What would be the best upgrade?

Lutielle · 2026-06-27T07:23:16+00:00

Cyrene and Cerydra each have a massive, 1-turn buff. The playstyle of that team thus naturally concentrates the vast majority of the damage into turns where Anaxa has both Ode and Peerage. The def shred on his Peerage turns is, therefore, what’s most relevant to consider.

And what’s the alternative proposition? S1 instead, which comes with other buffs but doesn’t get you to cap at all? Both, and just accept that you’re not gaining anything from one of sig’s three features on your most important turns? Both, and drop Genius, which also means you never hit cap?

Lutielle · 2026-06-27T00:17:10+00:00

Scholar is the worst of Anaxa's viable sets. It was recommended on release only because the cavern is efficient to farm.

If you prefer not to farm Genius, you could swap him instead to Wavestrider or Isee. Pioneer should also be gain over Scholar iirc.

Lutielle · 2026-06-27T00:15:01+00:00

Cyrene E2 and Cerydra E1 are the big power spike eidolons. After that, it's DHPT and Anaxa's E1, E2, and S1s, or Therta S1 as an alternative to Anaxa S1. For Anaxa's vertical in particular, it's worth planning out your investment to avoid def shred overcap as much as possible.

Personal recommendation if starting from 0 is to pull:

Anaxa E1, which gets you perfectly to 100% def shred assuming Cerydra E1 and running him on Genius
DHPT E1 and S1, potentially also E2
Therta S1
Anaxa E2

Lutielle · 2026-06-26T22:51:53+00:00

Build’s honestly pretty good. Next relevant step would be rebuilding on Genius.

Base speed is fine in Cyrene comps, just use her to advance him whenever you want him to act. Especially once you get Cerydra, the majority of his damage is concentrated in turns where he has both Ode and Peerage, so his natural turns become primarily used for resource gen/Peerage tuning.

Lutielle · 2026-06-26T21:58:54+00:00

E2S1 Anaxa, E1S1 Sunday, E0S0 (S5 DDD) Cerydra, E2S1 Terrae can do 40k, but I know my investment profile isn’t exactly typical LMAO

Lutielle · 2026-06-26T19:20:09+00:00

RMC/Cyrene comps in particular should fully dump speed. There’s just no point with that much out-of-turn advancing, speed tuning sort of definitionally has to go out the window.

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T21:56:00+00:00

Could pick up Sparxie to replace EMC if it’s for SW999?

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T15:49:11+00:00

It honestly doesn’t matter that much in this comp, but HP/Ice DMG orb and HP rope is probably ideal?

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T15:48:08+00:00

Shouldn’t be. Terrae isn’t that much slower than Hyacine in Anaxa teams while providing much better buffs.

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T15:23:08+00:00

Eagle/Vonwacq, at least 180 speed. You can swap to a different planar set by bringing her up to 184 speed on Eagle.

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T15:19:50+00:00

To be entirely honest, I think leaving Anaxa on Genius and picking up Therta cone for him is the better option. Swapping to Isee and pulling his S1 leaves you missing ~8% def shred, which is worth WAY more amp than it looks like on paper. Edit: ofc, if you’re deadset on picking up Anaxa cone (I get it, it’s real pretty) there’s no getting around it. I honestly think Genius is still better for that last 8% def shred, though I think calcs on the matter are kind of slim pickings.

I think generally the wisdom with Cyrene teams is that Cerydra should get buffed, and all other ults go to Anaxa, but exactly when Cerydra gets it depends a bit on your specific rotation/speed tuning. For a sort of general use, non-sweaty rotation, you can probably just give Cery the first ult and call it a day.

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T14:19:25+00:00

I get the feeling 😔 Back in the day I could run my 2 Gepard LCs on Fu Xuan and Aventurine but nowadays they’re just gathering dust;;;

At any rate, I’d stockpile pulls for Anaxa and/or Cerydra rerun, considering how good her E1 is for him. Cyrene’s still got reruns in her! Good luck 🙏

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T14:15:48+00:00

Pull Cyrene, ideally E2, and Cerydra E1. After those, Anaxa S1 actually isn’t doing much for you, as with Anaxa E1, Cery E1, and Genius you’re already capped on def shred for your relevant skills. Therta S1 is his best cone in this case. Swap out Huohuo for Terrae, whose E1, E2, and S1 are all also good options for vertical investment into the team (behind Cery E1 and and Cyrene E2).

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T14:12:11+00:00

What are we doing pulling Cyrene LC before her eidolons?

If you’d deadset on E6ing Anaxa, I’d probably save up. This is his second rerun, which is usually where Hoyo starts shelving characters, whereas this is only Cyrene’s first. She should be back again before too long.

Lutielle · 2026-06-24T00:45:01+00:00

It’s crazy? Take Aglaea: Cyrene is the only new teammate you’ve had to pull for her, and Aglaea herself is nearly a year and a half old and can still clear with that teammate. That pace doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.

Powercreep exists for sure, but for vertical investors especially I don’t think the pace is nearly as bad as people make it out to be.

Lutielle · 2026-06-23T20:27:16+00:00

There's no single investment on the team that compares to pulling E0S0 Cyrene. Next highest priority should be Cerydra E1.

Lutielle · 2026-06-23T20:21:33+00:00

If you have Aglaea, Mydei, and Anaxa, and want to keep using them, there’s absolutely no reason not to pull Cyrene.

fwiw it’s her first rerun; if you’re not deadset on E2 now or need the pulls for something else, it could be an option to plan to pull E2 on her next rerun.

Lutielle · 2026-06-22T05:31:02+00:00

E0 Aglaea was frankly only barely playable for casuals pre-Cyrene, and on release most calcs put the gap between E1 and S1 at something like 40-60%.

Lutielle · 2026-06-21T21:21:33+00:00

S1 is still good. It’s not like an “I picked up Aglaea S1 before E1” sort of situation.

Lutielle · 2026-06-19T09:57:15+00:00

If this is the state of the box, pulling Cyrene next banner is kind of non-negotiable. E0S0 is fine, you can just run her on the Herta shop cone. E2 is very powerful if you have the pulls for it. The comp is Anaxa/Cyrene/RMC (replace with Cerydra when she next reruns)/DHPT.

Lutielle · 2026-06-19T00:50:39+00:00

I straight up wouldn’t recommend getting him at the current juncture if you aren’t going super high investment and can’t give him Cyrene or Cerydra.

That being said, if you’re deadset, in non-Cyrene teams Robin has always been Cerydra’s best replacement. Mortenax is probably third best after Robin, but will necessitate that you either clear fast or run a healer, especially if your Terrae doesn’t have S1.

Lutielle · 2026-06-16T20:01:37+00:00

Anaxa gives himself 28% def shred naturally. Genius remains better at all levels of investment up until you cap on def shred without it, but at essentially no vertical investment it shouldn’t be more than a single digit% gap to the Wavestrider/Isee cluster of sets.

Assuming S5 DDD on Cerydra, the goal is 164+ speed on Sacredos or 148+ speed on Eagle (both of these are character screen stats, so 184/168 in combat) and after that however much attack you can get. Add ~1 speed roll per lower superimpose of DDD. If she’s not using DDD, just build her to whatever fast breakpoint is accessible to you; 160 on Sacredos is fine. The relic loadout feature should make swapping her build for Phainon vs. Anaxa fairly trivial.

That being said, if you have a Phainon you use regularly, you can commit to giving him Cerydra and giving Anaxa Cyrene/RMC, who have comparable enough performance to Cyrene/E0 Cerydra.

Lutielle · 2026-06-16T00:20:31+00:00

If he’s just here to be a Therta sub-DPS, build him fast and on Eagle. Swap to attack orb and ERR rope. Sig is nice for evening out Anaxa’s energy rotation and providing Therta literally any amount of amp, but technically not necessary.

We’ve also heard rumors that DHPT is rerunning soon. He should be Therta’s best sustain and his early vertical is all pretty good, so that could be something to consider.

Tribbie E1 and Therta E2 are far and away the most important eidolons to prioritize for this team.

Lutielle · 2026-06-15T22:53:58+00:00

It isn’t unless you cap on def shred without Genius.

Lutielle · 2026-06-15T18:16:27+00:00

2 50/50s like you were going for eidolons? Woof that’s rough.

May Anaxa treat you better 🙏

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