Punishing Gray Raven Discord: Secator Build Guide

With the release of Punishing Gray Raven’s global final integrated Update patch - Through The Tide Home, players will be able to meet the long awaited character Discord in the form of her brand new A Rank Frame - Discord:Secator. In this guide, we will go over how players can best build the brand new frame as a strong DPS character for end game contents.

Discord: Secator Skill & Abilities Overview

General Introduction

Discord: Secator is a 5* A Rank Construct of the Attacker class that is intended as the substitute Main DPS option for Physical centric team comps for end game contents. She specializes in dealing Physical and Ultima Blade damage, allowing her to become a decently strong Main DPS option against bosses weak to Ultimate Slash Affix.

Damage Element	Class	Effect (Affix)	Role
Physical (100%)	Attacker	Ultima Slash	Main DPS

Discord: Secator Skill Kit & Abilities

Discord: Secator’s skills and abilities mainly revolve around her ability to control large groups of enemies by pulling them together and quickly slash them with her giant scissors to accumulate as much Signature energy as possible to unleash her Signature move.

Discord: Secator has 2 different modes that she can switch between: Silent Consent and Rampant Disaster. In order to change from her Silent Consent mode to her Rampant Disaster Mode, players will need to use her orb combo to quickly control the enemies together and deal damage to them while accumulating Cutting Edge Stacks.

Upon obtaining enough Cutting Edge stacks, Discord: Secator can use her Signature Move to enter her Rampant Disaster Mode. In this mode, she will consume her dodge gauge to dodge all enemies’ attacks automatically and will gain an infinite amount of red orbs, allowing her to deal massive amounts of damage. However, if she is interrupted during this mode by enemies’ attacks, she will exit this mode.

Upon accumulating a large amount of energy during her Rampant Disaster Mode, Discord: Secator can unleash an instance of powerful Physical damage to all enemies on the field as a Signature move. If Discord: Secator is interrupted during her Rampant Disaster mode, she will be able to unleash a lesser version of this damage instance.

Discord: Secator Rank Passive

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

Rank	Effect
S5	Casting Rampant Shears and Severing Bite will activate all available QTEs. Immediately gains 1 Signal Orb upon entering the battle for the first time.
SS	Casting Converging Edge will rearrange Signal Orbs into 3-Pings. Devouring Etch Stacks provide a 20% higher Extra DMG Bonus.
SS3	The Extra DMG Bonus granted for Purgatory Shear by performing 3-Pings during Converding Edge now increases by 45% more. Restores a set of 3-Ping Orbs after casting Severing Bite.
SSS	After casting Purgatory Shear by consuming at least 31 Cutting Edge, refunds 15 Cutting Edge and increases Purgatory Shear's Base DMG by 75%. When Focused Rending successfully consumes at least 30 Cutting Edge, refunds 3 random Signal Orbs and increases Focused Rending's Base DMG by 100%. During Rampant Disaster, each Red Orb ping grants 12 more Signature Energy.
SSS3	Extra DMG of Purgatory Shear and Focused Rending increases by 90% and 80% respectively.
SSS6	Extra DMG of Staccato Slash increases by 60%.
SSS+	Extra DMG of Severing Bite increases by 100%.

Discord: Secator Skill Level & Rank Up Priorities

As the decently strong Main DPS option for both the Physical and Ultima Slash Affix damage team and is one of the game’s main substitute for Vergil for Ultima Slash contents, players should pay attention to these considerations when building Discord: Secator:

• Focus On Boosting Her Signature Move: Discord: Secator’s main damage output is based on her Signature move damage, so if you want to maximize her damage output,you should invest in her Signature move.
• Learn To Use Discord: Secator In Quick Swap Comps: As Discord: Secator’s skill kit benefits from both being on field and being off field periodically, it is a good idea for players to learn to quickly perform Discord: Secator’s damage combo on field then quickly swap her off field for other Constructs to deal damage.
• Discord: Secator Is A Ultima Slash DPS: Unlike Selena: Pianissimo, who is her main competitor, Discord: Secator’s skill kit makes her more suitable as a main DPS option for Ultimate Slash team more than a Physical DPS character so players should invest into her with that in mind for the game’s end game contents.
• Invest In SSS+ Rank: As a Main DPS option and a initial A Rank Construct, Discord: Secator’s most optimal investment point lies in her SSS+ Rank, which massively boost the damage output of all of her effects, allowing her to complete her combo with ease while dealing a high amount of damage. This is the optimal investment point for the long term and is the point where she can compete with other S Rank Constructs in the same role. Thankfully, players can easily achieve this investment point thanks to the game giving out free shards for players to get her to SSS+ no problem.

 

Weapons, Memories, CUBs & Harmonization Builds

Discord: Secator Weapon & Weapon Resonance Recommendations

For Weapon, Discord: Secator’s best in slot weapon is of course, her Signature 6* Weapon - Osseous Guillotine

	Osseous Guillotine (6* Weapon)
	ATK (436) CRIT (249)
Asunder Deep ATK increased by 10%. Reduces additional Signature Energy consumption by 50% during Rampant Disaster.

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

	Spinebreaker (5* Weapon)
	ATK (354) CRIT (201)
Final Judgement Befalls Physical DMG increased 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.
3rd	Matrix Lightning	Movement Speed greatly increases and all enemies' Extra DMG Reduction decreases by 10% in Matrix.

Discord: Secator Memory & Resonance Build

For Discord: Secator, she doesn’t have her own Signature Memory set, therefore, players will need to use pre-existing Memory sets for Discord. Depending on which team players use Discord: Secator for, there are 2 different builds for her: the Physical build and the Ultima Slash Affix build:

For Discord: Secator Physical build, her best memory set will be Patton, which massively improves her physical damage dealt while also reducing enemies’ physical resistances. For the other 2 pcs set, players should use 2pcs Chang Wuzi to maximize her Physical damage output even more and add an additional 2pcs Cottie from Weapon Harmonization to lessen the amount of energy needed for her to activate her Signature Move.

Her best Memory build for a Physical build will be 4 Pieces Patton + 2 Pieces Chang Wuzi (+ 2 Piece Cottie From Weapon Harmonization)

Discord: Secator’s Memory Build Should be as Followed:

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

For Discord: Secator Ultima Slash build, players should use a mix of Patton as the main Memory set to increase her overall physical damage boost together with a Cottie 4pcs set to boost her Signature move damage output.

Her best Memory build for a Ultima Slash build will be 4 Pieces Patton + 2 Pieces Cottie (+ 2 Piece Cottie From Weapon Harmonization)

Discord: Secator’s Memory Build Should be as Followed:

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

Memory Sets effects:

- Patton:

• 2pcs: ATK increases by 5%. Dark and Glow DMG increases by 5%.
• 4pcs: DMG of The Parting of the Sea doubles. When casting Eclipse Chains, every 1 point of Commandment Gauge consumed grants 10 stacks of Benediction; if 9 points of Commandment Gauge have been consumed, additionally grant 45 stacks of Benediction.

- Cottie:

• 2pcs: ATK increases by 3% and Dark DMG increases by 7%.
• 4pcs: Extra DMG Bonus increases by 10%. Attacking a target will inflict them with Corruption, reducing their Dark Resistance by 15% for 8s (10s cooldown on the same target). Attacking targets affected by Corruption will trigger an Explosion that deals 600% Dark DMG (6s cooldown on the same target).

- Chang Wuzi:
+ 2pcs: Physical DMG increases by 10%

• 4pcs: Base DMG of Harmonics Orb increases by 100%. Piercing Strike effect applied by Hanying: Solacetune increases by 20%. Upon exiting Moonsong Realm, the area of effect will continue to last for 12s, dealing 50% Physical DMG to enemies once every second.

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

- For Upper Slots: Attack +15, Critical + 15 for all 6 slots.

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

Discord: Secator Best CUBs

For CUB, Discord: Secator doesn’t have a signature CUB, so she should use CUB options from other Constructs in the game, especially CUBs made specially made for Physical DPS constructs such as Snow Waltz, Dreamwing or Dawn Chorus

- Snow Waltz:

Active Skill 1:
After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Snow Waltz will slash the target, dealing 2050% Physical DMG once.

Active Skill 2:

After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Snow Waltz will shoot blades to the surroundings and retrieve them, pulling in nearby enemy units and dealing 1000% Physical DMG twice.

- Dreamwing:

Active Skill 1:
After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Dreamwing will attack with an energy wave, applying Rigidity to nearby enemies, dealing 250% physical DMG 6 times.

Active Skill 2:

After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Dreamwing will fly towards the target then crash into the ground, dealing 450% physical DMG 4 Times.

- Dawn Chorus:

Active Skill 1:
After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Dawn Chorus will fire a laser at the Enemy, dealing 1500% Physical DMG.

Active Skill 2:

After pinging a total of 6 basic Signal Orbs, the CUB button will become available. After casting, Dawn Chorus will charge toward the enemy from a distance in mid-air, dealing 1250% Physical DMG while granting the equipped character super armor for 3s, and shield equal to 200% of the CUB's ATK for 10s.

 

Discord: Secator Best Team & Teammates

As the brand alternative Main DPS option for Physical and Ultima Slash teams, Discord: Secator functions similarly to the usual main DPS carry in a team, requiring players to bring a Tank character that can shred enemies’ resistances and an Amplifier character to heal and buff the team in order to maximize Discord: Secator’s damage output.

Her best teammates are:

- Hanying: Solacetune: Hanying: Solacetune is Discord: Secator’s best teammate for both the Physical and Ultima Slash teams as a tank construct that can massively reduce enemies’ Physical and Ultima Slash resistances while also dealing decent amount of damage herself to supplement Discord: Secator’s damage output.

- Veronica: Aegis : Veronica: Aegis is the main new Physical Amplifier Construct and serves as the Physical team’s main source of healing and buffing thanks to her strong skill kit, making her the ideal teammate for Discord: Secator in the Physical team.

Conclusion

The battle maid and one of the brand new A Rank Constructs in the game, Discord: Secator helps to substitute for the lack of Ultima Slash DPS options for players to use in various end game contents in Punishing Gray Raven.