A Marksman who is skilled at lowering enemy's Phys DEF and imbuing buffs to allies.
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Lyca profile has been last updated at: December 21st, 2024.
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Profile
Review
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Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Comet Archery
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 0s
Range: 11 tiles
Initial Energy: 200
Lyca fires a comet-like arrow in a chosen direction, dealing 200% damage to enemies within 5 tiles along its path and leaving Nebula Reflection for 7s. The allies under Nebula Reflection summon meteors to deal additional damage equal to 50% of their ATK to the target while using normal attacks.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases damage to 220%.
Unlocks at level 111: Increases damage to 240%.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases damage to 260%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases damage to 270%.
Skill I
Empyrean Blessing
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 12s
Range: Global
Lyca bestows blessings of the stars, increasing all allies' ATK SPD by 25 for 6s. It's triggered immediately at the start of a battle and grants all allies 120 Energy.
Unlocks at level 71: Increases ATK SPD to 30.
Unlocks at level 131: Increases effect duration to 8s.
Unlocks at level 191: Increases ATK SPD to 40.
Skill II
Nova Fall
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: 10s
Range: Global
Lyca summons meteors to attack the nearest 2 enemies, dealing 100% damage and reducing their Phys DEF by 10% for 5s.
Unlocks at level 91: Increases damage to 120%.
Unlocks at level 151: Reduces their Phys DEF by 12%.
Unlocks at level 211: Increases damage to 130%.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Increases ATK SPD by 21 during battle.
Level 2: Increases ATK SPD by 27 during battle.
Level 3: Increases ATK SPD by 33 during battle.
EX. Skill
Meteor Catastrophe
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: -
Range: Global
Summons meteors at the start of a battle and sends them to attack the targets while making normal attacks, dealing 40% physical damage.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Increases damage to 50%.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Lyca shoots an aerolite to attack a target with shields, dealing 350% damage. The target will be stunned for 4s if their shield is broken. Only 1 aerolite can be shot every 10s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Lyca deals 450% damage.
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Ultimate
When Lyca hits an target with Comet Archery, she reduces the targets' Phys DEF by 25% for 6s.
Season 2 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Lyca go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
Lycaimages aren't available yet. They will be added soon.
Review
Review
Lyca is an A-Level Marksman from the Wilder faction. She may be a Marksman but she possesses supportive capabilities that buff allies and debuff enemies while dealing a good amount of damage at the same time.
'Comet Archery' is a decent damage ult. The Nebula Reflection it leaves will buff heroes on it to deal some damage to enemies up to one time is what I call pointless. Supreme+ passive 'Enhance Force' gives utility to the firing of the ult in the form of Physical def shred for a decent amount of time. 'Empyrean Blessing' is a great ATK speed buff skill along with the energy charge at the beginning of the stage which doesn't affect Lyca herself. The main focus of this skill is to charge all allies' energy as fast as possible just like how 'Rowan' does with his Ultimate.
As for 'Nova Fall', it's a decent skill used mainly for the Physical Def shred but it only lasts for a few seconds. 'Hero Focus' of ATK SPD is ideal for Lyca not just because she is a Marksman, it's more that she can charge her ult faster. 'Meteor Catastrophe' adds extra damage to her normal attacks. At lvl 10 of her Exclusive equipment, it will shoot an aerolite on an enemy that has a shield every 10 seconds. If the aerolite breaks the enemy shield, it will stun them for 4 seconds which is decent overall.
She may provide the roles of both support and damage dealer - while not the best option in most cases she is a viable option nonetheless. Just be mindful of where you put Lyca cause her ult cannot hit diagonally so try to put her aligned to the group of enemies or the enemy that you want to be shot down.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Excellent damage after getting EX Equipment.
Synergy with other Marksman as she buffs ASPD.
Cons
Jack of All Trades, Master of None.
Ratings
General Ratings
C
AFK Stages
B
Battle Drill
B
PVP
B
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
B
Skyclops
B
Croaker
B
Necrodrakon
B
Snow Stomper
B
Lone Gaze
B
Alpha Bear
B
Orson
B
Crystal Beetle
Guides
EX Investment
The EX investment information were created with the help of Seas0n, the creator of the
AFK Analytica community that supports AFK Arena and AFK Journey.
You can find their website here and their discord here.
Since the
Temporal Essence
and
Twilight Essence
are very hard to obtain, you have to be really careful with the using them to upgrade the EX weapon. And in this guide we ordered all characters by the priority when it comes to how much they need investment in their EX weapon to work well and where should you stop to get the best bang for your buck.
Why does the +8 breakpoint appear so often?
Because the raw stats you get from upgrading the EX weapon help you more than the passive in some cases. Also, to upgrade the EX from +5 to +8 you need only 30x
Temporal Essence
, while the remaining two levels require additional 45x
Temporal Essence
. So you get the best bang for your buck stopping at +8.
Color explanation:
+0 - the base investment for the character,
+5/8 - the next step that you should do when investing into that character,
+10/15 - the final step you should do when investing into that character - you can go beyond that later though once you have the Essences to spare.
