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Not on a banner right now · last ran [Limited Headhunting ‐ Festival] Earthborn Metals Rerun, · next rerun was due Jan 2022 estimate

Banner history 3 banners on record

Next rerun: Nov 2026 at the earliest estimate · every banner through Nov 11, 2026 is confirmed without Aak; the rhythm pointed at Jan 2022 · in AK a unit's third rerun comes 173 days after the run before (33 on record, last two years; middle half 129–302) — past that now.

Confirmed dates come from the official calendar and notices; rumoured and beta rows sit on the cadence projection; CN rows are shifted by the measured global lag; rows from the wiki history carry the day, not the hour. Sources last checked .

Should you pull

B+ AK Tier List (ex-GamePress) · Specialists · tier list

How far to invest

S3M3Story C · Advanced C+S1M3Story C+ · Advanced None

Oh Aak. OGs will remember a time when he was the co-rateup on the very first limited banner, which didn’t even have a spark. This left an extremely sour taste in many’s mouths. Going for the hot dragon lady limited unit only to get an awkward-to-use furry did not ingratiate him to many. These days, he’s pretty firmly powercrept in all regards, so has little to no meta justification for promotion, although he’s usable enough if he appeals to you, especially thanks to the indirect buff courtesy of Exu2. So most people shouldn’t raise him, but all of his skills can be potentially valuable if you do. His main two skills are S1 and S3 and have very different use cases. Traditionally, S3 has been his main skill which is his buff skill. It’s a pretty strong buff, so entire team comps would sometimes revolve around mitigating his inflicted damage. But now you can just use Mon3tr who has a better buff and heals instead of requiring an entire team to make work! Mastery on it is pretty good since both buff aspects improve, which is the whole point of using him in the first place. However, even when he was new it was just a meme, and now it’s a powercrept meme too. Instead, you may consider

TacticalBreakfast · Mastery grades (Story / Advanced) · Specialists tab · 2025-12-06

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