BarbaraBuild and Guide

Introduction

Barbara is a 5✦ rarity character from the Spirit afflatus who deals Mental damage and belongs to the Survival class.

Having a wide variety of defensive buffs at her disposal, Barbara increases the survivability of her team while also providing Mental DMG support. The star of her kit is her ultimate, which allows Barbara to essentially go AFK in the [Visiting Dreams] status. When in [Visiting Dreams], Barbara passively generates Moxie, her incantations turn into her allies' incantations, and she generates [Jumping Sheep], which modifies the rank of allied incantations. An AP-positive unit who can boost the prevalence of her allies' incantations, Barbara pairs well with AP-hungry Mental DPS characters who like casting high-ranking skills.

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Last updated

Barbara profile was last updated on July 13th, 2025.

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Profile

Review

Stats & Build

Synergy & Teams

Lore

Specialties

Support

Shield

Heal

Skills

Another Jump This Way

Self-buff. Enter the [Dream Visit] status, grant a [Shield] with (own ATK*250%) HP on all allies for 3 rounds.

"Ф Dream serves as a boundary, serparating reality from imagination."

Dream Visit:

Pos Status. Can only cast ultimates and special incantations. The holder's automatically replenished incantations are converted into random incantations of other allies. At the start of each round, gain Moxie +1 and 1 precast incantation [Counting Sheep].

Counting Sheep:

After incantations are cast and queued, grant rank +1 to the incantation ahead of this incantation, and rank -1 to the incantation behind this incantation.

Troubled Sheep

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[Debuff]

Mass Attack. Deals 160% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After attacking, inflicts 1 stack of [Scared] on the targets.

"Ф Unhealed scars haunt you every moment."

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[Debuff]

Mass Attack. Deals 240% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After attacking, inflicts 1 stack of [Scared] on the targets.

"Ф Unhealed scars haunt you every moment, even in your dreams."

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[Debuff]

Mass Attack. Deals 400% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After attacking, inflicts 1 stack of [Scared] on the targets.

"Ф Unhealed scars haunt you every moment, even in your dreams, as if constantly being gnawed by unseen teeth."

Scared:

Increases Mental DMG Taken by 25% (-1 stack after triggering).

Chat on the Lawn

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[Buff]

Mass buff. Grants a Shield with (own ATK x120%) HP to all allies for 2 rounds.

"Ф Doing an interview is easier than you think."

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[Buff]

Mass buff. Grants a Shield with (own ATK x180%) HP to all allies for 2 rounds.

"Ф Doing an interview is easier than you think—just open your heart."

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[Buff]

Mass buff. Grants a Shield with (own ATK x300%) HP to all allies for 2 rounds.

"Ф Doing an interview is easier than you think—just open your heart and share your voice with the readers."

Inheritance

Germ-free Bedroom

Insight I

At the end of each round, if no action was taken this round, grant DMG Taken Reduction +10% to all allies for 1 round.

Materials

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Page of Plantal Vimenx3
Page of Beastly Thirstx3
Silver Orex5
Esoteric Bonesx3

Germ-free Bedroom

Insight II

When entering battle, DMG Heal +8%.

Materials

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Scroll of Plantal Vimenx4
Scroll of Beastly Thirstx4
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Salted Mandrakex2

Germ-free Bedroom

Insight III

At the start of the round, if in the [Dream Visit] status, recover (Max HP x20%) HP for self; then if own HP is above 90%, recover (own Max HP x15%) HP to adjacent allies.

Materials

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Tome of Plantal Vimenx6
Tome of Beastly Thirstx6
Glowing Mothwingx4
Fruit of Good and Evilx2

Special effects

Dream Visit:

Counting Sheep:

After incantations are cast and queued, grant rank +1 to the incantation ahead of this incantation, and rank -1 to the incantation behind this incantation.

Euphoria

Barbara doesn't have an Euphoria update yet. If it will be released, we will add it here.

Portray

Barbara Portray

Portray details

Lv. 1:

Troubled Sheep: Mental DMG increased to 180/270/450%.

Lv. 2:

Chat on the Lawn: The Shield granted is increased to (own ATK x140%/210%/350%) HP.

Lv. 3:

Germ-free Bedroom: Now recovers (Max HP x25%) HP for self and (Max HP x20%) HP for adjacent allies.

Lv. 4:

Germ-free Bedroom: The DMG Taken Reduction is increased to +15%.

Lv. 5:

Another Jump This Way: The duration of [Dream Visit] is increased by 1 round.

Gallery

Insight 0

Insight 2

Review

Last updated: 07/13/2025

Barbara excels at providing defensive utility. Her ultimate [Another Jump This Way] and her skill [Chat on the Lawn] grant pretty hefty shields, while her Insight I passive grants all allies a small DMG Taken Reduction bonus if she doesn't act in a round.

However, unlike her fellow 5* sustains Balloon Party and Yenisei, Barbara brings a great amount of offensive utility to the table as well. The star of her kit is her ultimate [Another Jump This Way], which makes Barbara fall asleep in the [Dream Visit] status for 3 rounds. [Dream Visit] has the following effects:

All of her drawn incantations are replaced with random incantations from her allies.
At the start of the round, Barbara gets Moxie +1.
At the start of the round, she generates 1 precast incantation [Counting Sheep].
Insight III: At the start of the round, Barbara heals herself; if she is above 90% HP after that, she heals adjacent allies as well.
Barbara can only cast her ultimate and special incantations.

Replacing her own incantations with those of other allies is a very powerful and unique effect that enables AP-hungry hyper-carries. It also enables meme comps like Flutterpage-Barbara to clear Mane's Bulletin stages with great success.

When cast, [Counting Sheep] ranks up the incantation to the left of it in the action queue and ranks down the incantation to the right. [Counting Sheep] is really unique because it doesn't do anything on its own and costs no AP (even though the description doesn't say that anywhere). It's a really flexible rank up tool; you can use it to squeeze out more DPS or to activate certain rank 2/3 effects. Ranking down a rank 1 incantation doesn't do anything, so the rank up is essentially free. Just remember: you cannot cast [Counting Sheep] last.

[Troubled Sleep] isn't particularly good and you're mainly casting this during Barbara's downtime for Moxie. This skill doesn't deal much Mental DMG, but [Scared] (+25% DMG on the next Mental DMG hit) is a decent setup debuff for big Mental DMG nukes.

Overall, Barbara pairs well with AP-hungry characters because she is super AP-positive, grants free rank up with [Counting Sheep], and replaces her own incantations with her allies'. While she's asleep, Barbara also provides healing and DMG Taken Reduction for free.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Replaces her own incantations with those of her allies', enabling very AP-greedy rotations
Ranks up incantations with [Counting Sheep] basically for free
Gets ultimates (after the first one) rather quickly, as she only needs 2 Moxie every 4 turns
Strong defensive anchor for the whole team both when awake (shields) or asleep (healing + DMG Taken Reduction)
Very AP-positive and pairs extremely well with AP-hungry characters
Her innate DMG Heal and 20% Max HP [Dream Visit] self-healing makes her surprisingly tanky

Cons

Requires setup; getting her to 5 Moxie for her first ultimate is quite important
[Counting Sheep] requires planning to be completely free rank up
[Troubled Sleep] is a pretty dead card (although it replaces itself during [Dream Visit])
Only heals adjacent allies if she is at 90% HP after healing herself
Cannot cast shields while asleep; team may die in high pressure scenarios if she is the sole sustain

Ratings

Overall

Resonance Builds

Build 1 - Barbara – HP/ATK Ultbot

Level

R10 - Overindulgence (HP)

Code

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Prioritizes HP, ATK, and DMG Taken Reduction. Barbara's Dream Visit healing scales off of her Max HP. Since she's going to be dormant the whole time, her damage doesn't really matter; her shield strength does scale off of ATK, though.

If you don’t have Resonance Patterns unlocked, try this build with Placidity:

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Psychubes

Beyond Wonderland

The Fighter's Best Wishes

Melodies Old and New

That Inquisitive Dear

Long Night Talk

Comments

Beyond Wonderland works well with Barbara's kit because her passive healing scales off of Max HP and her debuffs can increase that healing even further. The Critical Rate isn't particularly useful.

The Fighter's Best Wishes also increases her Max HP while making her considerably tankier. Taking less DMG below 60%/80% is great because she only heals adjacent characters if she starts with at least 70% HP (and heals herself to 90%). The Genesis DMG part is wasted, though.

Melodies Old and New is a great support tool. It provides up to 9% DMG Bonus to all allies while also increasing Barbara's own healing by up to 16%. The HP% substat also helps her self-healing, but the low ATK will make her shield strength suffer.

Since Barbara only heals while in [Dream Visit], That Inquisitive Dear allows her to heal during downtime. The Healing Bonus also helps her [Dream Visit] healing, though she won't heal teammates if her HP is too low.

Long Night Talk is the best option for a shielder build because her shields all scale off of ATK. You can stack up ATK pretty quickly since both [Chat on the Lawn] and [Another Jump This Way] are buff incantations. The Incantation Might is a bit wasted, though, and you can't activate the DMG Bonus effect without outside help.

Stats

STAT

Base

Level 1

Level 30

Insight 1

Level 1

Level 40

Insight 2

Level 1

Level 50

Insight 3