Sphinx Cowl has fewer than 60 top cuts on record, so its rating is still provisional. Its most successful build so far is Sphinx Cowl 5-60R.
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Sphinx Cowl Overview
Sphinx Cowl is a small, round defense blade ringed by nine barrage protrusions designed to line up with the 9-80 ratchet. Its compact, rounded body gives it some of the best burst resistance in the game, and it is surprisingly explosive against other attackers, but poor stamina keeps it out of the top tiers.
Strengths
- + Excellent burst resistance from its small, rounded profile
- + Nine-point barrage rim lands rapid disruptive hits
- + Strong in attack-versus-attack matchups
- + Can play aggressive on 70-height setups and score KOs
Weaknesses
- − Poor stamina, it often loses by getting outspun
- − Subpar on the defense and stamina builds its label suggests
- − Light enough that heavy attackers push it around
The counterintuitive best use of Sphinx Cowl is aggression: a 70-height setup like 5-70 or 0-70 with a flat or gear-flat bit turns it into a durable brawler that KOs or drains other attackers while barely ever bursting. Its stock 9-80GN defensive build loses slow games to real stamina blades, so avoid that plan. Send it into attack-heavy matchups where its toughness shines. In a 3v3 deck it is an anti-attack specialist slot.
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