Traveler (Electro)
ElectroSwordSupportTL;DR
This form is an Energy battery and nothing else. The Skill leaves little charms floating where it hit and whoever swaps in next soaks them up for a lump of Energy. The Burst then feeds that same character more Energy every time they swing. It does not care what element they are, which is the point: if somebody on your team is permanently one Burst behind, this fixes it.
Rotation
- Burst (Q) first, so the lightning is hanging over the field.
- Skill (E) into the enemies. The charms only appear where the bolts connect with something.
- Swap straight to the character who is short of Energy. They absorb the charms just by being near them.
- Cast that character's Burst and attack. Every hit calls down more lightning and hands them more Energy.
Abilities
| Skill (E) | Three bolts fly out doing Electro damage. Each one that hits an enemy drops a charm on the spot, two per cast at most. About a 13 second cooldown. |
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| Burst (Q) | Costs 80 Energy, back in about 20 seconds. Knocks enemies off you, then for the next 12 seconds your active character's Normal and Charged Attacks call down extra lightning. Each strike gives that character Energy back. |
| The charms | Restore a flat chunk of Energy to whoever absorbs them and raise that character's Energy Recharge for a while. |
The one mechanic to understand
The charms are for somebody else.
Nothing about the charms rewards the Traveler picking them up. The passive only fires when another party member absorbs one. Each time it does, the Skill cooldown gets shorter. So the play is to cast the Skill and swap off immediately. The character who swaps in soaks them just by walking near. The one thing that can go wrong is casting the Skill at nothing: the bolts have to connect with an enemy for a charm to drop at all. Recasting the Skill also wipes any charms still lying around, so do not press it again just because it lit up.
What actually matters
- Energy Recharge on the Traveler feeds everyone else. Part of their own Energy Recharge is added onto the buff the charms hand out, so stacking the stat also makes the charms better.
- Level the Skill talent, nothing else. The Energy the charms give is a flat number that grows with that talent level. The Burst and Normal Attack talents can wait.
- They have to hit something. No enemy in front of the bolts means no charms, which means the whole cast did nothing. Cast it into the pack, not on the approach.
Gear
| Weapon | Exaiphanes Blade, free from the Snezhnaya Archon Quest and the best sword on every Traveler form. It costs nothing to level or refine: you take it to that region's Statues of the Seven. Its passive trickles Energy back and keeps working from the bench, which is where this one lives. Favonius Sword until you have it, for the extra particles. |
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| Artifacts | 4-piece Emblem of Severed Fate. Honestly the half you care about is the Energy Recharge on the 2-piece, so two Emblem pieces plus two of any other set with the same bonus is fine while you farm. |
| Sands | Goblet | Circlet | Substats |
|---|---|---|---|
| ER | Any | Crit Rate | ER |
Energy Recharge is the only stat that matters on them. The Crit Rate circlet is there so a Favonius Sword passive actually triggers. Put whatever has the best substats in the goblet.
Works well with
The Energy goes to any element, so the team is whatever you already run. Electro is on the list because Electro resonance hands out more Energy on top, which doubles down on the job.
Don't bother
- Absorbing the charms yourself. That is the one way to get nothing out of them.
- An Electro damage goblet, or Crit substats you had to go hunting for. They are not here to deal damage.
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