Best Lacrimosa Build Guide: Skills, Teams & Arc Recommendations | NTE

With her yin-yang hair color (black on the left and white on the right), a bright red short coat paired with a pure white short skirt, and her cold and stern expression, Lacrimosa has quickly captured the attention of numerous players. This guide will conduct an in-depth analysis of this character's skill mechanics, cultivation configuration, and team recommendations, providing you with a detailed reference.

Lacrimosa Overview

Rarity: S-Rank | Element: Chaos

The Basic Attack is the core of her basic output, consisting of up to 5 consecutive strikes. The first 4 strikes are regular long-range attacks with a smooth tempo, and the final strike will unleash a cannon for area bombing, inflicting high AOE damage. Holding down the button for the Basic Attack can trigger the Mimic Transformation mechanic.

After locking onto a non-BOSS enemy, she can copy the target's attack module, transform into the enemy's form to fight and wield the enemy's moves during the transformation. Releasing the hold will cancel the transformation, making this ability adaptable to various combat scenarios. Additionally, she possesses a life-stealing mechanic, which allows her to absorb a portion of incoming damage and convert it into her own HP in battle, boosting her survivability.

 

Lacrimosa Skill Details

Normal & Charged Attack: Ranged Suppression

Lacrimosa’s normal attack consists of five consecutive strikes. The first four unleash fast-firing ranged pigment blasts with small-area splash damage, making them ideal for clearing groups of minor enemies. The fifth strike switches to a shoulder-mounted pigment cannon; after a short charge, it unleashes a high-damage blast with a notable knockback effect, which can be used to interrupt enemies or create a safe distance.

Dodge & Mobility: Doll Fiend Form

Her dodge mechanic features a unique two-mode design. A short press of the dodge button performs a standard evasive dash, while a long press triggers a form shift into the Doll Fiend state. In this form, Lacrimosa levitates and flies, with a significant boost to movement speed, allowing her to easily traverse various complex terrains. This not only lets her quickly reposition in combat but also greatly improves the efficiency of map exploration. Note that the flight state continuously consumes stamina.

Core Skill: Absorb & Transform

Lacrimosa’s core tactical value lies in her Absorb & Transform skill. Activating this skill actively draws in small and medium-sized enemies on the field, and she transforms into the enemy’s form for a short time while gaining their basic attack capabilities. This mechanic lets her adapt flexibly to different combat scenarios. If the skill is cast with no target to absorb, it will directly trigger a ranged pigment explosion at the casting position, dealing AOE damage. This skill is also effective against elite enemies, but cannot be used on Boss-level foes.

 

Lacrimosa Weapons

As Lacrimosa's exclusive weapon, its core attributes perfectly match her combat mechanism of stacking Nightmare debuffs and dealing continuous Chaos damage. The specific attributes are as follows:

• Basic Numerical Bonuses: Increases Lacrimosa's ATK by 20%, HP by 15%, and Chaos DMG by 12% (the numerical bonuses account for 30%-40% of her total attributes).
• Exclusive Special Effect: After casting the Ultimate Skill, Lacrimosa restores 2 Energy per second for 5 seconds; the continuous damage of the Nightmare debuff is increased by 25%, and the range of the Ultimate Skill is expanded by 2 meters.

Lacrimosa Drive Block Entry Priority

Priority: Critical Damage > ATK > Sink Strength

Secondary Choice: Energy Regeneration, Skill Range, Attack Speed

Star Ascension: Prioritize leveling up to Level 60 to unlock the level cap and basic stats panel.

 

Lacrimosa Awakening Effects

Level 1 Awakening: The damage multiplier of "Nightmare" is increased by 50%

Level 2 Awakening: When Lacrimosa enters the field via "Orbit Entry Attack", the damage dealt by herself is increased by 15%, and the bonus effect lasts for 15 seconds.

Level 3 Awakening: When the 5th strike of "Sweet and Sour Sanction" hits the target, all accumulated "Nightmare" effects on the target are settled at once.

Level 4 Awakening: The duration of the "Nightmare" state is extended to 6 seconds.

Level 5 Awakening: When the target receives healing, the "Nightmare" stacks are no longer removed; at the same time, the target's maximum HP is reduced based on 200% of the damage value of a single "Nightmare".

Level 6 Awakening: Within 5 seconds after Lacrimosa casts "Devilish Gift", switching to Lacrimosa from any character that can trigger "Esper Ring Combination: Dark Star", "Esper Ring Combination: Turbid Combustion", or "Esper Ring Combination: Discord" allows her to automatically cast "Orbit Entry Attack" without accumulating the "Ring Combination Coefficient", and trigger the corresponding Ring Combination.

Awakening Priority (Sorted by Practical Value): 3 > 1 > 5 > 4 > 2 > 6

Star Soul: Max out the three core paths: "Nightmare Amplification", "Mimic Enhancement", and "Ultimate Skill Range".

 

Lacrimosa Teams

Core Team: Lacrimosa + Mint + Nanally

Mint (A-Rank)

Lacrimosa (S-Rank)

Nanally (S-Rank)

Nanally provides stun control, while Lacrimosa uses her skills to gather monsters and slow them down, creating an environment for Mint to finish off low-health enemies. The skill cycle of the three forms a seamless coordination of "monster gathering, slowing, bursting, and stunning", which is simple to operate and has a significant effect.

Practical Alternative Team: Lacrimosa + Sakiri + Mint

Mint (A-Rank)

Lacrimosa (S-Rank)

Sakiri (S-Rank)

Sakiri starts by gathering monsters and controlling the field → Mint enters the field to quickly lower the enemy's HP with AOE damage → Lacrimosa uses her Level 3 Awakening mechanism to stack Nightmare marks and settle them instantly for a finishing blow, forming a complete "control - pressure - finish" burst chain. However, it should be noted that this team relies heavily on Lacrimosa's Level 3 Awakening to provide finishing damage, and there is no healer, resulting in low fault tolerance.

Survival Team: Lacrimosa + Adler + Fadia

Lacrimosa (S-Rank)

Adler (A-Rank)

Fadia (S-Rank)

The Survival Team of Lacrimosa + Adler + Fadia focuses on survival and continuous output. As a shield tank, Adler generates a team-shared shield by accumulating stacks, which remains effective even after switching characters, effectively resisting Boss damage. Fadia is positioned as a Sub-DPS with auxiliary capabilities; she deals stable multi-hit normal attack damage with her cross, automatically shares damage with teammates when off-field, and enhances team survival with her healing skills. Lacrimosa serves as the core of continuous output.

 

Conclusion

Lacrimosa is an excellent character that combines high mobility, mid-range output, and tactical variability. Her normal attacks have a strong sense of rhythm, balancing monster clearing and burst damage; the unique transformation mechanism brings rich tactical choices; and the levitation movement ability optimizes both combat and map exploration experiences. With a moderate operation difficulty and stable output, she is a highly versatile and powerful character worth investing resources in cultivating in the current version.