Hydro support whose Burst grants a Normal Attack Elemental damage bonus and Hydro Infusion to sword, claymore, and polearm users.
Released Sep 28, 2022
Candace's Burst grants Prayer of the Crimson Crown to the active character. It increases Elemental damage dealt with Normal Attacks, triggers up to three Hydro waves when characters take the field, and infuses sword, claymore, and polearm users with Hydro. Her Skill offers a hold barrier and a leaping Hydro strike.
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Candace GUIDE
Understand Candace
Useful when…
Granting Hydro Infusion to sword, claymore, and polearm users under her Burst effect.
Increasing Elemental Normal Attack damage for the active character under Prayer of the Crimson Crown.
Triggering up to three Hydro waves as characters take the field under the Burst effect.
Blocking an attack with her Skill's hold barrier.
What the Burst grants
Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide deals area Hydro damage based on Candace's Max HP and grants Prayer of the Crimson Crown to the active character for 9 seconds. The effect increases Elemental damage dealt with Normal Attacks by 20%. Whenever a character takes the field, it triggers a Hydro wave, up to three waves. Sword, claymore, and polearm users under the effect gain Hydro Infusion. The Burst costs 60 Energy and has a 15-second cooldown.
Skill barrier and counter
Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum has a tap strike and a hold mode that raises a barrier absorbing damage based on Candace's Max HP. The barrier absorbs Hydro damage 250% more effectively and lasts until the Skill is unleashed. After a certain hold period, release, expiry, or barrier break, Candace performs a leaping Hydro strike. If Candace is hit during the hold, Aegis of Crossed Arrows makes the Skill finish charging instantly.
Conditional damage scaling
Celestial Dome of Sand adds 0.5% damage for every 1,000 Max HP Candace has when affected characters deal Elemental damage with Normal Attacks under Prayer of the Crimson Crown. This increase is conditional on both the Burst effect and Elemental Normal Attack damage. Max HP also supports her Skill barrier and Burst damage.
Who can use the effects
Hydro Infusion is specified for sword, claymore, and polearm users. The Burst's damage bonus applies to Elemental Normal Attacks, and its field-entry waves are limited to three.
Limitations and tradeoffs
Her Hydro Infusion and Normal Attack bonus have specific weapon and attack-type conditions.
The Burst triggers at most three field-entry Hydro waves.
Her Skill barrier is part of its hold action.
Common mistakes to avoid
Assuming every party member simultaneously receives Prayer of the Crimson Crown.
Applying the passive's 0.5% per 1,000 Max HP increase outside Elemental Normal Attack damage under the Burst effect.
Expecting Hydro Infusion for weapon types other than sword, claymore, and polearm.
Effects and reference details
Gleaming Spear - Guardian Stance · Normal attack
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes.
Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.
Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
Effect
Level 1
Level 1
1-Hit DMG
60.8%
60.8%
2-Hit DMG
61.1%
61.1%
3-Hit DMG
35.5%+43.4%
35.5%+43.4%
4-Hit DMG
94.9%
94.9%
Charged Attack DMG
124.2%
124.2%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost
25.0
25.0
Plunge DMG
63.9%
63.9%
Low/High Plunge DMG
128%/160%
128%/160%
Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum · Elemental skill
Candace's fighting style is capable of warding off an entire tide of foes.
Tap Rushes forward with her shield, dealing Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Hold Raises her shield to block incoming attacks from nearby opponents, forming a barrier that absorbs DMG based on her Max HP and absorbs Hydro DMG 250% more effectively. This barrier lasts until the Elemental Skill is unleashed. After holding for a certain period of time, Candace will finish charging, and when the skill button is released, the skill duration expires, or when the barrier is broken, she will perform a leaping strike that deals Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
Effect
Level 1
Level 1
Shield DMG Absorption
12.0% Max HP+1156
12.0% Max HP+1156
Basic DMG
12.0% Max HP
12.0% Max HP
Charged Up DMG
19.0% Max HP
19.0% Max HP
Press CD
6.0s
6.0s
Hold CD
9.0s
9.0s
Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide · Elemental burst
Raising her weapon on high, Candace calls upon a divine blessing that deals AoE Hydro DMG based on her Max HP and continuously confers the Prayer of the Crimson Crown on your active character.
Prayer of the Crimson Crown This effect has the following properties: ·Characters deal increased Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks. ·Whenever a character takes the field, they will unleash a rippling wave of water that deals Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. There is a limited number of waves that can be triggered in the duration of this skill. ·Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding characters under this effect will obtain a Hydro Infusion.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
Effect
Level 1
Level 1
Skill DMG
6.6% Max HP
6.6% Max HP
Duration
9.0s
9.0s
DMG Bonus
20.0%
20.0%
Wave Impact DMG
6.6% Max HP
6.6% Max HP
Wave Instances
3
3
CD
15.0s
15.0s
Energy Cost
60
60
Aegis of Crossed Arrows
If Candace is hit by an attack in the Hold duration of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum, that skill will finish charging instantly.
Celestial Dome of Sand
Characters affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide will deal 0.5% increased DMG to opponents for every 1,000 points of Candace's Max HP when they deal Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
To Dawn's First Light
Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
