Elysian Realm Guide - Bright Knight: Excelsis
Hello! In this guide, I'll be covering one of the new Elysian Realm characters, Bright Knight: Excelsis, who I'll be referring to as BKE. 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)
• Table of Contents •
1. Basic Summary
2. Special Adjustments
3. Exclusive Signets
4. Recommended Signets
Basic Summary
BKE is a MECH-type, Physical Lance wielder, who focuses on either retaliations and lance skills during burst mode, or looping basic attack sequences 4 and 5.
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.
BKE'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.
- Giuoco's Serenity's regen effect is not limited by stage effects
Giuoco's Serenity is a skill found in the [Evade] section of BKE's skills, and heals 10% of her HP when performing a retaliation, which provides some good survivability. This also applies to using her Retaliation attack in burst mode.
- Cannot be deployed when BKE is on the support team
This is quite self-explanatory, it just slightly reduces the number of support valkyries to choose from.
Exclusive Signets
BKE's exclusive signets are split between burst mode buffs, or normal attack sequence buffs. Depending on which lance you have equipped, as well as your favoured playstyle, you can choose either path.
Blessing of Paragon
Upgrade bonus: Weapon Active shortens Ultimate CD by 5s
Blessing of Formation
Upgrade bonus: Increase maximum number of stacks from 15 to 20
Blessing of Glory
Upgrade bonus: SP cost reduced from 12 to 8
Blessing of Gambit
Upgrade bonus: Physical DMG boost increase from 25% to 40%
Blessing of Holy Lance
Upgrade bonus: Basic ATK SEQ 5 enhanced to deal 4500% ATK of bonus Physical DMG instead of 3500%
Recommended Signets
(These recommendations are just what I personally found fun, feel free to experiment and put your own recommendations in the comments below!)
BKE has two different build options: Buff Normal attacks or Buff Burst mode
Buffing Normal Attacks is recommended if you're using Abyss Flower or its PRI, as the weapon active ends burst mode instantly, so burst mode buffs aren't as effective.
Buffing Burst mode is recommended for any other lance. It is also the stronger of the two builds, so is recommended for Sequence: Real. It provides a bit more stunlock and invincibility than the other build, and has some good healing as well.
- Normal Attack Build -
- Exclusive Signets -
Blessing of Holy Lance > Blessing of Formation > Blessing of Gambit > Other
Blessing of Holy Lance is extremely fun to spam. Abyss Flower can also connect directly to SEQ 4 from its skill, making it even better. Holding the ATK button after SEQ 5 allows you to loop back to SEQ 4 easily, allowing for an easy loop, during which BKE is nearly invincible, though still has to watch out for Nihilus' IMG taint.
Blessing of Formation helps with gather, given that BKE is basically stuck in place while attacking.
While Blessing of Gambit is more of a burst mode buff, it works with the retaliation skill instead of the lance skill, so can work with Abyss Flower. It also provides a good damage boost, and healing from the retaliation skill.
- Flame Chaser Signets -
Su or Hua
Su's signets are getting a buff in this version, and BKE's SEQ 4 with Blessing of Holy Lance hits very fast, letting you get Su's buffs more easily. Priority between Su's different signets is about the same, with offense > defense.
Hua is always good, especially with the [Resolve] Remembrance Sigil vs Nihilus. Once again, priority between Hua's different signets is roughly equal, but obviously elemental DMG/Breach are useless on BKE.
Eden
Eden can help this build in two different ways. If you don't have Blessing of Gambit and thus don't use the Ult, Eden's signets that give buffs for every 10 SP can work well.
If you do use BKE's Ult, Eden's SP regen can be helpful in giving buffs, as well as her core signet giving good damage. Additionally, BKE's SEQ 4 has good SP regen, which will activate Eden's core signet more often.
Sakura
Sakura is best if you use the Ult with retaliation a lot, not a main component for this build. Her signet that gives a bonus evasion charge is good to have though, especially since BKE can heal 10% of her HP each retaliation.
- Playstyle -
SEQ 4 > SEQ 5 > Hold Atk button to loop back to SEQ 4
With Abyss Flower: Use weapon skill whenever possible
- Support Valkyries -
Most of the run: VC and AE for gather
Final Boss: VK for damage, SS or DP for impair, or, if you're confident enough, BR for damage
- Burst Mode Build -
- Exclusive Signets -
Blessing of Gambit > Blessing of Glory > Blessing of Paragon > Other
Blessing of Gambit makes this build really good, it strengthens BKE's already strong retaliation in burst mode. Because it's based on the evasion skill and not the lance skill, this can also be played with Abyss Flower as long as you remember that using the weapon skill ends the burst mode.
If you are using Abyss Flower, Blessing of Glory loses a bit of priority as you can only use the lance skill once per burst mode. If you're using another lance though, this allows you to spam lance skills whenever they're ready, in between retaliations.
Blessing of Paragon doesn't become super good until you get the upgrade, but once you do it allows you to be in burst mode more frequently. You can easily go without it though.
- Flame Chaser Signets -
Sakura
Your top priority is to get the signet that provides an extra evasion charge, and to level it to max as soon as possible. This will provide large amounts of extra damage.
The next important one is an enhanced signet, after you get the core. The one you're looking for is the one that resets weapon skill and ult CD after triggering Sakura Screen, which will allow you to spam her lance skill even more.
Something to watch out for is that you don't take the signet that deals ice damage with each attack if you have the difficulty setting where enemies take less physical damage after receiving elemental damage.
Eden and Kevin
You mainly want Eden for SP regen to fuel burst mode, and Kevin's 3 SP/s after using Ult for the same thing. Kevin's other signets are more helpful than Eden's, but it won't last through the entire burst mode. The enhanced signet with +20% Total DMG in burst mode is nice to have though.
Hua
As always, Hua's core signet with [Resolve] Remembrance Sigil helps greatly against Nihilus.
- Playstyle -
Ult as much as possible, spam retaliation attacks and use lance skills whenever available.
With Abyss Flower: Don't use the lance skill until all evasion charges have been used up, close to the end of burst mode
- Support Valkyries -
Early: LE for SP, VC for gather
Mid: VC for gather, VK for damage or LE if you still need SP
Final Boss: VK for damage, BR if you're confident, SS or DP for impair if you're not confident
I don't have BKE in my normal account, so it was nice getting to experiment with her and see how she plays. Even though the Burst build is almost certainly the stronger one, I still really love the normal attack build, and would recommend at least trying it in lower difficulties.
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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