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Asta is a 4★ Fire character on the Path of Harmony who boosts team attack and speed.
Bronya is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Harmony who advances allies and buffs their damage.
Cerydra is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Harmony who amplifies team damage.
Hanya is a 4★ Physical character on the Path of Harmony who buffs attack and generates skill points.
Sunday is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Harmony who advances allies and amplifies summons.
Tingyun is a 4★ Lightning character on the Path of Harmony who boosts ally attack and energy.
Tribbie is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of Harmony who amplifies team damage.
Yukong is a 4★ Imaginary character on the Path of Harmony who boosts ally attack and crit.
The Harmony Trailblazer is a free Super Break support who turns Break-focused teams into a top-tier archetype.
Debuffer
Cipher is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of Nihility who weakens enemies and adds damage.
Fugue is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Nihility who supports Break-focused teams.
Guinaifen is a 4★ Fire character on the Path of Nihility who applies burn and damage-amplifying debuffs.
Hysilens is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Nihility who weakens enemies and adds damage.
Jiaoqiu is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Nihility who stacks damage-amplifying debuffs.
Luka is a 4★ Physical character on the Path of Nihility who applies bleed and damage-amplifying debuffs.
Mortenax Blade is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Nihility who weakens enemies and adds damage.
Pela is a 4★ Ice character on the Path of Nihility who strips buffs and lowers enemy defense.
Sampo is a 4★ Wind character on the Path of Nihility who applies Wind damage-over-time.
Silver Wolf is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of Nihility who implants weaknesses and lowers enemy defense.
The Dahlia is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Nihility who weakens enemies and adds damage.
Welt is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Nihility who slows enemies and adds Imaginary damage.
Healer
Bailu is a 5★ Lightning character on the Path of Abundance who heals and can revive allies.
Gallagher is a 4★ Fire character on the Path of Abundance who heals and supports Break teams.
Lingsha is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Abundance who heals and supports Break teams.
Luocha is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Abundance who provides automatic, low-maintenance healing.
Lynx is a 4★ Quantum character on the Path of Abundance who heals and boosts ally survivability.
Natasha is a 4★ Physical character on the Path of Abundance who provides accessible team healing.
Main DPS
Acheron is a premier hypercarry whose Ultimate scales with stacked debuffs for massive burst.
Firefly is the standard-setting Break DPS, converting Super Break into enormous sustained damage.
Jingliu is a self-sufficient Ice hypercarry who drains allies to power a devastating enhanced state.
Imbibitor Lunae is a single-target Imaginary nuke who rewards stacking and a protective core.
Seele is a single-target Quantum assassin who chains extra turns on every kill.
Boothill is a single-target Break specialist who locks an enemy into a damage-amplifying duel.
Anaxa is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Erudition built for area-of-effect damage.
Archer is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of The Hunt focused on single-target damage.
Argenti is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Erudition who excels at hitting multiple enemies.
Arlan is a 4★ Lightning character on the Path of Destruction whose damage scales with low HP.
Ashveil is a 5★ Lightning character on the Path of The Hunt built around single-target damage.
Blade is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Destruction whose damage scales with HP loss.
Clara is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Destruction who counterattacks when hit.
Dan Heng is a 4★ Wind character on the Path of The Hunt focused on single-target damage.
Dr. Ratio is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of The Hunt who punishes debuffed enemies with follow-ups.
Evanescia is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Elation built for high damage output.
Feixiao is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of The Hunt who chains follow-up attacks.
Herta is a 4★ Ice character on the Path of Erudition who follows up when enemies drop below a health threshold.
Himeko is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Erudition who follows up on Weakness Broken enemies.
Hook is a 4★ Fire character on the Path of Destruction who burns enemies and hits hard.
Jade is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of Erudition who fuels follow-up damage.
Jing Yuan is a 5★ Lightning character on the Path of Erudition who builds a powerful Lightning-Lord follow-up.
Misha is a 4★ Ice character on the Path of Destruction whose Ultimate hits more times the more skills he uses.
Moze is a 4★ Lightning character on the Path of The Hunt who marks a target for follow-up damage.
Mydei is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Destruction whose power scales with HP investment.
Phainon is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Destruction built for heavy sustained damage.
Qingque is a 4★ Quantum character on the Path of Erudition who builds tiles for an enhanced attack.
Rappa is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Erudition who excels at area-of-effect Break damage.
Saber is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Destruction built for high damage output.
Serval is a 4★ Lightning character on the Path of Erudition who deals area-of-effect Lightning damage.
Silver Wolf LV.999 is a 5★ Imaginary character on the Path of Elation built for aggressive damage.
Sparxie is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of Elation built for high damage output.
Sushang is a 4★ Physical character on the Path of The Hunt who gains extra actions against Weakness Broken enemies.
The Herta is a 5★ Ice character on the Path of Erudition built for area-of-effect damage.
Topaz & Numby is a 5★ Fire character on the Path of The Hunt who centers on follow-up attacks.
Xueyi is a 4★ Quantum character on the Path of Destruction who leverages Break for bonus damage.
Yanqing is a 5★ Ice character on the Path of The Hunt who gains big crit buffs while protected.
Yao Guang is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Elation built for aggressive damage.
Yunli is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Destruction who unleashes powerful counterattacks.
Summoner
Aglaea is a 5★ Lightning character on the Path of Remembrance who fights alongside a summoned Memosprite.
Castorice is a 5★ Quantum character on the Path of Remembrance who fights with a Memosprite.
Cyrene is a 5★ Ice character on the Path of Remembrance who fights with a summoned Memosprite.
Evernight is a 5★ Ice character on the Path of Remembrance who fights with a summoned Memosprite.
Hyacine is a 5★ Wind character on the Path of Remembrance who fights with a summoned Memosprite.
Support
Ruan Mei is the premier universal Harmony support, boosting damage, speed, and Break for any team.
Robin is a damage-amplifying Harmony support whose Ultimate supercharges a whole turn cycle.
Sparkle is a Quantum Harmony support who grants extra turns and big crit-damage buffs.
Kafka is the face of DoT teams, detonating Shock damage on demand as a sub-DPS amplifier.
Black Swan is a Wind DoT carry whose Arcana stacks scale into enormous damage-over-time.
Sustain
Tank
Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae is a 5★ Physical character on the Path of Preservation who protects the team.
Gepard is a 5★ Ice character on the Path of Preservation who shields the whole team.
March 7th is a 4★ Ice character on the Path of Preservation who shields allies and counterattacks.
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