40 Fun Facts About Summoners War

Summoners War's first crossover, in 2020, added Dhalsim and M. Bison from which video game series?

Street Fighter supplied five fighters in all, with Ryu, Ken and Chun-Li joining that pair as summonable monsters.

In Summoners War's elemental triangle, wind monsters hold the advantage over which other element?

Water loses to wind but beats fire, and fire in turn beats wind. Light and dark sit outside the triangle and are strong against each other.

Which South Korean studio, founded in 1998, created the mobile strategy game Summoners War?

Com2uS was started by three Korea University students, and Summoners War grew into the company's largest franchise.

Which four-piece rune set gives a Summoners War monster a 22% chance of taking an extra turn?

Violent runes drop in the Dragon's Lair dungeon, and the bonus turn can trigger after any active skill.

In the story of Summoners War, the Sky Arena is a world at war over which vital resource?

Mana Crystals are the prize, and in the backstory arena matches were set up so the summoners' endless wars would not destroy the world.

Which rare material monster in Summoners War raises another monster's skill level when fed to it?

Devilmon is a one-star Dark monster whose only skill, Forbidden Ingredient, adds a skill level to whatever consumes it.

Which Summoners War challenge is a 100-floor tower that wipes all progress about once a month?

Trial of Ascension puts a boss on every tenth floor, and players cannot call on a friend's monster for help there.

Summoners War's developer joined Skybound in 2020 to make a mobile game based on which comic?

The Walking Dead deal led to the survival game All-Stars in 2022, and Skybound went on to publish Summoners War comics of its own.

Which star colour shows that a Summoners War monster has already been awakened?

Purple stars replace gold ones once a monster is awakened, while monsters with silver stars can never be awakened at all.

Which fantasy game crossed over with Summoners War in 2024, adding Ciri and Yennefer as monsters?

The Witcher 3 also lent Geralt and Triss to the crossover, the fourth time Summoners War had borrowed characters from an outside franchise.

Which four-piece Summoners War rune set adds a 25% chance to stun the enemy on a damaging hit?

Despair runes come from Giant's Keep, where they drop less often than the other four sets found there.

Which two-piece rune set opens every Summoners War battle with one turn of immunity for its wearer?

Will runes stack, so three sets give three turns of immunity, though an enemy can still strip the buff away.

Which four-piece Summoners War rune set raises a monster's Critical Damage by 40%?

Rage makes critical hits land harder, while the two-piece Blade set raises Critical Rate by 12%, the chance of landing one at all.

Which Summoners War rune set fills 4% of a monster's Attack Bar each time it loses 7% of its HP?

Nemesis needs only two runes, so it can sit beside a four-piece set and turn incoming damage into earlier turns.

In Summoners War, which Rift Raid reward is used to boost a substat already on a rune?

Grindstone upgrades add to a substat the rune already has, while an Enchanted Gem swaps one substat for a different one.

Which Summoners War rune can stand in for one missing rune so that a set effect still activates?

Intangible runes are limited to one per monster, and the piece simply fills the gap in whichever set is one rune short.

Which Summoners War dungeon is guarded by the Ancient Lich King, who takes control of an attacker?

Necropolis is where players farm Vampire and Destroy runes, and its Lich King also shields itself with a skill that nullifies all attacks.

Which Cairos Dungeon area in Summoners War drops the one essence that every awakening requires?

Hall of Magic is home to the Guardian of Magic, and its essence is spent alongside the essences that match a monster's own element.

Which Summoners War monster is crafted with its element, name and skills chosen by the player?

Homunculus is made at the Craft Building in Attack and Support versions, and a player can own only one of each.

Which is the most common summoning item in Summoners War, calling monsters of one to three stars?

Unknown Scroll drops across the scenarios and most dungeons, but it can never produce a Light or Dark monster.

Which scenario area comes first on Summoners War's Battle Map, opening straight after the tutorial?

Garen Forest was a peaceful wood until evil summoners destroyed its shrine, angering the Inugami who guards it.

Which blonde guide in a blue and white dress leads new Summoners War players through the tutorial?

Ellia also wanders the player's island like a monster and talks players through each day's missions and events.

Summoners War's scenario areas have Normal, Hard and which third, toughest difficulty mode?

Hell mode only opens once an area has been cleared on Hard, and it pays out better rewards and more experience.

In a Summoners War battle, which arrow colour shows that two monsters' elements are neutral?

Yellow means no edge either way, while a green arrow marks an elemental advantage and a red one a disadvantage.

Which awakened Dark Ifrit is built in Summoners War's Fusion Hexagram instead of being summoned?

Veromos is fused from four other monsters, and his passive skill clears a harmful effect from every ally each turn.

Which awakened Wind Joker in Summoners War throws cards that hit all enemies and ignore Defense?

Lushen's other skills throw a sharp card that disturbs HP recovery and spring a surprise box that puts a random harmful effect on all enemies.

Which awakened Wind Griffon speeds up a whole Summoners War team with the skill Tailwind?

Bernard's Tailwind pushes every ally's Attack Bar forward by 30% and raises their Attack Speed for two turns.

Which awakened Light Inugami in Summoners War heals all allies and fills their Attack Bar?

Belladeon's Mobilize restores 30% of every ally's HP, and a second skill, Seize, strips all beneficial effects from an enemy.

At which Summoners War building does the goddess Ameria grant players one random reward a day?

Temple of Wishes shows its prizes on a spinning wheel, though the outcomes are not equally likely and unused turns do not build up.

Which Summoners War building, bought with Arena winnings, raises the base Speed of all monsters?

Sky Tribe Totem is said to house the ancestral souls of a vanished tribe, and its speed bonus applies in every area of the game.

Which city hosted the first Summoners War World Arena Championship finals, held in 2017?

Los Angeles staged the final in the same year the World Arena mode launched, and later finals went to Seoul, Paris, Bangkok and Tokyo.

Which player became the first two-time Summoners War world champion, winning in 2019 and 2023?

L'est won in Paris in 2019 and again in Bangkok four years later, both times after coming through China's qualifiers.

Which manga series was the first to cross over with Summoners War, arriving in a 2024 update?

Jujutsu Kaisen sent Yuji Itadori, Satoru Gojo and Ryomen Sukuna into the game, months before Demon Slayer became the second manga crossover.

Which Summoners War spin-off from 2022 is an open-world MMORPG instead of a turn-based game?

Chronicles opened the series up to free exploration, a year after the first follow-up game, Lost Centuria.

Which Summoners War area, added in 2019, lets Inugami and Griffon earn a second awakening?

Dimension Hole is split into realms such as Karzhan and Ellunia, each granting second-awakening experience to its own monster families.

Which Summoners War guild mode is a free-for-all between three guilds racing to reach 20,000 points?

Siege Battle has each guild fight to occupy bases on a shared battlefield, scoring for how many it holds and for how long.

Which Summoners War fight sends up to 20 monsters at once and grades the damage dealt from F to SSS?

World Boss is a community event: every player's hits add to one shared damage total, and the fight itself plays out automatically.

Which monthly Summoners War event dungeon drops summoning pieces for a featured four-star monster?

Hall of Heroes has ten floors that each pay out 25 pieces, and 50 pieces are enough to summon the featured monster.

Which Korean publisher bought into Summoners War's developer in 2013, then took the studio's name?

Gamevil paid about $65 million for its stake months before Summoners War launched, then took its subsidiary's name in 2021.

Summoners War: Sky Arena made its worldwide debut in June 2014 at which gaming trade show?

E3 gave the game its global launch two months after a first release in April 2014, and it went on to pass 300 million downloads.