RanBuild and Guide

Introduction

Ran is a 5★ character from the
Holy element and
Knight class. The character's position on the battlefield is
Front.

To learn more about Ran check the sections below. Use the tabs to quickly switch to the kind of information you're looking for.

Profile

Review

Build

Lore

Stats

DEF

Magic ATK

Melee ATK

Ranged ATK

Skills

Skill 1

Dance of the Blue Moon (Ultimate)

[Damage Dealt]

Inflict damage equal to 992% of Attack

[Target]

All Enemies

[Effect 1: Apply Debuff]

Effect: Defense -10%.
Duration: 10 Second(s)

[Effect 2: Additional DMG against enemies inflicted with Status Effects]

Inflict 100% Additional Damage to enemies inflicted with Shocked.

[Cooldown]

33 Second(s)

Skill 2

Moonlight Dance (Active Skill)

[Damage Dealt]

Inflict damage equal to 560% of Attack.

[Target]

All Enemies in Front

[Effect: Additional DMG against enemies inflicted with Status Effects]

Inflict 60% Additional Damage to enemies inflicted with Shocked.

[Cooldown]

10 Second(s)

Skill 3

Swordmaster (Passive)

[Effect 1: Apply Buff]

Target: Self
Effect: Attack +44%.

[Effect 2: Apply Buff]

Target: Self
Effect: Critical Hit Rate +7%.

Skill 4

Intimidation (Passive)

[Effect: Apply Debuff]

Target: All Enemies
Effect: Defense -6%.

Dupes

Transcendence 1

Attack, Defense, HP increases 20%.

Transcendence 2

Attack, Defense, HP increases 10% (30% Total).

Transcendence 3

Attack, Defense, HP increases 10% (40% Total). Skill Level +1.

Transcendence 4

Attack, Defense, HP increases 10% (50% Total).

Transcendence 5

Attack, Defense, HP increases 10% (60% Total). Skill Level +1.

Awakening

Awakening - Attack, Defense, HP increases by 20% (80% Total).

Ratings

Damage dealer

PVE Early

PVE Late

Raids

PVP

Review

June 2025

Ran is a debuff DPS with bonus scaling against Shocked enemies. Her Ultimate skill deals huge damage to all enemies, reduces their Defense and deals additional damage against targets affected with Shocked. Her Active Skill deals large damage to all Frontline enemies and deals additional damage if they are Shocked. Her Swordmaster Passive increases her own Attack and Critical Hit Rate whereas her Intimidation Passive decreases enemies Defense and at Transcendence 3, decreases their Critical Hit Resistance additionally.

Ran, alongside Lua, is one of the more popular DPSes at launch, but eventually gave way to ranged DPSes like Lua and Tiamat when it became more difficult to Tank. The advent of Dian Cecht has breathed a second wind to the duo in Raids, where the combination of her neutral Holy typing, high shock scaling attacks, and debuffs allow her to be a top contributing DPS in many different Raid scenarios. She is still very squishy, however, and needs good healing support, and reset malds to ensure she doesn’t get blown up at high incoming DMG situations.

Ran’s Card Moonlight Swordplay is used by Frontline DPS. Its user can counter attack an enemy when hit for up to 100% Attack more whereas its Stat Line provides Melee Attack increase.

This is the best frontline Card in terms of raw damage. Melee units are usually the one taking hits so using this on someone that gets hit a lot ramps up your damage by a lot.

A special use case of Ran’s Card Moonlight Swordplay is with Lifelong Contract where Lifelong Contract is used by Galahad and Ran’s Card is used by your best DPS (Should be the highest HP after Galahad).

This helps Galahad survive a bit more while redirecting damage to Ran’s Card user which also enables the Ran’s card to proc its effect twice (Normal Mob Hits + LC damage redirection).

Primarily used in Mob stages more than it is on Bosses. Kay and Lancelot are the current favored Ran card users because of their high base HP and Critical Hit Rate, allowing reflected damage to crit.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Neutral typing high DPS
Solid debuffs (Defense/ Critical Hit Resistance shred)

Cons

Squishy
Long skill animation

Best Substats

Weapon: Critical Damage, Attack
Armor: Defense%, Critical Hit Resistance
Accessory: HP%
Rune: Critical Damage, HP% if struggling to survive
Specialities: Attack, Critical Damage

Dupes Information

Dupe Priority - Card > Transcend
Recommended Transcend - Transcend 5

Skill Priority

Passive 1 = Passive 2 > Active = Ultimate

Synergies

Lua - Provides an obnoxiously high Shock uptime for Ran to scale her Active and Ultimate skill off.
Dian Cecht - Main reason Knights are back in vogue. BiS offensive buffer.

Cards

Elgrad Sword Art Journal (Lua) - High Critical Damage, Additional Damage and Active Skill Cooldown reduction, all things Ran appreciates. Best used if Ran has more than 50% effective Critical Hit Rate.
Moonlight Swordplay (Ran) - Best offensive melee DPS card if she can live to Counter Attack.
Lingering Allure (Anessa) - General purpose melee DPS card with party wide Attack buff.

Comments

Other options: Any card that offers Melee Attack%, Critical Hit Rate and Critical Damage works great.

Lore

Age

Unknown

Height

172 cm

Weight

52kg

Sizes

B98H-W59-H96

Birthday

10/1

Hobby

Drinking

Nationality

Stateless

Place

Backstory

Gifts

Favorite Gifts

Tiara, Trump Card, Sword Master Story, Pudding