast attacks from its mouth respectively which makes any attempt of flanking the three-headed Archangel difficult.

At some point of his life, Tarmiel was given his Grace by the Supreme Deity. He was close to the four archangels and to the Deity's daughter. Though he apparently wasn't particularly close to Mael, Tarmiel asked Sariel to be less blunt at point out Mael's adoration to his older brother Ludociel, much to the younger goddess' embarrassment.

Source: https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Tarmiel