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Bartholomew Review: Is This Bell Pepper Too Hot to Handle?
"Bartholomew isn't just a salad ingredient; he's a meta-breaking tank buster. With a passive that spawns fiends every turn and a skill that eats buffs for breakfast, discover why this Bell Pepper is making waves in Empires & Puzzles."
Special Skill

Capsicum Charge
- Deals 300% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
- Deals additional 15% damage for each Fiend or Mega Fiend owned by the enemies, up to 450% damage in total.
- Harvests buffs fom target and nearby enemies. (Harvest safely removes 2 buffs, positive Stacks or Growth effect from each target. This includes undispellable buffs and dance effects. The caster receives 7% boosted health for each effect removed. Boosted health can exceed max HP. Safe removal bypasses secondary effects, such as damage on removal, fom the emove status effect buffs. External effect such as passive skil and family effects can still active. Growth effects are removed first. Other effects, the latest is removed first.)
- The caster and nearby allies counterattack with 110% of the received damage for 4 turns.
Family Bonus

Vegetable
- Bonus for 2 / 3 Heroes:
- Fiends and Mega Fiends summoned by this character get +5% / +10% attack.
- Fiends and Mega Fiends summoned by this character get +2% / +3% health.
Passives
Passive Skills
Empowered Resist Special Skill BlockingThis character is immune to status ailments that prevent the use of Special Skills. They also gain 450 boosted health and 5% mana each time they resist.
Seedling SummonerSummons a Seedling Fiend every turn to a random enemy.- The Seedling Fiend evolves into a Sprout Fiend after 2 turns.
- The Sprout Fiend evolves into a Blossom Mega Fiend after 2 turns.
- The evolution of the Fiends is delayed by 1 turn each time they absorb healing.
- 1) Seedling Fiend50% attack, 20% health
- 2) Sprout Fiend75% attack, 30% health
- 3) Blossom Mega Fiend250% attack, 60% health
Aether Power

Rage
At the start of each battle, this Hero gets 15% attack, and a further 1% increase every time they are hit during 6 turns, up to 25% attack.
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Mana Optimization Strategy
How it works
By default, Bartholomew has Average mana speed, requiring 10 tiles to charge. Equipping troops with a Mana Bonus can reach specific Breakpoints β the exact percentages where your tile count drops β allowing your hero to fire their special skill faster, with less tiles.

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General Information
Bartholomew "Bell Pepper Barbarian"
- Rarity





- Element
Fire - Class
Barbarian - Mana SpeedAverage
- Skill Types
- SourceChallenge - Vigilant Vegetables Summon
- Family
Valiant Vegetable Family - Aether Power
Rage - Release DateSep 2, 2025
- AvailabilityCoach:Sep 2, 2027HA10:Sep 2, 2027
Ascension Requirements
273K
3
2
3
442K
3
1
1
4
708K
1
6
1
4Limit Break Requirements
5
20
35
5
1
5
10
1
5
10
1
1
3
5Stats & Emblems
Simulation: 0 Emblems
| Level | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | πͺ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4/80 | 1336 | 1306 | 2278 | 1277 |
4/85lb1 | 1440 | 1407 | 2455 | 1366 |
4/90lb2 | 1648 | 1610 | 2809 | 1545 |
Attack
Defense
Health
Crit
Emblems
Master
Food
Iron



+15


+36







+15


+18





+3%



+18

+2%



+15



+15


+18





+36


+15



+15


+3%


+4%

+50


+50



+50
+50



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