VelaraInformation and Guide

Velara is a S-Rank Wilder Support whose main gimmick is using her 4 Magic Circles on each corner of the battlefield to give shields to allies and either heal them or debuff enemies instead. After charging the Circles, she gets to steal enemy stats for the team, acting as a powerful buffer.

Her Ultimate, Ruthless Rite, has both passive and active states, and is by far the most relevant part of her kit.

The Passive happens at the start of battle, where Velara will summon 4 dormant Magic Circles on each corner of the map. Each Circle requires 1000 Energy to charge, and when it awakens, it will either heal allies or debuff enemies.

The Active has Velara transfer her Energy to one of the dormant Circles until it awakens. When all 4 Circles are awakened their effects cover the entire battlefield and Steals Stats from all enemies to allies limited to up to 50% of Velara’s own basic stats (HP, ATK, Phys DEF and Magic DEF). This effect always transfers the full 50% stats in bossing content.

Her first skill, Sinbound Shackles, is a single target skill with Immobilize that targets the enemy DPS, massively reducing both enemy Haste and Phys/Magic DEF, though notably, this does not affect True damage or HP Drain damage.

Her second skill, Merciful Harvest, is a passive that allows some level of control over which Circle to awaken first based on her positioning at start of battle and increasing Energy gain for the rest of the Circles based on Stat Reduction debuffs on enemies.

Now, for a quick overview of his performance in the various game modes:

• Story and AFK stages – Velara is used mostly for her Haste debuff here, though if the battle goes on long enough it is still possible to activate her Stat Stealing effect, it just takes a while to get going. Works at 1 dupe, if using her as a debuffer.

• Dream Realm –  Dream Realm is where Velara has the most potential to shine, as she is the single best Attack buffer in the game once she gets her Magic Circles going, though this only happens roughly halfway through the battles due to how slow they are to charge. She also does not buff Haste like Mikola or Smokey, just ATK and defensive stats.

• PVP – In PVP, Velara is just far too slow, as she needs to activate her Ultimate 4 times to even get the full use out of her kit, else she is just a Haste debuff bot with some healing.

Investment

Valera’s base kit already works at 1 dupe, and this is fine for using her as a pure debuffer.

• Legendary+ gives her extra Haste.

• Mythic+ gives her some extra shielding potential and a negligible damage increase.

• EX+10 allows this effect to trigger every 10s over the course of a battle.

• Supreme+ allows Velara to make allies unaffected and increases their damage slightly every time she casts her Ultimate.

Due to her buffs being tied directly to her stats, that means we want S+ EX+10, or even EX +20 just for the stats alone. Technically, the most important parts of her kit are already active at 1 copy, but she needs high investment to get the stats to make use of it.

Conclusion

Velara is a debuffer with some healing, who can also become a powerful buffer if the battle goes on long enough. She has great potential in Dream Realm and some usage in AFK stages. Pull for her if you want better scores in Dream Realm, or if you want to make Indris even slightly more relevant.