Rose (Prominence)Build and Guide

Rose (Prominence) is an INT Caster Human Soul and our second variant Soul. Just like Sakuyo (Inferno), her kit primarily relies on Burn stacks to deal large amounts of damage. Let's take a look at her skills first:

• Passive - Melting Armor: When on field, every Burn stack on enemy increases damage received by them by 8%, for up to 40% max. Huge support utility for teamwide damage increase.

• Ultimate - Rising Sun: An AoE damage skill deals damage within an enormous AOE. Damage to enemies with a 3m radius is doubled and deals bonus damage per burn stack, resulting in up to 1540% AoE Damage!

• Main - Solar Flare: Another AoE skill, that inflicts Burn & Crimson Flame DoT effects to all enemies and furthermore increases the Burn damage received, synergizing well with her skillset.

• Sub 1 - Proton Chain: A small AoE skill aimed at the nearest target inflicting Burn and “Ember” which can burst inflict damage based on Burn stacks on the target if not cleansed.

• Sub 2 - Corona Burst: A small AoE skill targeting the farthest enemy, inflicting Stun for 2.5 seconds and if it has 2 or more Burn stacks, reapplies the skill on them after 6 seconds.

• Artifact – Touch of the Sun: Her Normal Attacks deal additional 50% damage. Furthermore if the target is inflicted with Burn, she does additional damage and teamwide Heal equal to 25-45% of her Attack, and if that wasn't enough, she permanently increases the party’s Attack, Defense and max HP by by 0.5% to 1% per burn stack. Capping out at 50 stacks, this means she raises the team’s Attack, Defense and Max HP by 25% to 50%!

Rose brings a lot of cake to the table with her variant soul version, not just in Character Design but also her kit. Her Artifact and Passive alone provide an insane value to teams no matter the content as long as it lasts long enough for her to ramp up fully. Her personal damage is nothing too shabby either, with her gaining a lot of additional damage on her Normal Attacks via artifact and most skills gaining additional damage per Burn stack on enemies.

If it wasn't clear by now, Rose needs at least 5 Burn stacks on her enemies at all times to perform at her highest. Between her Main and S1, she can apply 3 burn stacks on her own. She would require at least 1 or 2 other teammates to inflict adequate Burn stacks to meet her requirements. Next up is the everlasting issue of a DoT reliant kit struggling to meet their full potential in Battlefield/Depths, being unable to apply and maintain sufficient burn stacks to scale her skills.

These weaknesses are easily negated in Guild Raids and similar content, as long as you pair her with another Burn inflictor such as Cherrie, Sakuyo (Inferno), Nini, or Catherine (Radiance). Once her Artifact starts kicking in, she makes runs much easier with overhealing, tons of passive damage and Teamwide buffs. Rose performs great in Gaia, owing to the boss’s Burn weaknesses, She is also a decent pick in Dark Knight. In Pluto, we anticipate that she might struggle to find a slot due to her low hit counts and lack of definite synergy among the current heavy hitters. For Rudra, we will know her performance in the next few days, but without guaranteed Crits, and no Stun on demand, her role will most likely be nothing more than a support due to her Artifact/Passive. However, we expect her to do great in Charite due to faction advantage.

Investment

Investment wise, she has a large appetite being primarily a DPS character. 

• New Players/F2P/Casual Players: A skip outside of her design, as outlined earlier, she is not built for Gates/BF content and requires a dedicated Burn team to perform.

• Dolphins/Competitive Raid Players/Whales/Rankers: An agreeable Investment for the future, with her Artifact/Passive, you can expect her to sneak in occasionally in most Raids as a support. She will also work well as Main DPS in at least Gaia and potentially Charite. We advise at least Origin Investment and L+ artifact.

Team Composition and Synergies

Rose requires Burn-focused teammates for sufficient output. Notable partners include Catherine (Radiance), Sakuyo (Inferno), Nini, Flynn and Cherrie. Outside of that, Rose will benefit from the extensive INT focused support recently released - Dominique for the Damage reduction, boost and Magic Res shred and Lilith for her many debuffs. Usual suspects Yuria and Eve (her Crit Rate buff especially) also apply.

Conclusion

Rose (Prominence) is a Guild Raid focused soul, thus shaping to be an easy skip for people not interested in such content. But for those who care, she is a potential side-grade over many existing options in current Guild Raid meta. Should you decide to invest in her, her Artifact Ascension will be far more important than building stars on her.