Best Hathor Build Guide: Skill, Arcs, Modules and Teams | NTE

With NTE currently listing April 29, 2026 as the global launch target for Neverness to Everness, Hathor looks like one of the more rewarding Lakshana units to learn early. She is not a “press buttons and hope” kind of carry — she feels best when her setup, burst window, and team shell all click together. This guide breaks down how to build Hathor the smart way, so you can get her online faster and make her Emergency Delivery window actually hit like it should.

 

Overview

Rarity: S-Rank    Arc: Plasma   Element: Lakshana

Hathor is best read as a Lakshana on-field carry with built-in Remora utility. Her job is to stay on field long enough to build Express Delivery Power, then cash that into a real burst window through Emergency Delivery. She is not a pure quick-swap utility piece, because her Ultimate state ends the moment you switch her out. On top of that, her passive package gives her real team value in Remora-based shells even when she is not the one actively hitting.

 

Core Mechanics

Everything in Hathor’s kit revolves around stack building first, payoff second. Aerial Command gives her 2 stacks immediately, and the held version keeps dealing Lakshana damage in an expanding area while applying Five-Star Tracking; if tracked enemies actively attack Hathor, she gains 3 more stacks. Then her Ultimate, Rider Express, turns that prep into her real combat mode: it puts her into Emergency Delivery, upgrades her Skill into Cyclone Strike, boosts movement speed, and grants an ATK bonus based on Express Delivery Power stacks already built.

Because she no longer gains stacks during Emergency Delivery, the whole character is about entering that window with good setup instead of winging it on the fly.

Her passives are also a big part of why she feels better in real teams than her plain skill text first suggests. Excellent Rating Lock can trigger when enemies stay nearby for more than 5 seconds, and if those enemies attack during that window, Hathor gains another stack, up to 6.

More importantly, Delay Warning is a Remora Enhancement passive: when Excellent Rating Lock is applied to targets already under Remora, that lock can also be treated as Remora. Pair that with the official reaction chart — Lakshana + Cosmos = Remora, Cosmos + Anima = Blossom, and Charge happens when Blossom hits a Remora-marked target — and Hathor stops looking like “just another Lakshana DPS” and starts looking like a very natural Charge-team finisher.

 

Skill Kit

Basic Attack	Rapid Delivery	Hathor displays superior martial arts, performing up to 5 consecutive attacks.
Skill	Aerial Command	Target locked, time to wrap this up quickly. Hathor leaps into the air and slashes the target in front with her wings, gaining 2 stacks of Express Delivery Power. Hold and Hathor enters a charging state, increasing the power of Aerial Command and forcing targets in range to enter the Five-Star Tracking effect. The charge lasts up to 5s, during which Hathor will continue to deal Lakshana DMG to an area while the skill range gradually expands. The effect ends when the skill button is released, concluding the charging phase. Five-Star Tracking: During this effect, if the target actively attacks Hathor, she will gain 3 stacks of Express Delivery Power, enhancing her combat capabilities.
Ult	Rider Express	Out of my way. Hathor summons a motorcycle made of thorns, accelerating in circles to ram targets in front, then drives the motorcycle into the air and dives down to crash into the ground, dealing 1 instance of Lakshana DMG to an area. For a period after skill activation, Hathor enters Emergency Delivery state and no longer gains Express Delivery Power. During this state, the skill Aerial Command is upgraded to the enhanced skill Cyclone Strike, Movement Speed is increased, and ATK bonus is gained based on Express Delivery Power stacks. The Emergency Delivery state will immediately end if you switch Character during this period.
Support Skill	Impact Point Designation	The time is right. Hathor strikes from the air, kicking the target to trigger an impact, dealing 2 instances of Lakshana DMG to an area.

 

Skill Upgrade Priority

Skill > Ultimate > Basic Attack > Support Skill

Level Skill first because Hathor presses it the most: it builds Express Delivery Power before Ult, and becomes Cyclone Strike during Emergency Delivery, which is where you actually spend those stacks. Ultimate is next because it opens that burst window and gives the stack-based ATK bonus. Basic is mostly filler, and Support Skill is just extra off-field damage.

 

Materials

Here is an overview of Hathor’s upgrade materials and Arc upgrade materials.

Material	Total
Good Boy Stamp	35
Synchronicity of Thought	40
Resonance of Faith	42
Heart-Racing Night	65
Suspended Delusions	71
Yearning Delusions	76
Transcendent Delusions	97
Colorful Ticket Stub	86
Beetle Coin	2,343,000
Dreamless Seed	56
Fons	22,000
Liquid Dream Trial Kit	14
Liquid Dream Travel Kit	18
Liquid Dream Can	18

 

 

Best Arcs

Raging Flames	ATK: +666 CRIT DMG: 24%
Headless Rider Increases the wearer’s Redirect Skill and Ultimate DMG by 20% for 10s after casting Ultimate. Increases the wearer’s Redirect Skill DMG by 9% per cast while active, up to 2 stacks.
Raging Flames fits Hathor because her real damage budget sits on Lakshana burst windows, especially Skill into Ult pressure. The Arc boosts Lakshana damage directly, then rewards the same Ultimate-first loop by buffing Redirect Skill and Ultimate damage afterward.

 

Fluff of Fotitude	ATK: +512 ATK: 27.5%
Jawbreaker’s Candy Increases the wearer’s DMG by 38%. Increases this effect to 52% against enemies with HP below 50%.
Jawbreaker’s Candy also fits Hathor as a clean fallback because it gives unconditional DMG to her whole burst window, then gets stronger once enemies drop below half HP. It lacks Lakshana or Skill-specific synergy, but the uptime is simple and reliable.

Song of the Whale	ATK: +512 ATK: 27.5%
Deep Blue Sorrow Increases ATK by 20%. Increases the wearer's damage to Broken enemies by 20%. Restores 30% HP to the wearer if a Broken enemy is defeated. Triggers at most once every 30s.
Song of the Whale is a practical fallback Arc for Hathor: it gives straight ATK, boosts damage into Broken enemies, and adds a small self-heal after finishing them. That lines up with Hathor’s on-field Attack role, letting her stay active and cash out harder during Break windows.

 

Best Modules

Street Boxer
Epic (2): Lakshana DMG +10%. Legendary (4): Increases Crit Chance by 14%. Team triggering Remora or Stain increases the bonus to 14% for 20s.
Main Stat: Crit Chance / CRIT DMG Substats: Crit Rate / CRIT DMG > DMG Bonus > ATK% > ATK
Street Boxer fits Hathor because it boosts the stats she actually converts into damage: Lakshana output and reliable crit. In Hathor teams that can keep Remora or Stain active, the 4-piece bonus is easy to maintain, making her Skill and burst windows hit much harder.

 

Awakening Priority

Elite Courier > Engine Resonance > Daily Life Walkthrough > Lost Wings > Regular Sandwich > Thorn Dominion

Elite Courier comes first because Hathor’s damage starts with getting Express Delivery Power online fast. The first held Redirect Skill giving 6 stacks makes her opener way smoother and gets her into the real rotation earlier. After that, Engine Resonance is the best damage-quality pick, since repeated Cyclone Strike casts gain Crit Chance, making her main Emergency Delivery hits more reliable.

Daily Life Walkthrough follows because Crit DMG matters more once those hits are already critting. Lost Wings is useful for mob clearing, but less important into bosses. Regular Sandwich is decent ramping damage, while Thorn Dominion is last because its stack gain depends more on effects naturally expiring, so it feels less immediate in clean burst windows.

 

Best Team Comps

Hathor

Zero

Nanally

Fadia

Hathor + Zero + Nanally + Fadia works as a Charge-focused reaction team. Hathor provides Lakshana, Zero supplies Cosmos to trigger Remora, and Nanally adds Anima so the team can trigger Blossom on Remora-marked enemies. That interaction creates Charge, feeding Ultimate Energy back into the rotation. Fadia adds Psyche utility and extra reaction coverage, while Hathor uses the smoother Ult cycle to spend her burst windows more often.

Hathor

Zero

Skia

Sakiri

Hathor + Zero + Skia + Sakiri is closer to a Remora Charge team. Hathor and Skia both want a Lakshana-friendly setup, and Zero is the key enabler because Cosmos lets that Lakshana core keep cycling reactions instead of playing like two separate DPS units. Sakiri rounds it out with team stability, so the comp feels smoother in longer fights. The main idea is simple: keep Remora/Cycle pressure going, then let Hathor and Skia convert it into damage.

 

Conclusion

Hathor really comes alive once you stop treating her like a generic DPS and start building around her timing, stack flow, and Charge-based team support. Get that part right, and she feels way smoother, way more explosive, and a lot more worth the investment than her kit might suggest at first glance.

And when Neverness to Everness finally rolls around, if you need a few extra pulls to finish her setup, checking LDShop for NTE top-up options is an easy way to prep without making the last stretch feel painful.