Eibon Record
Zankou
Zankou is an Incantation Main DPS who alternates between her Reality and Illusion states to keep constant, spreading damage-over-time pressure on the field. Most of her output comes from Incantation DMG, Heartwrench DoT, and enhanced follow-up attacks after shifting states. Build her around a balance of CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, Incantation DMG%, Universal DMG%, and ATK% so her direct and sustained damage both scale at once.
Build Guide
Strengths
- Incantation Main DPS with relentless sustained damage through Heartwrench DoT, Scorch, and spreading Incantation instances.
- Signature Arc Ravenous Blade gives a huge CRIT ceiling plus stacking CRIT DMG that her kit triggers constantly.
- Reality and Illusion state swapping keeps her on-field and lets her convert every part of her kit into damage.
- Bloodfeast Reverie into a free Inferno Flamenco creates a massive no-cost burst window after every rotation.
Weaknesses
- Heavily rotation-dependent — damage windows rely on precise state swaps and correct Skill timing.
- Most of her value comes from staying on-field, so swapping her out early wastes her kit.
- Wants dedicated DoT/Break supports such as Sakiri and Lacrimosa or Daffodill to reach her ceiling.
- Her Support Skill and several DoT-reliant Awakenings are lower priority and less impactful without the right team.
Best Arcs
Cursed Blade - Soulbound: Increases Crit Rate by 16%. Dealing Incantation DMG grants a 9% Crit DMG bonus for 15s, stacking up to 7 times (max 1 stack every 0.3s), refreshing on trigger.
Thief's Candy: Increases the wearer's damage by 8% for 10s after performing a Critical Dodge, stacking up to 3 times and refreshing on trigger.
"Bopp": Increases the wearer's damage dealt by 18% for 10s after casting a Support Skill. Triggers at most once every 20s.
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Best Teams
A premier DoT-focused team built around Zankou, letting her apply Incantation damage and sustained Heartwrench pressure under extreme safety while Sakiri amplifies the team's DoT damage and Lacrimosa maintains the Scorch reaction.
Open with Sakiri's Skill, then Adler's or Iroi's Skill, then Lacrimosa's or Daffodill's Skill to set up buffs, shields, and DoT.
Swap to Zankou and perform 4-5 Basic Attacks to trigger Disarray.
Use Sanguine Dash to enter Illusion, then attack to apply and spread Heartwrench DoT.
Use Soulcross just before the Illusion timer expires to trigger Oblivion and return to Reality.
Cast Bloodfeast Reverie as soon as it is available and follow up with a free Inferno Flamenco.
Loop back to supports to refresh buffs and repeat the rotation.
A Break-centric setup with Daffodill that trades some of the constant DoT pressure for stronger Break utility, letting Zankou deal damage more safely during enemies' broken phases.
Set up Sakiri's buffs and Adler's shields before swapping to Zankou.
Drive the enemy's Break gauge with Daffodill while Zankou applies Incantation damage.
Run Zankou's standard Illusion into Soulcross combo, then cash in Bloodfeast Reverie and Inferno Flamenco on the broken target.
Equip Sakiri or Adler with The Great Thief Arc to add Break Intensity for quicker clears.
Skill Priority
Sanguine Dash / Soulcross (Skill)
A cornerstone of her kit but upgraded after her Ultimate and Basic Attack. Sanguine Dash enters Illusion and applies Heartwrench, while Soulcross returns her to Reality and can trigger Bloodfeast Reverie when timed properly. Its form-switching utility is always relevant, though its damage scaling is slightly lower priority.
Stoked Flame (Support Skill)
Level last since she is first and foremost a Main DPS. Still valuable as an added Incantation DMG and instance source, but most of her value comes from staying active on-field rather than swapping in and out.
Bloodfeast Reverie / Inferno Flamenco (Ultimate)
Top priority as the end goal of her rotations. After casting Bloodfeast Reverie, Zankou can follow up with an enhanced Inferno Flamenco without spending extra Ultimate Energy, giving a massively empowered burst window after Heartwrench is applied.
Wildfire (Basic Attack)
Another top priority since she spends most of her long field time attacking in both Reality and Illusion. Wildfire deals Incantation DMG while stacking toward her form switch, and it has four distinct forms for any situation.
How to Play
Zankou wants support buffs, shields, and DoT setup online before she takes the field. Once swapped in, she builds toward Disarray with Basic Attacks, shifts into Illusion to apply and spread Heartwrench DoT, then uses Soulcross to return to Reality and trigger Oblivion before cashing in her Bloodfeast Reverie into Inferno Flamenco Ultimate chain.
Rotations
- 1Sakiri Skill -> Adler Skill or Iroi Skill -> Lacrimosa Skill or Daffodill Skill
- 2Swap to Zankou -> 4-5 Basic Attacks to trigger Disarray
- 3Zankou Skill (Sanguine Dash) to enter Illusion -> Basic Attack combo with Stoked Flame
- 4Apply and spread Heartwrench DoT
- 5Soulcross to return to Reality -> trigger Oblivion
- 6Cast Bloodfeast Reverie as soon as available -> follow up with Inferno Flamenco -> repeat
Tips
- Ensure at least 4 Basic Attacks before using Sanguine Dash to gain Disarray's AoE Break Damage.
- Refrain from using her Skill randomly — her stronger windows depend entirely on her active state, so commit to staying on-field.
- Use Soulcross just before the Illusion timer runs out for the added Oblivion AoE damage and to continue her combo.
- Treat Bloodfeast Reverie as the payoff target of every rotation, and immediately follow it with a free Inferno Flamenco.
- Loop back to supports to refresh buffs, shields, and reaction boosts before repeating the rotation.
Skills
<Italic>The nightmare drifts in, and despair burns from within.
<Italic>No need to wake up yet. The nightmare is only beginning.
<Italic>The soul's flame dies within the dream, slipping into a sleep with no need to wake.
Wields her blade to attack, dealing 1 instance of Incantation DMG.
Passives
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Awakening
Allows Wildfire, Flickering Shadow, Voidstep, enhanced Sanguine Dash, and enhanced Soulcross to spread DoT effects upon Awakening. Grants Zankou Hunt and Delusion at all times. Keeps both buffs active without delayed removal and prevents them from being removed when Zankou leaves the field or switches forms. Removes them only when Zankou is defeated.
The DMG bonus granted to Zankou by Hunt increases to 40%. The DoT Crit DMG bonus granted to the whole team by Delusion increases to 50%.
Builds up Kindling whenever Zankou participates in a Cycle that triggers Scorch or Hexed, increasing the Final DMG dealt by the next Inferno Flamenco by 150%. Allows Kindling to accumulate even before Inferno Flamenco becomes available, up to 1 stack.
Hunt increases Zankou's Resistance to Interruptions by an additional 50%. Delusion restores HP equal to 4% of her Max HP per second.
Activates Bloodfeast Reverie immediately when Inferno Flamenco becomes available.
Applies the DMG Bonus from Kindling to Bloodfeast Reverie, which shares the same Kindling stacks with Inferno Flamenco.
Guarantees that the first Breakable target hit by enhanced Sanguine Dash enters the Broken state. Triggers only once per target per battle and does not affect bosses in Character Balance Mode.
Increases all allies' Break DMG by 300% while Zankou is on the team.
Increases the DMG dealt by the final hit of Oblivion to a single target by 12% for each DoT stack on that target, up to 240%. Calculates the DMG Bonus separately for each target when multiple targets are hit, based on the total number of DoT stacks on each target.
Increases the skill levels of Wildfire, Nightmare Waltz, Sanguine Dash, Soulcross, Inferno Flamenco, and Bloodfeast Reverie by 1. Increases the DMG Ratios of Bloodfeast Reverie and Inferno Flamenco by 20%.
Increases Zankou's ATK by 40% for 20s after she deals damage. This effect does not stack. Resets the duration when triggered again.
Grants an enhanced effect for 60s when a target afflicted with Scorch is defeated. Maxes out the target's Scorch stacks whenever Zankou inflicts DoTs on them during the enhancement. Refreshes the enhancement's duration whenever another target afflicted with Scorch is defeated.
Voice Actors
CN
陈婷婷
EN
Stephanie Wong
JA
井上喜久子
KO
허예은