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Hello and welcome to this Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime - Helia Guide!
I hope I'll be able to help you, let's start!
✦ Table of contents ✦
Short Overview
Abbrevations & Help
How to obtain?
Kit & Skills
Support Potential
Team & Rotations
Gameplay examples
Conclusion
✦ Short Overview ✦
✦ Abbrevations & Help ✦
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Some notable abbrevations you might see in this Guide:
Astral Ring
AR - Astral Ring
SO - Stellar Outburst
GoI - Grail of Infinitude
LoA - Law of Ascension
Valkyries
PA - Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime - Helia
PS - Peregrine Sword - Li Sushang
FWS - Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star - Kiana Kaslana
RS - Reign Solaris - Durandal
HHE - Herrscher of Human: Ego - Elysia
Here are some guides if you struggle with parts of Helia's kit:
Astral Ring System (probably making an updated one next patch):
Law of Ascension
Grail of Infinitude
[to be added]
Relevant Supports
✦ How to obtain? ✦
Helia can only be obtained in gacha, her first supply will be in 8.3:
It's a normal expansion banner, meaning you're guaranteed to get her within 90 pulls.
...or whatever your current expansion pity is.
The first 10 pulls on the supply have a 50% discount.
During that time her equipment also has its first supply:
You're guaranteed to get her weapon within 60 pulls.
Meanwhile you're guaranteed to get one of her Stigmata or her Weapon ever 10 pulls.
On the global servers, these supplies release on June 26th and end on August 8th.
✦ Kit & Skills ✦
*these numbers are based on S0 lvl 80
Fire everywhere just to be lightning
✧ General information ✧
Typing: Lightning / BIO
Weapon type: Rapid-Shot Crossbow
AR Protection: Grail of Infinitude
Additional AR tags: Law of Ascension
Helia deals 10% additional DMG to PSY-type enemies.
Gain 1 stack of Stellar Drain when entering or Stellar Outburst ends. Stellar Drain can be consumed by using her Ultimate and restores 10 Astral Ring Intensity.
This regeneration is increased by 10 if Grail of Infinitude or Law of Ascension is active.
🟄 Leader Skill
When choosing Helia as leader...
✧ Activates Astral Ring Specialization: Grail of Infinitude
✧ Stellar Outburst requires 175 AR Intensity; Stellar Outburst lasts 30s and has 27s CD.
Helia gains buffs depending on the amount of team members with Heavenly Shift tag.
✧ 1 member: 10% Lightning DMG
✧ 2 members: +200 max SP during Stellar Outburst
✧ 3 members: +430 max SP during Stellar Outburst, 16% Lightning DMG vulnerability (independent)
✧ During AR Charging: Each time an Ultimate is used 2.5 AR Intesity is regenerated.
✧ Ultimates of teammates with Symbiosis trait inflict 9 Paralyze Trauma (3s CD per character)
Additionally she gets some DMG buffs.
✧ Special Bar: Scorch ✧
Helia has a bar above her HP bar showing her current Scorch.
It starts at 0 and caps at 3. Any charge is cleared upon exit or entering Stellar Outburst.
Scorch stacks are gained by using Ultimates.
They're used to launch Helia's Combo ATK.
Visuals:
0 stacks
1 stack
3 stacks
✧ QTE ✧
Switch to Helia when enemy is Time-Slowed or when a Weapon Skill or Ultimate is cast to cast her QTE
Deals a total of 1000% + 570%* ATK of Lightning DMG; triggers 2s of Global Time Fracture
*the second part is the DMG that's considered Drifting Edge DMG
✧ Weapon Skill ✧
Tap [WA] to use Helia's Weapon Skill
CD: 15s | SP: 0
Deals a total of 300% + 1260% ATK of Lightning DMG; triggers her Ultimate Evasion Skill
✧ Ultimates ✧
Tap [ULT] on the ground to use Helia's Ultimates.
Helia has 3 Ultimate Sequences, depending on the current Scorch stacks.
SEQ 1: Deals a total of 1800% + 180% of Lightning DMG; grants one Scorch stack; triggers 3s of Global Time Fracture; inflicts 12 Paralyze Trauma
SEQ 2: Deals a total of 1930% + 510% of Lightning DMG; grants one Scorch stack; triggers 3s of Global Time Fracture; inflicts 12 Paralyze Trauma
SEQ 3: Deals a total of 1065% + 150% of Lightning DMG; grants one Scorch stack; triggers 3s of Global Time Fracture; inflicts 12 Paralyze Trauma
Casting any of these Ultimates consumed Helia's Stellar Drain and makes her gain Floating Pivot for 10s, which is removed on exit.
In Floating Pivot Basic ATK and Downward ATK can trigger Drifting Edge.
✧ Basic ATK ✧
Tap [ATK] on the ground to use Helia's Basic ATKs
Helia has 3 Basic ATK Sequences
SEQ 1: Deals 120% + 150%* of Lightning DMG
SEQ 2: Deals a total of 360% + 210%* of Lightning DMG
SEQ 3: Deals a total of 240% + 360%* of Lightning DMG; inflicts 2 Paralyze Trauma
*only available in Floating Pivot (=> Ultimate)
✧ Downward ATK ✧
Tap [ATK] in midair to use Helia's Downward ATK
Deals a total of 600% + 120%* ATK of Lightning DMG
*only available in Floating Pivot (=> Ultimate)
✧ Evasion ✧
Tap [EVA] to use Helia's Evasion Skill.
Deals 150% ATK of Lightning DMG in Floating Pivot state.
Tap [EVA] (or jump) to evade. Evade attacks timely to trigger Helia's Ultimate Evasion Skill
CD: 15s
Triggers 3s of Global Time Fracture
✧ Combo ATK ✧
At maxed Scorch hold [ATK] to use Helia's Combo ATK
Consumes all Scorch; deals a total of 4000% + 330% ATK of Lightning DMG
This ATK triggers teammates' QTEs on hit.
✧ Grail of Infinitude ✧
If Helia is not the leader the next Ultimate after QTE entry costs 0 SP, this effect is lost on exit.
There's currently no other GoI Valkyrie available, but this is what it should look with Helia.
If Helia is the leader teammates wih Symbiosis tag (Grail of Infinitude Support tag) using their Ultimate resets Helia's switch CD and triggers her QTE.
🟄 Stellar Outburst
Tap the AstralOP Ultimate to enter Stellar Outburst for 30s.
Astral Ring Intensity: 175 | Duration / CD: 30s + 27s
Deals 400% ATK of Adaptive (Lightning) DMG; gain Floating Pivot for 30s (=> Ultimate)
After entering Stellar Outburst all teammates share their SP.
The max SP equals the sum of all teammates' max SP + 200. The initial SP are 50% of the max SP.
If Helia is not the leader the first QTE in Stellar Outburst restores all Scorch and the first Combo ATK used restores 140 SP, while the first Ultimate used restores 128 SP.
Upon exiting Stellar Outburst all team members gain as many SP as they had before entering. If Helia is the leader and Facet of Infinitude was triggered three times her SP are increased to 110 if the're below.
🟄 Shining Trace / Facet of Infinitude
If Helia is the leader each Ultimate costs 300 SP instead and deals additonal DMG.
SP consumed by Helia are converted into "Shining Trace". Teammates with Symbiosis tag triggering Ultimate for the first time restores additional 300 Shining Trace.
The current amount of Shining Trace is shown around the SP bar.
The white frame shows her current Shining Trace. Shining Trace caps at 900 and is reset once reaching the cap to trigger Facet of Infinitude, increasing Helia's Lightning DMG (up to 3 stacks)
After triggering Facet of Infinitude twice Helia's Combo ATK and Ultimate deal additional DMG.
After using Combo ATK during Stellar Outburst teammates with Symbiosis tag gain 50% more SP and 100% more Shining Trace until Stellar Outburst ends.
Short Comparison, both start with 192 SP and 0 Shining Trace:
491 SP | 300 Shining Trace
640 SP | 600 Shining Trace
🟄 Link Ultimate
During Stellar Outburst, after casting Combo ATK in Stellar Outburst tap [ULT] to connect into Helia's Link Ultimate.
CD: 0s | SP: 0
*All timers are frozen during this animation
Deals a total of 1800% ATK of Lightning DMG
If Helia is the leader this attack ends Stellar Outburst and restores 40% of the left over time as Astral Ring Intensity with a minimum of 20.
✧ Law of Ascension ✧
Helia triggers the leader's Heavenly Link with:
✧ QTE (one trigger) + restores 15 AR Intensity, 16s CD
✧ Stellar Shift (2 triggers)
dealing 440% ATK of Physical DMG or 880% ATK of Adaptive Elemental DMG each (depending on the leader's Element)
Hitting enemies with her Ultimate resets the leader's switch CD and triggers their QTE.
🟄 Stellar Shift
After entering Stellar Outburst choose one character with Heavenly Shift tag to enter by Stellar Shift. Other characters tagged with Heavenly Shift enter by Stellar Shift (Special QTE) on their next entry.
Deals 4000% ATK of Lightning DMG
This ATK can be connected into her Link Ultimate by tapping [ULT]
✦ Support Potential ✦
*assumes S0 with signature equipment and all relevant buffs active
Feel free to compare the numbers to those of other Supports I covered in the past/future if you're picking out your team
✧ GoI Support ✧
Non-SO full rotation: QTE ➔ Ultimate ➔ switch out
I can't test Stellar Outburst rotation time yet because I can't use her in GoI without putting her as leader.
✧ LoA Support ✧
✧ Short Analysis ✧
Her Support isn't great, but most of the time it's good enough to be a good alternative.
She's stronger for Elemental Valkyries than for Physical Valkyries making her a good alternative for Badum, other than that she currently doesn't have much use.
If you lack a second LoA/GoI Support and have a good team for her she can still help out for sure~
✦ Team & Rotation ✦
Note: Please remember that rotations can always differ based on the boss, the DMG needed and your overall situation. This is only the base rotation, if you want to be sure watch videos of players who know what they're doing.
Also please excuse I cannot feature every possible team, there are way too many.
✧ Grail of Infinitude - Main DPS ✧
Astral Ring Charging (video example: click here)
[Trigger Support QTE, for example PA Ultimate]
Support 1 QTE ➔ usual Support rotation ➔ Ultimate
Support 2 QTE ➔ usual Support rotation ➔ Ultimate
PA QTE ➔ Ultimate ➔ Weapon Skill ➔ Ultimate ➔ Basic ATK x4 ➔ Ultimate ➔ Combo ATK
Stellar Outburst (video example: click here)
Stellar Outburst on PA
PA Ultimate x3 ➔ Combo ATK
Support 1 QTE ➔ usual Support rotation ➔ Ultimate
Support 2 QTE ➔ usual Support rotation ➔ Ultimate
PA Ultimate x3 ➔ Combo ATK ➔ Link Ultimate
✧ Law of Ascension - Support ✧
Astral Ring Charging (video example: click here)
Leader QTE trigger
Support 1 QTE ➔ usual Support rotation
PA QTE ➔ Ultimate
Leader QTE ➔ usual rotaton
Stellar Outburst (video example: click here)
Stellar Outburst
Leader Stellar Shift ➔ usual Stellar Shift rotation
PA Stellar Shift ➔ Link Ultimate
Leader Stellar Shift ➔ usual Stellar Shift rotation
Support 1 Stellar Shift ➔ usual Stellar Shift rotation
Leader QTE ➔ usual rotation
Note: if this is not your last Stellar Outburst QTE into Helia after the Leader's second Stellar Shift before continuing to trigger the Intensity regeneration. Often you also want to start with a Support Stellar Shift to trigger it even earlier so the CD is over sooner, very situational.
✦ Gameplay Examples ✦
Videos by herrscherofslack, thank you for allowing me to use them!
✦ Conclusion ✦
Is Helia a good pull?
She's a pretty average Part 2 Valkyrie. Her Support is alright, she doesn't exactly stick out anywhere and her DMG is okay as well.
She only has 2 tags, but she also has a locked skill, possibly for a future Valkyrie she can be paired with. So if you're going to get her I'd recommend preparing crystals for the case her locked skill actually is bound to a future character.
The rest depends on your account - you really need 2 QoI supports to make use of her, if you have that and feel like Helia can be of use for you she'll most likely be a good investment:)
Credits
- Thanks to Cyxo and Alpaca for the pictures of Valkyrie icons and such!
- Website for official wallpapers in case you're interested, here
- Love to Inari as always, you're the best
- Thanks to herrscherofslack for allowing me to use his videos!
Thank you for reading my guide, I hope I was able to help you!
Have a great day and fun with Helia~ 
