Best Hathor Build Guide: Skill, Arc 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    Weapon: Blade Wings    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.
QTE	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

For a normal carry build, go Ultimate > Skill > Basic Attack.

The reason is simple: Rider Express is the part of Hathor’s kit that actually converts preparation into damage. It upgrades her Skill, scales with her stored stacks, and creates the burst window where her build starts paying off.

Aerial Command comes second because it is the engine that builds those stacks and sets up her whole loop.

Basic Attack is last because, while she does stay on field, her damage identity is not “plain five-hit spam” — it is “set up, then unload.” The only real exception is if you are using Hathor more as a Lakshana/Remora utility piece than a true main carry; in that case, putting Skill first is defensible.

Community beta kit summaries also describe Emergency Delivery as a chained enhanced-skill window, which is another reason Ultimate deserves first priority in a standard build.

 

Weapon Recommendation

Contemplative Cat

For every 100,000 Fons the wearer holds, ATK +5.00/6.25/7.25/8.75/10.00%. Stacking up to 10 times.

Contemplative Cat is the best S-rank Arc for Hathor out of these options. Hathor’s kit is built around stacking Express Delivery Power, then converting that setup into a stronger Ultimate window and enhanced Skill state, so she benefits most from a broad, always-relevant damage boost rather than a niche utility effect. Contemplative Cat’s scaling ATK bonus cleanly buffs her entire kit, making it the most reliable premium pick for a standard carry build.

 

Watch Your Heads!

After the wearer uses Skill, ATK +12/14/16/18/20% and Lakshana DMG to targets affected by Remora and Stain +12/14/16/18/20% for 15s. Effect does not stack.

Watch Your Heads! is the best A-rank Arc for Hathor because it lines up with her actual job almost perfectly. Hathor is a Lakshana unit, her rotation naturally starts with Skill, and her best teams are built around Remora setups, which come from the official Lakshana–Cosmos reaction path. That means this Arc boosts the exact targets and damage pattern Hathor wants to hit, instead of buffing a side mechanic she barely cares about.

 

Console Stat Recommendation

Keep Hathor’s Console build very straightforward: prioritize ATK%, Crit Rate, Crit DMG, and Lakshana DMG.

Her Skill and Ultimate are both direct Lakshana damage tools, and her Ultimate explicitly converts stacks into more ATK during Emergency Delivery, so the best Console plan is still just “make her burst window hit harder and more consistently.” After that, comfort is more valuable than getting cute. Since her held Skill can actively bait enemy interaction through Five-Star Tracking, a bit of survivability or general stability is often more useful than chasing fringe stats that do nothing for her actual gameplan.

 

Awaken Recommendation

Because Hathor’s Awaken system lets you choose nodes freely, the real question is not “what is her A1 or A2,” but how many extra copies are worth pulling and which nodes should be unlocked first. For most players, 2 copies is the real value breakpoint.

Take Thorn Dominion first, since it is the best opener node in her tree: it lets Hathor gain Express Delivery Power when Excellent Rating Lock and Five-Star Tracking expire naturally, and it also gives her 6 stacks immediately on her first held Skill after entering combat. That directly fixes her biggest issue — getting her setup online fast. Her official kit already makes it clear that Aerial Command is her main stack engine and Rider Express is her real payoff window, so this node is easily the best first pick.

For the second copy, take Elite Courier. It pairs extremely well with Thorn Dominion by letting Hathor fast-track access to Rider Express once Express Delivery Power reaches 6 stacks. In practice, that makes 2 copies the cleanest stopping point: one node accelerates the setup, and the other helps convert that setup into her burst window much more consistently.

If you go to 3 copies, Daily Life Walkthrough is the best next choice because +60% CRT DMG during Emergency Delivery is the strongest direct damage upgrade for the part of Hathor’s kit that matters most. After that, Regular Sandwich is the safest general damage pick, Engine Resonance is a more situational crit-consistency node for repeated Cyclone Strike casts, and Lost Wings is the lowest priority since it only helps against non-Boss enemies.

Overall, the cleanest unlock order is: Thorn Dominion > Elite Courier > Daily Life Walkthrough > Regular Sandwich > Engine Resonance > Lost Wings.

 

Team Recommendations

Hathor

Hotori

Nanally

Fadia

The most complete premium team I’d recommend is Hathor / Hotori / Nanally / Fadia. Hotori is a Cosmos support whose Non-Closed Timepiece heals the team over time, and her Ghost Orchid Crest is a Blossom Enhancement passive that keeps Blossom attacks active during time stop. Nanally adds another layer of Blossom value by spawning 1 additional Lebenstamm, and she can also follow up on teammates’ Esper Cycle damage while in her empowered state. Fadia rounds the team out with real stability: her Ultimate includes healing, and one of her passives gives the whole team +10% max HP. Put together, this comp gives Hathor everything she wants — stable Remora access, better Blossom output, a real Charge shell, and enough sustain to let her stay on field for the part that matters.

 

Hathor

Zero

Mint

Fadia

If you want a cleaner and more accessible version, go with Hathor / Zero / Mint / Fadia. Zero gives you the Cosmos slot, and the official combat guide explicitly calls out MC as a character whose Skill can instantly fill the Esper Cycle meter through its 100 Cycle Rate interaction. Mint gives you Blossom Enhancement by splitting each Lebenblume into two, which makes the Charge side of the team feel much smoother without asking a lot from execution. Fadia is still the safety net, adding healing plus the team max-HP passive. This version is less flashy than the Hotori/Nanally shell, but in actual play it is probably the easier recommendation for most people because the team gets rolling fast and Hathor’s job stays very clear: build stacks, enter Emergency Delivery, and cash out.

 

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.