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Cerydra just dropped in Version 3.5 as the Harmony demigod of Law, and she is the first character built to make your main DPS use their Skill twice as often. On top of that they get extra Attack, Resistance Penetration, Crit DMG, and a speed buff. If you like smooth burst chains and pushing Skill heavy heroes over the top, this one is for you.

Cerydra’s Kit – Simple, Sharp, Effective

Her Skill, Pawn’s Promotion, lands Military Merit on an ally (your carry) and gains one Charge. When she stacks up six Charges, that merit upgrades into Peerage which clears CC and grants:

• +72% Skill Crit DMG
• +10% All Type RES Penetration
• A replicated Skill (known as Coup de Main)

Her Ultimate, Scholar’s Mate, AoE attacks, grants two Charges, and ensures someone has Military Merit ready to go.

Her Talent gives the Merit ally ATK equal to 24% of Cerydra’s ATK. Every time they attack, Cerydra gets Charge and deals bonus Wind DMG which stacks up to 20 times until she resets with her Ultimate.

What to Build First

1. Skill and Ultimate are your charge engines and help your carry chain multiple Skills
2. Talent keeps extra DoT or Energy rolling
3. Basic ATK is least urgent and easy to skip until the rest is polished

Best Light Cones

• Epoch Etched in Golden Blood (Signature) is the undisputed best in slot. It gives a massive ATK bump and Skill DMG boost for the Merit ally, plus a free Skill Point on Ultimate use.
• Flowing Nightglow (Robin’s) makes sense if you want supercharged Ultimates. It builds up damage and fills energy fast, but buff timing means it is less flexible.
• Grounded Ascent (Sunday’s) gives energy and a stronger DPS buff, but feels weaker since you need to chain Cerydra usage tightly. For F2P builds, her free Light Cone or even Dance! Dance! Dance! (S5 event reward) offer decent fallback options.

Relics and Planar Ornaments That Stick

Sacerdos Relived Ordeal 4 piece
This is the consensus best set for Cerydra. The four piece bonus stacks Crit DMG on the ally that Cerydra uses Skill or Ultimate on. That is exactly what Cerydra does every rotation, so Sacerdos converts her support actions directly into massive carry damage. It also gives nice speed options through the two-piece SPD choices available in the Sacerdos pool so you can hit action thresholds more reliably. Sources consistently list this set as the top pick for endgame play.

When you do not have Sacerdos

Two two piece combos and alternatives
If you do not have a 4 piece Sacerdos then use two two piece sets that lean into speed and attack. Good fallback combos are:

• 2 piece Sacerdos or other 6 percent speed set plus 2 piece ATK percent set. This gets you the speed breakpoints Cerydra wants while preserving team damage scaling.

Other viable full set alternates listed by top guides if you are short on Sacerdos are The Wind Soaring Valorous or Prisoner in Deep Confinement depending on what your carry needs. Use Prisoner when you want more raw ATK scaling for your carry.

Planar ornaments best in slot

Lushaka the Sunken Seas is the go to. It gives Cerydra Energy Regeneration Rate and grants 12 percent ATK to the first slot ally when Cerydra is not leading. That lines up perfectly with Cerydra’s job which is to empower a main DPS. Every major guide calls Lushaka the best planar for her. Icy VeinsLDShop

If you need faster startup or are building a very speed centric rotation, Sprightly Vonwacq is a solid secondary option since it advances action at a SPD threshold and still gives Energy Regen. Penacony can be used situationally if your carry is Wind and benefits more directly from the ornament bonus.

Main stat and substat priorities

• Body: ATK percent. This directly boosts the bonus ATK that Cerydra grants and helps the talent scaling that buffs your carry.
• Feet: Speed. Hitting speed thresholds so Cerydra can act early and set up Merit is critical. Guides recommend aiming for the SPD breakpoint that lets Cerydra act before or immediately after buffers depending on your team.
• Planar Sphere: ATK percent is the default.
• Link Rope: Energy Regeneration Rate for smoother ultimate cadence, or ATK percent if your ER is already fine.

Subs to chase in order: Speed to reach breakpoints, ATK percent, Energy Regeneration Rate if you are struggling to use Ultimate when needed, then Crit DMG as gravy since Sacerdos will supply the main Crit DMG buff to the ally.

Practical tuning notes

• Prioritize hitting the SPD threshold first. Many community rotations fall apart if Cerydra cannot act in the expected order. Once your speed is set, stack ATK percent and then tidy ER to make sure Coup de Main uptime is smooth.
• Sacerdos benefits teams built around a single hypercarry the way Cerydra was designed. If you run double carry or unconventional comps you may lean into hybrid ATK and ER relics, but for the vast majority of hypercarry setups Sacerdos plus Lushaka is the right path

Team Compositions That Pop with Cerydra

Top Tier Hypercarry Shells

• Cerydra + Phainon + Sunday + Huohuo
  Phainon replicates shots, Sunday speeds the rotation, Huohuo sustains everything.
• Cerydra + Anaxa + Sunday + Huohuo
  If you like crit Skill bait explosions, this combo doubles Anaxa’s Skill and delivers massive damage spikes.

Alternate carriers: Feixiao benefits from double Skills and Flying Aureus stacks, while other Skill-heavy units like Trailblazer can fit in niche setups.

Final Thoughts

Cerydra takes your best Skill DPS and remixes them into unstoppable, duplicated firepower great in the right hands. She’s straightforward to gear, fills a unique support role, and pushes high-skilled plays to new heights. If you want optimized team frames or comparison breakdowns by trace build, subscribe to The Gamers Cut. I’ll make sure you’re always ahead of curve.