LauraBuild and Guide

Laura is a STR Warrior Fairy Soul (Released 29 May 2025) that specialises in firing off an endless stream of attacks, shifting her attack patterns based on the number of “Marking” stacks and her use of her Main skill.

• Passive: Rising Chase - Laura’s Sub skills inflict stacks of “Marking” (max 10 stacks), inflicting 2% DEF shred and Incoming Crit Rate increase for 6 seconds. Each application of the debuff resets the debuff duration.

• S1: Link Strike – Laura launches 3 different attacks back-to-back – Spiral Kick, Penta Strike, and Upper Blow.

  • Spiral Kick – Deals 240% damage and deals additional damage if 3+ “Marking” stacks are active.

  • Penta Strike – Deals 220% damage and dispels 2 buffs. If 6+ “Marking” stacks are active, increase final damage taken by 20%. (6 seconds)

  • Upper Blow – Deals 270% damage and deals 20% additional damage per 2 “Marking” stacks.

• S2: Magnum Finisher – Follow up to Upper Blow if “Marking” stacks are active. Deals 330% damage + 170% AOE damage (2.5m radius). Permanently grants “Finisher” (up to 5 stacks) which grants +6% Total Damage Dealt and Crit Damage.

• Main: Magnum Fist – Deals 300% damage. Changes Next Action to Upper Blow, which also deals 100% additional damage.

• Ultimate: Grand Finisher – Deals 350% damage + 140% AOE damage (5m by 3m AOE). Deals 150% additional damage if 5 stacks of “Finisher” are Active.

• Artifact: Unlimited Chase – Permanently Gains Crit Rate and Speed. In addition, all additional effects of Link Strike apply regardless of “Marking” stacks, and Upper Blow will always deal maximum additional damage (Legend+ and higher), S2: Magnum Finisher will always cast regardless of the number of “Marking” Stacks. Using Ultimate will change the next 2 actions to S2: Magnum Finisher. (Origin Artifact)

Laura’s simplified kit is a welcome addition following a conga line of overly complicated and powerful kits. Her kit can be condensed down to pure Fairy DPS, permanent DEF shred and incoming Crit Rate increase, pressing Main and Ult will make her deal more damage. 

She does have some degree of complexity - her attack pattern changes when conditions are met, which greatly boosts her personal DPS at the cost of her other utilities save her Passive. This presents a rough situation considering her best debuff - a 20% Final Damage Taken increase - is tied to her Link Strike - Penta Strike and only lasts 6 seconds.

That being said, Laura suffers from a common ailment that plagues many would-be DPS - very cool kit, nowhere relevant to use it. Laura brings to the party pure damage and Defense Shred, putting her in direct competition with other DPS that do the same thing and still have other forms of utility.  

She barely fits into Rudra with her Defense shred and Fairy Type advantage, but suffers from lack of guaranteed Critical Hits without the Assassin’s Claw treasure (and even then she has abysmally low attack to properly use it).  Her attack tempo does make her relevant for Pluto, but only if you could find a slot for her. Further testing would be required to see if she will be relevant in the current meta.  The lack of defensive utility along with her need to focus on one target (most of time) also makes her a tough call for Battlefront - you certainly have better options.

Investment

As a Melee DPS, Laura wants at least Origin Ascension and Legendary+ Artifact; any further investment on either will greatly boost her personal DPS. Legendary+ artifact would grant additional early game damage, while Origin Artifact will greatly speed up how fast she gains her “Finisher” Stacks.

Conclusion

Laura’s debut was surely a dim one, coupled with the fact that the monstrous Linzy (Thanatos) banner will run for a week alongside her. With the Q3 2025 roadmap about 6 weeks away, She is a safe skip for many players and will remain so until a future balance patch or further testing unearths her potential.