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Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN)OrleaBuild and Guide
Introduction
Best guide and build for Orlea from Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Orlea is a 5✦ character from the Controller class and Instinct attribute, who belongs to the The Holy Crusaders [No Affiliation] faction.
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Cards
Starting Cards:
1
Attack, My Minions
100% Damage
1
Heaven's Healing
Heal 100%.
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1
Sacred Censer
Create 2 Creation★ Cards.
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Epiphany Cards:
1
Growth Acceleration
Heal 50%.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
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0
Annoying
40% Fixed Damage equal to the number of cards in hand.
1
Growing Creature
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★★.
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★★.
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2
Will of Light
Heal 200%.
Activate the Retain effect of all cards in hand.
Activate the Retain effect of all cards in hand.
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Generated Cards:
0
Softie ★
Increase Damage Amount by 10% for 1 turn.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 5%.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 5%.
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0
Swiftie ★
60% Damage.
Retain: +40% Damage Amount.
Retain: +40% Damage Amount.
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0
Sturdie ★
80% Shield.
Retain: Heal 30%.
Retain: Heal 30%.
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0
Softie ★★
Increase Damage Amount by 20% for 1 turn.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 10%.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 10%.
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0
Swiftie ★★
120% Damage.
Retain: +80% Damage Amount.
Retain: +80% Damage Amount.
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0
Sturdie ★★
160% Shield.
Retain: Heal 60%.
Retain: Heal 60%.
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0
Softie ★★★
Increase Damage Amount by 35% for 1 turn.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 20%.
Retain: Increase Damage Amount of the next Attack Card used by 20%.
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0
Swiftie ★★★
200% Damage.
Retain: +150% Damage Amount.
Retain: +150% Damage Amount.
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0
Sturdie ★★★
250% Shield.
Retain: Heal 100%.
Retain: Heal 100%.
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Ego Skill:
6
Salvation
Ego Skill
Create 1 of each Creation★★.
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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. There are also Divine variants of Epiphany cards, but we're still working on gathering them.
1
Sacred Censer I
Create 3 Creation★ Cards.
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2
Sacred Censer II
Create 2 Creation★ Cards. At the start of the turn, create 1 Creation★ Card(s).
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1
Sacred Censer III
Create Softie★ and 1 Creation★ Card(s).
Upon next Softie use, create Softie★.
Upon next Softie use, create Softie★.
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1
Sacred Censer IV
Create 1 Swiftie★ and Creation★ Card(s).
Increase Damage Amount of the next Swiftie used by 40%.
Increase Damage Amount of the next Swiftie used by 40%.
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1
Sacred Censer V
Create 1 Sturdie★ and Creation★ Card(s).
150% Shield to the next Sturdie used.
150% Shield to the next Sturdie used.
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0
Growth Acceleration I
Heal 50%.
Select 1 Card in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
Select 1 Card in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
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2
Growth Acceleration II
Heal 50%.
Select 1 of own Creation Cards in hand and duplicate it.
Select 1 of own Creation Cards in hand and duplicate it.
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1
Growth Acceleration III
Heal 100%.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
If that Card is a Softie, 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
If that Card is a Softie, 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
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1
Growth Acceleration IV
Heal 100%.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
If that card is a Swiftie, trigger Retain effect 3 times.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
If that card is a Swiftie, trigger Retain effect 3 times.
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1
Growth Acceleration V
Heal 100%.
Select 1Retain 2 time(s).
If the card is Sturdie decrease Stress of an ally by 5.
Select 1Retain 2 time(s).
If the card is Sturdie decrease Stress of an ally by 5.
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0
Annoying I
40% Fixed Damage equal to the number of cards in hand. If 6 or more Cards are present, Heal 150%.
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1
Annoying II
100% Damage.
+100% Damage Amount for each Creation in hand.
+100% Damage Amount for each Creation in hand.
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3
Annoying III
450% Fixed Damage.
Retain: Reduce cost by 1.
Retain: Reduce cost by 1.
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0
Annoying IV
Deal 60% x 3 Fixed Damage to random enemies.
Create 1 Creation★ Card for each target hit.
Create 1 Creation★ Card for each target hit.
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1
Annoying V
100% Damage.
If this card is in hand and have created Creations while it was in hand, +100% Damage until used.
If this card is in hand and have created Creations while it was in hand, +100% Damage until used.
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1
Growing Creature I
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
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1
Growing Creature II
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★ and create 1 Creation★ card for each.
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★ and create 1 Creation★ card for each.
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1
Growing Creature III
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Softie★★★ and 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
Retain: Change this card to Softie★★★ and 2 Vulnerable to all enemies.
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1
Growing Creature IV
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Swiftie★★★ and activate Retain effect 2 times.
Retain: Change this card to Swiftie★★★ and activate Retain effect 2 times.
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1
Growing Creature V
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Sturdie★★★ and add 3 Weaken to all enemies
Retain: Change this card to Sturdie★★★ and add 3 Weaken to all enemies
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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%.
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 3-1
Add 30% chance to Attack, My Minions card to create 1 Creation★ card in hand.
Unique Card Upgrade
Potential 4
Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Unique Cards by 2/20%.
Health Proficiency
Potential 5
Increase Health by 1.6/8%.
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 5-1
+5% Damage for Orlea's Attack, My Minions.
If Orlea's Attack is greater than 500, an additional +5% to that value.
If Orlea's Attack is greater than 500, an additional +5% to that value.
Attack Proficiency
Potential 6
Increase Attack by 1.6/8%.
Unique Stat Upgrade
Potential 7
If Orlea’s Attack is above 800, at the start of battle, +6% Critical Chance of Combatant.
Manifest Ego (dupes)
Sleeping Memory
Manifest Ego 1
Adds Retain to the Will of Light card.
Awakening Memory
Manifest Ego 2
When a Creation card evolves into a Creation★★★ card, Retain is triggered.
Vivid Memory
Manifest Ego 3
Evolved Creation effect is added to Salvation.
Inner Memory
Manifest Ego 4
If holding Creation Card in hand, increase Damage Amount of allies by 10%.
Complete Memory
Manifest Ego 5
Increase the level of [Basic Card Upgrade], [Unique Card Upgrade], and [Common Card Upgrade] in Potentials by 3.
Liberated Memory
Manifest Ego 6
When Orlea uses a Creation card, deal ★ x 50% Fixed Damage to all enemies.
Stats (level 60)
HP
406
DEF
197
ATK
420
Voice Actors
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Introduction
Orlea is the queen of Retain and card generation with her core mechanic, Creations. Orlea can generate 3 different types of Creations through her cards, upgrade them up to two times by merging duplicate Creations of the same level. Creations cost 0 AP, have the Retain tag, and trigger a passive effect when Retained at the end of each turn. The three types of Creations are Toughie, who actively Shields and passively heals; Swiftie, who actively deals damage and passively stacks up damage; and Softie, who actively and passively buffs damage. In addition to her Creations, Orlea has the ability to forcibly trigger her own and her allies' cards’ Retain effects. All around, Orlea has outstanding healing, some shielding, and very high damage for a healer, but she lacks supportive utility when compared to other Supports.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Capable of decent damage and shielding as well as great passive and active healing.
The varied effects and 0 cost of Creations make Orlea incredibly flexible in teams.
Great passive and scaling power thanks to Retain effects.
Able to trigger her own and other characters' Retain effects on demand with some cards.
Cons
Creations and Retain cards can end up clogging your hand when held too long.
Limited buffing/debuffing capabilities compared to other supports.
No card draw.
Can require multiple turns to gain value due to the nature of her Retain strategy.
Ratings
The ratings below are based on the Basin of Hyperspace Dimensional Twilight game mode and the Chaos Manifestation mode. Each of the modes values different mechanics, so some characters may shine in one of the, while being underwhelming in the other.
Key Mechanics
Orlea’s main mechanics lie in her card generation and holding cards in hand to trigger effects.
- [Creation] Cards: Orlea can create three types of [Creation] cards through her Ego Skill and Skill cards, Sacred Censer, and Growing Creature. [Creation] cards of the same rarity merge automatically into one of a higher rarity. Potential 3-1 grants her basic attack a chance to generate a Creation (★) card as well. All [Creation] cards have the [Exhaust], [Retain], and [Creation] tags. They each have a passive effect that triggers when Preserved and an active effect that triggers when played:
- Softie (★/★★/★★★): Skill card that passively increases the damage of the first Attack Card used in a turn. Can be played for a bigger damage buff that applies to all cards for 1 turn.
- Swiftie (★/★★/★★★): Single-target Attack card whose damage increases when Retained. Great source of burst damage for finishing off bosses.
- Toughie (★/★★/★★ ★): Skill card that passively provides healing each turn. Can be used to provide some emergency Shields in a pinch.
- Retain: Cards with the [Retain] tag remain in your hand at the end of turn instead of discarding. Many of Orlea’s cards have effects that trigger when they are Retained, and she can also trigger these effects manually with her Skill cards Growth Acceleration and Will of Light.
- Initiation: A tag that causes that card to always be drawn at the start of battle
- Exhaust: All of Orlea’s Creation cards Exhaust. Because they can only be used once, you’ll want to save high ★ Creations for important turns.
Cards & Ego Skill
6
Salvation
Ego Skill
Create 1 of each Creation★★.
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Salvation
Orela’s Ego Skill Salvation costs an exorbitant 6 EP for relatively low impact. Best used for some emergency Shields or a damage buff using the generated Creations, but otherwise low priority. It can also speed up the Creation merging process.
1
Attack, My Minions
100% Damage
Attack, My Minions
Her basic Attack card; she has two copies in her Starting Deck. Gains a 30% chance to generate 1 Creation(★) card with her Potential 3-1.
1
Heaven's Healing
Heal 100%.
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Heaven's Healing
A basic healing Skill card. Not very important for her game plan.
1
Sacred Censer
Create 2 Creation★ Cards.
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Sacred Censer
A 1-cost Skill card that is always drawn in the first hand each battle, thanks to the [Initiation] tag putting it on top of the draw pile. It generates 2 Creation(★) cards and represents the meat of her kit.
1
Growth Acceleration
Heal 50%.
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
Select 1 of own Cards in hand and trigger Retain effect 2 time(s).
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Growth Acceleration
A 1-cost Skill card that heals and can be used to accelerate Retain effects. Very versatile with Creation cards.
0
Annoying
40% Fixed Damage equal to the number of cards in hand.
Annoying
A 0-cost Attack card that deals Fixed Damage based on the number of cards in your hand. Good card to upgrade if running Orlea in a sub-DPS role.
1
Growing Creature
Create 1 Creation★ card(s).
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★★.
Retain: Change this card to Creation★★★.
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Growing Creature
A 1-cost Skill card that generates 1 Creation(★) card when played. This card transforms into a ★★★ Creation after it’s Retained for one turn, so it’s best to hold onto it instead of playing it directly.
2
Will of Light
Heal 200%.
Activate the Retain effect of all cards in hand.
Activate the Retain effect of all cards in hand.
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Will of Light
A 2-cost Skill card that grants a lot of healing and activates the Retain effects of all cards in hand. Realistically, this is best used to help stack up a Swiftie card’s damage, as it is a little expensive to be used as an enabler for your DPS.
Potentials
Orlea’s Potential nodes are generally a lower priority compared to other characters, but her Potential 7 offers a decent AoE buff.
- 3-1: Adds a 30% chance to generate 1 Creation(★) card to her basic attacks. Decent for [Creation] generation, but won’t trigger very often, and you realistically want to remove these basic cards anyway.
- 5-1: A small 5% Damage bonus is added to Orlea’s basic attacks, with an additional 5% if her attack is greater than 500. A tiny damage bump, all things considered. Low priority.
- 7: Gives allies a +6% Critical Chance at the start of battle if Orlea’s attack is higher than 800. Very good with Crit-reliant combatants.
Playstyle & Gameplay
Standard Playstyle
Orlea’s gameplay is very passive, as she offers buffs and healing by just holding on to her cards, but you can also play them for bigger immediate effects if you need them. Generate ★ Creation cards and merge duplicates with Sacred Censer and Growing Creature, trigger their Retain effects with Growth Acceleration and Will of Light, and unleash them at the right time for devastating damage or emergency Shielding.
Tips:
- Hold her Growing Creature card in hand to save AP for your DPS and maximize Creation rarity.
- Softie can be used if you plan to play many DPS cards that turn, but otherwise, the passive buff is good enough.
- Swiftie can be used if you need some extra damage to kill an enemy, or you can hold on to it for a long time and then finish off a boss with a big damage nuke. Best used with cards that trigger Retain effects faster.
- Toughie offers passive healing as long as you hold on to it. Can be used as emergency shields.
Dupes Review
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Best Cards
Best Epiphanies
Note
For every Epiphany, we're colored their name based on how useful we think it is compared to the other variants. Here's the key to the colors:
- Epiphany Name - the best variant,
- Epiphany Name - a good variant,
- Epiphany Name - a niche variant.
Orlea best epiphanies aren't available yet. They will be added soon.
Gear
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.
Orlea can be played both as a damage dealer and a support. In this guide, we’ll be focusing on her support builds, not her damage builds, as her supportive capabilities are currently more meta-relevant.
Recommended Loadout
1
[2-PC]: +12% Defense.
[2-PC]: +12% Max HP.
Flex
2-PC Bonuses
- - 12% defense passively, which boosts healing a good amount but also contributes to the whole team's tankiness. Best 2P option for support Orlea.
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Tetra's Authority [2-PC]
- - A solid boost to overall team survivability via a 12% HP boost, not game-changing, but will help survive large one shots
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Healer's Journey [2-PC]
- - Boosts Basic Heal, Shield, and Damage cards by +20% multiplicatively. Strong when playing Zero System, but Orlea usually doesn’t include any basics by choice in her endgame decks.
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Seth's Scarab [2-PC]
- - 2P Black Wing can be used as an alternative to Seth’s Scarab if you’d prefer to boost Orlea’s damage slightly in endgame instead of gaining an edge in Zero System even on support Orlea builds.
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Black Wing [2-PC]
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.
Substats:
EGO Regen > HP/DEF > HP%/DEF%
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 characters'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.
The best partners information aren't available yet. They will be added soon.
Equipment
In the Zero System, it’s incredibly easy to access all items acquirable via the shop thanks to the five 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.
- Flex
- Assault Boots
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- Survivor's Hood
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- Psionic Combat Suit
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- Standard Gas Mask
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- Multifaceted Parallel Universe Nexus
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- Water Drops of the Goddess
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- Grey Orb
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- Magic-Infused Sapphire
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Comments - Weapons
- Flex - When building Orlea as a DPS, this slot becomes far more relevant than on other supports. With that said, when focusing her on a support build, it’s very flexible as there aren’t any majorly impactful purely supportive weapons currently in the shop.
Comments - Armor
- - Deploys a 200% fixed shield on the 2nd turn of combat. A strong one-off shielding option that triggers on a turn when enemies are very likely to be attacking you. An okay option in short fights, but loses value in longer ones.Assault Boots
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- - Offers a 140% fixed shield on the 1st turn of combat. A smaller shield than Assault boots, which, when combined with the fact that many enemies use their first turn to buff themself or debuff you, makes it slightly less appealing. Still a reasonable choice, though, and better than nothing.Survivor's Hood
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- - Causes Orlea to gain a 30% fixed shield every time she exhausts, which counts for every creation used. This equipment isn’t nearly as broken on Orlea as it is on other, more exhaust-heavy combatants, but if you’re using creations often, it can still be worth considering from the shop.Psionic Combat Suit
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- - A non-shield option that grants 1 stack of immunity, blocking a debuff incoming from enemies. If you’re having no issues with survivability, it can actually be more beneficial than shielding, also stacks with other characters using it, granting up to 3 immunity at the start of battle.Standard Gas Mask
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Comments - Trinkets
- - When playing Orlea with Sacred Censer II, one of her strongest epiphanies for the card, this equipment allows it to be cast for free at the start of every battle, reducing its hefty 1-2 AP cost to 0, allowing a very potent upgrade to get online with no downside. If you’re not using Censor II, though, this equipment is useless; use one of Orlea’s other options.Multifaceted Parallel Universe Nexus
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- - Applies one stack of the Save buff at the start of battle, which preserves AP for as long as it persists, but one stack is removed at the end of each turn you conserve any AP. Unless you always perfectly spend your AP will eventually net you at least 1 spare AP. It can also be stacked if you have it on multiple characters, allowing you to start with multiple save stacks, therefore saving AP across multiple turns.Water Drops of the Goddess
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- - An always useful option which grants you 3 stacks of damage reduction at the start of the fight, reducing the first 3 hits you take by 15%. Strongest against single-hit bosses, not as useful against many small or multi-hit foes.Grey Orb
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- - Inflicts 1 full bar of Tenacity to all enemies at the start of the battle, assuming you have an Initiation card in your hand, regardless of which combatant it belongs to. A good way to accelerate breaking enemies and accessing extra AP, also stacks between multiple combatants, allowing you to inflict up to 3 bars at the start of the battle if all your characters have it. Effective on Orlea as her Sacred Censor triggers it.Magic-Infused Sapphire
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Deck & Teams
Recommended Build
Important!
CZN is a game of randomness; sometimes you’ll be offered generic or Divine epiphanies that are stronger than a character's standard five options. In these cases, breaking the listed build can result in an even more powerful save. Adjust as you see fit!
Special thanks
Special thanks to Lisara for her work and testing on Orlea, which pushed her build forward.
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Card Removal Priority
- Celestial Healing:: Endgame Orlea builds should have enough sustain without this card, making it one of Orlea’s first removal priorities.
- Attack, My Minions: Orlea’s basic attacks have a chance at generating creation cards on use, but aren’t nearly as powerful as the rest of her unique cards, making them her next priority to remove.
- Will of Light: An expensive but high-power card that you may or may not find use for in your strategy. If you find this card clunky, stuck in your hand often, and too expensive to use, consider removing it from your Orlea strategies if you have the budget to spare. Some retain strategies can heavily benefit from its effect, making the cost worth it though.
Card Dupe Priority
Dupe Priority
Growth Acceleration III > Growing Creature III
The Vulnerable spam build of Orlea naturally focuses on epiphanies that let her do just that. Growing Creature III applies 2 Vulnerable to all enemies when retained, but after, it will transform into Softie, removing itself from the deck in the process. Growth Acceleration III can be continually used throughout battle to apply 2 Vulnerable in AoE, but costs 1 AP to use and a Softie in hand, unlike Growing Creature. If you’re Orlea deck is designed for short fights, duplicating more Growing Creatures will free up AP early at the cost of fewer ways to apply Vulnerable later. For longer fights, duping more Growth Acceleration will give you a steady stream of vulnerable applications, but at the cost of AP efficiency. Balancing duplicates between the two is also an option.
Epiphany Alternatives
- Growth Acceleration: Growth Acceleration III is key to sustained Vulnerable application in long fights, but in shorter fights, if you want to get your Growing Creature III’s online faster, you can also consider using Growth I to trigger Growing Creature’s retain for 0AP cost instead.
Best Synergies
Orlea offers a mix of additive and multiplicative damage boosts thanks to Softie and the always universal Vulnerable stacks, which act as a proper 1.5 times total damage multiplier for hits. In addition to this, she also has great healing potential, some synergy with retain related characters, 0 cost attacks, a skill which some characters find useful, and the ability to shield in a pinch as well. Such a diverse kit makes her suitable as a support for many characters.
Still, due to the nature of Vulnerable and the fact that Softie generally only affects the first attack each turn, she usually works best with characters that use a few very potent damage cards that hit a minimal number of times.
Best Teams
Important!
If you’re losing runs when playing a damage-focused composition either to sanity or dying, consider using a team with more defensive characters - so including both a shielder and healer. This is especially important in the Zero System mode.
Balanced Team
Damage
Any DPS
Support
Shielder
Shielder
Double Support Team
Damage
Any DPS
Support
Support
Support
When playing Orlea as a support, Tetra's Authority and Healer’s Journey are easy inclusions to boost healing, shielding, and your team's overall survivability. After that, you can choose 2P
Seth's Scarab [2-PC]
Black Wing [2-PC]