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Overview
Charlotta, the Harvin Captain of the Holy Knights, is an light based, rapid attacking warrior that excels at overwhelming her foes through fast movement, aerial attacks, and counter attack options. Not only does she have amazing combat ability, but also self survivability with an option for her to apply Invincibility to herself in order to either get herself out of a sticky situation, or to unload on her foes without worry of taking damage. Not only that, she can apply a weaker Phalanx to her team with Königsschild, providing damage cut to herself and allies, making her also useful for dealing with high damage attacks.
Gameplay
Charlotta's gameplay is quite simple, in that her main damage comes from spamming the square button, which speeds up her swings and DPS. The quickest way to get to the maximum number of swings per second is to begin spamming square right after a link attack or a damage dealing skill. Outside of that, she is able to leap into the air at any time by pressing triangle, and after performing the high jump, she can either perform a thrusting attack with another triangle, or a lunge gap closer by pressing square.
She is one of the only characters who has a built in gap closer, making it easier for her to stay on top of her enemies. One more neat thing to her base kit is that, at any time, even during her square combo, she can press triangle to counter attack any attack and leap into the air. Below is a short demonstration of one of her bread and butter combos, taking use of her two self buffs which go hand in hand, which will be explained in the Skills section:
Skills
Shining Onslaught
- A multi-hit attack that inflicts DEF⬇️(15%) on hit.
- This is a decent lunge attack for Charlotta, however she is able to lunge further without the use of a skill, making that not super important.
- The defense down is a nice bonus if you are going into a fight with no other defense down user or if you're playing as a more supportive Charlotta, which in that case I recommend you bring this skill along. However...
- Defense down is not super important once you reach late game as damage caps are easily reached.
Sword of Lumiel
- A flurry of slashes that cuts wider and deals more damage the longer Charlotta swings. Hold while activating to continue slashing.
- This is a very high damaging skill as the DPS it brings is among the top on the game. It can also be cut short or dodged out of at any time if you find yourself in danger of being attacked, or if the enemy has moved out of the way.
- Combine this with her self invisibility buff and you can whack away at your foes guilt free!
Valiant Stance
- Grants an ATK⬆️(30%-120%) effect to Charlotta that strengthens over time. She loses the effect upon taking damage.
- This pairs well with her other self buff Invincible as she is unable to take damage during that time, thus making this buff easier to maintain.
- This is very good if you're able to consistently keep the buff active, and makes it easier to build Charlotta for max damage and can opt for other, non damage increasing sigils.
Invincible
- Grants Invincibility to Charlotta
- A straightfoward skill that for a short period, around 10 seconds, leaves Charlotta immune to all damage.
- Not only can this ignore boss mechanics, but it also allows Valiant Stance to stay on longer if you were to take damage, making both of her self buffs go hand in hand together.
Holy Ladder
- Jumps into the air to unleash a whirlwind of long-range slashes. After the lash slash, press square or triangle while airborne for a follow-up attack.
- This is a great attack for dealing damage at long range or when it's unsafe to attack from close distance.
- This is also an easy way to start a combo, as she can chain directly into her lunge power strike right after it in order to close the distance.
Königsschild
- Grants DMG Cut to Charlotta and nearby allies.
- A weaker version of Captain's Phalanx, but also much easier to pull off consistently, this is a very good buff that could save your team from one-shot attacks bosses in Proud mode tend to have. This is a must have skill for a supportive Charlotta.
Rising Cut
- Charlotta readies her weapon to parry and counter.
- While this can be a life savor for attacks that are difficult to parry, Charlotta has a built in block with a perfectly timed triangle attack, making this skill very low priority unless you struggle with timing her triangle, or dodging.
Sacred Charge
- Redistributes Charlotta's SBA gauge to all allies
- As Charlotta is often attacking at a much faster rate than her allies, this will be useful in order to keep everyone to snuff in order to perform full bursts more consistently. This is a great skill for a support Charlotta.
Skill Recommendations
The first option is suited for a damage focused Charlotta. With the combination of Valiant Stance and Invincible, allowing you to get up to your foes face without much fear of losing your buff, to the barrage of attacks with Sword of Lumiel, to the ranged sword beams of Holy Ladder, this kit assures you have all of your damage bases covered.
The second option is suited for a support Charlotta. As she will be building up her SBA bar naturally faster than others, you will want a way to distribute it to your allies falling behind. You also get a defense down as well as a damage cut to yourself and allies, and even more survivability in order to support your team for longer with the use of Invincible.
Best Weapon(s)
For all damage dealing characters, which I argue is everyone in the cast, you will want, outside of the obvious fully ascended and terminus weapons, would be the critical hit rate boost weapons. For Charlotta, that weapon is Ushumgal, which at max level, will give you a total crit damage boost of 50%.
Best Sigils
For Charlotta, you want her character unique sigil Holy Knight's Luster as well as Holy Knight's Grandeur. Outside of that, your typical sigils for damage dealers being Damage Cap, War Elemental. You will also want Combo Booster, and some non damage boosting sigils such as Aegis, Potion Hoarder, Guts, and AutoRevive. If you have any room to spare, some Supplementary Damage to boost Charlotta past the damage cap.
Damage Cap V
- Raises the damage limit of attacks.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, ▢/△ attack DMG cap +45%
- Skill DMG cap +45%
- SBA DMG cap +45%
Combo Booster V
- Gradually boosts damage of each successive hit. Effect resets if the next hit isn't made in time.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, Boosts DMG dealt by a max of +70%.
Aegis V
- Raises maximum health as a proportion of your current maximum health.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, HP +35%
Potion Hoarder V
- Increases the stock of recovery items.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, Green potion +3, blue potion +5, mega potion +5, revival potion +2
Guts V
- Survive a lethal hit with 1 HP. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, Ready for activation after 170 seconds.
Autorevive V
- Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
- Max Sigil Effect: T.Lvl 15, Ready for activation after 170 seconds.
Over Mastery
Upon reaching Level 80, 90, and 100, you will unlock the ability to spend extra MSP on Over Mastery stats. For Charlotta, since she is mainly a damage dealer first, you want to prioritize Damage Cap on normal attacks, chain attacks, skill attacks, and SBA attacks for her Over Mastery
Conclusion
Charlotta is a very powerful character that offers a lot of sustain not only to herself with her Invincibility buff coming from both her skill as well as unique sigil, but also to her team with a 50% damage cut ability. Her DPS is among the top in the game due to the rapid slashes her X combo provides, so if you stack her with Supplemental Damage sigils, she will often remain the top of the DPS charts. As she can completely ignore mechanics with invincibility, provide great DPS, as well as team damage mitigation, Charlotta is a character that will be on the top of tier lists.
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