Clarisse

Fire

Knight

Front line Compare

PVE

DPS S+

Support S

Raids

DPS S+

Support S

Brawl

DPS C

Support C

PVP

DPS S+

Support A

Overview

Strengths

Self Sufficient DPS with few requirements to enable her.
Insane Frontloaded Damage Output.
Debuffs are permanent and have an impact throughout the fight.
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Weaknesses

Squishy.
Falls off in DMG output in extended fights.
Big defensive investment requirement for new players
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Synergies

Morgan le Fay

MLF's Active Cooldown Reduction does quite a fair bit for Clarisse in PvE maps - it lets her rush out her Active and speeds out valuable shields (Lueira and Flame Kay's for example) to keep Clarisse alive. In a pinch you can also use MLF’s ult to squeeze out one more boosted Active skill within Clarisse’s buff window. As a fairly self sufficient DPS, Clarisse can fit into a variety of comps that can find the space for her and is in need of her frontloaded damage output. She has found space in the current Burn raid comp alongside Karishara, fits decently into the current Knight lineup of Flame Kay/ Ran/ Lumi where every member is a DPS, and even in the current meta PvE lineup of Lueira/ Flame Kay/ MLF.

Kit

Transcend

ULT Penetration

Damage Dealt

Target: All Enemies

Inflict damage equal to 2030% of Attack.

Effect 1: Additional Damage

Detailed Activation Condition: Activates when you have 1 or More "Desperate Will" buff(s) cast by Self.

Deals an additional hit equal to Attack 580% 1 time(s).

Effect 2: Apply Debuff

Detailed Activation Condition: Activates when you have 1 or More "Desperate Will" buff(s) cast by Self.
Additional Damage Received: Receive 12% additional damage when receiving damage.
Spell Type: Cannot be Removed.

Cooldown

30s

ACT Spinning Slash

Damage Dealt

Target: Forward All Enemies

Inflict damage equal to 528% of Attack.

Effect 1: Additional Damage

Detailed Activation Condition: Activates when you have 1 or More "Desperate Will" buff(s) cast by Self.

Deals an additional hit equal to Attack 176% 1 time(s).

Effect 2: Apply Debuff

Detailed Activation Condition: Activates when you have 1 or More "Desperate Will" buff(s) cast by Self.
Stacking Effect: Increases the Target's Healing Received Reduction 6% Per stack.
Spell Type: Cannot be removed.

Gained upon reaching 1 stack(s), can be acquired up to 5 time(s).

Cooldown

PAS Desperate Will

Effect 1: Apply Buff

Target: Self
Skill Damage Increase: All skills Damage is increased by 250%.
Duration: 25s
Spell Type: Cannot be removed.

Effect 2: Apply Buff

Target: Self
Duration: 25s
Spell Type: Cannot be removed.

Ignore Damage Reduction 40%, Attack Amp 20%.

PAS Hero of the Holy Sword

Effect 1: Apply Buff

Target: Self

Attack 88%.

Effect 2: Apply Buff

Target: Self

Critical Hit Chance 15%.

Review

Clarisse is an “All-in” melee DPS who unleashes their full potential in the 1st half of a fight (probably the first of her kind). Her Passive 1 grants her <Desperate Will> for 25 seconds at the start of battle, which greatly increases her Skill DMG, Ignore DEF Reduction and ATK AMP stats. Both her Ultimate and Active Skill deal additional damage while this buff is active and inflict permanent DMG Taken Increase and Healing Reduction debuffs, respectively. Her Passive 2 increases her own ATK% and Critical Hit Rate.

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Clarisse’s kit is straightforward - all of her skills are amplified in the first half of the fight. This gives Clarisse incredible amounts of frontloaded Damage output, which makes her a strong candidate for shorter fights. The Walls in Avalon Guild Raid and Star Reincarnation are good examples. She also shines bright in Adventure mode (especially regeneration-heavy bosses), provided she can stay alive and her damage output is sufficient. That is not to say she is completely useless after the buff wears off - the debuffs she applies are permanent and gives her a little bit of party utility.

Newer Players will run into a massive defensive investment requirement to fit her into their parties - speedy and sustained access to shields and healing is a good first requirement. As such, it is highly recommended that you have established a solid defensive lineup (high transcends on MLF, FKay and Lueira at least, for example) before rolling for Clarisse. She’s not going to help in every map and against some very tanky bosses in a very high level deficit situation (46-20 and 48-20 spring to mind) but should greatly reduce the DPS requirements to clear a good number of stages.

Clarisse becomes a vanilla DPS the moment her buff falls off and she is squishy since she has no sustain or damage mitigation. Clarisse is best paired with another DPS that can continue to carry the fight after her buff ends. However, Clarisse has good self-sufficiency as a DPS and should be able to find her place within the Meta.

Clarisse’s card, Pre-Ordained Defeat, functions as a massive personal damage amp in the 1st 25 seconds of the fight. It later becomes a solid support card that inflicts a DMG taken debuff on enemies. It is a solid card for Knight DPSes in general that play support roles in their teams, and a strong DPS card candidate for Clarisse for obvious reasons.

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