Strategist job assigned to them. The character is also known by the Chord codename and their persona is Calliope.
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Build
Teams
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Skills
All Character information about Skills, Passives, Dupes etc. has been translated from Chinese to English by us. We will update them with Official Translation as soon as it's available.
All Skill Values are shown at Level 10 for Characters as the majority of the players will be using their characters with said levels. Said values do not include additional bonuses from outside sources such as Mental Images. Also, characters do not have 1 More, Basic Attack and Gun skills listed as the latter two are barely used, and 1 More is a generic follow-up primarily used to down enemies weak to certain elements.
Distortion
Cost: 20 SP
Target: AoE
Type: Electric
Deals 85.4% ATK Elec DMG to all foes. If there is a [Loyal Listener], the [Loyal Listener] deals an additional Elec DMG based on 83.3% of their ATK to the main target.
Deal Electric damage to all foes equal to 85.4% of Attack. 80% chance to inflict Shock on the main target for 2 turns.
If an ally has Costar, deal bonus Electric damage to the main target equal to 83.3% of that ally's Attack (1 hit).
Unison Notes
Cost: 20 SP
Target: Single
Type: Buff
Grant Costar to 1 ally, and increase their Attack by 24% of Ayaka's Attack (up to 1220) for 3 turns.
Only 1 ally can be a Costar at a time.
Catchy Hook
Cost: 25 SP
Target: Single
Type: Buff
Selects 1 ally to immediately use their [HIGHLIGHT], increases that [HIGHLIGHT] damage by 78.1%. [HIGHLIGHT] used by this skill will not count towards their [HIGHLIGHT] cooldown.
Immediately activate an ally's Highlight, and increase its damage by 78.1%.
This skill does not affect the target's Highlight cooldown time, even if it activates a Highlight.
Thief Tactics
Cost: -
Target: AoE
Type: Electric
Highlight: For 4 ally actions, increase party's damage by 45.5%.
While active, fill Highlight gauge by 10% after each ally action (up to 40%).
Backing Track
Cost: -
Target: -
Type: Passive
When an ally uses a Highlight, increase target's Attack by 24.0% for 1 turn.
When the target has Costar, increase effects by 1.5 times.
Chorus Effect
Cost: -
Target: -
Type: Passive
After an ally uses [HIGHLIGHT], restores 15% ATK + 1350 HP to the lowest HP% ally.
After an ally uses a Highlight, the ally with the lowest HP recovers HP equal to 15.0% of Ayaka's Attack + 1350.
Awareness
A0
Opening Act
Awareness 0
When using Catchy Hook, increase Attack by 20% (up to 40%) for that battle.
Catchy Hook has a cooldown time of 1 turn before it can be used. Increase the cooldown time each time Catchy Hook is used (up to 3 turns).
A1
Hard Rock
Awareness 1
At the start of battle, grant Costar to the ally with the highest Attack for 3 turns (prioritizing Assassins and Sweepers).
Increase that ally's critical rate by 15%.
A2
Crescendo Shout
Awareness 2
When using Catchy Hook, increase targeted ally's damage by 30% for 1 turn.
A3
Amplifier
Awareness 3
Increase the skill levels of Distortion and Catchy Hook by 3.
A4
Spotlight
Awareness 4
Highlight Enhanced: Increase effect duration to 6 ally actions.
Fill the Highlight gauge to 60%, and decrease Highlight activation cooldown for all other allies by 1 turn.
A5
Shredding
Awareness 5
Increase the skill levels of Unison Notes and Thief Tactics by 3.
A6
Spirit of Rock
Awareness 6
[Finale: Range Unleash] is ready at the start of battle. Permanently decreases [Finale: Range Unleash] cooldown by 1 turn, up to 2 turns. Increases all allies' DMG by 15% after using [Finale: Range Unleash], up to 2 stacks.
At the start of battle, Catchy Hook can be used immediately. Cooldown time is permanently decreased to 1 turn and won't increase. Every time Catchy Hook is used, increase the party's damage by 20% (up to 2 stacks).
Review
Ratings
T0
General (Global)
T0
Bossing (Global)
T0
General (CN)
T0.5
Bossing (CN)
Review
Character Function and Summary
Chord is a Strategist that supports the team by increasing HIGHLIGHT and HIGHLIGHT Energy generation.
If the DPS’s HIGHLIGHT can generate some stack for their gameplan, Chord enabling your DPS to use their HIGHLIGHT more frequently essentially means you are speeding up the process. In general the stronger your DPS’s HIGHLIGHT is, the better Chord gets.
Outside of supporting your team with more HIGHLIGHT, she can also buff Attack and Damage, she can also provide some sustain thanks to her Talent and by using healing items on her off turns.
Chord is very easy to build and as a support she can run many card sets.
That said, with an expanding roster of Strategist and Saboteur characters and a meta shift decreasing DPS’s reliance on their HIGHLIGHT, her role as a HIGHLIGHT generator is becoming less essential, making more dedicated support characters more favored.
Overall, Chord is a very flexible support that is easy to use and can be used in most teams.
Character Synergies
Joker: Joker can gain stacks needed to enter his Extra Action from his HIGHLIGHT and Chord can provide that.
Violet (CN only): As most of Violet’s damage is from her HIGHLIGHT, Chord giving Violet another HIGHLIGHT means she is essentially doubling Violet’s damage.
Important Awareness / Weapon Value
Awareness 1: This gives her Skill 2 buff target 15% Crit Rate and automatically uses her Skill 2 at the start of battle. giving you more options in fights or when building your DPS.
Awareness 4: Using Chord’s HIGHLIGHT will now decrease all other allies’ HIGHLIGHT cooldown, completely changing your team’s HIGHLIGHT rotation.
Awareness 6: This allows you to use Chord’s Skill 3 on turn 1 and permanently decreases its cooldown, great in both short and long content.
Weapon: While the stats buffing on this weapon isn’t impressive, any way to get more HIGHLIGHT and HIGHLIGHT Energy are both very strong and rare. This is also one of the handful weapons that gets substantially better at higher Reform as at Reform 5 you can now use a HIGHLIGHT on the very first action.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Has an unique Skill that allows a character to use their HIGHLIGHT.
Easy to build and use, can use many card sets.
Can provide sustain.
Cons
Does very little in teams that don’t care about frequent HIGHLIGHT.
Mediocre stat buffs.
Runs out of steam in longer battles as Skill 3 will increase in cooldown after each use.
Build
Recommended Cards
Suggested Card Setup
Trust
Renewal: Increase all allies' Electric DMG by 12% when the Electric DMG buff effect reached 3 stacks, can't be triggered again
Power: When the battle starts, increase the attack of other party members by 10% and cannot be triggered repeatedly.
Prosperity: When using skills on allies, the damage of all party members will be increased by 8% for 2 rounds.
Prosperity
2 set effect: Reduces incoming DMG by 8%.
4 set effect: When entering battle immediately recovers 25% of HIGHLIGHT charge, doesn't stack.
Alternative Card Setups
Departure
Control: Decrease main target's DEF by 23% for 2 turns after attacking them with a skill.
Prosperity: Increase all allies' DMG Dealt by 8% for 1 turn when attacking enemies.
Ruin: Increase ATK by 30% for 3 turns after defeating an enemy.
Control
2 set effect: HP increased by 12%.
4 set effect: When using skills to attack an enemy, it will cause additional damage of 8% of its own health to the main target.
Trust
Renewal: Increase all allies' Electric DMG by 12% when the Electric DMG buff effect reached 3 stacks, can't be triggered again
Power: When the battle starts, increase the attack of other party members by 10% and cannot be triggered repeatedly.
Prosperity: When using skills on allies, the damage of all party members will be increased by 8% for 2 rounds.
Power
2 set effect: Own attack increased by 12%.
4 set effect: Increase own attack by 10% every 6 turns (Enemies and allies turn count for this effect), can be stacked 3 times.
Best Stats
Moon
HP Recovery
Star
HP
Sky
HP
Substats:
Attack % > HP %
Build Comments
Most of the time Chord should act third / right before the DPS so make sure she has some Speed. (Around 106 ~ 105)
HP Recovery main stats was used as that can affect her Talent 2 and item healing.
HP main stats were used as it's easy to cap her skills, use Attack main stats if you are not capping. (Need 5083+ Attack in battle)
Increase Attack by 12.0%|12.0%|16.0%|16.0%|20.0%|20.0%|24.0%. After using Catchy Hook, increase Attack by 28.0%|36.0%|36.0%|44.0%|44.0%|52.0%|52.0% for 2 turns.
5✯
Superstar
Increase Attack by 30.0%|30.0%|39.0%|39.0%|48.0%|48.0%|57.0%. At the start of battle, fill Highlight Gauge by 40.0%|52.0%|52.0%|64.0%|64.0%|76.0%|76.0%. Increase Costar's Attack by 15.0%|19.5%|19.5%|24.0%|24.0%|28.5%|28.5%, and each time an ally uses a Highlight or Theurgy, increase Costar's Attack by 5.0%|6.4%|6.4%|7.9%|7.9%|9.4%|9.4%. Stacks up to 3 times.
Teams
Best Teams
Joker + Chord + Leon + Wind
Joker benefits a lot from Chord’s ability to generate more HIGHLIGHT, making him enter Extra Action more consistently.
