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Common Rivers and Lakes

Grey Heron

Ardea cinereaPurple

In a quiet wetland, a grey heron stands as still as a reed, its long neck folded into a poised curve and its gaze fixed on the water’s surface. The slightest ripple is enough to trigger a strike that is both sudden and precise.

HP
2,400
ATK
2,200
DEF
2,350
Energy cost
2

Passive Skills

  • For each hit received, gain dodge chance +100%
  • Before allies have dealt 5 hits, DEF +50%
  • When 3 or more attacks have been dodged, ATK +100%

Attack Effects

  • Team: DEF +10% (2 rounds)
Overview

The animal behind the card

With a spear-like bill, it takes fish, amphibians, and small mammals, stalking slowly or waiting in statuesque patience. In flight, it looks surprisingly prehistoric—broad wings beating steadily while the neck tucks back into an elegant S-shape.

Grey herons often nest in colonies high in trees, returning year after year to the same “heronry” where the air fills with harsh calls and clattering wings. Found from rivers and lakes to city parks, the heron thrives wherever shallow water offers a stage for its measured, disciplined hunt.

Bestiary facts

A grey heron folds its neck into an S shape, then straightens it in a rapid strike at prey.

Body length
0.84–1.0 m
Weight
1.0–2.1 kg
HabitatRivers and Lakes

Chemistry links

Categories
BirdsWaterbirds
Conservation
Least Concern
Remarkable Ability
Ambush Tactics
Feeding Mode
Piscivore (Fish-Eater)
Behavioral
Solitary
General Physical
Bony Endoskeleton with Jointed Limbs
Intermediate Physical
Feathered Wings
Specific Physical
Toothless Keratin Beak
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Best overall chemistry
Grey Heron
CommonGrey Heron
HP 2400ATK 2200DEF 2350Level 0/10
Black Stork
CommonBlack Stork
HP 2300ATK 2800DEF 2400Level 0/10
Strong
+22.5%ATK & DEF boost