UniBuild and Guide

Uni is the first of a series of powerful Strikers, kickstarting an era known as ‘Striker Echoes’ by the community. She’s notorious for being the best Echomancer at creating water zones. She’s also capable of high personal damage output, as well as lowering the target’s DR by 50%, which makes her a good pick for almost any team, especially burst-focused ones. Uni fully replaces Furay & Furney in “My Vision is Clear!” (MVIC) teams, both thanks to her higher damage and the extra utility she brings to the team. Her Seed skill resets her Skill 1 cooldown, enabling quick combos for speedrun enjoyers. If dupes are invested, Uni’s personal damage output becomes even greater, with consistent CRIT Rate and high CRIT DMG, while also buffing her allies’ CRIT Rate at Dupe 3. Uni’s own weakness is the famous “jack-of-all-trades, master of none”; in this case, referring to how while she’s good at many things, other Echomancers more specialized on their roles outperform her. You may also want to be careful with your elemental reactions depending on the team you place her in.

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Although she boasts great personal damage output, Uni's main role is as an enabler, both through elemental zones and buffs. She excels at creating water zones and breaking enemies' block gauges. Her Seed skill refreshes the CD of her active skill, allowing her to deliver a high burst. At 3 dupes, she's also capable of increasing CRIT Rate for the team.

The bread and butter of Uni revolves around stacking her passive “Blessings of Blue”, which increases the damage of her Seed Skill “Banquet of Tides”, and enabling her allies, be it through water zones or by reducing the enemy’s basic DR.

The former is quite simple. Uni will stack “Blessings of Blue” passively every 15 seconds or by using any of her two skills. To attain this objective, if your focus is using Uni as your main source of damage, prioritize her second skill, “Invitation of Currents” to get stacks. Save “Lament of Waves” for when her Seed Skill is ready. “Lament of Waves” reduces the target’s DR by 50%, creates a water zone, which in turn activates her passives, and, after the Seed Skill “Banquet of Tides” is used, it will reset the cooldown of “Lament of Waves”, thus enabling another wave of damage. No pun intended. Tl;dr, Skill 1 -> Ult -> Skill 1. This is Uni’s burst window and the basic of her gameplay.

In order to better understand this simple yet deep cycling, take note of the passives intertwined into Uni’s kit. Whenever she is in a water zone, she gains 25% CRIT Rate and 3% HP Regen per second, making her quite deadly and yet tanky, especially when combined with Nexus skills like My Domain and Strength Works Miracles or Memory Traces like Company and Emptiness. Aside from the DR debuff and the self-buff to her Ult’s damage through stacks of “Blessings of Blue”, Uni’s kit has yet another utility in the form of knockback on all her abilities. Although this is a bit niche, it can help control the battlefield and get enemies where you want them, or, in some stages, push them into holes.

• Dupes

  • If you want Uni only as an enabler, she doesn’t need any dupes to do a great job. For those who enjoy Uni and want to invest on her dupes, both her dupe 1 and 3 further increase her efficient, self-contained synergy. Dupe 1 increases the damage of her first skill, “Lament of Waves” and makes stacking “Blessings of Blue” more consistent. A great cost-benefit for those who want to use Uni as their main DPS. Meanwhile, for those who wish to go even further, Dupe 3 increases her CRIT DMG and allows her to buff her allies’ CRIT Rate. 

• General Tips

  • Uni is pretty straightforward. Try to line up her skill 1 + ult with the burst windows of her teammates and you’re golden.

• Skill Upgrade Priority

  • Skill 1, “Lament of Waves” is her priority, being the main source of damage alongside her ultimate in her burst windows.