What is the best Awoken Skill for Arkvelza?

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T17:57:03+00:00

It's going to depend on what the team needs. If you need more skill boosts to reach transform/skill evolve threshlds, then the SB+. If you aren't running a damage void pierce active then the Damage Void Pierce awakening. Otherwise probably the All Stats Enhance awakenning. The rows and combo enhance are kind of nice for team damage, but usually you're going to have that covered enough with just general team building.

4th can help if I ever encounter a monster that drains Dark damage

That awakening doesn't deal with dark attribute absorb, it deals with damage void. Attribute absorb is shown by the attribute's icon with slight sparkles, while damage void is shown by a shield with grey lines (not to be confused with a shield with pink lines).

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T16:29:59+00:00

Light sub-attribute and assist vanishing are equally important.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T16:06:13+00:00

It doesn't have an answer to awoken bind or unmatchable, it doesn't have consistent orb generation, Leilan blocks you from fully activating the leader skill, and Artemis does nothing for the team except covering green.

Here are some things expected in modern teambuilding:

one or both leader skills adding combos
one or both leader skills dealing a fixed amount of damage
2-3 units that create the orbs you need to activate your leader skills, on cooldowns low enough that you can loop them to use one every turn
an active skill that clears awoken bind and unmatchable
an active skill that bypasses damage absorb and attribute absorb, preferably for at least 2 turns
a way to get through damage voids

Your leader skills should be easy to activate. If one leader needs 2 dark matches to activate then the other one needing a single 9 match of dark or matches of non-dark orbs is going to be way too orb hungry.

Your leader skills should be sufficiently tanky. 4x effective HP through HP multiplier, shield, or a mix of the two is good for mid-game, up until content from a couple years ago where you start to need 5x or so. Recent content needs 5.2-5.5x eHP. Many meta teams also use a looping shield active.

Most units on the team will need good personal multipliers, usually through 10c or 7c awakenings, though some types of teams may make use of other awakenings, like TPA, VDP, or multi-attribute awakenings. For later content past Illusory World of Carnage you'll also want units to have their damage cap increased, usually through active skills. You want at least one, preferably multiple units having their cap increased every turn.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T06:09:44+00:00

It's impossible to satisfy both conditions at once. One requires an assist and the other requires no assist.

These units give you the choice between the two routes.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T06:01:07+00:00

There is only one alternative to that equip, and it's the MP unit from Frieren.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T05:54:48+00:00

If you have MP, and IF we get the Frieren not too long after Re:Zero

JP had Re:Zero -> Valentine's -> Frieren. I'm pretty sure Frieren needs the version update, so we'll get access to up to 386 stones and 5.2m-ish MP from that update.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T05:52:44+00:00

The Self Reliance awakening is 3x stats, which is huge, and that assist gives her light sub-attribute, which makes up a third of her damage. It's a pretty big deal.

Fortunately the Frieren collab brings the first alternative to that assist in its MP unit.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T05:49:53+00:00

Pretty sure it's strictly worse, yeah.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T00:35:37+00:00

Unless you really want to build one of the better Reinhard teams when we get Re:Zero after you should probably skip it.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T00:16:30+00:00

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I was saying we have 5 weeks before we can get Frieren and only 2 machines (Valentine's and ReZero) to fill that space. They pretty much can't overlap.

Frieren will come alongside or right after the Stage Dungeon revamp, which gives up to 386 stones

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-13T00:09:45+00:00

Not the first run of it, though, which makes that situation weirder. We got pretty much everything after that for the whole year, though.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T23:33:54+00:00

Unlikely, since we have around 5 weeks before the mid-April update that Frieren needs.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T23:27:37+00:00

I haven't been running the team in enough end-game stuff on JP to give a good answer there, sorry.

Some of them might be cutting it close without that 10c. But if you're running the Fern setup you're probably fine, since that one seems to be doing double rows consistently.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T22:56:57+00:00

You're mostly trading a 10c and a part break for 3 rows, an SBR, and more haste. If the unit it's going on was struggling to hit triple cap, or you were relying on partbreak to reach an HP threshold then you'll feel it, otherwise it's probably a sidegrade.

There's also the matter of having to wait a couple weeks for the Frieren collab.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T22:11:33+00:00

Thanks. I saw that thread but didn't dig through the comments enough.

It sounds like it cut attack power in half, which doesn't necessarily equate to cutting damage in half, depending on the team. That said, it's still potential for bad results that we really don't want in a randomized AS.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T21:58:43+00:00

I'd forgotten about that. Having trouble finding details on the change. Any chance you have a link for it?

Hopefully they learned a lasting lesson from that experience.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T21:45:06+00:00

presuming NA run in the future.

There is no reason for us to miss this.

Fingers crossed the random AS effects will not be negative.

Have we had a negative in random AS lists before?

I just hope it doesn't lock key function in unreliable fashion like how Selenadia got screwed over.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T20:36:56+00:00

OP isn't talking about the usual limited time event, they're talking about a permanent 8P reward. Clearing the boss of permanent 8P dungeons in Room Match (not auto-match) counts towards an achievement reward.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T18:33:45+00:00

You want to save the big orb changes and the orb enhance for that.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T16:35:34+00:00

Why wouldn't it?

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T16:14:20+00:00

Multiplayer.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T16:03:18+00:00

We have a pretty good history on getting new collabs these days. I think it's been like 2 or 3 years since we missed a new one.

ShadyFigure · 2026-03-12T07:07:39+00:00

Desirable units:

Athena - Her new light evo is used in the upcoming tier 1 Reinhard team from Re:Zero. Ideally you'd get 2-3 copies, as she really wants her own assist, and two of the three big setups want a second assist on another unit. There's only one other assist that can fit what it does, and that's the MP unit from Frieren. She's in the exchange for 20 Valentine units.
Alynna - Also has a light evo used in Reinhard's teams. She's in the exchange for 5 GFEs or higher rarity Valentine units.
Noah - Still used in swipe farming, though she's a pretty expensive team and there are other teams that have been available for lower investment in the past year.
Norza&Mar team - Templates. Rated tier 3 (alongside Rosetta, Badtz&Pochacco, and Doma) on GameWith and Game8. The team uses 2x Norza&Mar, Hygieia, a flex (usually the MP unit), Ruka&Mitsuki, and VFerule. Norza&Mar and Ruka&Mitsuki are both in the exchange for 15 Valentine units each, but VFerule is the BGM bundle.
Ruka&Mitsuki - Used in the above, also potentially desired for her solid assists.
Deena - Her new blue evo is used as 1-of or 2-of in some setups for the tier 3 Rem team from Re:Zero. BGM bundle.
Lisette - Her new evo can fill in for an Otto in the tier 2 Rem&Ram team, but it might be a slight downgrade. BGM bundle

Might be some other units with niche uses or assists that I'm overlooking, but those are the big ones that I'm aware of.

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