Sapphire Beetle
Sapphire Beetle is a Combat / Universal insect built around survivability, squad-wide utility and the Strong Guard mechanic. Its value comes from a strong mix of healing, enemy-wide damage, Silence chance and Guardian-focused durability.
Combat Stats
These are the visible insect attributes from the in-game attribute screen. The values below are based on Star Level 11.
Base Stats
Core Bonuses
Lead Effect
Helper Effect
Soldier Ant Bonuses
Special Effects
Strong Guard
Effect Condition
When Leading Any Soldier Ants
Effect Description
During the battle, each time any of our squads takes damage, we gain 1 stack of Strong Guard, up to 5 stacks. At the end of each round, consume all Strong Guard stacks to heal our squad with the lowest squad power at a healing ratio of 50%*the number of stacks, and deal damage equal to 80%*the number of stacks to all enemy squads with a 30% chance to inflict Silence for 1 round.
Gallant
Effect Condition
Passive
Effect Description
In its troop, Guardian Ant Health +48.0% and Severe Injury Rate -2.5%. When its troop fights consecutive battles during a single march, each victory additionally grants Health +3.2% and Severely Injury Rate -0.5%. This effect can be stacked 5 times. Bonuses from battle victories are removed when the troop returns to the Anthill.
Star Point Builds
General
For most situations
Tank build
Tank build for pvp
Recommended Helper Insects
pvp Helper Insect
Metallic Stag Beetle
Helper Effect
With it as a Helper: When Leading Any Soldier Ants, the Chance of Triggering the Smite Effect +100.0% Smite: During the battle, heals all our squads at the beginning of each round with a healing ratio of 80%. Each time after our squads receive healing 3 times, deals 200% damage to 1 random enemy squad with a 50% chance to inflict Confuse for 1 round (triggers up to 3 times per round).
Helper Note
Recommended Buddy
Tortoise Beetle
Tortoise Beetle is a strong PvP Buddy for Sapphire Beetle because both support the same kind of fight: long, controlled, and difficult for the enemy to break through. Sapphire Beetle’s Strong Guard gains value every time your squads take damage. The longer the fight continues, the more chances it has to build Strong Guard stacks, heal the weakest squad, deal damage to all enemy squads, and potentially inflict Silence. Tortoise Beetle fits this perfectly. It adds steady damage, useful stat support, and an early Silence chance in the first round. That early Silence can disrupt enemy skill rotations before they fully start, giving Sapphire Beetle more time to build Strong Guard value. Together, they create a control-and-sustain PvP setup. Tortoise Beetle helps slow the enemy down early, while Sapphire Beetle turns incoming damage into healing, counter-damage, and additional Silence pressure. This makes the pairing especially useful against skill-heavy teams, burst lineups, and fights where surviving the first rounds is critical.
Queen Swallowtail
Queen Swallowtail has strong PvE synergy with Sapphire Beetle because both insects perform best in longer fights where steady value matters more than fast burst. In PvE, Sapphire Beetle’s Strong Guard helps keep the troop alive by turning incoming damage into healing and enemy-wide counter-damage. Queen Swallowtail supports this by providing consistent multi-target damage every round, making the pairing especially useful for wave clearing, sustained fights, and content where enemies stay alive long enough for repeated damage cycles. Queen Swallowtail’s stacking debufs also add extra value in harder encounters by reducing enemy Skill Damage and Buddy Damage over time. This lowers incoming pressure and gives Sapphire Beetle more time to build Strong Guard stacks and stabilize the fight. While this pairing is especially reliable for PvE, it can also work in PvP against burst-heavy or insect-reliant lineups. In those fights, Queen Swallowtail weakens the enemy’s damage output while Sapphire Beetle turns the longer battle into healing, counter-damage, and Silence pressure.
Summary
Sapphire Beetle is a strong utility insect for Guardian-based lineups. Its main value comes from Strong Guard, which converts incoming damage into healing, enemy-wide damage and Silence pressure. The Gallant effect adds even more Guardian durability and becomes stronger in consecutive battles. Overall, Sapphire Beetle is best understood as a sustain and control-focused insect rather than a pure damage option.
Notes
(This Insect cannot be used for Quick Star Up.)
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