Elysian Realm Guide - Herrscher of Sentience
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Yatta! The best birb is here! This guide will go over suggested Elysian builds for the Herrscher of Sentience, or HoS for short. I'll only be looking at Elysian Realm and related features in this guide, so this won't apply to other game systems.
Gear used: S rank, SentiencePRI lvl65, full Raksha set
• Table of Contents •
1. Basic Summary
2. Special Adjustments
3. Exclusive Signets
4. Recommended Signets
5. Other
a. Playstyle
a. Support Valkyries
a. Remembrance Sigils
Basic Summary
Herrscher of Sentience is a strong, physical damage dealer. In my opinion one of the best currently available due to her strong gather, which allows her to not have to rely on VC support. Together with the new Kevin core signets, she's a very strong valk and can work with nearly any signet combination. This summary just shows one possible combination that I found to work well.
Special Adjustments
Every character has certain special adjustments in Elysian Realm to make it both easier for newer players to use them and to allow them to fight solo in the realm.
Herrscher of Sentience's Special Adjustments are:
- Valkyrie stats and skill level are adjusted to Lv. 80 equivalent
This is the same for all Elysian Realm valkyries, to put them on a level playing field.
- Weapon switch ATK in normal form and Combo ATK in Herrscher form restore 2% max HP on hit. CD: 0.5s
This is some nice survivability, these are attacks you'll use very frequently and 2% is quite a bit. Combined with her shield and invincibility frames when using combo attacks, she does very well.
- Herrscher form grants 70% bonus total DMG reduction
This offers a good reason to be in Herrscher mode as much as possible (besides the high damage and good gather) and also lets you spam her combo ATK without worrying too much about HP.
Exclusive Signets
HoS' exclusive signets are focused on her combo attacks in both Herrscher and non-Herrscher mode.
Blessing of Dark Plumes
Upgrade bonus: Enemies hit take 30% bonus total DMG for 5s
Blessing of Legion
Upgrade bonus: Total DMG boost 60% > 80%
Blessing of Ego
Upgrade bonus: Illusion ATK 400% > 500%
Blessing of Supremacy
Upgrade bonus: Shield CD reduced to 8s from 12s
Blessing of Victory
Upgrade bonus: Slashes deal 600% > 750% bonus DMG
Recommended Signets
(These recommendations are just what I personally found fun, feel free to experiment and put your own recommendations in the comments below!)
- Exclusive Signets -
Most important:
Blessing of Ego and Blessing of Victory
This signet buffs both Herrscher and non-Herrscher modes, making it versatile and an ideal first choice. The illusion also counts as a summon, which synergizes with Mobius signets, especially those that buff summon damage.
Blessing of Victory gives a high damage boost during ultimates, which helps greatly since the current round of challenges is very ult focused.
Second choice:
Blessing of Legion or Blessing of Dark Plumes
Blessing of Legion is fun because it allows for endless cycling between the different combo attacks, which helps during the downtime of ults. However, if you have enough SP then there's basically no downtime, so some people may prefer Dark Plumes instead.
Dark Plumes gives a small DPS boost and a good SP boost during combo attacks. This also applies to attacks during Herrscher mode. It's most recommended if you don't have her signature weapon and need some extra SP. The upgrade is also nice because it boosts overall damage of other attacks as well.
I personally prefer Legion, but numbers-wise, Dark Plumes is probably better.
Last choice:
Blessing of Supremacy
While this blessing is also really good, with high damage plus some defense, the long CD of 12s (8s with the upgrade) means that the other signets are more worth your time.
- Flame Chaser Signets -
HoS can actually work with nearly any Flame-Chaser, depending on playstyle. I'll talk about the 3 I recommend most in detail, then briefly mention some of the others and how they work.
Kevin
With the addition of Kevin's new core signet, he's become one of the best Flame-Chasers to go for. HoS in particular can activate it within just one ult, and gets very frequent ult usage. The best to go for are the physical offensive buffs, and try to get the core [Shadow of the Deliverer] as soon as possible. Also try to upgrade these in the shop if able!
Mobius
Since the illusion from Blessing of Ego counts as a summon, Mobius' signet buffing summon's damage is a priority. Aside from that, you should only go for the core if you can get all of her enhanced signets. Mobius' signets are some of the strongest, but they require all of the enhanced signets to really shine. Additionally, if you do that, take support valks with short CDs, like VC, BKE or DP.
Eden
If you're not planning on going for Mobius' core, Eden is a good alternative. Because of HoS' high SP regen, Eden, especially her core, is good for some bonus damage. Her signets that buff DMG based on SP are also good for some extra DPS.
Additionally, if you don't happen to have HoS' signature gear, Eden's SP regen signets will be good for fueling the frequent ult usage.
Other
- Su
HoS' attacks can rack up combo hits pretty quickly, particularly the sword combo, spear normal/combo and the chain whip combo.
- Sakura
Since HoS can trigger evasion on demand, this allows Sakura's signets to work well. An extra evasion charge is also helpful for more SP regen from the feathers.
- Hua
Hua's signets are good all-around signets that you can take if you're worried about your health. You can either take the old core with [Resolve] sigil, or the new one.
- Kalpas
Kalpas is probably the only Flame-Chaser that doesn't really work with HoS that well, so you can just avoid him.
Other
- Playstyle -
In general, use combo attacks until you have enough SP to ult
More specifically, during her ult, the attack pattern is slightly different depending on if you have Blessing of Victory
Normal pattern: Gather (press ult) > Combo atk > Combo atk > Gather > Combo atk
Blessing of Victory: Gather > Combo atk > normal atk until gather is off CD > Combo atk
Notably, the challenge that increases ult CDs by 20% doesn't seem to affect her, even though the CD reduction from the sigil Abandoned does.
- Support Valkyries -
HoS doesn't actually need to rely on support valks, so it doesn't particularly matter who you choose.
If you plan on taking Mobius' signets though, bring either BKE, DP or VC, as they have the shortest CDs.
If you feel lacking in SP regen or just want a quicker ult, you can bring LE to help.
- Remembrance Sigils -
Since HoS can work with nearly any Flame-Chaser, you can also bring nearly any signet to match. In my recommendation, I'll assume you're going for Kevin and Mobius signets to make it easier.
Early Game: [Burden] / [Abandoned]
Late Game: [Forbidden Seed] / [The First Scale]
Final Boss: [The First Scale]
Here's a special bonus video, my attempt at fighting Nihilus and Elysia on difficulty 110, demonstrating that HoS is truly best girl
43.5 million damage, easy 
Honestly though, if HoS isn't for you then that's fine too, I'm most definitely biased, especially with my full set of gear. If you have alternative weapon/stigmata combinations, tell me in the comments and I'll test it out and see how it does (if I have the gear).
Feel free to share your own experiences and recommendations in the comments below, and check out my other guides!
Thanks for reading!
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