Should You Pull Skylar?

Skylar is a flex character focused on enabling elemental reactions and Crowd Control. One of her main utilities is reducing Lightning RES of enemies, which makes her best friends with Lightning carry Echomancers. Her versatility, however, is extended to other teams: thanks to her [Radiant Star] summons and low cooldowns, she can consistently barrage enemies and trigger Explosion, Electroconduction and Electrolyze depending on the team.

These characteristics allow Skylar to aid the team both with her innate crowd control with her skill “Chirpy Storm”, or stunning enemies with her Seed skill “Birdies, Assemble!”. Furthermore, while on the debuff side she has Elemental RES shred, due to the nature of her kit focused on elemental reactions, Skylar can easily trigger many Memory Traces who grant extra buffs to the team.

Also, thanks to being a Diamond Archetype (Tactician class), she's also capable of swiftly trigger several stacks of [Inspire] through a myriad of Memory Traces. Some examples include: “Born from Ashes”, “Lucky Find” and “Lawful Cage”.

Skylar may feel a bit awkward and out of place at first. Unlike most characters released so far, she isn’t made to have a team “built” around her. Instead, as a specialist in debuffs and crowd-control, she’s made to fit in a myriad of teams. Almost every team has a character who can benefit from enemies being grouped, and almost any team can benefit from having waves constantly stunned or stuck in place. This is what Skylar is for, but that’s merely a small portion of her potential.

Skylar is a sub-DPS who will spend most of the fight sitting in the back, sending her summons to act for her. She’s better suited to Lightning-related teams and Wet environments, where she can make the most of her natural 30% Lightning RES shred (45% if at dupe 1). She also has a bit of Water RES shred. These two debuffs will shine the most with the Uni + Jean combo, a future team comp that is perfect for Skylar.

When it comes to skills, although her active skill “Chirpy Storm” may be tempting to spam, try to save it for key moments, as it only has four uses. In the meanwhile, “Starry Blast” may not seem like much, but it adds up over time, with Skylar being able to keep up to three [Radiant Star] summons at a time. This aspect of her kit is very interesting as it opens the possibility for two things: The first one is her synergy with the summoner team, especially with her brother Boreas joining the field. The second one is tied to her ultimate, “Birdies, Assemble!”.

When using her Seed skill, Skylar will activate all [Radiant Stars] to deal damage alongside her ultimate, thus creating the possibility of a burst window. Also, the Seed Skill will reduce the CD of [Radiant Stars] by 50%, allowing the auto-skill “Starry Blast” to trigger every 7.5s. Considering that Skylar’s Seed skill already has a very short CD (45s) and with the right traces she’s able to start the battle with it ready to go, it’s easy to imagine how this combo can snowball with the right team comp and build.

Pros & Cons

Dupes

Skylar offers a complete experience at Dupe 0. If you're focusing on teams who have Lightning Echomancers as the main carry (such as Jean + Uni's Electroconduct Team), Skylar's first dupe is worth it.

General Tips

• Thanks to her low cooldown on Ult, Skylar can be placed as a backup in any team and brought in to deal with airborne enemies, barriers and big waves comfortably.
• When using “Chirpy Storm”, remember that it will draw enemies to its center. Use that to your advantage and place the AoE a little behind to increase the distance between the enemies and your terminal, or to simply better group targets into an Elemental zone.
• Barriers, Block Gauges and Shields are different things. Skylar’s ultimate can only delete Barriers, the “dome-like” structures around certain enemies.It will not deplete block gauges. Shields, on the other hand, are much rarer and can be recognized as a white bar integrated to an Echomancer’s HP.

Skill Upgrade Priority

• Her Skill 2, “Starry Blast” should be the priority when leveling her skills. “Chirpy Storm” has CC as its main utility, and a low number of uses. Meanwhile, “Starry Blast” has the same cooldown, infinite uses due to being an auto-skill, more damage and empowers Skylar's summons, allowing her to contribute more as a sub-DPS.

NOTE: Remember you can mix and match Echomancers among all suggestions and alternate options, adjusting based on who you have available.

Team 1

Leader: Freda

THE IAN SIBLINGS & FRIENDS

Hassel

Main-DPS

Skylar

Sub-DPS

Boreas

Support

Freda

Support

Fast and relentless, this team focuses on quick attacks and ult spam, aided by Skylar’s 30% Lightning RES shred (45% if at dupe 1) and the massive amount of buffs from Boreas and Freda combined. If preferred, You can use Lydia instead of Hassel. Survivability should not be a problem considering Boreas’ shield and the consistent Electrolyzed reaction if this team is used in Wet Environment, but if you struggle with that, consider swapping Boreas for a tank.

Back-up Options:

Yuqi

Lydia

Begonia

Felicio

Core Nexus Skills: Shield Infusion, Cheers to Friendship, Seed Overload, Seed Charge

NOTE: If you prioritize using Lydia as the main DPS, make sure to inherit the “Life Anthem” Nexus skill or use the “Starlit Memories” Memory Trace. The gist of it is that you will want to bring as many Square (Bulwark, Vanguard, Striker) Echomancers as possible to trigger that skill.

Memory Traces

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  Lucky Find
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  Beneath The Deception
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  Born From Ashes
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  Silent Yesterday
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  Into The Fantasy
• 

  Growth

Alternative Memory Traces:

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  Happy Hours
• 

  Behind The Curtains
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  Karma
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  Lawful Cage
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  Secret Melody
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  Muscle Building

Team 2

Leader: Skylar

“I CAN FIGHT TOO!”

Skylar

Main-DPS

Yuqi

Tank

Furay & Furney

Elemental Reaction

Freda

Support

Skylar is far from the definition of a ‘main DPS’, but if you like her, she can definitely land a punch and clear content easily, especially when she’s in her favored environment. Speaking of environment, this team is perfectly suited to Wet Environments, and in some cases, such as the “Deep Abyss” Nexus path or the “Shriek Party” joint training, you can even opt to swap away Furay & Furney for another Echomancer of your choice. Skylar’s main damage source comes from her ultimate, so make sure to bring Freda and load Skylar with as many sources of CD reduction as possible.

Back-up Options:

Boreas

Longqing

Core Nexus Skills: Class Link (Diamond), Life Anthem, Seed Overload, Seed Charge

Memory Traces

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  Beneath The Deception
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  Lucky Find
• 

  Starlit Memories
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  Born From Ashes
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  My Vision Is Clear!
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  Into The Fantasy

Alternative Memory Traces:

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  Happy Hours
• 

  Behind The Curtains
• 

  Nightmare

Team 3

Leader: Cyros

EXPLOSIVE BIRDIE

Cyros

Main-DPS

Skylar

Sub-DPS

Mo Hongxiu

Tank

Freda

Support

Although Skylar can make the most of her debuffs on Wet Environments and Lightning teams, she can also be a great asset to Fire teams and Dry environments, aiding with much needed anti-air support, crowd control and creating Explosion reactions. A solid frontline like Mo Hongxiu can help Skylar relax safely at the back, creating a well-rounded team when paired with Cyros’ offensive capabilities and Freda’s buffs.

Back-up Options include:

Reid

Roar

Lydia

Longqing

Boreas

Core Nexus Skills: Strength Works Miracles, Seed Chard, Seed Overload, Life Harvest

Memory Traces

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  Emptiness
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  Lucky Find
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  Company
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  Into The Fantasy
• 

  Born From Ashes
• 

  Lightchaser

Alternative Memory Traces:

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  Happy Hours
• 

  Dusk Radiance
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  Into A Paper Crane
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  Karma
• 

  Beneath The Deception
• 

  Lawful Cage

UniCN

The future master of Water zones, Uni brings not only a lot of damage output by herself, but she also adds further DR reduction to enemies.

JeanCN

One of the strongest main carries in the game, Jean is the perfect candidate to make use of Skylar’s Elemental RES shred. To make things even better, since she’s a Square Lightning Echomancer, she can consistently trigger “My Vision is Clear!”, more than doubling the damage capability of the teams she is in.

TishCN

Tish is another fast shooter and the future main carry of the pure Lightning team. When paired with Skylar, the two of them can go beyond the basic functions of their kits: Tish can keep a “lightning field” endlessly on the ground, while Skylar can keep waves of enemies stuck inside to maximize her partner’s damage potential, as Tish can also unleash a barrage of skills and ultimates in quick succession that affect a small area.