RoamAT A GLANCE
Strengths
- Suppression in Bloody Hunt: Purify does not remove it
- Hard control: Bloody Hunt (suppression)
Weaknesses
- No protection from crowd control
- Long ultimate cooldown — 62 / 55 / 45 s by level
SKILLS
Wasteland Force
If no damage is taken within 5 seconds, Franco gains 10% Movement Speed, recovers 1% Max HP per second, and begins accumulating Wasteland Force (up to 10 stacks).
Franco will consume all Wasteland Force stacks on his next skill cast to increase the skill's damage by up to 150%.
Iron Hook
Cooldown: 15–11 s by level
pull
Franco launches an iron hook in the target direction. The hook will snag the first enemy unit hit, dealing 400–650 (+100% PA) physical damage dragging them to Franco.
Fury Shock
Cooldown: 7–4.5 s by level
slow
Franco lashes out, dealing equal to 300–450 plus 4% of his Max HP to nearby enemies and slowing them by 70% for 1.5 seconds.
Bloody Hunt
Cooldown: 62 / 55 / 45 s by level
suppression
Franco suppresses the target enemy hero for 1.8 seconds and strikes them 6 times over the duration, each time dealing 50 (+70% PA) physical damage.
WHO COUNTERS FRANCO
Pick them when the enemy has Franco · score is their advantage
Tigreal10.5
You cancel the hook with your own engage and punish him for missing it.
Johnson9.2
You cancel the hook with your own engage and punish him for missing it.
Benedetta8.3
You dodge the hook and reposition instantly, and a missed hook is a dead Franco.
Natalia8.3
He has no escape at all — you pick him off before he ever lands a hook.
Saber8.3
He has no escape at all — you pick him off before he ever lands a hook.
WHO FRANCO COUNTERS
Pick Franco into them
Joy11.1
Suppression goes through the immunity her dashes grant, and while suppressed she cannot cast anything.
Angela10.8
Suppression pulls her off the ally she is attached to, and Heartguard cannot save her from it.
Mathilda10.4
Suppression catches her mid-dash and the ultimate cannot carry her out of it.
Wanwan10.3
Flicker into suppression bypasses her cleanse entirely — once caught she cannot get out.
Estes10.1
Suppression cannot be purified — once he grabs them the fight is already over.
BEST TEAMMATES
HOW TO PLAY FRANCO
Practice your hook prediction to catch priority targets. Use your Ultimate (Suppression) on slippery enemies like Fanny or Gusion to guarantee a kill for your team.
HOW TO PLAY AGAINST FRANCO
- Bloody Hunt suppresses and Purify does not remove it — stay out of range.
- After the ultimate you have 45–62 seconds without it — force fights then.
HIDDEN MECHANICS
What the in-game descriptions do not tell you: crowd-control rules and verified skill quirks. How crowd control works →
Wasteland Force- If the stack has been consumed while the passive is active, Franco has to receive damage or the stack won't start accumulating again.
Iron Hook- The hook will pull to Franco's current position, which can be extended or repositioned by Flicker.
- The hook first applies stun, then the pulling effect. When the hook hits a target, it plays a different sound and lingers briefly before returning. Some abilities providing CC Immune may fail to remove the pulling effect. e.g. Soul Sever, An Eye for An Eye.
- Fully affect invisible and concealed enemies.
Bloody Hunt- Suppression — ultimate-level control: interrupts most skills, plus blinks and charges; goes through control immunity; Purify does not remove it.
- Ability ends prematurely when being crowd controlled.