Punishing Gray Raven Selena: Pianissimo Build Guide

With the announcement of Punishing Gray Raven’s brand new Integrated Update Patch - Dream Till the Timeless End, players will have the chance to roll for new S Rank Constructs that will shake up the meta of the game, including the Physical S Rank Construct: Selena: Pianissimo and the Fire S Rank Construct: Vera: Geiravor.

In this guide, we will go over everything players need to know about Selena: Pianissimo, and how you can best build her. She is meant to be one of the best future Physical DPS to challenge all of the contents.

 

Punishing Gray Raven Selena: Pianissimo Build Guide - Skill & Abilities Overview

General Introduction

Selena: Pianissimo is a 6* S Rank Construct that specializes in dealing AoE Physical damage. By accumulating Musical Notes and special points, she can enhance her physical damage output while sacrificing HP to deal a big instance of Signature damage. Selena: Pianissimo also has the Glaciation affix, allowing her to transform a portion of her damage to Ice Elemental field damage.

Element	Class	Affix	Role
Physical (100%)	Attacker	Glaciation	Main DPS

 

Selena: Pianissimo Skill Kit & Abilities

Selena: Pianissimo's skill kit and abilities mainly revolves around Yellow and Red Orbs pings to gain Musical Notes to enhance her damage output, while using the different basic attack effects to quickly change into her different forms.

Selena: Pianissimo has 2 different forms that have different effects, based on when she uses her abilities: Sword in Hand Form and Entrance State.

Upon entering the field, Selena will be in her Sword in Hand form. While in this form, when using her red and yellow 3-pings, Selena will swiftly attack the enemies with her sword and gain Music Nodes. Using her basic attack during this form will also allow her to gain music nodes and trigger Matrix, which enable her to enter Solo mode and gain energy.

Once you have accumulated enough energy, Selena can use her Signature move to enter her Entranced State. While in Entranced state, all of her attacks are enhanced and she will gain special Variation Points when attacking. Upon her Variation Points reaching maximum, she will be able to activate her Core Passive - Prelude to Finale. In the Prelude to Finale state, selena will gain infinite signal orbs for a short period of time, allowing her to deal massive amounts of damage within this time period.

Once Prelude to Finale state ends, Selena will automatically activate her Signature Move and deal a massive instance of AoE Physical damage in her range, sacrificing a portion of her HP to enhance her damage.

 

Selena: Pianissimo Rank Passive

Depending on how high her Rank is, Selena: Pianissimo will gain special passives correspondingly. Players can raise the rank of Selena: Pianissimo by rolling for extra copies and use the shards to enhance her rank further:

Rank	Effect
S5	Upon performing Basic Attack: Barbed Echoes, Liberated Tunes, Signature: Tempest Stretto, or Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale, trigger all available QTEs. Upon entry or switch-in, immediately trigger all available QTEs.
SS	Upon performing Signature: Cordial Exposition, immediately gains 60 Euphony Points. After casting Liberated Tunes, each Concerto Orb pinged deals double DMG until Selena exits Entranced State. Base DMG of Signature: Tempest Stretto and Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale increases by 30%. When Selena exits the battlefield after performing Signature: Tempest Stretto or Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale, she enters the Lingering Tunes state, performing an off-field attack that deals 2000% Physical DMG every 2s. Exits the Lingering Tunes state after performing the off-field attack 4 times.
SS3	When Selena has 60 Euphony Points, Concerto Orbs grant Concerto Points at a doubled rate. Every Musical Note consumed increases the base DMG of the next cast of Liberated Tunes by 20%. After performing Signature: Tempest Stretto or Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale, Base DMG of Selena’s QTE skill increases by 500% during the current encounter.
SSS	Upon entry, immediately gains 1 Musical Note, 12 Signature Energy, and 1 Signal Orb. Selena can now have up to 5 Musical Notes. When performing Basic Attack: Barbed Echoes after a Signal Orb skill, Selena can consume up to 6 Signal Orbs to convert them into Musical Notes. If Selena has 4 / 5 Musical Notes, they will increase Base DMG of Basic Attack: Barbed Echoes by 300% / 600%. While Selena is in the Lingering Tunes state, her Extra DMG Bonus increases by 100%.
SSS3	Extra DMG Bonus of Signature: Tempest Stretto and Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale increases by 60%.
SSS6	Extra DMG Bonus of Basic Attack: Barbed Echoes and Liberated Tunes increases by 30%.
SSS+	Extra DMG Bonus of Cadence Flèche, Concerto Orbs, and Signal Orbs increases by 40%.

 

Selena: Pianissimo Skill Level & Rank Up Priorities

As a main DPS option for Physical oriented teams, replacing Bianca: Stigmata and competing with Vergil, players should pay attention to these considerations when building Selena: Pianissimo:

- Focus on Enhancing Her Basic and Signature Levels: The majority of Selena: Pianissimo’s damage output lies in her basic attack and signature, so enhancing these should take priority.

- Switch Selena out as soon as her combo is done: Selena: Pianissimo gains special effects when she is switched in and out of the battlefield, so players can maximize her combo potential by switching her out once she has finished her damage combo.

- Invest in SS Selena: As a main DPS character, the higher the players invest in her rank passive, the more damage she will deal. For Selena: Pianissimo, getting her to SS Rank will make her combo much easier to play, and higher investment will further enhance her overall damage output.

 

Punishing Gray Raven Selena: Pianissimo Build Guide - Weapons, Memories, CUBs & Harmonization Builds

Selena: Pianissimo Weapon & Weapon Resonance Recommendations

For Weapon, Selena: Pianissimo’s best in slot weapon is of course, her Signature 6* Weapon - Orpheus' Cradle

	Orpheus' Cradle (6* Weapon)
	ATK (436) CRIT (249)
Eternal Chorus ATK increases by 10%. After Barbed Echoes gains the Base DMG Increase effect granted by Musical Notes, the next cast of Cadence Flèche gains the equal amount of Base DMG Increase effect. Gains 3 Signal Orbs after performing Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale; a maximum of 6 Signal Orbs can be obtained this way every time Selena enters the battlefield.

For her F2P option, players should use her 5* Weapon - Laurel Crown as a substitute. The 5* weapon can be obtained through rolling on her weapon rate up banner.

	Laurel Crown (5* Weapon)
	ATK (354) CRIT (201)
Twilight Tune Physical DMG increases by 10%.

For weapon Resonance, players should prioritize these Weapon Resonances to maximize her damage potential:

Priority	Name	Effect
1st	Dead Line Timing	Gains 2 extra random Signal Orbs when deployed, and 3 Signal Orbs of the same color every 45s (also gains Signal Orbs on standby)..
2nd	Glorious Afterglow	Final ATK of the weapon increases by 30% for 8s upon a 3-ping. Duration resets upon a repeated trigger.

 

Selena: Pianissimo Memory & Resonance Build

For Selena: Pianissimo, Players should utilize her signature memory set. It can be obtained from the event shop during her Update Patch - Burana. Burana Memory set not only boost her physical damage output but also specifically enhance Selena: Pianissimo’s signature, core passive and basic attack damage. For the 2nd set of memory, players should go with what boosts her Physical damage output like Patton.

Her best Memory build will be 4 Pieces Burana + 2 Pieces Patton (+ 2 Piece Patton From Weapon Harmonization)

Selena: Pianissimo’s Memory Build Should be as Followed:

1st Slot	2nd Slot	3rd Slot
Burana	Burana	Burana
4th Slot	5th Slot	6th Slot
Patton	Burana	Patton

Memory Sets effects:

- Burana:

• 2pcs: ATK increases by 5%. Physical and Glaciation DMG increases by 5%.
• 4pcs: Immediately gains 2 Signal Orbs upon performing Cadence Flèche. DMG of Barbed Echoes, Cadence Flèche, Signature: Tempest Stretto, and Signature: Ephemeral Flower’s Finale doubles.

- Patton:

• 2pcs: ATK increases by 3% and Physical DMG increases by 7%.
• 4pcs: Extra DMG Bonus increases by 10%. Attacking a target will inflict them with Impale, reducing their Physical Resistance by 7% for 8s (10s cooldown on the same target). Attacking targets affected by Impale will trigger an Explosion that deals 600% Physical DMG (6s cooldown on the same target).

For Memory Resonance, players should focus on boosting Selena: Pianissimo’s Signature Move and any Resonance that boost her attacks:

- For Upper Slots: Any +15 Attack Resonance

- For Lower Slots: Signature Move + 1 For all 6 slots

 

Selena: Pianissimo CUBs

Selena: Pianissimo should equip her signature CUB, Xue Ge, which greatly boosts her ATK and unleashes powerful Physical damage when she activates her Signature Skill.

- Xue Ge

Selena: Pianissimo unique Effect: When Selena: Pianissimo casts Fullbloom Tuning with Xue Ge equipped, she will summon Xue Ge to launch a joint attack, dealing 1000% Physical DMG 3 times. After casting Basic Attack - Bladed Resonance, Selena’s ATK increases by 40% for 8s. Triggering this effect will renew its duration.

 

Selena: Pianissimo Best Team & Teammates

Selena: Pianissimo Best Teammates

As the brand new premium Physical DPS option, Selena: Pianissimo should be paired with similar Physical constructs that can maximize her Physical Damage output to clear contents as quickly as possible:

- Hanying: Solacetune: Hanying is Selena: Pianissimo’s ideal teammate with her ability to massively reduce all enemies’ Physical damage resistance, and also shred the enemies’ Super Armor for easy damage.

- Alisa: Echo: As the main Physical Amplifier Construct that is built to support Physical Damage Constructs, Alisa: Echo is a good teammate for Selena: Pianissimo currently.

 

Conclusion

The tragic magician reborn in a new and improved form, Selena: Pianissimo promises to be one of the best Physical DPS options for players moving forward in Punishing Gray Raven, alongside Vergil.