Perlica Guide and Best Build

Kit Intro

Perlica is a 5-star, Electric, Arts Unit support damage dealer who specializes in forcibly applying Electrification without the need to consume any Arts Inflictions or spend any SP thanks to her Combo Skill. Said Combo Skill is also exceptionally easy to trigger, only requiring the controlled operator to land a Final Strike. This, combined with the fact that the Electrification she applies causes enemies to take extra Arts damage from all major elements except Physical, means it’s always viable to slot Perlica into any Arts damage-based team as long as you time her Combo Skill to trigger right before the team's major burst damage.

On top of her flexible Combo Skill, Perlica also has solid damage output herself thanks to a combination of good multipliers across her main skills. Another point of versatility is her ability to play into either Arts reactions or Electric burst with the Electric Infliction of her Battle Skill. You can choose to invest SP into her, or not; either option is viable depending on the team's requirements.

Last but not least, Perlica gains a large boost to her supportive capabilities due to her weapon type being Arts Units. There are multiple very strong options Perlica can use to buff herself or the team, further solidifying her value as either a sub DPS or capable supporter of the compositions she plays within.

Combo

Perlica’s Combo Skill is the cornerstone of her kit and a large part of the reason to bring her to many teams. It has a decently long cooldown but only requires the controlled operator to perform a Final Strike on an enemy to trigger, which is very easy to fulfill. Using the Combo skill deals Electric damage, some Stagger, and forcibly applies Electrification to the target while ignoring all Arts Inflictions present on the enemy. At base, the forced Electrification has the effect of a 1 Infliction Electrification, but with a much shorter duration of 5 seconds. The forced Electrification also does not deal any direct damage.

Note: Because the Combo Skill ignores other Inflictions and reactions on the enemy, Perlica can use it without interrupting mono-element teams that would otherwise not be able to access the reaction consistently.

Tip: Despite being forcibly applied, Art's Intensity still affects the Infliction from Perlica’s Combo Skill, improving the stats value in teams that value the damage taken of this debuff highly.

Battle Skill

Perlica’s Battle Skill is less universally useful in most teams, but still worth considering in others, depending on the Inflictions or reactions you’re after. Using it requires the usual 100 SP, deals some Electric damage, Stagger, and applies Electric Infliction to enemies hit. When building Perlica around Arts Intensity to maximize her Electrification debuff, the up-front damage this Battle Skill can deal through Arts burst and reactions can become quite significant in some teams, making it more valuable than it may appear at first glance.

Ultimate

Perlica’s Ultimate is as simple as abilities come; it costs 80 to use, deals a high multiplier hit of Electric damage in an area, and some Stagger. Usually best when saved to be used during enemy Stagger windows to take advantage of one of Perlica’s talents — it should also be aligned to hit while the enemy is suffering from Electrification to increase its damage. The only other nuance to using this ability is the fact that using it can trigger some Arts Units' passives, some of which buff the team, so you may want to align it before other high-burst abilities.

Talents

Perlica’s talents aren’t transformational but can yield some nice bonuses. The first, Obliteration Protocol, is the more generic of the two and increases damage dealt to Staggered enemies by +30%, which is the same stat as DMG% vs Staggered, and stacks additively with stats like Electric DMG%. This is a nice boost that encourages the use of large abilities like Perlica’s Ultimate during Stagger windows.

Perlica’s other talent, Cycle Protocol, causes her Combo Skill to chain to another enemy when used against an enemy with Vulnerable on them. This chain allows her to hit and afflict two enemies with her combo instead of the usual one. Perlica can sometimes find herself in teams with Vulnerability stacks, but it’s definitely not common, as those teams are usually focused around Physical damage, which Perlica isn’t able to synergize well with. Because of that, this talent is on the more niche side.

Gameplay

Perlica’s gameplay changes depending on the team you’re playing her in, but here are some general guidelines you can follow and work around as a base:

• Time Perlica’s Combo Skill for before high damage scenarios in teams that bring her for her Electrification debuff.

• Use Perlica’s Ultimate while Electrification is applied and ideally during Stagger. When using an Arts Unit that buffs the team after activating Ultimate, align its use to be before allies' major burst abilities, but still during Electrification.

• Manage Perlica’s Combo Skill cooldown so you don’t lose out on activations by holding it unnecessarily, but also ensure you don’t use it too early that expires before you deal the majority of your damage.

• If your team requires Electric Infliction, use Perlica’s Battle Skill as needed.

Tip: In teams that use Electrification for other purposes, like Arts reaction consumption teams, including characters like Arclight or Wulfgard, you can be more liberal with deploying Perlica’s Combo Skill to maximize total consumptions in a fight.