Frequently Asked Questions
The questions the community asks most, in one place.
What is E7 RTA Bot?
A free draft assistant for Epic Seven's Real-Time Arena. Live Draft walks you through a ranked draft turn by turn with pick and ban suggestions and a live win estimate, Quick Analysis checks any matchup in seconds, and Hero Stats shows how every hero is doing this season. The model behind it learns from real ranked RTA battles.
Is this affiliated with Epic Seven or Smilegate?
No. E7 RTA Bot is an independent, community-made fan project. Epic Seven is developed by Super Creative and published by Smilegate Megaport, and all game names and assets belong to their owners.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
Yes, it's free, and you can draft without an account: guests get the same suggestions. A free account saves your hero pool and unlocks Draft Profile, Import Builds and Banner Suggestion. The best model and the full draft quality are free for everyone.
What does Supporter add?
Supporting on Patreon keeps the site running and unlocks extra reads in the draft, not a stronger bot: Preban Suggestions, Preview Next Action (hover a pick to see what follows, with up to five options a turn), Postban Recommendation, Hero Speed, Favorite Heroes and Build Next, plus the History tab in Draft Profile. The current tiers are on the Supporter page.
How do I connect my Supporter perks?
Pledge on Patreon, sign in on the site, then press Connect Patreon on your Profile or on the Supporter page. Everything unlocks right away. To get the Supporter role in our Discord, link your Discord account in your Patreon settings and the role is added automatically.
What's the difference between Live Draft and Quick Analysis?
They run on the same model and the same hero list. Live Draft follows a real draft turn by turn, from pre-bans to post-ban, and suggests your next move. Quick Analysis is for when both teams are already decided: enter them and get the win estimate and a team read right away.
What does the win percentage mean?
It's the model's estimate of your side's chance to win the current matchup, and it updates as picks and bans lock in. It's a read on the draft, not a guarantee: gear, speed and how the game is played still decide the result.
How do I read the suggestions?
The gold, leftmost suggestion is the model's top choice for that turn, and the others are close alternatives. The number on each one is the model's own score for that pick: higher is better, but it isn't a win percentage. Use the bot as a strong second opinion rather than an autopilot, it has its own plan and can be wrong.
Does it use my gear, artifacts and speed?
Yes. The artifact and gear sets you set on each hero in My Heroes shape the suggestions, and Supporters can add each hero's real speed. Heroes you haven't built are read on their most common build, so you don't need to set up every hero first.
How do I set up my heroes?
Sign in and open My Heroes: add the heroes you own and pick their artifact and gear sets. Import Builds can fill them in for you, either from your recent battles (link your Epic Seven account in Draft Profile first) or from your Fribbels Optimizer save file (autosave.json), which copies artifact, sets and speed. Heroes without an artifact or a set bonus are skipped.
What does "You Move First" mean?
Every pick shows how likely each side is to act first in battle, based on the speed of the heroes already on the board. Supporters who enter their real speeds get a read on their own builds.
Does it support warfare rules and Lunatic?
Yes. Choose the warfare rule on the Prepare step and every hero is valued for that rule; the warfare picker works for Champion rank and above. For Lunatic, choose Format, then Lunatic: heroes used in earlier games of the set stay banned for the rest of it.
Why aren't all heroes available in the draft tool?
The draft covers the heroes played often enough in ranked RTA for the model to read them reliably. Very rarely picked heroes are left out until there are enough recent games. You can still browse every hero on the Hero Stats page.
What if my opponent picks a hero that isn't in the pool?
You can't enter that exact hero yet. The closest workaround is to enter a similar hero to get a feel for the matchup. Heroes are added at model updates once they have enough games, and you're welcome to ask for one on Discord.
Why do I see the same suggestions early in the draft?
Early turns lean on the strongest picks in the current meta, because little is known about your opponent yet. As their picks come in, the suggestions adapt to the board.
Why does the AI rarely recommend some units that top players like?
The recommendations reflect large-scale results across many players, not any single pro's opinion. A unit that top players value can still be suggested less if the broader data doesn't back it as strongly. Cases like this are exactly what we look at when improving the model.
How often is the model updated?
After balance patches and new hero releases. The model needs a few days of fresh battles first, so there's usually a short gap right after a patch, and every update is made by hand rather than learned on the fly. New models are announced on the Updates page and on Discord, and the current one is named on the Draft page.
Will you add team or lineup suggestions?
Placement suggestions are live. After the post-ban phase, Live Draft suggests where to position each hero: spots the model is confident about are marked Recommended, and the rest are Flexible so you can arrange them how you like. Building a whole team from scratch isn't something the tool does today.
What is Draft Profile?
Draft Profile reads your own season from your RTA battles: performance next to the average for your rank, your most reliable heroes, your toughest matchups and how you draft. Link your Epic Seven account once, the Match History URL is the easiest way. New games show up after a day or two. Check that it's your account before linking, because the link can't be changed afterwards.
What are Build Next and Banner Suggestion?
Build Next suggests which hero to build next for your roster and says why: the strength, tempo or answers it adds. Banner Suggestion on the home page tells you whether the current banner hero is worth pulling for your roster.
Where can I report a bug or suggest a feature?
On our Discord: the bug-reports and feature-requests forums, or just ask Aria. You can also use the thumbs on the draft result screen.