Escoffier

Escoffier

5★CryoPolearmSupport

TL;DR

Escoffier sends out a cooking machine that follows your active character for 20 seconds firing Cryo at things. Her Burst heals the whole party for a while afterwards. The thing to build around is the Hydro and Cryo resistance she strips off the enemy, which gets much larger the more Hydro and Cryo characters you bring. Tap Skill, Burst, swap off.

Rotation

  1. Tap Skill (E). The machine appears and follows whoever is on the field for 20 seconds.
  2. Burst (Q) for a heal on cast, then another every second for 9 seconds after it.
  3. Swap to your damage dealer. The resistance cut lasts 12 seconds from either button.
  4. Both buttons again next rotation. Each one is back in 15 seconds.

Abilities

Skill (E), tapped 15 second cooldown. Cryo damage around her, then the machine sticks with your active character for 20 seconds and fires Cryo shots at nearby enemies on its own.
Skill (E), held The cooking gadget. It turns ingredients into food a few times a week and does nothing in a fight. Don't hold the button by accident.
Burst (Q) 60 Energy, back in 15 seconds. Cryo damage in an area and a heal for the whole party off her Attack, then a second heal every second for the next 9 seconds.

The one mechanic to understand

The resistance cut scales with your team list.

Anything her Skill or Burst hits loses Hydro and Cryo resistance for 12 seconds. The size of that cut is set by how many Hydro or Cryo characters are in the party. One, two or three of them gives 5%, 10% or 15%. Four gives 55%, which is not a gentle step up. So she's built for a team that's already all Cryo and Hydro. In a mixed team she's a healer who happens to put out some Cryo.

What actually matters

  • Attack, not HP. Her healing scales off Attack, which is not the usual assumption for a healer.
  • Energy Recharge for a 60 cost Burst. Around 150% keeps the heal and the resistance cut arriving every rotation.

Gear

Weapon Energy Recharge with Attack behind it. Favonius Lance is a standard banner 4-star and makes particles for the whole team on top of its own Energy Recharge. The Catch, free from the Inazuma fishing shop, is the other route to the stat and boosts her Burst instead.
Artifacts 4-piece Golden Troupe. It boosts Skill damage while she's off the field, which is where her machine spends its whole 20 seconds.
Sands Goblet Circlet Substats
ER Cryo DMG Crit Crit / ATK

Attack substats are never wasted, since they feed the healing as well.

Works well with

CryoHydro

Cryo and Hydro, counted rather than reacted with. Four of them between her and her teammates is what unlocks the large resistance cut, so this is one of the few cases where the team list itself is the mechanic.

Don't bother

  • HP or Healing Bonus main stats. Her healing comes off Attack.
  • Standing on the field with her. The machine does its work without her.
  • Counting on the big resistance cut in a mixed team. Below four Hydro or Cryo characters it's a small bonus.

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