Endministrator Guide and Best Build

Kit Intro

Endministrator is a 6-star, Physical, sword damage dealer hybrid who is also effective when played as a support damage dealer. Which role Endmin takes in a team depends on whether you want them to be the consumer of the team's Vulnerability stacks. If you have no one else to consume them, then running damage-focused Endmin will be effective. If you already have plans for them to be consumed by another character, though, Endmin can still be useful thanks to the great damage from the rest of their kit and ability to grant the team buffs as well. Also, helpful is the fact that Endmin can slot into any team thanks to its Combo Skill being generically activatable by any character.

Endmin’s damage-focused playstyle revolves around [Crush], which can be activated via their Battle Skill to quickly convert Vulnerability stacks applied to enemies into huge bursts of reaction damage. This, combined with the damage from Endmin’s Combo Skill and Ultimate, makes them a capable Physical carry all at the same time, as they do not need to sacrifice any of their supportive effects.

The appeal of Endmin’s support damage role primarily comes online after unlocking their second Potential, which allows them to grant the team +15% ATK boost. When combined with their talent, which causes enemies afflicted with their Combo Skill to take 20% extra Physical damage during its duration, it allows them to boost the team while still contributing with Stagger and a sizable amount of damage through their Combo Skill and Ultimate. 

Combo

Endmin’s Combo Skill is at the heart of their kit, regardless of if you’re playing them as a main or support damage dealer. Its trigger only requires another operator deal damage with their own Combo Skill. On use, it deals Physical DMG and encases the target in Originium Crystals, sealing them for up to 5 seconds. While sealed, if enemies suffer a Physical status or get a Vulnerability stack, the crystals explode, dealing a larger amount of Physical damage, releasing the enemy in the process. The immobilization effect and damage of this combo are good, but how the crystals interact with the rest of Endmin’s kit is truly why it’s powerful.

Note: Elite/boss enemies cannot be frozen by this combo, but will still receive a debuff that still interacts with the rest of Endmin’s kit in the same way.

Talents

Potentials:

• Potential 2: Grants half the ATK% (15%) buff of Essence Disintegration to the whole team for 15 seconds, boosting Endmin’s supportive value considerably.

Both of Endmin’s talents are powerful, and each works off their Combo Skills crystals. The first, Essence Disintegration, grants Endmin a 30% ATK boost for 15 seconds after Originium Crystals are successfully consumed, which is a very nice damage increase.

Note: You won't get this bonus if you let the Originium Crystals expire.

Endmin’s other talent causes enemies afflicted with Originium Crystals (sealed or not) to suffer 20% Physical Damage taken. This is a strong damage increase, much rarer than usual. It also remains in effect for damage that removes the Originium Crystals, meaning the Physical status that explodes them, the hit that triggers the status, and the crystal explosion itself will all be boosted.

Tip: For players optimizing, it’s worth using as many high damage attacks and abilities that don’t inflict Vulnerable or Physical statuses before detonating the crystals. This allows you to take advantage of the damage taken debuff, as long as you don’t accidentally let the Originium Crystals expire.

Battle Skill

Potentials:

• Potential 1: After activation, consuming Originium Crystals with Endmin’s Battle Skill also returns 50 SP, making it far more efficient when you’re able to trigger the effect.

Endmin’s Battle Skill is simple; it costs 100 SP, deals Physical damage in a cone-based AoE, and inflicts [Crush] to all enemies hit. 

In damage-focused Endmin teams, this ability is usually the finisher you’ll be using at the end of your combos to consume the team's Vulnerability stacks. Detonate the Originium Crystals and refund SP in the process.

When playing Endmin in the support damage role, you’ll be saving your Vulnerability stacks for a different character in most cases. Instead, you can use this Battle Skill as an opener against non-Vulnerable enemies to make use of Crush as a Vulnerable applier instead of a spender. This is useful to activate some weapons and sets.

Ultimate

Endmin’s Ultimate costs 80 energy to use and delivers an AoE Physical damage nuke centered on your target. This ability also has an additional effect that enables it to forcibly consume Originium Crystals on the target to deal another hit of Physical damage, which when added, almost doubles the damage of the Ultimate. With such a huge benefit available and the damage taken buff of the crystals themselves, you should always try to align using Endmin’s combo before their Ultimate, so it may consume the Originium Crystals.

Gameplay

Endmin has two playstyles:

DPS

In teams where Endmin is one or the main character consuming Vulnerability stacks on enemies, follow this approach:

• Build Vulnerability stacks through team abilities;

• Time Combo Skill, so it can be detonated by Endmin’s Battle Skill or Ultimate. To gain more damage, use other abilities in between your combo and Battle Skill/Ultimate, which don’t apply Physical statuses, or Vulnerable, to take advantage of the crystals’ damage taken debuff.

• Detonate Originium Crystals from Combo Skill using Ultimate if available, preferably after enemies are Staggered.

• If Ultimate is not up, and you’ve accumulated all the Vulnerability stacks, you’re able to use Battle Skill to consume them as well as your combos crystals.

Support Damage

In teams where another character is consuming Vulnerability stacks, the majority of the time, proceed with this approach instead:

• Use Endmin’s Battle Skill to establish the first stack of Vulnerable on enemies so they can activate set and weapon effects without interfering with your other Vulnerable spenders' rotation.

• Time Combo Skill, so it can be detonated by Endmin’s Ultimate if available, or your team's Vulnerable spender’s spending ability. To gain more damage, use other abilities in between your combo and Ultimate/Team Spender, which don’t apply Physical statuses or Vulnerable, to take advantage of the crystal's damage taken debuff.

• Detonate Originium Crystals from Combo Skill using Ultimate if available, preferably after enemies are Staggered.

• Detonate Crystals with the team's Vulnerable spending skill if the Ultimate is not available.