AFK Journey: Shemira Character Overview

Shemira is an upcoming S-Level character in AFK Journey set to release alongside the Patch 1.3.4 update on April 24th, 2025. Shemira is a Graveborn Mage who deals with summoning entities to fight alongside you, while draining her own HP, and healing at the same time. Below you can find a full breakdown of Shemira’s skills to help you get a better understanding of this unit, and maybe help you decide if she’s worth pulling for.

Shemira Skills Overview

Abilities
Type	Name
SKILL 1	Sacrificial Orb
Shemira sacrifices 10% of her current HP to summon the Wailing Orb from the spectral rift 4 tiles away, dealing 320% + 40% damage to enemies in its path.
Unlock Requirement	Level 11
CD	12s
Range	4 Tiles
Enhancements
Unlocks at level 71: Increases the damage dealt to 340% + 40%. Unlocks at level 131: Increases the damage dealt to 360% + 40%. Unlocks at level 191: Increases the damage dealt to 380% + 40%.
SKILL 2	Ghastly Tribute
Passive. Whenever allies' HP or shield value loss reaches 50% of Shemira's max HP, she summons 1 ghost to her side. Shemira can summon up to 5 ghosts outside her Ultimate. Active. Shemira sacrifices 15% of her current HP to deal true damage to a single enemy equal to 24% + 3% of their max HP. This damage cannot exceed 800%. If Shemira has any ghost summoned, she sacrifices one to strike the target and enemies within 1 tile of the target, dealing true damage equal to 20% + 2% of their max HP. The damage each enemy takes cannot exceed 500%.
Unlock Requirement	Level 31
CD	8s
Range	Global
Enhancements
Unlocks at level 91: Increases the damage dealt to a single enemy to 26% + 3% of their max HP. Unlocks at level 151: Increases the damage dealt to a single enemy to 28% + 3% of their max HP. Unlocks at level 211: Increases the damage dealt to a single enemy to 30% + 3% of their max HP.
ULTIMATE	Phantom Procession
Passive. Any ghosts summoned by Ghastly Tribute join the bombardment. Active. Shemira summons 10 ghosts to bombard random enemies for 10s. Each ghost deals 110% + 15% damage to an enemy target. When a ghost deals damage, Shemira heals herself for 50% + 5% of the damage dealt. When the ghost returns to her, she heals herself again for 50% + 5% of that damage. The percentage of the ghosts' damage drops to 50% once any enemy has been struck 15 times or more by the ghosts. The strike count resets whenever Shemira casts her Ultimate.
Unlock Requirement	Level 1
CD	0s
Range	Global
Initial Energy	300
Enhancements
Unlocks at level 51: Increases the damage dealt by each ghost to 120% + 15%. Unlocks at level 111: Increases the damage dealt by each ghost to 130% + 15%. Unlocks at level 171: Increases the damage dealt by each ghost to 140% + 15%. Unlocks at level 231: Increases the damage dealt by each ghost to 150% + 15%.
HERO FOCUS	Hero Focus
Shemira's Energy recovery from attacks increases by 24% during battle. After summoning 3 ghosts, her Energy recovery from attacks increases by an extra 6%.
Range	1 Tile
Enhancements
Level 2: Shemira's Energy recovery from attacks increases by 32% during battle. After summoning 3 ghosts, her Energy recovery from attacks increases by an extra 8%. Level 3: Shemira's Energy recovery from attacks increases by 40% during battle. After summoning 3 ghosts, her Energy recovery from attacks increases by an extra 10%.
EXCLUSIVE SKILL	Spectral Barrier
Whenever Shemira takes a total of 30% of her max HP in damage or reaches the max number of summoned ghosts, she sacrifices 1 ghost to gain a shield that lasts for 5s. The shield can absorb 250% damage. When the shield expires, Shemira unleashes its remaining power against all enemies, dealing damage equal to the shield's remaining value.
Range	Global
Enhancements
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Increases the shield value to 270%. Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: When a ghost attacks its target during Shemira's Ultimate, it deals extra true damage equal to 3% of the target's max HP, This damage cannot exceed 90%. The attack also inflicts Max HP Reduction, lowering the target's max HP by the amount of damage dealt Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Increases the shield value to 300%.
ENHANCE FORCE	Enhance Force
Each time a hero is defeated, Shemira Summons 1 ghost.