Idol Transformation · Ai || Stigmata Guide

Λ Table of Contents Λ

✦ Introduction ✦

✦ Stigmata Details ✦

✦ Stigmata Comparison ✦

✦ Valkyrie Recommendation ✦

✦ Final Notes ✦

✦ Introduction ✦

Hi Captains! Today, I will be introducing [Idol Transformation Set] Ai, a new stigmata set to be introduced alongside the release of the [Chrono Navi] Ai Hyperion Λ in v6.2. This is Chrono Navi's signature stigmata set and it offers the team increased Fire DMG and more DMG to ignited enemies with Fire DMG teammates dealing more TDM.

Notes:

▸ Idol Transformation shall be referred to as Ai.

▸ Weapon Active ➝ WA

▸ Valkyries: Chrono Navi ➝ CN || Azure Empyrea ➝ AE || Herrscher of Flamescion ➝ HoF

✦ Stigmata Details ✦

※ The following skill descriptions are based on Lvl. 50. ※

HP: 410 ATK: 109 DEF: 66

» Ai: Blade Supreme (T) «

Alarm Triggering Flamescion

Increases Fire DMG from weapon active and Basic ATK by 15.0%. When the host's Charged ATK or Ultimate hits, Fire DMG dealers on the team deal 25.0% more Total DMG for 20s. Triggering it again resets the duration. Cannot stack.

Fun Fact: T-pc transforms Ai-chan to the Herrscher of Flamescion standing in front of the mirror while imagining her doing HoF's pose in the Everlasting Flames animated short. On the walls, you can see a poster of Ai-chan as a scarecrow and a picture of her during the Stan Wars where she unfortunately lost. An angry Kiana is seen on the background holding a fire extinguisher because Ai-chan is unknowingly creating a fire due to the blade.

HP: 458 DEF: 199 CRT: 10

» Ai: Kurikara (M) «

Right-on-target Lightning

Increases Fire DMG by 30.0% and Ignite Trauma by 25.0%. Reduces Total DMG received by 20.0%.

Fun Fact: In this M-pc, Ai-chan is seen as the Herrscher of Thunder holding the giant katana laughing heartily while Kurikara is about to eat her. Mei can be seen taking a picture only that she realizes the dragon is about to eat a cabbage as seen in her camera.

HP: 434 ATK: 57 DEF: 84 CRT: 10

» Ai: Project Bunny (B) «

Reason on a Rampage

Increases Total DMG by 15.0%. When weapon active or Ultimate hits, all team members deal 30.0% more Fire DMG for 20s (cannot stack). Triggering it again resets the duration.

Fun Fact: Meanwhile in this B-pc, Ai-chan as the Herrscher of Reason rides a small tricycle instead of a motorbike as an explosion is seen behind with Bronya and a HOMU doll flying off.

» Set Bonuses «

Temporary Female Lead (2-pc)

▸ When weapon skill hits, grants 1 stack of Spotlight that increases Fire DMG by 8.0%.

▸ Can only be triggered once per second and can stack 3 times.

▸ At max stacks, all team members deal 30.0% more Fire DMG to ignited enemies for 20s.

Spotlight Indicator. It looks like a burning cabbage.

Something extremely nice about this is that, the spinning chakram (+ enhanced by ULT) that forms after knocking back the 3 chakram units effectively refreshes the Spotlight stacks.

Idol Spirit (3-pc)

▸ Weapon active deals 15.0% more Fire DMG.

▸ When an ignited enemy is hit by a team member, it will receive 35.0% more Fire DMG for 5s.

▸ Triggering it again resets the duration.

▸ Chrono Navi equip bonus: Igniting enemies will make them receive 20.0% more ignite DMG for 10s.

✦ Stigmata Comparison ✦

» Team Lineup «

▸ All 3 combatants are equipped with their maxed signature sets.

▸ S1 Herrscher of Flamescion || S3 Azure Empyrea || SSS Chrono Navi

▸ No ELF was used.

▸ No Emblem was used.

▸ No Divine Key activated.

▸ Dorm Bonuses (at Lv.38): HP: 1092 ATK: 169 DEF: 229 CRT: 20

The rotation used is as follows:

▸ HoF: EVA ➝ Charged ATK

▸ AE: QTE ➝ Weapon Active ➝ Charged ATK ➝ ULT

▸ CN: QTE ➝ Weapon Active 3x ➝ ULT

▸ HoF: QTE ➝ Weapon Active ➝ Charged ATK ➝ In Herrscher Form ➝ 4-SEQ Basic ATK ➝ Charged ATK ➝ ULT

» Stigmata Check «

Note:

▸ All tests end at 25s and are done 3 times where the highest DMG is taken for the charts. Some may not be consistent but they don't stray that far away from their average DMG.

▸ Glut T may or may not perform better if you collect the candies. During the test, I didn't really bother gathering the candies.

▸ The rotation is done specifically for HoF to end with her burst just before AE's buff ends. Otherwise, she'll deal less DMG.

▸ The team faces against a MECH-type enemy which means both HoF & AE benefit from the 30% type counter DMG while it is neutral for CN.

These 10 sets were chosen accordingly across 26 tested sets.

Signature Set: Ai TMB

Alternative Economic:

▸ No Ai stigmata: Aslaug TMB, Turg TB Mei M

▸ With Ai stigmata: Ai TM Newt B, Ai T Mei M Newt B (see more combinations on the list)

Alternative F2P Set: JST TM Newt B, Glut T Mei M Newt B

Beginner: Fu Hua TMB, Glut T Fu Hua MB, Wang Zhaojun TMB

▸ Ai TMB allows the team provide the highest DMG output which is unsurprising.

▸ For alternative with no Ai stigmata, Aslaug TMB could work but it means you're taking it away from MA so if you're putting her in the same team, Turg TB Mei M is the next best set.

▸ If you have an Ai stigmata: Ai TM Newt B, Ai TB Mei M, and Ai T Mei M Newt B are the top 3 which pretty much needs the T-pc and can easily be paired up with either Mei M or Newt B.

▸ There's little difference between JST TM Newt B and Glut T Mei M Newt B so you can use which one you own.

▸ For Beginners, Fu Hua TMB is your best bet since it can easily be forged as a basic stigmata.

Λ All Tested Sets Λ

▸ For easier comparison, see the breakdown below between 1-pc Ai stigmata, 2-pc Ai stigmata, and non-Ai stigmata sets.

Λ 1-pc Ai Stigmata Λ

▸ While B is more important due to its effects, with mixing having Ai T fares better because you can mix it with a 2-pc of a different set and that Mei M & Newt B are just universally paired up due to their skills.

Λ 2-pc Ai Stigmata Λ

▸ Ai TM Newt B is the best 2-pc Ai stigmata and 3rd best overall in the testing with ~8% difference. Newt B really is carrying hard.

▸ There's minimal difference between Ai TB Mei M and Ai TB Aslaug M with the former doing better. Both around ~14% away from the signature set.

Λ Non-Ai Stigmata Λ

▸ Surprisingly, Aslaug TMB performed better with around ~5% difference although if you're putting MA in the same team, you'd rather not take away the set from her.

▸ Following is Turg TB Mei M with a difference of ~9% and would be considered the second best since Turg is a universal elem set.

✦ Valkyrie Recommendation ✦

» Ai: Blade Supreme (T) «

· [Chrono Navi] Ai Hyperion Λ ·

This stigma can increase CN's Fire DMG and due to her skill mechanism, she can automatically release charged attacks through QTE in a rotation. With her playstyle along with ULT, her Fire team members can benefit from increased TDM.

· [Midnight Absinthe] Natasha Cioara ·

MA's ULT and charged attack can trigger bonuses much like CN only limited since in a fast rotation, CN can hit up to 3 times while MA is limited to two and might only use 1 WA hit.

» Ai: Kurikara (M) «

· [Chrono Navi] Ai Hyperion Λ ·

Since CN can ignite enemies on her own through WA and/or ULT, she greatly benefits by gaining more Fire DMG without conditions, additional Ignite Trauma, and TDM reduction.

» Ai: Project Bunny (B) «

· [Chrono Navi] Ai Hyperion Λ ·

Unlike T-pc, this stigma provides increased TDM unconditionally and since CN can automatically release charged attack and trigger the special weapon skill through QTE in a rotation, she greatly benefits from it.

· [Reverist Calico] Pardofelis ·

Since it provides increased TDM unconditionally, even RC can benefit from this. If she has Fire team members they can benefit from increased Fire DMG since her rotation also revolves around her WA & ULT.

✦ Final Notes ✦

▸ Idol Transformation is a new stigma set that will appear in v6.2. Being tailor-made for Chrono Navi, it provides her with an additional bonus in tandem with her passive skill that allows her to deal more Fire DMG to ignited enemies. Aside from that, the weapon in general boosts the user's and the team members' TDM.

▸ Is it worth pulling Ai set? Yes but only if you don't have other gacha-only sets like Aslaug (or that Raven is using it) and Turgenev. The highest alternative F2P set is JST TM Newt B at around ~85% of the full set's DMG. The highest all-craftable set is JST TMB at ~75% though the difference between it and Fu Hua TMB (which is easier to craft) is roughly ~2%.

▸ Should you pull for Ai set? Yes but only if you plan on investing on Ai as your main Fire Support Her skills and her signature set works perfectly due to being able to ignite enemies. Her rotation is also pretty quick since you would rely mostly on her QTE + WA + ULT before immediately switching out to your DPS. You can still use other alternative stigmata but their output would be less since her set provides more DMG for ignited enemies. Just remember supports last longer than DPS~

▸ What's the 1-pc stigmata priority? B > T > M. The reasoning for this is that B-pc needs less conditions for trigger and that it universally increases TDM and Fire DMG unlike T-pc despite providing near same skill effects. While M's skill for increasing Fire DMG is higher than TB and does not require a condition, the other two provide TDM which is more important. But if you remember from the tested chart, there's at least two T-pc tested and both ranked higher than the B-pc where the M-pc also fared better. It's mostly because their paired up 2-pc set skill effect is triggered and that Mei M & Newt B are part of the universal F2P set. Alone, B is more important especially if planning to get 2-pc though in terms of mixing T would've been the better choice.

▸ What's the 2-pc stigmata priority? TB > MB > TM (unless you have Newt B). Going back, TB have similar skill effects just that B has less condition for triggering. Both are activated through WA & ULT where CN's playstyle revolves around. Compared to TB sets, MB lags behind since M doesn't offer as much TDM. Now TM is last because there isn't much good B-pc that's as good as the signature one with the highest priority. As seen in the chart, the third best set is Ai TM Newt B and it only works because of Newt B itself, apart from that, it would be better to use a different set or use a placeholder B-pc.

This is the end of my [Idol Transformation] Herrscher of Cabbage Ai stigmata set guide! I hope this helped Captains with making decisions whether to pull or not to pull for Miss Ai's signature set. Good luck to those who plan to pull for her equipment!

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