Desert FlannelBuild and Guide

Introduction

Desert Flannel is a 5✦ rarity character from the Beast afflatus who deals Reality damage and belongs to the Support class.

Her [Counter] not only outputs reasonable riposte damage, but also gives her attack incantation Critical Rate/DMG. Pair her with Beast allies to give her more starting Moxie and a stronger team-wide buff from her Ultimate.

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Last updated

Desert Flannel profile was last updated on July 19th, 2025.

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Profile

Review

Stats & Build

Synergy & Teams

Lore

Specialties

Support

DPS

Skills

Beep Beep Bop Bop, Plappy!

Mass healing. HP +(the user's ATK x100%) for all allies. Grants 2 stacks of [Power Burst] to all allies, and 2 stacks of [Aura of Might] to allied Beast Afflatus characters.

"Ф Don't be afraid, it's just a show of affection."

Power Burst:

Pos Status. DMG Bonus +25% when attacking (-1 stack after trigger).

Aura of Might:

Pos Status. Incantation Might +20% when attacking (-1 stack after trigger).

Mixed Doubles!

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 180% Reality DMG. When in [Pos Status] or [Counter] status, this attack gains Critical Rate +25% and Critical DMG +25%.

"Ф A pixelated fighter."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 270% Reality DMG. When in [Pos.Status] or [Counter] status, this attack gains Critical Rate +25% and Critical DMG +25%.

"Ф An awful pixelated fighter."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 450% Reality DMG. When in [Pos Status] or [Counter] status, this attack gains Critical Rate +25% and Critical DMG +25%.

"Ф An awful pixelated fighter; at least it has its own entrance music."

The Only Family!

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[Counter]

Self counter. Grants 1 stack of [Plappy] and 1 stack of [Power Burst].

"Ф Some kind of electronic pet."

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[Counter]

Self counter. Grants 2 stacks of [Plappy] and 1 stack of [Power Burst].

"Ф Some kind of harmless electronic pet."

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[Counter]

Self counter. Grants 3 stacks of [Plappy] and 2 stacks of [Power Burst].

"Ф Some kind of screeching but mostly harmless electronic pet."

Plappy:

Counter. When attacked, performs [Riposte], deals 150% Reality DMG with Critical Rate +25% and Critical DMG +25%. The [Riposte] is regarded as 1 extra action (-1 stack when triggered).

Power Burst:

Pos Status. DMG Bonus +25% when attacking (-1 stack after trigger).

Riposte:

Ripostes after being attacked by enemies.

Inheritance

Digital Pet Owner

Insight I

When in [Pos Status] or [Counter] status, gain Critical Rate +15%

Materials

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Digital Pet Owner

Insight II

Critical DMG +15% when the caster enters battle.

Materials

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Digital Pet Owner

Insight III

When entering battle, for every [Beast] ally in the field, grant Moxie +1 to self (triggers only once).

Materials

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Euphoria

Desert Flannel doesn't have an Euphoria update yet. If it will be released, we will add it here.

Portray

Desert Flannel Portray

Portray details

Lv. 1:

Beep Beep Bop Bop, Plappy!: Increased to HP+(the user's ATK x120%) for all allies.

Lv. 2:

Beep Beep Bop Bop, Plappy!: Increased to HP+(the user's ATK x140%) for all allies.

Lv. 3:

Mixed Doubles!: At Incantation rank 1/2/3, when in [Pos. Status] or [Counter] status, this attack's Critical Rate and Critical DMG is increased to 35%.

Lv. 4:

The Only Family!: [Plappy]'s Critical Rate and Critical DMG when Riposting is increased to 35%.

Lv. 5:

Beep Beep Bop Bop, Plappy!: Increased to HP+(the user's ATKx160%) for all allies. [Power Burst] is increased to 3 stacks.

Gallery

Insight 0

Insight 2

Review

Last updated: 07/18/2025

Desert Flannel is a crit-based sub-DPS who offers some mono-Beast support.

Her Insight III passive grants her 1 Moxie for every Beast ally on field at the start of battle, heavily incentivizing a pure Beast afflatus team. This Moxie boost is important because her ultimate [Beep Beep Bop Bop, Plappy!] grants some useful effects:

2 stacks of [Power Burst] (a single-use DMG Bonus buff) to all allies
2 stacks of [Aura of Might] (a single-use Incantation Might buff) to all Beast allies
Mass healing

Her [Aura of Might] application being locked behind Beast afflatus teammates further incentivizes a mono-Beast team.

Desert Flannel's counter skill [The Only Family!] grants her stacks of [Power Burst] and her unique riposte, [Plappy]. This riposte deals decent damage and has an innate 25% Critical Rate/DMG boost.

Her other skill [Mixed Doubles] is an attack skill that also has innate Critical Rate/DMG if she is in [Pos Status] or [Counter]. It's essentially a harder hitting [Plappy] that you have to cast manually.

The Critical Rate/DMG built into her attacks plus her Insight II 15% Critical DMG and Insight I 15% Critical Rate when in [Pos Status] or [Counter] means that Desert Flannel is capable outputting reasonable damage. Unfortunately, both her damage output and supportive capabilities have been completely powercrept at this point. The single-use [Power Burst] and [Aura of Might] can't compete with newer supports who can give you just as much DMG Bonus and Incantation Might with 100% uptime. There are also much better sub-carry characters who offer more damage and utility. The Beast afflatus has also started trending away from Incantation Might and more toward Ultimate Might, making her healing ultimate and [Aura of Might] a lot less appealing.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Starts with Moxie if she has Beast allies
Grants DMG Bonus to all allies and Incantation Might to Beast allies
High personal Critical Rate and Critical DMG
Good mono-Beast support

Cons

While still usable, she is admittedly not even close to her full potential in non-Beast teams
Needs to set up the counters/buffs to do good DMG on her own
Slightly AP-negative playstyle
Mono-Beast is more Ultimate-based than Incantation-based these days
Damage output powercrept

Ratings

Overall

Resonance Builds

Build 1 - Desert Flannel - Full Crit

Level

R10 - Genuinity (Incantation Might/DMG Bonus)

Code

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Prioritizes Critical Rate and Critical DMG.

If you don’t have Resonance Patterns unlocked, try this build with Placidity:

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Psychubes

Outside the City

Her Second Life

Cracks in the Shell

Family Mentor2.8

Long Night Talk

Comments

Outside the City is great for Desert Flannel because her riposte is single-target, allowing her to scale an exorbitant amount of Critical DMG. With the Critical Rate substat and her high base Critical Technique, Desert Flannel can use this psychube to deal some serious damage.

If you want to run her on more of a sustain build, Her Second Life increases her ultimate's mass healing. The ATK% substat isn't bad, either.

Cracks in the Shell is an interesting addition for Desert Flannel. Each of her ripostes increases her Healing Done (up to 24%), and anytime she's attacked, all allies get 2.4% Critical DMG for 3 rounds that stacks up to 12 times. Realistically, she won't be able to get up to the 28.8% Critical DMG unless she's taking at least 4 attacks per turn. Bring this to an AoE-heavy fight for a great supportive Desert Flannel build.

Desert Flannel is able to activate all aspects of Family Mentor, but the Ultimate Might is completely wasted. The 24% Critical DMG for all allies is fantastic and her initial starting Moxie helps to stack it up faster.

While Desert Flannel doesn't have a buff incantation to stack ATK on Long Night Talk, her Ultimate makes 2 [Pos Stat] easily achievable for its DMG bonus. A good damage-oriented option that doesn't need any amplification.

Stats

STAT

Base

Level 1

Level 30

Insight 1

Level 1

Level 40

Insight 2

Level 1

Level 50

Insight 3