Electro plunge-focused damage dealer with Nightsoul-powered combat and traversal
Released Mar 26, 2025
Varesa is an Electro catalyst user who uses Charged Attacks to leap and Plunging Attacks to build or spend Nightsoul points. Her Skill grants 20 points, while qualifying plunges grant 25; her Burst restores points to maximum and enters Fiery Passion. Her Skill also enables movement through Sudden Onrush.
ElementElectroWeaponCatalystRarity5
Varesa GUIDE
Understand Varesa
Useful when…
Building Nightsoul with qualifying plunges, then using Fiery Passion attacks.
Using Burst to fill Nightsoul and enter Fiery Passion directly.
Traversing terrain or water with Sudden Onrush in its supported conditions.
Nightsoul points and Fiery Passion
Varesa's Charged Attack headbutts opponents and propels her into the air. A Plunging Attack restores 25 Nightsoul points if she is in combat when she lands or if its shockwave hits an opponent. Reaching the 40-point limit through this method activates Fiery Passion. Separately, her Skill grants 20 Nightsoul points and a five-second Follow-Up Strike: pressing Normal Attack during it quickly performs a Charged Attack without Stamina cost, with increased interruption resistance. The Skill has two charges. Fiery Passion boosts her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks; its plunge spends all her Nightsoul points. It lasts up to 15 seconds and ends when points run out or after she leaves combat for a period of time.
Burst and Apex Drive
Guardian Vent! restores Nightsoul points to maximum and enters Fiery Passion. Its damage is higher in that state. After a plunge during Fiery Passion, Varesa briefly activates Apex Drive, which increases interruption resistance and lets her use Guardian Vent: Volcano Kablam despite the normal Burst cooldown and at a lower Energy cost. That special Burst performs Thunderous Tornado Eruption, a powerful plunge whose damage is classified as Plunging Attack DMG. Using her Skill exits Apex Drive. The listed Energy costs are 70 for Guardian Vent! and 30 for Volcano Kablam.
Talent, ascension, and conditional ATK bonus
The Normal Attack track covers her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack sequences; the Skill and Burst have separate tracks. Ascension examples list Vajrada Amethyst, Skysplit Gembloom, Fangs, and Sparkless Statue Core at later stages. A passive grants 35% ATK per stack for 12 seconds, up to two independently timed stacks, when a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst.
Limits and comparisons
Follow-Up Strike lasts five seconds and is canceled after Varesa uses a Charged Attack. The 25-point plunge gain depends on landing in combat or the shockwave hitting an opponent; it is not awarded for every landing. Nightsoul Transmission is a separate exploration effect: in Natlan areas with Phlogiston Mechanics, switching to Varesa under its stated movement conditions grants 20 points and can trigger once every 10 seconds by your own party. The food-related Phlogiston restoration has separate conditions and does not work in Domains, Trounce Domains, or Spiral Abyss. Iansan, Ororon, and Clorinde share Electro but have different listed weapons; these facts do not establish equivalent plunge or Nightsoul mechanics.
Limitations and tradeoffs
Plunge damage depends on Nightsoul points, and Fiery Passion is temporary.
The special Burst depends on activating Apex Drive after a Fiery Passion plunge.
Nightsoul Transmission and food-related Phlogiston restoration have separate conditions.
Common mistakes to avoid
Expecting Follow-Up Strike to persist after using a Charged Attack.
Assuming every plunge grants 25 Nightsoul points regardless of combat or shockwave conditions.
Treating the Nightsoul Transmission cooldown as applying to all exploration effects.
Effects and reference details
By the Horns · Normal attack
Normal Attack Gotta try... to do battle like the greatest champion luchadors do! Varesa launches up to 3 strikes, dealing Electro DMG.
Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to headbutt opponents in front, dealing Nightsoul-aligned Electro DMG and using the momentum to leap into the air.
Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG upon impact. If Varesa is in a combat state upon landing, or if the shockwave from her plunging attack hits an opponent, she will gain 25 Nightsoul points. She enters the Fiery Passion state upon reaching maximum Nightsoul points through this method.
Fiery Passion In this state, Varesa's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks will gain corresponding buffs:
Normal Attack Fight like a superstar champion luchador! Launches up to 3 fierce strikes, dealing greater Electro DMG.
Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to slam into her opponents, dealing greater amounts of Nightsoul-aligned Electro DMG and using the momentum to leap into the air.
Plunging Attack Consumes all her Nightsoul points and slams down on the ground from mid-air, dealing DMG to opponents in her path and dealing greater amounts of Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG upon hitting 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
46.8%
46.8%
2-Hit DMG
40.0%
40.0%
3-Hit DMG
56.3%
56.3%
Charged Attack DMG
89.3%
89.3%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost
50.0
50.0
Plunge DMG
74.6%
74.6%
Low/High Plunge DMG
149%/186%
149%/186%
Fiery Passion 1-Hit DMG
54.4%
54.4%
Fiery Passion 2-Hit DMG
52.0%
52.0%
Fiery Passion 3-Hit DMG
73.6%
73.6%
Fiery Passion Charged Attack DMG
92.6%
92.6%
Fiery Passion Charged Attack Stamina Cost
50.0
50.0
Fiery Passion Plunge DMG
74.6%
74.6%
Fiery Passion Low/High Plunge DMG
224%/279%
224%/279%
Riding the Night-Rainbow · Elemental skill
With footwork swift as lightning and fierce as thunder, Varesa displays the true spirit of lucha libre, rushing forward a certain distance and dealing Nightsoul-aligned Electro DMG to opponents in her path. After using this Skill, Varesa gains 20 Nightsoul points and gains the "Follow-Up Strike" effect: Varesa has increased interruption resistance during this time, and upon pressing her Normal Attack, she will quickly unleash a Charged Attack that does not consume Stamina. "Follow-Up Strike" will be canceled after Varesa uses a Charged Attack. She will use different techniques based on whether the skill is Tapped or Held.
Tap Quickly rush a certain distance forward.
Hold Varesa enters the Nightsoul's Blessing state and switches to Sudden Onrush mode.
Sudden Onrush Continuously consumes Nightsoul points. In this state, Varesa's Movement SPD and interruption resistance are increased. She can use terrain to execute flying leaps or consume additional Nightsoul points to traverse atop water or liquid Phlogiston while remaining immune to DMG from the latter.
Nightsoul's Blessing: Varesa When she runs out of Nightsoul points, her Nightsoul's Blessing state will be canceled. When Varesa is in the Sudden Onrush state or Fiery Passion state, she will always be counted as being in the Nightsoul's Blessing state.
Has 2 charges. When Varesa enters the Fiery Passion state, she will obtain an additional Tap charge of her Elemental Skill and its DMG will be increased.
Fiery Passion · While not in the Fiery Passion state, Varesa can use Plunging Attacks to gain Nightsoul points. She will enter Fiery Passion when she reaches maximum Nightsoul points via this method, or when she uses her Elemental Burst Guardian Vent! · While in the Fiery Passion state, her Normal Attacks, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst will gain unique buffs. She can also use a special Elemental Burst shortly after using a Plunging Attack. · The Fiery Passion state lasts for up to 15s and will end when she runs out of Nightsoul points or after she leaves combat for a period of time.
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
Rush DMG
74.5%
74.5%
Fiery Passion Rush DMG
106.4%
106.4%
Follow-Up Strike Duration
5.0s
5.0s
Nightsoul Point Limit
40.0
40.0
CD
9.0s
9.0s
Guardian Vent! · Elemental burst
Leaps into the air before using the momentum of the drop to unleash a powerful flying kick, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG to opponents — just like those heroes of justice in woven scrolls for kids! After using this Skill, Varesa's Nightsoul points will be restored to maximum and she will enter the Fiery Passion state.
In the Fiery Passion state, Varesa's Elemental Burst will deal a greater amount of Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG.
Additionally, she will briefly activate Apex Drive after using a Plunging Attack while in her Fiery Passion state.
Apex Drive Increases Varesa's interruption resistance. While affected by Apex Drive, Varesa can ignore her Elemental Burst CD and consume less Energy to use her special Elemental Burst, "Guardian Vent: Volcano Kablam": This causes her to use the especially powerful Plunging Attack, the "Thunderous Tornado Eruption," which deals Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG upon landing before causing her to exit Apex Drive. This DMG is considered Plunging Attack DMG. Varesa will exit Apex Drive after using her Elemental Skill.
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
Flying Kick DMG
345.1%
345.1%
Fiery Passion Flying Kick DMG
575.2%
575.2%
CD
18.0s
18.0s
Energy Cost
70
70
Volcano Kablam DMG
402.6%
402.6%
Volcano Kablam Energy Cost
30
30
Tag-Team Triple Jump!
After using the Elemental Skill Riding the Night-Rainbow, Varesa gains "Rainbow Crash" for 5s. During this time, when Varesa uses a Plunging Attack, the shockwave DMG dealt when she hits the ground is increased by 50% of her ATK. If Varesa is in the Fiery Passion state, this ground impact DMG is increased by 180% of her ATK instead.
The Rainbow Crash effect will be canceled once a ground impact hits an opponent, or when its duration expires.
The Hero Twice-Returned!
When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Varesa's ATK increases by 35% for 12s. Max 2 stacks. Each stack's duration is counted independently.
Night Realm's Gift: A Torch That Incinerates Evil
After Nightsoul points have been fully depleted, Varesa will switch to using Phlogiston to maintain the Sudden Onrush mode from her Nightsoul's Blessing. While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, Nightsoul Transmission: Varesa can be used. When the current active character is sprinting or in movement modes caused by certain Talents, or at a certain height in the air, switching to Varesa will trigger the following: Varesa enters the Nightsoul's Blessing state, switches to Sudden Onrush mode, and obtains 20 Nightsoul points. Nightsoul Transmission can be triggered once every 10s by your own party. While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, Varesa will not take fall DMG when using terrain differences to make leaps.
Blazing Heart, Singular Advance!
Varesa's Sprint speed is increased. When she is not in combat, her Sprint Stamina consumption will also increase. Additionally, while in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, your party members will restore 20 Phlogiston when consuming food. This effect can occur once every 10s and does not take effect in Domains, Trounce Domains, or the Spiral Abyss.
