RanBuild and Guide
Ran is a 5★ character from the ![Holy]()
Holy element and ![Knight]()
Knight class. The character's position on the battlefield is ![Front]()
Front.
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Dance of the Blue Moon (Ultimate)
[Damage Dealt]
Inflict damage equal to 832/896/992/1088/1184% of Attack.
[Target]
All Enemies
[Effect 1: Apply Debuff]
Effect: Defense -6/8/10/12/14%.
Duration: 10 Second(s)
[Effect 2: Additional DMG against enemies inflicted with Status Effects]
Inflict 50/75/100/125/150% Additional Damage to enemies inflicted with Shocked.
[Cooldown]
33 Second(s)
Moonlight Dance (Active Skill)
[Damage Dealt]
Inflict damage equal to 476/518/560/616/672% of Attack.
[Target]
All Enemies in Front
[Effect: Additional DMG against enemies inflicted with Status Effects]
Inflict 35/45/60/75/90% Additional Damage to enemies inflicted with Shocked.
[Cooldown]
10 Second(s)
Swordmaster (Passive)
[Effect 1: Apply Buff]
Target: Self
Effect: Attack +32/44/56/72/88%.
[Effect 2: Apply Buff]
Target: Self
Effect: Critical Hit Rate +5/7/9/12/15%.
Intimidation (Passive)
[Effect: Apply Debuff]
Target: All Enemies
Effect: Defense -2/4/6/8/10%.
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).
Review
Damage dealer
October 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 if it strikes only one target. Her Active Skill deals large damage to all Frontline enemies and deals additional damage if it strikes only one target. Her Swordmaster Passive increases her own Attack, Critical Hit Rate and Additional Damage to targets afflicted with Shock. 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 & Eva has breathed a second wind to the duo in Raids, where the combination of her neutral Holy typing, high shock scaling attacks, and debuffs allows 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 counterattack an enemy when hit for up to 100% Attack more, whereas its Stat Line provides a Melee Attack increase.
There are currently two notable synergies with the Ran Card: Lifelong Contract (LC) and the Unleashed Eva Pet. While LC has fallen out of favor due to the rise of powerful HP-scaling frontline units like Lancelot and Crown Queen, Unleashed Eva has recently gained popularity as a way to amplify Ran’s damage output through her unique mechanics.
Lifelong Contract is typically equipped by Galahad, while Ran’s Card is assigned to your highest-HP DPS (ideally second only to Galahad). This setup allows Galahad to absorb more damage while redirecting a portion of it to the Ran Card user. The redirected damage, combined with regular mob hits, enables Ran’s Card to trigger its effect twice as often.
Meanwhile, Unleashed Eva’s Shock debuff applies additional hit instances to your team, which registers as extra hits. This interaction effectively doubles the number of trigger procs of Ran’s Card, similar to LC Card.
Pros
Neutral typing high DPS
Solid debuffs (Defense/ Critical Hit Resistance shred)
Cons
Squishy
Long skill animation
Build
Weapon: Critical Damage%, Attack%
Armor: Defense %, Crit Resistance %, Block Chance %
Accessory: HP%
Rune: Critical Damage%, HP% if struggling to survive
Specialities: Attack%, Critical Damage%
Dupe Priority - Card > Transcend
Recommended Transcend - Transcend 5
Passive 1 = Passive 2 > Active = Ultimate
- Lua - Provides an obnoxiously high Shock uptime for Ran to scale her Active and Ultimate skill off.
![Lua]()
- Dian Cecht - Main reason Knights are back in vogue. BiS offensive buffer.
![Dian Cecht]()
- Eva - Similar to Lua in function, but generally more effective thanks to a kit that consistently applies Shock and allows her to use her Ultimate up to three times in a single Raid.
![Eva]()
- 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
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Unknown
172 cm
52kg
B98H-W59-H96
10/1
Drinking
Stateless
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Tiara, Trump Card, Sword Master Story, Pudding