KassandraBuild and Guide

Kassandra is an Assassin character whose playstyle varies depending on the force field (build) you’ve chosen for her. By entering her unique ‘Ability’ menu, you have five skill points that can be distributed between three skill trees. Please note that the Force Field in effect will come from the tree you selected first. Force Fields are not the same thing as Arrays and can co-exist.

The first path, “Hunter”, activates the Force Field “Way of Artemis”. It focuses on DMG Bonus and Incantations. It’s overall decent for general use and the most efficient for teams outside the Assassination Archetype, in which case you will likely use Kassandra alongside characters who can empower her Incantations (Liang Yue, Aleph) and/or characters who focus on Follow-up Attacks (Ezio, Flutterpage). This build is overall the fastest to clear most regular content and stages with many enemies. Skill distribution should be 3-2-0, as 3-0-2 will make Kassandra lose her precast incantations and end up with lower output and less utility than 3-2-0, which grants +20% DMG for Extra Actions.

The second path, “Warrior,” activates the Force Field “Way of Ares,” also known as “the Sparta Kick build.” It focuses on Kassandra’s own follow-up attack, Sparta Kick, which triggers on the following round once for each type of [Gash] the enemy has. Its skill distribution should be 2-3-0 or 1-3-1. This is the “weakest” of Kassandra’s builds, considering that in most cases, the target will be dead before you can trigger her follow-up attacks. In the rare occasions where she can actually get some damage out from the FUA and [Gash], the output is a lot lower than the other two paths.

The third path, “Assassin,” activates the Force Field “Way of Nyx,” and is focused on, you guessed, Assassination mechanics. It’s also the Ultimate-focused build. 2-0-3 is Kassandra’s strongest build for bossing, allowing Kassandra to ult pretty much every turn and ult twice every other turn with [Rush Assassination - Combo]. You shouldn’t use 0-2-3 ever because the Assassin path removes Sparta Kick and Kassandra doesn’t have any FUA with this build. While “Way of Artemis” synergizes perfectly with Ezio’s FUA build and brings it to the next level, “Way of Nyx” enables his Ultimate-focused build instead. His ult will still be slower to charge than most other ultimate-focused characters, but it’s very much worth it when paired with Kassandra. Outside of the Assassination team, this build should be paired with characters who improve the output of ultimates, such as E!Melania and E!Getian.

Builds aside, Kassandra’s skills and ultimate are extremely simple and straightforward. They deal a lot of damage, and that’s it. At higher incantation levels, each incantation grants more Adrenaline, the bar that Kassandra uses to charge her ultimate instead of Moxie. If you are using Kassandra as your main damage dealer, it’s recommended to bring the Tuning “Unfinished Tune” in order to allow Kassandra to cast her incantations with more consistency and, consequently, charge her ultimate faster as well. If you are using her as a sub-DPS or support, her mere existence will already be a boon to the party thanks to the Force Field effects, turning her into a very AP positive character.