ARDELIA

Overview

Ardelia is the ultimate 'newbie's best friend' and remains valuable even for experienced players. She provides healing, corrosion application, and dual-type susceptibility debuffs all in one package.

What makes Ardelia special is how easy she is to use. Both Ardelia and her signature weapon are free from daily check-ins, making her accessible to every player without gacha luck.

Her main weakness is that she needs the corrosion loop for full value. Without it, she loses much of her debuff potential and becomes mostly just damage.

How to Play

Ardelia's core gameplay revolves around a simple loop: apply Corrosion with Combo Skill, then consume it with Battle Skill for dual susceptibility debuffs. This raises your entire team's damage output significantly.

Position yourself near your DPS characters to maximize healing from the Mr. Dolly shadows created by your Battle Skill. These shadows heal whoever touches them, making placement crucial for team sustain.

Use your Ultimate when enemies are grouped up or when your team needs healing. The random Dolly copies can create multiple healing shadows while dealing area damage.

Skill Breakdown

Normal Attack - Rocky Whispers: Standard 4-sequence attack dealing Nature damage. Use finishers on staggered enemies for extra damage and SP recovery.

Battle Skill - Dolly Rush: Your main rotation skill. Rams a target for Nature damage and, most importantly, consumes Corrosion to apply Physical and Arts Susceptibility (10% each for 30 seconds).

Combo Skill - Eruption Column: Triggered by Final Strike on enemies without existing debuffs. Applies temporary Corrosion in an area, setting up your Battle Skill consumption. Your main Corrosion source.

Ultimate - Wooly Party: Mobile channeling that throws multiple Dolly copies randomly. Creates healing shadows while dealing area damage. Best for clustered enemies or emergency healing.

Best Weapons

Dreams of the Starry Beach is her free signature weapon and best option. After consuming Corrosion, it adds an Arts DMG Taken +20% debuff on enemies, stacking perfectly with her kit.

Monaihe serves as a defensive alternative if you need more survival. The HP and DEF bonuses help Ardelia stay alive in tough content, though you lose the damage amplification.

Best Gear Sets

Eternal Xiranite (3-piece) is her best choice. When you apply Susceptibility through Battle Skill, your entire team gets +16% DMG Dealt for 15 seconds. This effect cannot stack, but refreshes with each application.

Since Ardelia constantly applies and reapplies debuffs, your team maintains near-permanent damage boosts. This makes her valuable even in teams where other characters also run this set.

Essence Stats

Prioritize ATK% for better damage output and healing potency. Treatment Efficiency boosts her shadow healing effectiveness, keeping your team alive longer in tough fights.

For substats, focus on CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG to increase her damage contribution. Additional ATK% and Nature DMG provide consistent stat improvements across all her abilities.

Team Compositions

Ardelia fits in almost any team composition due to her hybrid utility. She shines in teams that can benefit from both healing and damage amplification, particularly element-focused teams like Heat stacking or Electric spear compositions.

She pairs especially well with damage dealers who have burst windows, as her susceptibility debuffs amplify their big damage moments. Laevatain, Avywenna, and Endministrator are all excellent partners.

Tips & Tricks

Her talent Mountainpeak Surfer can instantly recast Battle Skill when consuming Corrosion near another Corrosioned enemy. This only triggers once per cast, but can speed up your rotations significantly.

The healing shadows from Dolly prioritize your active character first, then heal the lowest HP teammate if you're full health. Position strategically to keep everyone healthy during intense fights.

If enemies already have Vulnerability or Arts Infliction, your Combo Skill won't apply Corrosion. In these cases, wait for debuffs to expire or focus on different targets to maintain your rotation.

Skill Priority

Battle Skill first - it's your main source of valuable susceptibility debuffs and healing shadow generation. Higher levels mean stronger debuffs and more reliable healing.

Ultimate second - the area damage and shadow generation scale well with investment. Higher levels mean more healing opportunities and better team-wide sustain.

Combo Skill third - primarily for Corrosion application. While important, the Corrosion duration and application are consistent across levels, making it a lower priority compared to your main debuff and healing tools.