5. Absolute Starter Build
Loadout:
- Cloak: Hope | Patience
Arcana:
- Basic: Wind Slash
- Dash: Any
- Standard: Dragon Arc
- Ultimate: Exploding Fireball
- Extra 1: Any
- Extra 2: Any
- Reserve: Any
Relics:
- Starter: Any
Advantages:
- Good, ranged arcana to attack and stun enemies from a safe distance. This build gives you room to learn the ropes of the game before experimenting with different arcana and relics.
4. Self-Healing Build
Suited to beginners, this lightning build revolves around using critical hits to not only deal increased damage but to also give yourself healing throughout the trials. Lightning arcana have spells most suited to landing critical hits, due to their quick attack speed and burst of multiple attacks. The Vampire’s Eyeglasses and the “Awe” cloak build onto this and guarantee that you have a consistent source of healing throughout the trials. This build is suited for beginners who are still learning the core mechanics of the game, provided you can find the items needed.
Loadout:
- Cloak: Awe
- Arcana:
- Basic: Spark Contact
- Dash: Circuit Line (Optional)
- Standard: Lightning Aspect
- Ultimate: Shock Assault
- Extra 1: Any
- Extra 2: Any
- Reserve: Any
Relics:
- Starter: Vampire’s Eyeglasses
Advantages:
- Built to deal damage and heal yourself at the same time with critical hits, providing you with significantly more longevity than other builds.
3. Gem-Collecting Build
While not being remarkable in combat in any way whatsoever, this build specializes in maximizing the amount of chaos gems you gain throughout the trials, allowing you to buy more relics and arcana from the shops to bolster future builds with!
Loadout:
- Cloak: Avarice
Arcana:
- Basic: Any
- Dash: Any
- Standard: Any
- Ultimate: Any
- Extra 1: Any
- Extra 2: Any
- Reserve: Any
Relics:
- Starter: Token of Wealth
Advantages:
- Allows you to collect more chaos gems every time you make a run through the Chaos Trials.
2. Full Wind Build
The centerpiece of this build is the Ward of Winds and Spiraling Typhoon combo; set up an area where enemies will be slowed and vulnerable with WoW, then use Spiraling Typhoon to suck all the enemies into this area, dealing damage and putting yourself in an advantageous position, where they’re stunned, slowed, and take more damage from air arcana, which you have an abundance of!
Loadout:
- Cloak: Any
Arcana:
- Basic: Severing Slash
- Dash: Razor Burst
- Standard: Ward of Winds
- Ultimate: Spiraling Typhoon
- Extra 1: Any
- Extra 2: Any
- Reserve: Any
Relics:
- Starter: Breezy Gray Canvas
- Cursed: Melting Pot
Advantages:
- When used correctly, you’ll always have the advantage in fights as enemies will find themselves slowed and vulnerable to your attacks.
1. Babylon Mage
The concept of this build is to utilize your signature arcana as much as possible. There are two ways to significantly lower or reset the cooldown of your signature arcana with this build; by using the Scales of Babylon, and by fully building your signature charge. This build is designed to do the two of those things, as much as possible, while increasing the damage output and charge rate of your signature arcana.
Loadout:
- Cloak: Fury
Arcana:
- Basic: Flame Cross
- Dash: Wave Front
- Standard: Scales of Babylon
- Ultimate: Tracer Barrage
- Extra 1: Any
- Extra 2: Any
- Reserve: Any
Relics:
- Starter: Wanderer’s Mechanism
- Cursed: Perfect Time Crystal
Advantages:
- This build will always see your signature arcana constantly charged or active, allowing you to sweep the battlefield with frequent ultimate attacks!