Catherine

Catherine

Human
Human
Supporter
Supporter
SS

PVE (early)

SSS

PVE (mid)

SSS

PVE (late)

Profile

Personal information
Name
Catherine
Alias
Holy Spirit's Touch
Height
156cm
Birthday
April 5
Combat information
Rarity
Epic
Type
Human
Class
Supporter
Gear type
STR
Availability and VA information
Release date
January 5th, 2023
VA (KR)
Jiyoung Lee
Hobby and other information
Likes
Hot food
Dislikes
Oatmeal, porridge
Hobby
Baking cookies
Description

A nun of the Arkenine Cathedral, member of the Order of Sun. She takes good care of others and always talks gently. She has a soft vibe around her, so no one feels Catherine's words are nagging. Additionally, she seems to have a heartbreaking past related to poverty...

Specialities
Buffer (Other)
Healer
Shielder

Skills

Defense
Kyrie
Ultimate

Blesses all allies through fancy ceremony and prayer. Recovers HP of all allies by 150% of ATK and creates shields that absorbs damage equal to 25% of Catherine's max HP lasting for 12 sec.


Level 101:

HP recovery changes to 175%, shield HP changes to 30%.

Level 201:

HP recovery changes to 200%, additionally increases physical/magic resistance by 20%.

Defense
Gloria
Main

Uses holy power to grant the blessing of protection to allies. Applies a shield to nearby allies that absorbs damage equal to 12% of Catherine's max HP for 10 seconds.


Level 81:

Shield HP changes to 14% of max HP.

Level 181:

Shield HP changes to 16% of max HP, recovers HP equal to 150% of ATK.

Buff
Agnus Dei
Sub

Spreads a blessing that protects allies from danger. Increases all allies' DEF by 20% for 12 seconds.


Level 21:

DEF increase changes to 23%.

Level 121:

DEF increase changes to 26%, recovers additional 1000 Mana.

Healing
Credo
Sub

Prays for the safety of allies through devout prayer. Blesses the surrounding area for seconds to make allies invincible and restore their HP equal to 100% of ATK.


Level 41:

Recovery changes to 115% of ATK.

Level 141:

Recovery changes to 130% of ATK and Catherine becomes immune to all hindering effects during prayer.

Buff - Mass
Sanctus
Passive

Catherine's blessing protects allies in danger. When Catherine is on the battlefield, physical and magic resistance of all allies with 35% or less HP increase by 30%.


Level 61:

Physical and Magic Resistance increase changes to 35%.

Level 161:

Physical and Magic Resistance increase changes to 40%.

Artifact

Healing
Holy Shroud
Artifact

Using "Agnus Dei" recovers the HP of all allies by 30% of ATK.


Upgrade 1:

Recovery changes to 45%.

Upgrade 2:

Recovery changes to 60%.

Upgrade 3:

Recovery changes to 90%.

Upgrade 4:

Recovery changes to 105%.

Upgrade 5:

Recovery changes to 120%.

Upgrade 6:

Recovery changes to 150%.


Stats (at level 40):

ATK: +20%

HP: +24%

Crit Rate: +6%

Crit DMG: +13%

Analysis

Review

Catherine is the only unit in the game that can provide teamwide invincibility for those precious few seconds. Just because of how many stages you can cheese with this invincibility, she is an extremely easy SSS tier for campaign stages, no matter where you are at the game.

There have been times when you can run a level 120 Catherine with a team of 200/180s and she still serves her purpose as long as her S2 kicks in. If you have tried to RNG clear a stage long enough, you will know even milliseconds make a difference as to whether your tank lives 1 hp more so that your healers can heal it back up to at least 30% hp. No other healers can provide the same amount of raw sustain as she does, and you can expect to use her in almost every single Elite stage (in multiples of 5, with Adrienne/Ayame/both). Her S2 is the bread and butter skill we know her for, while S1 and S3 further make your team that much healthier. M1 gives a respectable amount of heal in a pretty large radius, and can sometimes cover your entire team in certain scenarios such as an enemy Clarie jumping into your team and everyone lumps together. Her ult is also rarely used due to opportunity cost, as most of the time you want to kill the enemy DPS with either AOE or single target burst with your ults.

Single Bosses

Currently the boss stages are heavily focused on dealing as much damage as possible in a short time frame, and Catherine’s heals are simply not needed at the moment until more bosses with bigger damage come along.

PVP

Catherine is also an essential unit especially for future defense stall comps, since you currently lose a match if you cannot kill all 5 of the enemy’s team. Her S2 and M1 give respectable amounts of healing, contested only by Jiho’s single target burst heal since your units are likely focus-firing a single unit.

Pros & Cons
Pros

  • teamwide invincibility,

  • can provide healing and shielding,

  • passive allows allies to survive longer on low HP.

Cons

  • while she can both heal and shield allies, the values on both are pretty low,

  • she charges to the frontline and stays there, so you have to place her in the right spot to keep her alive.

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