Anemo sword attacker with a timed special-skill sequence and Stellar Swirl interactions
Released Sep 23, 2026
Vesna is an Anemo sword user whose Skill enters a 15-second mode that changes her attacks to Anemo and enables Windborne Sword. Windborne Sword levels up with successive uses in the same mode, while her Burst grants Sword Essence. Her passives add stack-based Spirit Blade damage and Stellar Swirl effects under stated conditions.
ElementAnemoWeaponSwordRarity5
Vesna GUIDE
Understand Vesna
Useful when…
Entering Armed for Action and using progressively stronger Windborne Sword attacks.
Using Windborne Sword or Burst to gain Disciplinary Action stacks.
Exploring with the Stamina-consuming Coursing state.
Mode, special Skill, and Burst
The Art of Victory deals area Anemo damage, enters Armed for Action, and grants two Sword Essence stacks. In the 15-second mode, her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks become Anemo damage that cannot be overridden by another infusion. A wind pinion attacks alongside her and regenerates an unspecified amount of Sword Essence each time it is summoned. She can spend Sword Essence on Windborne Sword; each use in the same mode instance increases its level from 1 to 3. Uses at Levels 2 and 3 also summon Spirit Blades. She exits when the mode ends or after using the Level 3 special Skill three times, and remaining Sword Essence is cleared. Her interruption resistance increases during the mode. The Burst, For the Tsaritsa!, summons multiple Spirit Blades and grants one Sword Essence stack.
Disciplinary Action and Stellar Swirl
Using Windborne Sword or her Burst grants one Disciplinary Action stack for 20 seconds, up to six, with each stack timed independently. Spirit Blades deal damage equal to 100% plus 10% per active stack of their original damage. Casting The Art of Victory or leaving the field clears all stacks. In Radiance: Stellar Swirl, Spirit Blade damage is also classified as Stellar Swirl reaction damage. Separately, Stellar Jubilee changes party-triggered Cryo Swirl into Stellar Swirl and increases Stellar Swirl Base DMG based on her ATK: each 100 ATK adds 0.7%, up to 14%. A nearby party member triggering Stellar Swirl puts her into Radiance: Stellar Swirl for eight seconds.
Talent and ascension materials
The Normal Attack track covers her ordinary sequence, the Skill track covers her mode and Windborne Sword, and the Burst track covers Spirit Blade damage. In Radiance: Stellar Swirl, each Cryo or Anemo party member increases her ATK by 6%, while each party member of another Elemental Type increases her Elemental Mastery by 25. Ascension examples list Vayuda Turquoise, Golden Fern, Ethereal materials, and Vagabond's Cracked Armor at later stages.
Timing and exploration
Unused Sword Essence is cleared when Armed for Action ends. Windborne Sword levels through uses in the same mode instance, and the wind pinion's Sword Essence regeneration amount is unspecified. Disciplinary Action stacks clear when she casts The Art of Victory or leaves the field. Coursing continuously consumes Stamina; sprinting or tapping Jump to rise higher expends additional Stamina, and she can rise up to three times per instance. Varka, Chasca, and Ifa share Anemo but have different listed weapons; those facts do not establish that their mode or Stellar Swirl effects match Vesna's.
Limitations and tradeoffs
Windborne Sword uses and Sword Essence are tied to the temporary mode.
Leaving the field or casting The Art of Victory clears Disciplinary Action stacks.
Coursing provides aerial movement while consuming Stamina.
Common mistakes to avoid
Assuming Wind Pinion restores a specific amount of Sword Essence.
Treating Cryo Swirl conversion and Spirit Blade Stellar Swirl damage classification as the same passive effect.
Assuming Coursing is Stamina-free or allows unlimited rises.
Effects and reference details
Vila Blade Dance · Normal attack
Normal Attack Performs up to 6 consecutive strikes.
Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to trample opponents in front of her.
Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along her 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
40.4%
40.4%
2-Hit DMG
48.7%
48.7%
3-Hit DMG
28.1%×2
28.1%×2
4-Hit DMG
59.2%
59.2%
5-Hit DMG
62.4%
62.4%
6-Hit DMG
72.2%
72.2%
Charged Attack DMG
133.0%
133.0%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost
20.0
20.0
Plunge DMG
63.9%
63.9%
Low/High Plunge DMG
128%/160%
128%/160%
The Art of Victory · Elemental skill
Calls forth Spirit Blades passed down through generations of the Vila to deal AoE Anemo DMG, then switches to the **Armed for Action** mode and gains 2 stacks of **Sword Essence**.
Armed for Action DMG dealt by Vesna with her Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, and Plunging Attacks become Anemo DMG that cannot be overridden by another elemental infusion instead. She will also summon a wind pinion that attacks the opponent at the same time, dealing additional Anemo DMG. Each time the wind pinion is summoned, Vesna will regenerate a certain amount of Sword Essence. Vesna can consume Sword Essence to unleash the special Elemental Skill **Windborne Sword**, which deals to the opponent Anemo DMG. Each use of the special Elemental Skill Windborne Sword in the same instance of Armed for Action will increase the level of Windborne Sword, beginning from Lv. 1 to Lv. 3 max, for more Anemo DMG. Using Windborne Sword at Lv. 2 and Lv. 3 will also summon **Spirit Blades** which deal Anemo DMG. Vesna will exit the mode when its duration ends or when she has used Windborne Sword at the highest level 3 times. Exiting will clear all remaining Sword Essence she has accrued. Additionally, when in this mode, Vesna's resistance to interruption is increased. Radiance: Stellar Swirl: DMG dealt with the Spirit Blades becomes Anemo DMG that is also considered Stellar Swirl reaction DMG.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
Windborne Sword Lv. 3 Spirit Blade Final Hit Stellar Swirl DMG
156.8%
156.8%
Wind Pinion DMG
10.4%
10.4%
Armed for Action Duration
15.0s
15.0s
CD
18.0s
18.0s
For the Tsaritsa! · Elemental burst
Summons multiple **Spirit Blades**, dealing AoE Anemo DMG. Also gains a stack of **Sword Essence**.
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
Spirit Blade DMG
263.2%
263.2%
Spirit Blade Stellar Swirl DMG
263.2%
263.2%
CD
15.0s
15.0s
Energy Cost
60
60
Rite of Spring's Procession
After Vesna uses the special Elemental Skill **Windborne Sword** or the Elemental Burst **For the Tsaritsa!**, she also gains 1 stack of Disciplinary Action which lasts 20s. Max 6 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others'. When she has Disciplinary Action stacks active, the **Spirit Blades** summoned by Vesna will deal DMG equal to (100% + 10% × Disciplinary Action stack count) of the original DMG instead. All active stacks of Disciplinary Action are cleared when Vesna uses the Elemental Skill The Art of Victory or when she leaves the field.
Truth Prevails
Radiance: Stellar Swirl: Vesna will gain the corresponding effect based on the Elemental Type of her party members: · For every Cryo or Anemo character in her current party, Vesna's ATK increases by 6%; and · For every character of all other Elemental Types in her current party, Vesna's Elemental Mastery increases by 25 instead.
Stellar Jubilee: Splendid Prelude
When party members trigger Cryo Swirl, it will be changed to a Stellar Swirl reaction, and party members' Base DMG for the Stellar Swirl will be increased based on Vesna's ATK. Every 100 ATK she has increases the Base Stellar Swirl DMG by 0.7%. The maximum DMG increase that can be gained this way is 14%. After a party member triggers a Stellar Swirl reaction nearby, Vesna enters the Radiance: Stellar Swirl state for 8s.
The Grand Circuit
Holding on Sprint or Jump when Vesna is not in combat will cause her to enter the Coursing state.
Coursing Continuously consumes Stamina to hover in mid-air. Sprinting or tapping Jump to go higher expends additional Stamina. Including the hold on Jump that triggers Coursing, Vesna can go higher up to 3 times in each instance of the Coursing state.
Additionally, in Snezhnaya (excluding Nod-Krai), when Vesna is switched onto the field while the currently active party member is in mid-air and not in combat, she will immediately enter the Coursing state and regenerate 50 Stamina. This effect can trigger once every 10s, and does not take effect in Domains, Trounce Domains, or the Spiral Abyss.
