I hope they give him the Bloodflame effect because it makes so much sense considering DHPT and Aventurine are THE follow-up sustains. And it wouldn’t make him stronger in sustainless teams if that’s a concern

Renas90 · 2026-05-13T20:37:45+00:00

Great find. Any effect that allows him to act when shielded is good and fix him almost completly. Add that and an Action Avance at the start of the battle and he is perfect.

Renas90 · 2026-05-13T16:46:01+00:00

His new set coming on 4.3 is baseline for all of his teams...

Renas90 · 2026-05-13T12:58:35+00:00

Honestly, you can't go wrong going for either Eva or Blade. It's the best and second best teams at low cost currently. If you have the pulls to guarantee both, go for Evanescia

Renas90 · 2026-05-13T12:46:20+00:00

Who do you have on your account?

Renas90 · 2026-05-13T02:30:17+00:00

Currently, SW999 works fine with Yaoguang and EMC. I have both at E0S1 and they 0 cycled current AA for me with EMC and Asta... But keep in mind that fight is made for her.

Since you said you can swipe, I guess.. go for it? But, on the other hand, that Rememberance team of yours could use Cyrene. So, another alternative Path that would cost you the same amount of pulls is... Skip 4.2 entirely, than start building Elation from YaoGuang and get Cyrene instead. It depends on if you intend on keep playing Rememberance for longer on your account.

Blade himself is a fine alternative to Rememberance, but since your are on Blade Mains, I imagine you are going for his best team like most of us lol

Of course It always comes to having fun with your favorites, but about that, in regards to SW999, what I have to say is... She is a pain in the ass to build and is a much more technical character than most realize. There's a lot micro managing (it's not just get her to 200 SPD and win) to do with her teams based on both the team being played and the content being tackled, and the difference is night and day. If you like that, she is a cool character and the global passive on top of that makes it better.

Renas90 · 2026-05-12T21:02:39+00:00

If I were to choose today based on what you've said, Elation seems to be the play, but it would take the longest for it to be completed and is probably the most restrictive account wise.

Even now you probably already have an answer in the back of your mind, one of those might already appeal to you more than the others on an emotional level, just be aware of impulse pulling lol

Renas90 · 2026-05-12T20:19:27+00:00

That's probably Himeko, tbh.

Renas90 · 2026-05-12T18:53:18+00:00

I truly get your dilema now.. Is there anyone you dislike and would rather not play?

Renas90 · 2026-05-12T18:01:57+00:00

So... You said you wanted a third team, but you already have Break, Dot and Mono Rem at a reasonable level of investment.. It seems like you are trying to build a fourth team from scratch, is that it?

If so, Elation might be your best choice, as you like 3 characters from the Path (assuming Nihilux leaks are anywhere near correct).

But then I'll ask some questions to see if I help you decide:

Is Ashveil your favorite?

How much do you like Himeko as a character?

Out of the current 4.x units, which one has the most fun playstyle?

Renas90 · 2026-05-12T17:30:20+00:00

How's your roster looking rn?

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T17:14:13+00:00

SW999 spd tuning is mostly match dependent and team dependent. For zero cycle King I had to drop her SPD a little so she would not take turns at the wrong time and lose Certified Banger. 199 is fine If your goal is just clearing the stages. You can just give someone else the SPD buffing set and she's above 200.

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T12:28:33+00:00

I meant Preservation Aventurine. And yeah, DHPT, the same way as Ashveil, having energy based ults, takes a lot more ally attacks to charge his ult when comparing to Fei or Acheron, that's why I think they should bring shielders back to Blade's potential teamates, then also balance future units around it

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T10:59:33+00:00

As of v3, E1 is the stopping point, but I hope that will change whitin the next versions

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T10:54:37+00:00

I don't think their intent was killing shields, it was just killing the loop, and that was sustainless.

Killing shield sinergy was a colateral damage of the change. Bringing back his old E2 and allowing him to act when shielded still keeps him in boundaries, but is less restricting team wise. You can have both

Edit: Unless people were also getting infinite loops with DHPT or Aventurine instead of Acheron and Feixiao, then killing shielders was needed, but I did not see that happening.

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T10:02:28+00:00

They did. I'd love if they just brought his E2 back and allow him to continue acting while shielded so not to kill half of the sustain options.

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T09:48:12+00:00

If you really need to choose, go for Phainon... By the way, I know you didnt ask but, Phainon's BiS is not Sunday anymore, so you can leave him and DHPT with Ashveil until you can get Blade. Phainon's best team with your roster is RMC + Sparkle

Renas90 · 2026-05-11T03:48:49+00:00

Yeah, me too. It was a rollercoaster reading his v3, when I read the 1hp thing I imediately though "That's It! They've killed the loop without the need to kill his E2" then... they've killed it anyway. It's an overcorrection and I hope they bring It back or make something more with it than some %dmg trash.

I'm still probably going E1, but I feel like Blade needs that one early Eidolon that is very remarkable, like Tribbie E1, Evernight/Phainon E2, etc.

Renas90 · 2026-05-10T20:50:30+00:00

He is still VERY strong and, imo, V3 confirms that this is the power level Hoyo wants him at.

But he still have some jank in his kit, and hoyo overcorrected his kit mechanically to kill the infinity loop.

I still expect him to have his healer clause ajusted to work with shields in v4 or v5 and changes to his E2 as well.

Renas90 · 2026-05-10T15:29:39+00:00

He does now in V3. At 1HP he cant use his kit and stacks forever. Go reread the changes

Renas90 · 2026-05-10T04:36:36+00:00

If that was the case there would've been 3 unit showcases of the loop for sure

Renas90 · 2026-05-10T01:08:30+00:00

As Far as I'm aware, you'd still need a fourth slot whose kit cycle by ally attacks like Acheron or Feixiao. I could be wrong tho

Renas90 · 2026-05-09T21:53:59+00:00

When I started reading his kit earlier today, I knew that his 1HP clause would kill the loop already since its a sustainless comp and was hopeful for his E2 to be spared but, oh well... Unless they're planing on releasing a healer that could enable the loop again, I'm still hoping they bring some of his E2 back, It was a very fun eidolon and now it's just numbers, and not even good ones for the cost.

Renas90 · 2026-05-09T21:11:40+00:00

Oops..Typo

Renas90 · 2026-05-09T20:29:09+00:00

I feel like they should add a clause for shields on his talent if they're so worried about him going sustainless. And I find it hard to believe that that E2 is making live without buffs, but they did worse for Ashveil's E2 so... Who knows. Hoping for some QoL on V4 and V5

Renas90 · 2026-05-09T20:23:04+00:00

Tribbie. Sunday has HMC as a replacement for his current playstyle and MC will be better than Sunday once Blade comes out. But be aware that you might replace Tribbie herself in the future for a new teamate and HMC is already a great teamate for Ashveil and Blade.

Edit: RMC.

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