Arabella Best Build Guide

Last updated: 19/August/2026

Introduction

Best guide and build for Arabella from Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Arabella is a 5✦ character from the Striker class and Instinct attribute.

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Update tracker

Last review update

Season 3

Last build update

Season 3

Last profile update*

N/A

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Kit

Review

Epiphanies

Gear

Deck & Teams

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Cards

Starting Cards:

Diagonal Slash

Attack

60% Damage to all enemies.

Crimson Domain

Skill

100% Shield.

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Scream For Me

Attack

[Lead]

40% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
4 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Epiphany Cards:

Observer’s Pleasure

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each enemy present, +20% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn.

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Hollow Verdict

Attack

40% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.

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Sadistic Restraint

Attack

60% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Add 1 Hit for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 3 times).

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The Art of Unmaking

Attack

[Unique]

200% Damage to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount by 15% for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 120%).
Fracture Amplification: 2x base Damage Amount.

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Ego Skill:

Pathetic End

Ego Skill

600% Damage.
For 2 turns, inflict Fixed Damage to the target equal to 30% of Damage Amount taken by all enemies.
(Cannot exceed 1,000% of Arabella's Attack per turn).

Epiphany Variants:

Epiphany cards are special evolutions for the cards you can obtain while playing the roguelike mode. Only some cards in the character's deck can get Epiphany effects. Since there's quite a lot of them, we don't display them by default - press the button below to show them.

Scream For Me I

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Scream For Me II

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unity by 50% for 1 turn.

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Scream For Me III

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
1 Fracture for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 5).

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Scream For Me IV

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
Draw 2 cards of this unit.

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Scream For Me V

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage, 2 Fracture, 4 Agony, and 2 Scorched to all enemies.

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Observer’s Pleasure I

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each enemy present, +30% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn.

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Observer’s Pleasure II

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each type of harmful effect the target has, +20% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn (max 120%).

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Observer’s Pleasure III

Skill

[Unique][Lead]

1 Fracture Amplification.
2 Fracture and 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 50% for 1 turn.

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Observer’s Pleasure IV

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For 1 turn, +80% Damage Amount to this unit, and when allies defeat an enemy during that turn, transfer Fracture of that target to a random enemy.

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Observer’s Pleasure V

Upgrade

[Unique][Opener]

At the start of the turn, 1 Fracture Amplification and 6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Hollow Verdict I

Attack

[Unique]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies .
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by allies.

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Hollow Verdict II

Attack

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.

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Hollow Verdict III

Attack

[Lead]

360% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
Defeat: Activate Fracture inflicted by this unit on all enemies (1 time per turn)

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Hollow Verdict IV

Attack

60% Damage , 2 Fracture, and 4 Agony to all enemies.
Fracture Amplification: Activate Agony inflicted by allies.

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Hollow Verdict V

Attack

100% Damage to all enemies, and remove Fracture inflicted by allies.
Apply the amount of Fracture removed x2 to the target inflicted with Fracture Amplification.

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Sadistic Restraint I

Attack

[Unique]

100% Damage.
Add 1 Hit for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 3 times).
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by allies.

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Sadistic Restraint II

Attack

60% Damage x 4, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Fracture Amplification: Draw 1 card of this unit.

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Sadistic Restraint III

Attack

240% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.
Defeat: Move this card to hand (2 times per turn).

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Sadistic Restraint IV

Attack

[Lead]

40% Damage x 4 to random enemies.
2 Fracture on each Hit .
If Cost of this card is decreased, add 1 Hit.

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Sadistic Restraint V

Attack

60% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Add 1 Hit for each Fracture inflicted by this unit that was activated this turn (max 5 times).

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Potential

Epiphany Bonus

Potential 1

When entering Chaos, obtain 1 random Rare Card with an activated Epiphany.

Basic Card Upgrade

Potential 2

Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Basic Cards by 2/20%.

Common Card Upgrade

Potential 3

Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Common Cards by 2/20%.

3-1

Basic Card Proficiency

Potential 3-1

Adds the following effect to the Diagonal Slash card: 1 Fracture.

Unique Card Upgrade

Potential 4

Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Unique Cards by 2/20%.

Critical Chance Proficiency

Potential 5

+2/10% Critical Chance

5-1

Basic Card Proficiency

Potential 5-1

+5% Damage Amount to Arabella's Diagonal Slash card.

If Arabella's Attack is 500 or higher, add an additional +5% to the modifier.

5-2

Divine Epiphany Adaptation

Potential 5-2

Increases the chance for a Divine Epiphany to appear by 25%.

Critical Damage Proficiency

Potential 6

+2.4/12% Critical Chance

Unique Stat Upgrade

Potential 7

If Arabella's Attack is 600 or higher, +5% Instinct Attribute Damage Amount, and for every 20 Attack exceeding 600, add an additional +2% to the modifier (additional +10% max).

Manifest Ego (dupes)

Sleeping Memory

Manifest Ego 1

+50% Damage Amount to The Art of Unmaking and change the increase Damage Amount by 15% for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 120%) effect to increase Damage Amount by 20% (max 180%).

Awakening Memory

Manifest Ego 2

At the start of battle, inflict 1 Fracture Amplification on the enemy with the highest HP. 

When Arabella activates the Fractures that she inflicted, she inflicts 3 Fracture on all enemies (4 times per turn).

Vivid Memory

Manifest Ego 3

Change the following effects for Pathetic End: +200% Damage Amount, change the Fixed Damage equal to 30% of the Damage Amount taken by all enemies to 50%, and change the condition of not exceeding 1,000% of Arabella’s Attack per turn to 1,500%.

Inner Memory

Manifest Ego 4

Each time Arabella inflicts or activates her Fracture, gain 1 Deconstruction Analysis.

Deconstruction Analysis: Increase Damage Amount of Arabella’s Fracture by 5% (max 6 stacks).

Complete Memory

Manifest Ego 5

Increase the level of [Basic Card Upgrade], [Signature Card Upgrade], and [Common Card Upgrade] in Potentials by 3.

Liberated Memory

Manifest Ego 6

When Arabella activates Fractures that she inflicted, additionally inflict 1 Fracture on the target inflicted with Fracture Amplification.

Increase the max stack limit of Deconstruction Analysis by 4, and +50% Critical Damage to the Fractures that Arabella inflicts on the Fracture Amplification target.

Stats (level 60)

332

DEF

146

ATK

495

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Introduction

Performance Profile

ST Damage [3/5]

AoE Damage [5/5]

AP Efficiency [2/5]

Utility [3/5]

Arabella is a 5-Star Instinct Striker Combatant who dominates the battlefield, torturing their enemies with Malice. Arabella is also the 3rd limited combatant, meaning they cannot be acquired via the standard banner once their banner ends.

Arabella’s playstyle is based around inflicting the “Fracture” debuff. “Fracture” is a debuff that activates during the end of the turn dealing damage for each “Fracture” the enemy is affected by. Arabella brings the ability to bypass the standard activation window for “Fracture” and ‘detonate’ them to deal upfront burst damage. Arabella can easily inflict “Fracture” to all enemies, further enhancing her already solid AoE damage.

Arabella has multiple different sources of damage in their kit that have varying different damage values, because of this - when deciding on what supporting units to pair with Arabella will depend on the deck that you’re planning on playing. “Fracture” deals one instance of damage whenever it triggers, as “Fracture”s damage value ramps quite quickly, seeking out combatants or buffs that offer multiplicative damage buffs will be valuable if you’re planning on triggering “Fracture” as many times per turn as possible. Additive Damage buffs can still be very beneficial to Arabella too, as many of her attacks are multi-targetting and also multi-hit, Arabella can still leverage these buffs extremely well.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Great AoE damage.
Great DoT damage
Good Self-Draw options

Cons

Unable to deal Weakness Attack on her Fracture damage which is where a large portion of her damage comes from.
Can be very AP-expensive to play
Lacks ways to buff Fracture significantly
Single-Target damage not as good as her AoE damage.

Ratings

The ratings below are based on the Season Save Data, Chaos Manifestation, and Great Rift modes. Each of the modes values different mechanics, so some characters may shine in one of them, while being underwhelming in the other.

Chaos Mode

Season Save Data

Great Rift

Key Mechanics

Arabella’s goal is to inflict “Fracture” as much as possible on their enemies and triggering it via their “Hollow Verdict” or “Sadistic Restraint” cards to deal its damage upfront, instead of waiting until the end of the turn for it to activate.

Fracture - Fracture is a stacking debuff that stacks up to a maximum of 30 times. Fracture activates at the end of the turn - dealing 40% DoT Damage for each stack of Fracture on that enemy, when activated it will decrease “Fracture” stacks by half..
Fracture Amplification - Fracture Amplification is a debuff that is applied to enemy units, whenever “Fracture” is inflicted to any enemy unit - the unit that is currently affected by “Fracture Amplification” is also given a stack of “Fracture”. If there is only 1 enemy, applies 2 “Fracture” instead and increases Arabella’s “Fracture” damage amount by 20%. “Fracture Amplification” can only affect 1 enemy unit at a time.

Potential

CRIT RATE% = CRIT DMG% >= Unique Card DMG% > Common Card DMG% = Basic Card DMG%

3-1: Arabella’s 3-1 Potential improves their starting Basic-Attack Card. Granting it to inflict 1 Fracture to all enemies. Provides a nice boost to Arabella’s early power when in Chaos/Sortie but unutilized in Save Data content.
5-1: Arabella’s 5-1 Potential improves upon their Basic-Attack Card again, increasing the damage dealt by an additional +5% and a further 5% when Arabella’s attack is 500 or higher. Again, only useful in Chaos/Sortie.
7: Arabella’s 7 Potential grants Arabella +5% Instinct-Attribute Damage when their Attack Stat is 600 or higher. For every 20 Attack past 600 - grants an additional +2% to this modifier up to a maximum of +10%. Provides a very nice damage boost to Arabella and should be invested in as soon as possible.

Dupes Review

Base

Base performance of the character.

100%

Ego 1

Arabella’s first Ego Manifestation “Sleeping Memory” improves their Mythic Card “The Art of Unmaking”. Improving the base damage dealt by an additional +50% and increasing the damage per debuff to 20% from 15% whilst also increasing the bonus damage cap to 180%. Provides a slight damage boost to their Mythic Card but ultimately doesn’t do much for their overall gameplan. Because this card is commonly removed, as is done in the deck used for calculations, it is not factored into the 'percentages' but if kept can be a small increase from its original.

106.29%

Ego 2

Arabella’s “Awakening Memory” grants Arabella an additional passive effect. Applies 1 “Fracture Amplification” at the start of battle to the enemy with the highest amount of AP. Additionally, whenever Arabella triggers her own “Fracture” through one of her own abilities, Arabella applies 3 stacks of “Fracture” to all enemies, up to 4 times per turn. This is a solid Ego for Arabella when being brought into Chaos/Sortie. Without refined Save Data this will help with ensuring Arabella is able to maintain “Fracture” on their enemies.

108.31%

Ego 3

Arabella’s “Vivid Memory” improves upon their Ego-Skill “Pathetic End”. Grants an additional +200% to the base damage, and increases the additional amount of fixed damage dealt by +20% - for a total of +50% additional fixed damage. The maximum cap per turn is also increased to 1500% of Arabella’s attack per turn, instead of 1000%. Very mediocre and overall doesn’t change their playstyle all that much.

116.23%

Ego 4

Arabella’s “Inner Memory” provides Arabella another passive effect. Whenever Arabella applies or triggers her own instance of “Fracture” via her own ability, Arabella gains 1 stack of “Deconstruction Analysis”. “Dismantle Analysis” can stack up to 6 times and increases Arabella’s “Fracture” DoT damage by 5% per stack. This is a solid source of increased damage for Arabella’s DoT damage, as finding buffs that directly increase DoT damage can be hard to find, but overall not worth investing for.

116.47%

Ego 5

Arabella’s Complete Memory Ego Manifestation is your standard Potential increase. Provides some slight extra damage output. Very standard.

143.74%

Ego 6

Arabella’s “Liberated Memory” grants Arabella another passive ability. Firstly, it increases the maximum stack count of “Deconstruction Analysis by 4. Whenever Arabella triggers her own “Fracture” through her own ability, Arabella applies 1 additional stack of “Fracture” to the target(s) who have been inflicted with “Fracture Amplification”. Additionally - Arabella's “Fracture” has an additional +50% Critical Damage against enemies who are affected by “Fracture Amplification”. This is by far Arabella’s best Ego, further increasing her “Fracture” generation on targets who have been affected by “Fracture Amplification” and providing a substantial amount of Critical Strike Damage to her “Fracture” debuff.

Cards & Ego Skill

Pathetic End

Ego Skill

600% Damage.
For 2 turns, inflict Fixed Damage to the target equal to 30% of Damage Amount taken by all enemies.
(Cannot exceed 1,000% of Arabella's Attack per turn).

Pathetic End

Pathetic End is Arabella’s Ego Skill, costing 5 Ego-Points to activate. Deals 600% Damage to a single enemy unit when activated. For 2 turns after being used, whenever that target takes damage - deals 30% Fixed Damage of the damage dealt by all allies, up to a maximum of 1000% of Arabella’s Attack stat per turn. A pretty solid Ego Skill that can deal some decent up-front damage whilst further increasing the damage dealt for the next two turns, can quickly change fights but won’t be prioritized over more utility based Ego Skills.

Diagonal Slash

Attack

60% Damage to all enemies.

Diagonal Slash

Diagonal Slash is a 1-Cost Attack-Card that deals 60% damage to all enemies. Arabella’s starting Attack-Card, very standard. Removed in optimal Save Data.

Crimson Domain

Skill

100% Shield.

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Crimson Domain

Crimson Domain is a 1-Cost Skill-Card that shields for 100%. A very standard starting card that should be removed first when building optimal Save Data.

Scream For Me

Attack

[Lead]

40% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
4 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Scream For Me

Scream for Me is a 1-Cost Attack-Card that has the [Lead] tag. Deals 40% damage to all enemies and inflicts all enemies with 2 stacks of “Fracture”, applies 4 additional stacks of “Fracture” to the enemy with the highest amount of HP. Overall one of Arabella’s weaker cards, provides an okay source of “Fracture”, improves with its various epiphanies but may be considered for removal in some refined Save-Data.

Observer’s Pleasure

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each enemy present, +20% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn.

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Observer’s Pleasure

Observer’s Pleasure is a 0-Cost Skill-Card that has the [Unique] tag. When activated, applies 1 stack of “Fracture Amplification” on target enemy, additionally grants Arabella an additional 20% damage for the turn for each enemy present. This card is incredibly important for Arabella and must be kept so she’s able to inflict “Fracture Amplification” on her enemies.

Hollow Verdict

Attack

40% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.

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Hollow Verdict

Hollow Verdict is a 1-Cost Attack-Card that deals 40% damage and inflicts 2 stacks of “Fracture” to all enemies, additionally this will activate “Fracture” that has been inflicted by Arabella. Hollow Verdict is one of Arabella’s best sources of “Fracture” generation, whilst also being able to detonate their “Fracture” stacks.

Sadistic Restraint

Attack

60% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Add 1 Hit for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 3 times).

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Sadistic Restraint

Sadistic Restraint is a 1-Cost Attack-Card that deals 60% damage to a single enemy and activates Arabella’s own “Fracture” on that unit twice. Sadistic Restraint also gains an additional hit for each harmful effect inflicted on that target, up to a maximum of 3 additional hits. This is Arabella’s best source of “Fracture” detonation, activating it twice whilst also being a potential multi-hitter. This is one of Arabella’s primary sources of damage output for single-target enemies.

The Art of Unmaking

Attack

[Unique]

200% Damage to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount by 15% for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 120%).
Fracture Amplification: 2x base Damage Amount.

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The Art of Unmaking

The Art of Unmaking is Arabella’s Mythic Card, a 1-Cost Attack-Card that deals 200% damage to all enemies, dealing 15% more damage for each type of harmful effect that each target has, up to a maximum of 120%. On top of this, if the enemy is currently inflicted with “Fracture Amplification”, it deals 2x damage. This card doesn’t provide much utility for Arabella’s general gameplan, it provides a solid source of damage but that’s about it. Can be considered for removal.

Best Epiphanies

Note
We have given a star rating for each Epiphany, showing how strong and useful it is - with 1 being the lowest rating and 5 the highest.

Card 1

Neutral Epiphany

★★★★

Scream For Me I

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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★★★★★

Scream For Me II

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unity by 50% for 1 turn.

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★★

Scream For Me III

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
1 Fracture for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 5).

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★★★

Scream For Me IV

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
Draw 2 cards of this unit.

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★★★★★

Scream For Me V

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage, 2 Fracture, 4 Agony, and 2 Scorched to all enemies.

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★★

Epiphanies:

Neutral [★★★★] - Target Neutral: Morale 2. After turn-1, Arabella's recommended builds generally can hit max Fracture without needing Scream for Me I. This makes a neutral option that provides an additional buff, like Morale 2 very competitive.
Scream For Me I
[★★★★★] - For gaining the most amount of Fracture as quickly as possible, this is one of the best epiphanies.
Scream For Me II
[★★] - This being a multiplicative buff for Attack Card's is quite strange since many of Arabella's Attack Card base ratios are quite low, and a lot of her damage comes from Fracture, not Attacks.
Scream For Me III
[★★★] - The AOE Fracture Application on this can be quite high, making it a premiere option for maximizing Fracture on all Targets, rather than one main target.
Scream For Me IV
[★★★★★] - This is an amazing option for most builds as it increases Arabella's self-draw to reduce the deck-strain she has.
Scream For Me V
[★★] - If you have a reason to apply a lot of different effects quickly, this can be nice, but there are usually avenues to do so through allies for Arabella herself that don't sacrifice her Fracture application card.

Divine Epiphanies:

Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: -1 Cost Reduction, 2 Vulnerable, Draw 1 Card of this Unit, Draw 1 Common Card

Card 2

Neutral Epiphany

★

Observer’s Pleasure I

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each enemy present, +30% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn.

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★★★

Observer’s Pleasure II

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For each type of harmful effect the target has, +20% Damage Amount to this unit for 1 turn (max 120%).

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★★★

Observer’s Pleasure III

Skill

[Unique][Lead]

1 Fracture Amplification.
2 Fracture and 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 50% for 1 turn.

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★★★

Observer’s Pleasure IV

Skill

[Unique]

1 Fracture Amplification.
For 1 turn, +80% Damage Amount to this unit, and when allies defeat an enemy during that turn, transfer Fracture of that target to a random enemy.

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★★★★

Observer’s Pleasure V

Upgrade

[Unique][Opener]

At the start of the turn, 1 Fracture Amplification and 6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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★★★★★

Epiphanies:

Neutral [★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale. Applying 1 Vulnerable or gaining 1 Morale is rather low value, especially considering alternative options can give the equivalent of 4-5 additional morale over the neutral morale epiphany AND ignore morale cap.
Observer’s Pleasure I
[★★★] - While this can be used in AOE, the sheer amount of Fracture efficiency gained from the alternative AOE epiphany, Observer’s Pleasure IV, far surpasses this one’s additive bonus (~= 5 Morale) in many cases.
Observer’s Pleasure II
[★★★] - This being additive buffs makes it scaling with Fracture somewhat strange, but it is still a very solid epiphany that can push damage higher assuming you can compensate for Fracture application in some way.
Observer’s Pleasure III
[★★★] - The AOE Fracture and Vulnerable is quite nice, but the buff is a bit strange as it is a multiplicative buff to the base ratio of Attack Cards, but most of Arabella’s damage in her best builds will not be from Attack Cards. Moreover, Arabella’s best Attack Cards are low ratio attacks, which makes the additive buff strange.
Observer’s Pleasure IV
[★★★★] - For AOE scenarios, this can be the best option as it allows for extreme efficiency on Fracture and high amounts to be applied in total. However, it will be rather lackluster in scenarios without AOE, which is almost all content currently.
Observer’s Pleasure V
[★★★★★] - This is the go-to epiphany as it is able to passively reset your Fracture Amplication at the start of every turn and apply the most amount of Fracture in non-AOE scenarios.

Divine Epiphanies:

Which Divine Epiphany to go for will depend on what your team needs and which Epiphany you chose, but here are the main ones to look out for if you have spare Save Data: Draw 1, Draw 1 Common Card, Draw 1 Card of this Unit, AP.

Card 3

Neutral Epiphany

★★

Hollow Verdict I

Attack

[Unique]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies .
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by allies.

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★★

Hollow Verdict II

Attack

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.

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★★★★★

Hollow Verdict III

Attack

[Lead]

360% Damage and 2 Fracture to all enemies.
Defeat: Activate Fracture inflicted by this unit on all enemies (1 time per turn)

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★★★★

Hollow Verdict IV

Attack

60% Damage , 2 Fracture, and 4 Agony to all enemies.
Fracture Amplification: Activate Agony inflicted by allies.

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★

Hollow Verdict V

Attack

100% Damage to all enemies, and remove Fracture inflicted by allies.
Apply the amount of Fracture removed x2 to the target inflicted with Fracture Amplification.

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★★★★★

Epiphanies:

Neutral [★★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale. On cards with very important effects to builds on the epiphanies, like Hollow Verdict, it is generally not recommended to take Neutral epiphanies.
Hollow Verdict I
[★★] - Ability to trigger ally Fracture could be strong. The issue is there are no allies that can currently capitalize on this well, as even Hilde cannot make enough Fracture enough a turn to make this an especially viable build path.
Hollow Verdict II
[★★★★★] - This allows Fracture to be triggered twice on the Fracture Amplification target, making it especially efficient in Single-Target and the current go-to recommendation for most content.
Hollow Verdict III
[★★★★] - One of the best AOE epiphanies for Arabella, but it is worse than alternatives in ST scenarios.
Hollow Verdict IV
[★] - Agony is considered horrendously bad in the current state of the game, which makes this epiphany extremely hard to get value out of.
Hollow Verdict V
[★★★★★] - This epiphany can be needed to maximize Fracture, but ideally other options would likely be preferred if enough Fracture could be made (which is hard to do outside of AOE scenarios).

Divine Epiphanies:

Card 4

Neutral Epiphany

★★★

Sadistic Restraint I

Attack

[Unique]

100% Damage.
Add 1 Hit for each type of harmful effect the target has (max 3 times).
Fracture Amplification: Activate Fracture inflicted by allies.

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★★

Sadistic Restraint II

Attack

60% Damage x 4, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Fracture Amplification: Draw 1 card of this unit.

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★★★★★

Sadistic Restraint III

Attack

240% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit.
Defeat: Move this card to hand (2 times per turn).

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★

Sadistic Restraint IV

Attack

[Lead]

40% Damage x 4 to random enemies.
2 Fracture on each Hit .
If Cost of this card is decreased, add 1 Hit.

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★★

Sadistic Restraint V

Attack

60% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Add 1 Hit for each Fracture inflicted by this unit that was activated this turn (max 5 times).

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★★★★★

Epiphanies:

Neutral [★★★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale.
Sadistic Restraint I
[★★] - Ability to trigger ally Fracture could be strong. The issue is there are no allies that can currently capitalize on this well, as even Hilde cannot make enough Fracture enough a turn to make this an especially viable build path.
Sadistic Restraint II
[★★★★★] - The go-to epiphany for Single-Target as it's a strong card by itself (being a 4-hit) on-top of being one of the best ways for activating a lot of Fracture quickly. This can also be a rather strong card for a multi-hit focused Attack Card build, alongside buffers like Cassius. It can enable the highest hit-count of any Arabella build.
Sadistic Restraint III
[★] - Defeat: is a very difficult condition to trigger, so this is a hard epiphany to make use of.
Sadistic Restraint IV
[★★] - This is a kind of complicated card with a lot of set-up that has trouble getting adequate pay-off in current content. It could become stronger if we get a way to easily increase its cost and then decrease it, but at base it requires more effort to get less pay-off (in same number of hits) as Sadistic Restraint II
Sadistic Restraint V
[★★★★★] - This is recommended to be used alongside Sadistic Restraint II, as it is also important for maximizing hitcount in her Attack Card build.

Divine Epiphanies:

Memory Fragments

The Memory Fragments & Equipment suggestions below are based on calculations we did. If you want to check the damage formula and how scaling the damage works in CZN, check this guide.

Recommended Loadout

100.00%

Sanguine Thorn [4-PC]

Executioner's Tool [2-PC]

One of the few characters who can make full use of the set, getting a hefty 25% Crit-DMG to all hits and an extra 15% for Fracture hits.

97.95%

Black Wing [2-PC]

Executioner's Tool [2-PC]

Cursed Corpse [2-PC]

2/2/2 is always a flexible and high recommendation for DPS, with Arabella being no exception. Because Fracture lacks a lot of ways to buff it and it has good base ratios on its hits, the Agony 2p (Cursed Corpse) actually gets rather considerable value and makes it closer to Sanguine, especially if lacking certain assumed buffs like Claim's 35% mult for DoT damage.

Main and sub-stats

In a lot of cases, flat sub-stats are better than percentage ones when it comes to HP, ATK and DEF. The reason behind this is that in CZN the characters stats are pretty low and you get more value from flat bonus rather than percentage one based on calcs.

Ideal

CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG

Desire

ATK% >= Instinct DMG%

Imagination

ATK%

Substats:

DoT DMG% => CRIT DMG% > CRIT Rate% > ATK > ATK%

Maxing out Arabella's potential 7 is the main stat breakpoint to watch out for. Fortunately, it's incredibly easy to do so, and all you need is 700 ATK, which almost all Arabella builds can accomplish.

Partners

Our best Partner recommendation try to balance both the raw damage boost they provide based on our calculations with the additional utility provided by the skill - combined with how it interacts with the character's kit. We have rated each Partner based on how much additional damage and the utility they provide. Read the comments under each Partner to better understand our reasoning.

No calculations in Chaos Zero Nightmare are completely accurate for all scenarios, including the ones below. What team, decks, epiphanies, gear, equipment, and enemies you're facing all impact them. Because of this, take the results as guidelines and combine them with the explanations to make your decisions. Calculations use endgame save data set-ups, including 5 turns of combat using the whole deck with all Ego skills unless otherwise stated.

5 Turns 188.86%

Licinia(E4)

Licinia is a limited partner with an extremely strong effect that can only, currently, be activated by Arabella alone. At full value at E4, Licinia multiplies your end damage by 32% (although a bit less if Vulnerable is applied) AND gives 20% Crit-Rate, for ALL hits. This is incredibly strong and is why Licinia represents one of the biggest damage increases of a Partner in the entire game, with refines.

5 Turns 149.96%

Licinia(E0)

Licinia is a limited partner with an extremely strong effect that can only, currently, be activated by Arabella alone. At full value at E0, Licinia multiplies your end damage by 16% (although a bit less if Vulnerable is applied) AND gives 10% Crit-Rate, for ALL hits. This is incredibly strong and is why Licinia represents one of the biggest damage increases for Arabella that can be acquired.

5 Turns 125.09%

Scarlet(E0)

Scarlet represents the 'best' of the off-role Standard 5-star Striker Partners. Assuming Scarlet's passive is active in Arabella's recommended build, while it's undoubtedly behind Licinia in strength, it's still a substantial increase over true F2P alternatives for damage.

5 Turns 118.78%

Priscilla(E4)

If you're a light-spender, Priscilla is certainly an acceptable choice for the stats. While max-refine Priscilla will be behind other options, the main benefit of refining BP partners is they are typically close to E0 5-star Partners at max refine, so you'll always have the option to use Priscilla for other units just for the baseline strength of her stats.

5 Turns 114.20%

Lilian(E4)

Despite being a 4-star and more or less F2P friendly option, Ritochka is completely usable compared to some of the less optimized options like Priscilla or Scarlet; however, she certainly pales in comparison to Licinia.

5 Turns 100%

Douglas(E4)

A max-refine 3-star is the baseline assumption for a new character's damage, Douglas represents this baseline; hence, the 100% benchmark.

Equipment

In the Zero System, it's incredibly easy to access all items acquirable via the shopthanks to the two free refreshes you get each shop node - that's why the recommendations below are limited to them only. ATTENTION! Area-specific items can sometimes be more powerful than shop items, but are far less consistent to get or require running a specific world or giving up certain event options. Use the shop list as a starting point for building up your deck saves.

Weapon

Criticism of Discord
Tentacles of Chaos
Dagger That Tricked the Shadow
Shell Bug Horn
Singing Sword

Armor

Fairy King's Crown

Trinket

Invader Observation Logs
Verdant Day
Verdant Night
Verdant Shackles
Dimensional Cube
Amorphous Cube

Comments - Weapons

Criticism of Discord
- Offers a huge amount of passive Attack, which for most Attack scalers makes this weapon the de facto best in slot weapon if you're able to acquire it from the rare Senectus / Cthulu event after a fight.
Tentacles of Chaos
- Provides 8% Attack to all characters in the team making it the go-to support weapon for most characters not acting as the main DPS when supporting Attack scaling carries but also a very viable option for ATK-based carries since it means you can no longer get Discord (as only one is offered from same event).
Dagger That Tricked the Shadow
- One of the best non-mythic options that is typically the go-to when Criticism of Discord cannot be acquired in the run, when in Swamp.
Shell Bug Horn
- It's a competitive option if randomly happened upon while farming the Twin Stars, but not recommended to specifically farm for because of lackluster other slot options in the zone.
Singing Sword
- It's a competitive option if randomly happened upon while farming the Foretold Ruins, but not recommended to specifically farm for because of lackluster other slot options in the zone.

Comments - Armor

Fairy King's Crown
- The Crit Rate this armour provides is almost always in demand and a competitive option making it a piece worth seeking out unless you're able to obtain better more specialized options.

Comments - Trinkets

Invader Observation Logs
- When in AOE scenarios, this is a very strong option as it gives a high amount of Crit-Rate%.
Verdant Day
+
Verdant Night
- Provide a unique buff-type that is a massive damage increase while active, without taking your Mythic slot. The choice between Day and Night depends on the content and the turns you are planning to do more damage, with even-turns favoring Night and odd-turns favoring Day.
Verdant Shackles
- A strong option that works on all turns, but locks you out of Mythic options in other slots.
Dimensional Cube
- A specialized accssory which usually offers more damage than alternatives but only functions when used within discard heavy teams capable of discarding atleast 3 cards each turn. Not useful in teams without discard capabilities so only take this if you know you'll have consistent access to them.
Amorphous Cube
- The go-to generic damage accessory for most characters that is trivially easy to use and always for the most part a solid addition for any character that can make use of additive damage. Wont beat out more specialized options but always a great fallback.

Recommended Build

Arabella Builds

Check the best builds for Arabella below.

Fractured But Whole

Fractured But AOE

Fractured But Whole (Cost-Reduction)

Fractured But AOE (Cost-Reduction)

Setup Summary

Character

NEW

Partner

Equipment

Criticism of Discord

Fairy King's Crown

Verdant Night

Fragments

Sanguine Thorn

Executioner's Tool

Cards Summary [7 selected]

Scream For Me I

Attack

[Lead]

60% Damage and 3 Fracture to all enemies.
6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Observer’s Pleasure V

Upgrade

[Unique][Opener]

At the start of the turn, 1 Fracture Amplification and 6 Fracture to the enemy with the highest HP.

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Hollow Verdict V

Attack

100% Damage to all enemies, and remove Fracture inflicted by allies.
Apply the amount of Fracture removed x2 to the target inflicted with Fracture Amplification.

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Sadistic Restraint II

Attack

60% Damage x 4, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Fracture Amplification: Draw 1 card of this unit.

2 Vulnerable to the target

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Sadistic Restraint V

Attack

60% Damage, and activate Fracture inflicted by this unit 2 times.
Add 1 Hit for each Fracture inflicted by this unit that was activated this turn (max 5 times).

2 Vulnerable to the target

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Deck Explanation

Fractured But Whole - This build is great for quickly generating 30 Fracture (by using the 2x effect). After 30 Fracture is achieved (via Hollow Verdict V) and ally buffs are made, simply spamming Arabella’s attacks is all that’s needed. This composition works best with some kind of AP Support and Buffer.
Fractured But AOE - AOE Variant of her Fracture build, same core concept but the Vulnerable and Fracture are applied in AOE (half of the Fracture hits on target who doesn't have Fracture Amp, though). Also not terrible in Single-Target, as it will get the same number of Fracture hits (but vastly lower Attack Card hits / dmg, so total damage will still fall compared to Single-Target variant). Mythic card is kept in commonly for this build, as it is good AOE damage, but it can require higher amount of Draw, hence the Draw 2 Scream for Me (IV) recommendation.
Fractured But Whole (Cost-Reduction) - Same as original deck just substitutes Vulnerable for cost-reduction, this works in more teams but vastly cuts Arabella's personally damage. Generally recommended alternative when played with teams that lack the necessary AP generation to play the Vulnerable variant. Can also cut 1 Sadistic Restraint in order to get Cost-Reduction on her other cards and add Neutrals, if needed.
Fractured But AOE (Cost-Reduction) - Same as original deck just substitutes Vulnerable for cost-reduction.

Card Removal Priority

Diagonal Slash
- Removed in most Arabella set-ups.
Crimson Domain
- Removed in most Arabella set-ups.

Card Copying Priority

Sadistic Restraint
- Sadistic Restraint is a common epiphany to copy for Attack Card or Single-Target builds, as it boasts the highest Single-Target hit-count options and is able to guarantee Vulnerable on Fracture activations via Divine Vulnerable.
Hollow Verdict
- Hollow Verdict is a common epiphany to copy moreso for AOE scenarios, but isn't far behind Sadistic Restraint in Single-Target either. It is also able to maintain vulnerable uptime via divines. One thing to keep in mind is that it is very often to have at least 1 Hollow Verdict V in an Arabella deck, which means that the second divine used for damage in builds that duplicate other Hollow Verdict epiphanies are limited to just 3 copies instead of 4 of that epiphany.

Best Synergies

Cassius

Cassius can generically buff a high amount while also having options that can give AP (via divines or neutrals).
Cassius’ draw can greatly help set-up and push for more aggressive damage optimizations for Arabella.
Cassius’ buffs are one of the best way to push Arabella’s many multi-hit Attack Card’s damage, as they have low ratios.

Narja

Narja is able to reduce the cost of Arabella cards, making them less expensive to play.
Narja can act as a pseudo-draw unit with Start of Turn Draw 2 epiphany on Shackles, but this is a very high-end and black-mass expensive set-up from its low Divine odds.

Hilde

Hilde can offer a high amount of draw, but it’s worth noting this often increases AP cost and lowers her value in other areas as a trade-off.
Hilde can apply a decent amount of Fracture. It’s worth noting that maximizing Fracture often comes at the cost of completely sacrificing Draw capabilities for Arabella.

Adelheid

Via divines can give AP, on-top of survivability and draw.
With E4, Adelheid can provide one of the largest buffs for DoT damage, Fracture included, and it’s completely passive and permanent for the battle. Making Adelheid one of the premiere supports for Arabella, unfortunately locked behind an Ego Manifestation, though.

Veronica

While worse than alternative options at giving AP, Veronica can offer much higher draw and still offer up to 4AP via Divine epiphanies a turn.
Veronica can buff via morale from Rosaria, a 4-star Partner.

Orlea

Using Sacred Censer, Orlea can provide a relatively high amount of multiplicative buffs for Arabella that increase her damage comparably to other buffers (but can peak higher with crits on big Fracture hits)
While Sacred Censer Orlea is rather good potential for damage, it's also quite inconsistent and AP expensive often forcing Arabella to use cost-reduction divines.

Best Teams

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Fractured But Whole

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Buffer/Flex

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Neutral [★★★★] - Target Neutral: Morale 2. After turn-1, Arabella's recommended builds generally can hit max Fracture without needing Scream for Me I. This makes a neutral option that provides an additional buff, like Morale 2 very competitive.

[★★★★★] - For gaining the most amount of Fracture as quickly as possible, this is one of the best epiphanies.

[★★] - This being a multiplicative buff for Attack Card's is quite strange since many of Arabella's Attack Card base ratios are quite low, and a lot of her damage comes from Fracture, not Attacks.

[★★★] - The AOE Fracture Application on this can be quite high, making it a premiere option for maximizing Fracture on all Targets, rather than one main target.

[★★★★★] - This is an amazing option for most builds as it increases Arabella's self-draw to reduce the deck-strain she has.

[★★] - If you have a reason to apply a lot of different effects quickly, this can be nice, but there are usually avenues to do so through allies for Arabella herself that don't sacrifice her Fracture application card.

Neutral [★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale. Applying 1 Vulnerable or gaining 1 Morale is rather low value, especially considering alternative options can give the equivalent of 4-5 additional morale over the neutral morale epiphany AND ignore morale cap.

[★★★] - While this can be used in AOE, the sheer amount of Fracture efficiency gained from the alternative AOE epiphany, Observer’s Pleasure IV, far surpasses this one’s additive bonus (~= 5 Morale) in many cases.

[★★★] - This being additive buffs makes it scaling with Fracture somewhat strange, but it is still a very solid epiphany that can push damage higher assuming you can compensate for Fracture application in some way.

[★★★] - The AOE Fracture and Vulnerable is quite nice, but the buff is a bit strange as it is a multiplicative buff to the base ratio of Attack Cards, but most of Arabella’s damage in her best builds will not be from Attack Cards. Moreover, Arabella’s best Attack Cards are low ratio attacks, which makes the additive buff strange.

[★★★★] - For AOE scenarios, this can be the best option as it allows for extreme efficiency on Fracture and high amounts to be applied in total. However, it will be rather lackluster in scenarios without AOE, which is almost all content currently.

[★★★★★] - This is the go-to epiphany as it is able to passively reset your Fracture Amplication at the start of every turn and apply the most amount of Fracture in non-AOE scenarios.

Neutral [★★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale. On cards with very important effects to builds on the epiphanies, like Hollow Verdict, it is generally not recommended to take Neutral epiphanies.

[★★] - Ability to trigger ally Fracture could be strong. The issue is there are no allies that can currently capitalize on this well, as even Hilde cannot make enough Fracture enough a turn to make this an especially viable build path.

[★★★★★] - This allows Fracture to be triggered twice on the Fracture Amplification target, making it especially efficient in Single-Target and the current go-to recommendation for most content.

[★★★★] - One of the best AOE epiphanies for Arabella, but it is worse than alternatives in ST scenarios.

[★] - Agony is considered horrendously bad in the current state of the game, which makes this epiphany extremely hard to get value out of.

[★★★★★] - This epiphany can be needed to maximize Fracture, but ideally other options would likely be preferred if enough Fracture could be made (which is hard to do outside of AOE scenarios).

Neutral [★★★] - Target Neutral: Vulnerable, Morale.

[★★★★★] - The go-to epiphany for Single-Target as it's a strong card by itself (being a 4-hit) on-top of being one of the best ways for activating a lot of Fracture quickly. This can also be a rather strong card for a multi-hit focused Attack Card build, alongside buffers like Cassius. It can enable the highest hit-count of any Arabella build.

[★] - Defeat: is a very difficult condition to trigger, so this is a hard epiphany to make use of.

[★★] - This is a kind of complicated card with a lot of set-up that has trouble getting adequate pay-off in current content. It could become stronger if we get a way to easily increase its cost and then decrease it, but at base it requires more effort to get less pay-off (in same number of hits) as Sadistic Restraint II

[★★★★★] - This is recommended to be used alongside Sadistic Restraint II, as it is also important for maximizing hitcount in her Attack Card build.

Arabella Best Build Guide

Kit

Review

Epiphanies

Gear

Deck & Teams

Starting Cards:

Epiphany Cards:

Ego Skill:

Epiphany Variants:

Performance Profile

Pros

Cons

Pathetic End

Diagonal Slash

Crimson Domain

Scream For Me

Observer’s Pleasure

Hollow Verdict

Sadistic Restraint

The Art of Unmaking

Note

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Recommended Loadout

Weapon

Armor

Trinket

Comments - Weapons

Comments - Armor

Comments - Trinkets

Arabella Builds

Setup Summary

Character

Partner

Equipment

Criticism of Discord

Fairy King's Crown

Verdant Night

Fragments

Cards Summary [7 selected] Compact

Deck Explanation

Card Removal Priority

Card Copying Priority

Cassius

Narja

Hilde

Adelheid

Veronica

Orlea

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Fractured But Whole

Arabella Best Build Guide

Kit

Review

Epiphanies

Gear

Deck & Teams

Starting Cards:

Epiphany Cards:

Ego Skill:

Epiphany Variants:

Performance Profile

Pros

Cons

Pathetic End

Diagonal Slash

Crimson Domain

Scream For Me

Observer’s Pleasure

Hollow Verdict

Sadistic Restraint

The Art of Unmaking

Note

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Cards Summary [7 selected]

Cards Summary [7 selected]