DominiqueBuild and Guide

Our first water-themed unit, Dominique has arrived! Her timid nature and tiny sprite-like appearance make it easy to forget that she is actually the Queen of Troyca, despite this, her combat ability still reflects her royal prowess.

Dominique is interesting for a caster, as she actually relies on her Basic Attacks more than anything else for her damage output. Almost her entire kit exists simply to increase the amount of damage she can put out with her Basic Attacks, including being able to deal splash damage in a small AoE around her main target.

Both of her Sub Skills play into this; "Surge Spear" increases her Speed by 50%, and causes her Basic Attacks to deal 80% extra damage for 12 seconds. This effect becomes permanent after its third cast, which is a phenominal boost for her in longer fights, such as in Guild Raids. Her second Sub Skill, "Mark of the Sea" targets the nearest enemy plus any enemy within 3m of them, decreasing their speed by 20% and applying the "Humidity" debuff, which causes them to take 65% extra damage from Dominique's Basic Attacks. If used after she's obtained her 3 stacks of "Surge Spear", it will also recover her mana by 2500.

Her Artifact further enhances her focus on Basic Attacks, causing them to deal splash damage to all enemies within 2.5m of her main target. This effect is equal to 70% of her Atk at Legendary+, and 100% at Origin. Don't worry though, it's not useless in single target fights like Guild Raids - if hitting a single target, it boosts her Basic Attack damage by 30% at Legendary+ and 50% at Origin. It also applies a secondary effect to all enemies hit, reducing damage your team receives from them by 15/20%.

Despite the focus on building up her own damage via Basic Attack enhancement, she is also quite capable of providing other great benefits for her team. Her Main Skill, "Raging Wave" is a line attack that pushes enemies back and decreases their mana recovery by 30% for 8 seconds. After she's acquired her 3 stacks of "Surge Spear", the damage of the attack is doubled and it applies a debuff to all enemies hit, reducing their Magic Resistance by 20% for 12 seconds. Mana Manipulation characters of all kinds are highly sought after in Eversoul in almost all game modes, so it goes without saying that the mana recovery reduction is a great boon. However, the secondary effect is also quite relevant, making Dominique an amazing Int team buffer when paired with her Passive "Surge of Magic", which increases the damage dealt by Int allies by 20%, and reduces all damage they receive by 15%.

Her Ultimate is arguably her weakest asset, depending on what game mode you're using her in. "Bubbles of a New Era" deals damage to the nearest enemy and all enemies within 3m of them, trapping them for a whopping 6.5 seconds. While they are trapped, they cannot recover mana, AND their mana decreases by 500 for every 2 seconds they are in the bubble. While this sounds amazingly strong in some content, it is effectively useless in others. Any enemy that has Stun immunity (so every boss) is also immune to the mana decrease effects. This skill can be amazing in 5v5 content but effectively useless in Guild Raids and World Bosses. It does deal additional damage if used against a single target, but there are almost certainly better options for Ultimates to use in these fights.

Thanks to her team boosting capabilities, she is perfectly viable in Guild Raid teams even at low ascension, assuming you can keep her alive. Her own damage will suffer from being uninvested, but her ability to buff Int-based teammates' damage by 20% just by existing is still significant enough to warrant slotting her in on teams with heavy hitting Int characters such as Naomi or Claudia. She also provides the Mana Manipulation required for bosses such as Charite and Gaia, making her an excellent option to slot in. With mid to high investment she becomes a must-have on Int teams, as her personal DPS is quite significant and adds even more to your bossing team.

All that said, we've entered an era where saving your pulls is ever more important thanks to the addition of Chaos characters. While Dominique is a great asset to your Int-based raid teams, she's likely not worth going hard for with new Demon, Angel and Chaos characters on the horizon. If you can manage to get a copy or two to use as a team buffer, that's probably good enough. If you're hurting for gacha currency, it's likely best to save, as we're now seeing multiple A/D/C characters in a quarter. Old reliables like Mephi and Nini are still there to support your team.