Elysian Realm Guide - Dea Anchora
New Core Signets: Eden, Sakura, Su
Happy New Year! I'm back in the Beta server 
So here's my guide on one of the new Elysian Realm characters, Dea Anchora. Something to note is that Elysian Realm has been made a lot easier for difficulty 80 and below, so hopefully more FTP people will be able to get rewards now.
I'll only be looking at Elysian Realm and related features in this guide, so this won't apply to other game systems.
(Everything in this beta guide is subject to change)
Gear used: S rank
Endothermic Lance lvl 50 and Bringer of Light set - Difficulty 80 and below
Sagittarius Astra and Shakespear Adrift set - Difficulty 90+
• Table of Contents •
1. Basic Summary
2. Special Adjustments
3. Exclusive Signets
4. Recommended Signets
5. Other
a. Playstyle
b. Support Valkyries
c. Remembrance Sigils
6. Alternate Build
Basic Summary
Dea Anchora is a BIO type Fire damage dealer that focuses mainly on ultimates. These ultimates have many different effects and names, and signets may only affect certain ones, so I'll try to go through them here.
Dea Anchora has two modes, normal and Astral Harness. To enter Astral Harness mode, you need 200 Astrum. You get 50 Astrum with each use of her ult, or when activating [Blessing of Halo].
Astrum bar at 100 Astrum, above the HP bar
With enough Astrum, you can press and hold the attack button to enter Astral Harness, which restores 30 SP. During Astral Harness mode, Astrum is consumed at a rate of about 20/s.
Entering Astral Harness
The ultimate has 5 different attacks, Astral Flares, Voidstar Anchor, Astral Flares EX, Voidstar Anchor EX and Seiros Ballista.
Astral Flares and Voidstar Anchor are cast in normal mode. Flares is used when she is attacking with punches (0 - 2 sequences of basic atk) and Anchor is when she is attacking with lances (3 - 5 seq of basic atk). Anchor can also be connected immediately after Flares, and Flares right after Anchor.
Astral Flares
Voidstar Anchor
In Astral Harness, EX versions of Astral Flares and Voidstar Anchor can be used. They function similarly to the non-EX versions, but are stronger and only 2 can be chained together in a row. Certain signets may also only affect the EX versions, like [Brilliance] and [Sheen]. Using these pauses Astrum consumption, unless you have the signet [Blessing of Sheen].
Astral Flares EX
Voidstar Anchor EX
When chaining together 3 ultimates in a row during Astral Harness, Seiros Ballista is used instead. Using Seiros Ballista ends Astral Harness and sets Astrum to 0 unless you have [Blessing of Sheen]. Seiros Ballista also uses up any available SP (max of 35 SP, or 65 with [Sheen]) to do extra fire damage, 60% per SP spent (70% with [Sheen+]).
Seiros Ballista
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.
Dea Anchora'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.
- Voidstar Anchor and Astral Flares cost 12 SP instead
These moves usually cost 15 SP, and with the frequency that you use them, the SP saved really adds up. Additionally, this cheaper cost allows you to get enough Astrum to activate Astral Harness right at the start. This also doesn't affect the EX versions.
Exclusive Signets
Dea Anchora's exclusive signets are focused on the different aspects of her Ult.
Blessing of Brilliance
Upgrade bonus: 800% DMG > 1200% DMG
Note: The signet should say Voidstar Anchor EX
Blessing of Gale
Upgrade bonus: If hitting ignited enemies, Seiros Ballista returns extra SP cost (20 max)
Blessing of Halo
Upgrade bonus: 2000% bonus DMG > 2800% bonus DMG
Blessing of Sheen
Upgrade bonus: Every SP cost deals extra 70% ATK of Fire DMG
Blessing of Stars
Upgrade bonus: Voidstar Anchor, Astral Flares and their EX versions all boost Valkyrie's Fire DMG by 20% for 5s. Can be refreshed.
Recommended Signets
This is just one build I really like, I'll briefly go over another possible build near the end.
(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 Brilliance
Getting to cast the EX ults for free and restore SP at the same time works so well with both Eden and Kevin signets. Since it costs no SP and has no CD, you can use it as many times as you want (avoid using Seiros Ballista), thus trigerring Kevin's signets with basically 100% uptime. The secondary bonus of extra damage every 30 SP restores also works well with Eden's old core [Aria] as they both focus on SP recovery.
As casting the EX ults also pauses Astrum consumption, this allows you to stay in Astral Harness nearly indefinitely. Even after it ends, the SP restored from attacks should easily allow you to enter it again.
Second choice:
Blessing of Stars > Blessing of Gale
As your main DPS will come from ults, Blessing of Stars gives the best damage boost out of the other signets. Similar to Kevin's signets, due to the high frequency ults are used, the buff from Stars+ will have 100% uptime.
Since you spend so long in Astral Harness, Blessing of Gale is the next best choice for more damage. The ignite will be good especially if you're using the weapon Lucia or have Leeuwenhoek B (or other similar gear), but certain stigmata may already ignite enemies. You may choose to either skip this signet or prioritize it more depending on your gear.
Last choice:
Blessing of Halo
Blessing of Halo does good damage and has gather, which is usually very important. However, it has a long cooldown. You could choose to take it earlier if you really value the gather and burst damage, but I definitely wouldn't take it as your first one due to the long downtime.
Don't take (for this build):
Blessing of Sheen
While this blessing isn't bad, in this build in particular you should avoid it because it removes the Astrum freezing when using the EX ults. If you take it late enough in the run it could be fine if you have plenty of SP regen to fuel going in and out of Astral Harness, but generally it's simpler if you just avoid it.
- Flame Chaser Signets -
Kevin
Dea Anchora works amazingly with Kevin's signets, and should specifically aim for his old core, [Blade of the Deliverer]. Since you spam the ult so frequently, you always have the effects and so there's no need for his new one. Additionally, you can ignore taking the enhanced signet [Echo of the Deliverer] as longer duration of buffs is completely unnecessary.
Kevin's signets could probably carry a run by themselves, so definitely prioritize upgrading these if you can. The SP regen signet can also synergize with Blessing of Brilliance's effect.
Eden
For this build, Eden's old core [Aria] is better as the free EX ults mean that stacks of Final Echo won't build up much. Additionally, her core skill is very similar to Blessing of Brilliance's, so by helping one you also help the other.
Not only that, but the free EX ults + the high SP regen means that you'll basically be hoarding large amounts of SP, which lets you get many stack of buffs from Eden's signets. Since you'll end up with a lot of SP regen by the end of the run, focus more on taking the damage boosts than the SP.
Other
Kevin and Eden can carry the run by themselves, so the other signets you choose are up to you.
Some good choices are:
Hua - Either core set
This is if you're worried about the Nihilus fight at the end, though for difficulty 80 and below it doesn't inflict IMG taint so you should be fine. Dea Anchora can also stun with her lance skills, so only take this if you either want the damage buffs or think you really need the help.
Sakura - New core set, [Setsuna Blade: Yasha]
As mentioned in my guide on the new core sets, the new Sakura core set is very versatile for any character, and can be good if you don't know what else to take.
- Playstyle -
Start with using the Ult 4 times to get enough Astrum to enter Astral Harness.
When in Astral Harness, use the ult 2 times then break the combo with either a normal attack or a dodge, so that you don't use Seiros Ballista.
Repeat this cycle until you get low on Astrum, then use Seiros Ballista for some good damage.
Use the ult another 4 times to enter Astral Harness and repeat.
- Support Valkyries -
VC for gather, BKE for damage
- Remembrance Sigils -
Early Game: Kevin's [Burden]
Late Game: Eden's [Gold Goblet]
Final Boss: Depends on whose other signets you take, or which passive buff you like. You all are smart, I trust you :)
- Alternate Build -
This build takes advantage of the frequent SP spending from using ults to maintain Eden's Final Echo state.
Exclusive Signets
Blessing of Sheen > Gale > Stars > Halo
As we want to spend SP with this build, we don't want Brilliance, since it lowers SP costs. Instead, we can go for Sheen, which allows Seiros Ballista to do more damage and use more SP, as well as be used more often. Seiros Ballista can be used twice per Astral Harness, assuming there are no interruptions.
After that, Gale is a good choice, especially with Gale+, as it gives back some SP after using Seiros Ballista, and lets it do more damage.
Stars also lets the Ballista do more, as well as the other ults.
Halo is last for the same reasoning as the other build, but if you like it it's fine to take.
Once again, try to avoid Brilliance with this build, but if you end up with it, you can use the ult 6-8 times before entering Astral Harness to compensate for the SP spending.
Flame-Chaser Signets
Eden and Kevin
This build works around Eden's new core set, [Echo], which has a focus on spending SP. In order to fuel this spending, try to get Kevin's SP regen signet quickly, then go for Eden's core and enhanced. For Eden's general signets, focus more on the regen as you'll be hoarding much less SP than the other build, and probably need the regen anyways.
Kevin's signet recommendations are the same as the previous build for the same reasons, though due to Seiros Ballista's longer animation, there may be some slight downtime. Shouldn't be too much of a problem though.
Playstyle
Like the other build, start with 4 ults into Astral Harness. Then, spam ults (as long as you have SP), which should get you a max of 2 Seiros Ballistas. If needed, normal attack to build up SP and repeat the cycle. This build is stronger late game once you get good amounts of SP regen.
Supports and Sigils
Support valkyries should be VC and LE early on, then switch LE for BKE as you get more SP regen. Alternatively, you could stick with LE throughout.
Sigils should be [Gold Goblet] followed by [Burden], then Eden's [Goold Old Days] at the end for the extra SP after using Seiros Ballista.
i don't use Dea Anchora much so coming into this and having all the different move names thrown at me was quite confusing, I hope my intro made it easier to understand. Please tell me if you like it and if you'd like me to do it with more characters, right now I'm just doing it with newer/more complicated characters.
As I mentioned before, they greatly decreased the difficulty of Elysian Realm, I was even able to do difficulty 80 with an ER of lvl 1 (out of 15) and completely FTP gear. I'm not sure how I feel about the change, but I'm glad more people will be able to get the rewards now.
Feel free to share your own experiences and recommendations in the comments below, and check out my other guides!
Thanks for reading!
New Core Signets: Eden, Sakura, Su
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