Hydro catalyst whose charged attack becomes a sustained, straight-line torrent after absorbing Sourcewater Droplets. Consider Neuvillette when you want a main damage source based on Max HP and can manage his charged-attack setup and HP drain.
Released Sep 27, 2023
Neuvillette creates droplets with his skill and burst, then absorbs them while charging to form Equitable Judgment faster and restore his HP. His passive rewards triggering different Hydro-related reactions, and his burst attack is strongest when those reaction stacks are built.
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Neuvillette GUIDE
Understand Neuvillette
Useful when…
Use his skill and burst to produce droplets that accelerate charged-attack setup and restore HP.
Attack groups or aligned enemies with Equitable Judgment’s continuous straight-line area damage.
Build reaction variety into the party to gain Past Draconic Glories stacks.
How does Equitable Judgment work?
While charging Legal Evaluation, Neuvillette can move, change facing, and absorb Sourcewater Droplets within an area. Each droplet speeds formation of the seal and restores 16% of his Max HP at the listed level-one values. If the seal is formed, releasing the charge unleashes Equitable Judgment: a continuous Hydro torrent in a straight-line area for three seconds, without stamina cost. If his HP is above 50%, the attack drains HP continuously at the listed rate of 8% Max HP every half-second. If charging stops before the seal forms, he instead uses a regular charged attack, which costs 50 stamina. His ordinary normal attacks are a separate three-hit Hydro sequence.
How do you generate droplets and improve the torrent?
O Tears, I Shall Repay deals area Hydro damage based on Max HP and generates three Sourcewater Droplets near an opponent it hits; droplets last 15 seconds at the listed level-one values. O Tides, I Have Returned deals area damage, then calls down two smaller waterfalls and generates six droplets in front of Neuvillette. The burst costs 70 Energy at the listed level-one values. His passive grants a Past Draconic Glories stack when a party member triggers one of the listed reactions on an opponent: Vaporize, Frozen, Electro-Charged, Lunar-Charged, Bloom, Lunar-Bloom, Hydro Swirl, Hydro Crystallize, or Lunar-Crystallize. Each reaction type’s stacks exist independently, last 30 seconds, and up to three stacks increase Equitable Judgment to 110%, 125%, or 160% of its original damage. His current HP above 30% also grants Hydro damage bonus, capped at 30%.
What should you prioritize?
The normal attack talent governs Equitable Judgment, so it is the direct talent priority when the torrent is his main damage source. Skill and burst are useful for their Max HP-based damage and, especially, for the droplets that prepare charged attacks; invest in them according to how often you use them. Ascension uses Lumitoile and Fontemer Unihorn at the listed stages. Talent examples use Equity books and Transoceanic materials; the level 9-to-10 example uses Everamber and a Crown of Insight. His underwater sprint passive increases party underwater sprint speed by 15%, but does not stack with a passive that provides the exact same effect.
What can interrupt the plan?
Droplets have a 15-second duration at the listed level-one values, so delaying after creating them can waste the setup. His torrent only hits in a straight-line area in front of him, making facing and enemy alignment relevant. The HP drain applies while using Equitable Judgment if his HP is above 50%; droplets help restore HP but do not remove the need to account for that condition. The comparison entries identify other Hydro characters but give no details about their attacks or roles, so they do not establish a direct replacement for this charged-attack mechanic.
Limitations and tradeoffs
His signature charged attack needs droplet setup to form quickly and drains HP above the stated threshold.
The beam’s straight-line area rewards deliberate facing and positioning.
Reaction-stack bonuses depend on triggering distinct listed reaction types and expire after 30 seconds.
Common mistakes to avoid
Releasing before the seal forms and expecting Equitable Judgment instead of a regular charged attack.
Letting generated droplets expire before absorbing them.
Treating three stacks as three triggers of the same reaction type; each reaction type’s stacks are tracked independently.
Effects and reference details
As Water Seeks Equilibrium · Normal attack
Normal Attack With light flourishes, Neuvillette commands the tides to unleash a maximum of 3 attacks, dealing Hydro DMG.
Charged Attack Empowerment: Legal Evaluation While charging up, Neuvillette will gather the power of water, forming it into a Seal of Arbitration. In this state, Neuvillette can move and change facing, and also absorb any Sourcewater Droplets in a certain AoE. Every Droplet he absorbs will increase the formation speed of the Seal, and will heal Neuvillette. When the charging is stopped, if the Symbol has yet to be formed, then a Charged Attack will be unleashed. If it has been formed, then a Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment will be unleashed.
Charged Attack Consumes a fixed amount of Stamina to attack opponents with a rupturing blast of water, dealing AoE Hydro DMG.
Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment Unleashes surging torrents, dealing continuous AoE Hydro DMG to all opponents in a straight-line area in front of him. Equitable Judgment will not consume any Stamina and lasts 3s. If Neuvillette's HP is above 50%, he will continuously lose HP while using this attack.
Plunging Attack Gathering the might of Hydro, Neuvillette plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in his path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with the ground.
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
54.6%
54.6%
2-Hit DMG
46.2%
46.2%
3-Hit DMG
72.3%
72.3%
Charged Attack DMG
136.8%
136.8%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost
50.0
50.0
Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment
7.32% Max HP
7.32% Max HP
HP Restored
16.0% Max HP/Droplet
16.0% Max HP/Droplet
HP Loss
8.0% Max HP/0.5s
8.0% Max HP/0.5s
Plunge DMG
56.8%
56.8%
Low/High Plunge DMG
114%/142%
114%/142%
O Tears, I Shall Repay · Elemental skill
Summons a Raging Waterfall that will deal AoE Hydro DMG to opponents in front of Neuvillette based on his Max HP. After hitting an opponent, this skill will generate 3 Sourcewater Droplets near that opponent.
Arkhe: Pneuma At certain intervals, when the Raging Waterfall descends, a Spiritbreath Thorn will descend that will pierce opponents, dealing Pneuma-aligned Hydro DMG.
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
12.86% Max HP
12.86% Max HP
Spiritbreath Thorn DMG
20.8%
20.8%
Spiritbreath Thorn Interval
10.0s
10.0s
Sourcewater Droplet Duration
15.0s
15.0s
CD
12.0s
12.0s
O Tides, I Have Returned · Elemental burst
Unleashes waves that will deal AoE Hydro DMG based on Neuvillette's Max HP. After a short interval, 2 waterfalls will descend and deal Hydro DMG in a somewhat smaller AoE, and will generate 6 Sourcewater Droplets within an area in front.
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
22.26% Max HP
22.26% Max HP
Waterfall DMG
9.11% Max HP
9.11% Max HP
CD
18.0s
18.0s
Energy Cost
70
70
Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority
When a party member triggers a Vaporize, Frozen, Electro-Charged, Lunar-Charged, Bloom, Lunar-Bloom, Hydro Swirl, Hydro Crystallize or a Lunar-Crystallize reaction on opponents, 1 stack of Past Draconic Glories will be granted to Neuvillette for 30s. Max 3 stacks. Past Draconic Glories causes Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment to deal 110%/125%/160% of its original DMG. The stacks of Past Draconic Glories created by each kind of Elemental Reaction exist independently.
Discipline of the Supreme Arbitration
For each 1% of Neuvillette's current HP greater than 30% of Max HP, he will gain 0.6% Hydro DMG Bonus. A maximum bonus of 30% can be obtained this way.
Gather Like the Tide
Increases underwater Sprint SPD for your own party members by 15%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
