Kaalaa BaunaaBuild and Guide

Introduction

Kaalaa Baunaa is a 6✦ rarity character from the Mineral afflatus who deals Mental damage and who belongs to the Damage class.

Kaalaa Baunaa is a powerful but slow Carry who uses her [Planet] and [Divination] buffs to empower her own Ultimate and trigger extra actions. Despite being generally good, she cannot generate her own Moxie unlike other Ultimate-oriented Carries, making her extremely AP greedy.

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Last updated

Kaalaa Baunaa profile was last updated on July 6th, 2024.

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Profile

Review

Stats & Build

Synergy & Teams

Lore

Specialties

DPS

Burst DMG

Follow-up Attack

Skills

Ultimate Perfection

1-target attack. After removing all [Planet], deals 600% Mental DMG and gains 2 [Full Moon] that grant Incantation Might +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф And so the planet rose, passed beyond the orbital plane, and sank into the intact sky."

Planet:

Saturn, Mars, and Full Moon are planets and share the same limit. Planet effects are stackable and cannot be dispelled.

[Saturn Divination]: Penetration Rate +12% (stackable; spent after attack). [Mars Divination]: Leech Rate +12% (stackable; spent after attack). [Full Moon Divination]: Incantation Might +12% (stackable; spent after casting incantation).

Enchanted Strike

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 180% Mental DMG. After active casting, gains 1 [Saturn] that grants Penetration Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф A technique known to very few scholars."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 270% Mental DMG. After active casting, gains 2 [Saturn] that grants Penetration Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф A technique known to very few scholars. It hardly benefits academic research."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 450% Mental DMG. After active casting, gains 3 [Saturn] that grants Penetration Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф A technique known to very few scholars. It hardly benefits academic research, but is extremely useful for debates."

Planet:

Saturn, Mars, and Full Moon are planets and share the same limit. Planet effects are stackable and cannot be dispelled.

Mythical Meteors

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[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 135% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After active casting, gains 1 [Mars] that grants Leech Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф It accompanied me for quite a while."

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[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 200% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After active casting, gains 2 [Mars] that grants Leech Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф It accompanied me for quite a while, from Banar to London."

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[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 335% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. After active casting, gains 3 [Mars] that grants Leech Rate +6% each. Up to 3 [Planet] can be carried.

"Ф It accompanied me for quite a while, from night to day."

Planet:

Saturn, Mars, and Full Moon are planets and share the same limit. Planet effects are stackable and cannot be dispelled.

Inheritance

Starbending

Insight I

When the [Planet] is removed, gains 1 of the following effects based on the type of planet removed: [Saturn Divination], [Mars Divination], or [Full Moon Divination].

Materials

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Page of Mineral Wealthx6
Magnesia Crystalx6
Rough Silver Ingotx5

Starbending

Insight II

Critical Rate +10% when the caster enters battle.

Materials

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Scroll of Mineral Wealthx10
Esoteric Bonesx5
Prophetic Birdx5

Starbending

Insight III

After casting the Ultimate, gains 1 effect based on the [Planet] with the largest number removed. When removing 1/2/3 [Saturn]: immediately casts 1/2/3-star [Enchanted Strike] for a follow-up attack on the target. When removing 1/2/3 [Mars]: immediately casts 1/2/3-star [Mythical Meteors] for a follow-up attack on the target. When removing 1/2 [Full Moon]: the caster enters [Empower Incantation II] status for 1/2 rounds.

Materials

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Tome of Mineral Wealthx16
Platinum Ouijax5
Golden Fleecex3

Special effects

Planet:

Saturn, Mars, and Full Moon are planets and share the same limit. Planet effects are stackable and cannot be dispelled.

Empower Incantation II:

When a round begins, 2 random incantations gain +1 star.

Portray

Kaalaa Baunaa Portray

Portray details

Lv. 1:

Starbending's effect changes to: Up to 4 [Planet] can be carried.

Lv. 2:

Ultimate Perfection's effect changes to: gains 3 [Full Moon]. After casting the Ultimate, if at least 3 [Full Moon] are removed, gains [Empower Incantation II] status for 3 rounds.

Lv. 3:

Enchanted Strike's effect changes to: each [Saturn] grants Penetration Rate +9%. At 1/2/3 stars, deals 195/295/490% Mental DMG.

Lv. 4:

[Mythical Meteors] effect changes to: +9% Leech Rate for each stack of [Mars]. At ranks 1/2/3, deals 145/215/360% Mental DMG to 2 enemies

Lv. 5:

Ultimate Perfection's effect changes to: Gains 4 [Full Moon] that grants Incantation Might +9%.

Gallery

Insight 0

Insight 2

Review

Kaalaa Baunaa is a 6-star Carry of the Mineral Afflatus. She is a powerful Carry who stacks [Planet] buffs on herself using her Skills and Ultimate. With “Enchanted Strike” she progressively gains more layers of [Saturn], which grant Penetration Rate while “Mythical Meteors” grants her stacks of [Mars] which gives her Leech Rate. Her Ultimate, called “Ultimate Perfection” consumes all [Planet]s and grants her [Full Moon] which increases her Incantation Might. At Insight 3, it also immediately recasts the skill corresponding to the most consumed [Planet]s.

This offers Kaalaa Baunaa a lot of set-up potential with her kit. You can decide whether you want additional damage or self-sustain, and prepare your Ultimate to recast those abilities for big burst damage or healing. There really is no Carry like Kaalaa Baunaa to compare her to, even though her “niche” doesn’t extend beyond doing huge numbers.

At Insight 1, she also gains [Divination]s corresponding to the [Planet]s she removes with her Ultimate, further increasing her Penetration Rate, Leech Rate and Incantation Might. Kaalaa Baunaa is all about numbers, and a lot of them.

Despite having such a dramatically high damage ceiling, Kaalaa Baunaa comes with a few caveats. For one, she is the most AP-greedy carry in the game, with no personal Moxie generation to speak of while still having an Ultimate centered gameplan. This forces Kaalaa Baunaa to be quite picky with her teammates. Maybe not as picky as Jessica, however, you’ll need a Support who can still function even if Kaalaa Baunaa is basically the only one doing something every turn.

In addition, Kaalaa Baunaa is not the easiest character to understand. Her kit and especially Insights have a large amount of text that may be hard to digest right away, though once you understand her gameplan, it is quite a bit smoother than one might suspect at first.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Extremely high single-target damage ceiling and excellent consistent damage output.
Can do a lot of self-buffing, especially with the Penetration Rate gained from [Saturn], [Saturn Divination], and the Incantation Might from [Full Moon] and [Full Moon Divination].

Cons

Very AP-greedy carry; cannot function with AP-greedy supports like Necrologist unless placed in 4-people content.
Has a strong desire for Portray 1 due to it offering another [Planet] slot.

Ratings

A+

Overall

A+

Standard (GLB)

A+

Standard (CN)

A+

Mane (GLB)

A+

Mane (CN)

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