Judge Kise

Judge Kise

5-starLightB tier

Introduction

Judge Kise is a 5-star Light character in Epic Seven. Faction: Past of Future.

On our Epic Seven tier list Judge Kise is B tier, 139th of the 311 characters ranked, from where 10 current tier lists put Judge Kise.

By game mode, Judge Kise is A in PvE and S in PvP.

Other Light characters in Epic Seven: Ambitious Tywin, Angel of Light Angelica, Arowell, Belian, Benevolent Romann, Blaze Dingo and 33 more.

Is Judge Kise good?

Judge Kise's second skill wipes every enemy's buffs while dropping their accuracy and defense, and it can't be countered, so debuffing is always safe; landing it also refunds a big chunk of his own action gauge based on how many enemies it hits. That sets up his third skill, an all-enemy attack that delays every enemy's cooldown by a turn and grants himself invincibility, and its damage scales up with the number of targets it connects with.

He's built around either a heavy damage set or a speed-focused build for all-Warrior soul burn compositions, and he's a PvP-focused pick.

Strengths

  • Second skill strips buffs from all enemies without risk of being countered
  • Refunds action gauge based on targets hit, chaining into a follow-up turn
  • Third skill delays every enemy's cooldown and grants himself invincibility

Best build for Judge Kise

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Artifacts

6 options
  1. 1
    Portrait of the Saviors
    25%
  2. 2
    Circus Fantasia
    13%
  3. 3
    A Symbol of Unity
    10%
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  1. 4
    Tyrant's Descent
    9%
  2. 5
    Prelude to a New Era
    6%
  3. 6
    Creation & Destruction
    3%

Typical stats

Speed
240
Attack
3,525
Health
10,250
Defense
960
Crit Chance
101%
Crit Damage
293%
Effectiveness
9%

Gear sets

5 options
  1. 1
    Speed(4)Critical(2)
    38%
  2. 2
    Speed(4)Torrent(2)
    26%
  3. 3
    Destruction(4)Torrent(2)
    10%
  4. 4
    Speed(4)Hit(2)
    6%
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  1. 5
    Speed(4)
    5%

Background

An Heir of the Sixth World, Kise is leader of the Nocturnes.

She fought every battle against the Archdemon alongside the Guardian Kromcruz.

Though she can be sluggish and sharp-tongued, she cares greatly for her fellow Heirs.

Heir of Holy Light: Kise is reborn as a saint through a dignified sacrifice.

Her sacrifice will remain in someone's heart forever.

Judge Kise has a direct role only in Arena Story.

Inside the Pyramid, she is one of the powerful figures recreated there, and she quickly becomes involved in investigating the strange inconsistencies surrounding the tournament.

Working closely with Ruele of Light, she compares memories, notes that parts of her own recollection are unclear, and comes to suspect that something about the Pyramid has distorted the truth of past events.

She also confirms that she cannot sense familiar presences she would expect, which deepens her suspicion that the place itself is unnatural.

Judge Kise proves to be observant and cautious throughout the Pyramid incident.

When Sven and Hurado are attacked, she is the one who calls out to Vildred directly and later questions him about the gaps in his memory.

Even after he begins traveling with her group, she remains uneasy, sensing that something is wrong about him before the others fully realize it.

Her instincts later prove well-founded when the group discovers that impostors and false identities are operating inside the Pyramid.

Her most important personal moment comes when Mercedes brings the real Judge Kise to Ras and Arky.

Ras is stunned to see her again, while Arky reacts emotionally to the reunion.

Judge Kise, however, is immediately troubled by what she has been told: she asks whether Anghraf was sealed rather than defeated and realizes that roughly twenty years have passed, even though her own memories of the final battle are incomplete.

She explains that she clearly remembers fighting Anghraf together with the others, but that the ending feels blurred, as if someone deliberately tampered with her memory, and she directly asks Ras to tell her what happened.

Ras cannot bring himself to tell Judge Kise the full truth at that moment, and she temporarily accepts traveling with him, Mercedes, and Arky while they continue through the Pyramid.

She urges the group not to remain idle while Ruele of Light and Vildred may still be in danger, showing that her concern remains focused on protecting her companions and uncovering what is really happening.

Later, when she and Ruele encounter Ras again while he is traveling with Zeno, Judge Kise is the first to recognize that something is wrong.

Rather than accepting appearances, she questions why Ras stopped the fake Vildred from revealing the truth and concludes that Ras and Zeno must be cooperating for some shared purpose, even if she does not yet understand what it is.

Overall, Arena Story portrays Judge Kise as a calm and perceptive investigator within the Pyramid: a recreated version of Kise who is emotionally important to Ras and Arky, closely allied with Ruele of Light, suspicious of falsehoods from the start, and determined to uncover the missing truth behind the Pyramid’s altered memories, impostors, and ongoing tournament.

Stats

  • ATK1,117
  • Crit Rate27%
  • DEF553
  • Crit Dmg150%
  • HP5,542
  • Effectiveness0%
  • Speed119
  • Effect Resistance0%

At max level. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Epic Seven roster.

Skills

3
  • Spinning Slash

    Active · Soul Power gain: 1

    Attacks a single enemy, penetrating 20% of their Defense.

  • Evil's End

    Active · Soul Power gain: 2 · Cooldown 5

    Attacks all enemies, removes all of their buffs, then inflicts Accuracy Down (50% Accuracy decrease) for 2 turns with a 100% chance and Defense Down (70% Defense decrease) for 2 turns with an 85% chance, and increases their own Action Gauge by 25% times the number of targets hit. This attack cannot be countered. [Soul Burn, 20 Soul Power]: Ignores Effect Resistance.

  • Wave of Light

    Active · Soul Power gain: 2 · Cooldown 4

    Attacks all enemies, then increases their cooldowns by 1 turn. Grants themself Invincibility for 1 turn.

How to get Judge Kise

Moonlight Summon

Art

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