First Empress
First Empress counters attacks and builds permanent crit rate as she counters. Her own skill also adds crit and lifesteal.
What she does
Ranked for the global build
Why she ranks here
First Empress counters attacks and builds permanent crit rate as she counters. Her own skill also adds crit and lifesteal.
DPS, Earth
A tier in practice
Archetype specialists
Good inside Burn, Poison, Fracture, or a defensive plan. Ordinary outside it.
When to use her
Use her against enemies that attack often, or when you need a self-sufficient Earth damage dealer.
How to build her
Role-level guidance, not datamined multipliers. The role decides what she needs before any single character quirk does.
Building a DPS
Stack Attack and Crit. Her damage comes from multipliers and follow-ups, so crit consistency beats raw bulk.
Deals direct damage through crits, follow-ups, or single-target pressure.
What to build first
Crit first. Her multipliers and follow-ups only pay off on a crit.
Based on the tags above and on her role. This site does not datamine skill multipliers, so read this as a priority order, not a skill tree. · Crit stacking
Phase matchup
Earth: Strong against Water, weak against Wind.
Exposed to: Wind
Should you build her?
Build her only inside a Burn, Poison, or Fracture team, or a defensive plan. Outside one, she is ordinary.
0 teams use her, 0 list her as a substitute
Who she wants around her
The teams that use her, the teams that list her as a substitute, and the partners her role needs.
No team on the team page uses her yet
No team on the team page uses her yet. Start from the five-slot frame and put her where her role fits.
Partners her role needs
The strongest characters in the roles her job depends on.
Amaterasu
SSS · Tank, Radiant Star
The strongest tank in the global build. Amaterasu heals herself, revives once, and turns Charm into crowd control plus a damage cut for the whole team.
Medusa
SSS · Support, Radiant Star
The best healer in the game. Medusa revives each ally after their first defeat, keeps the team topped up, and adds 30% damage reduction.
Aether
SS · Support, Radiant Star
A healer who also deals damage. Aether gives 25% attack to your two highest-attack allies and cuts energy damage by 40%.
Athena
SS · Tank, Earth
A tank with shields, 30% damage reduction for the team, and a heal block for enemies. Athena protects and disrupts in the same slot.
Who to use instead
The closest swaps in the same role, within one tier step.
Hydra
A · DPS, Water
Hydra is a Poison damage dealer with guaranteed crit. She needs a Poison team to make the most of her damage.
Prometheus
A · DPS, Earth
Prometheus has guaranteed crit on most attacks and can apply up to 30% crit vulnerability to two targets.
Roxie
A · DPS, Fire
Roxie gains lifesteal against targets below half health and a damage bonus against targets above it. A kill resets her first skill.
Susanoo
A · DPS, Wind
Susanoo is a reliable Fracture damage dealer. She can apply Fracture herself and scales with a team that supports it.
Every character in her role
The whole role in tier order, so a swap is a comparison instead of a guess.
| Character | Tier | Phase | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diaochan | SS | Radiant Star | Ramp / Burst |
| Michael | SS | Radiant Star | Poison counter / Cooldown reset |
| Thanatos | SS | Radiant Star | ATK stacking / Last stand |
| Thor | SS | Radiant Star | Crit / Follow-up / Single target |
| Byakko | S | Wind | Hunting Mark / Follow-up |
| Chiyou | S | Radiant Star | Heal block / Domination |
| Genbu | S | Earth | Scaling / Crit growth |
| Heimdall | S | Fire | Buff removal / Single target |
| Hypnos | S | Radiant Star | Penetration / Frontline DPS |
| First EmpressThis page | A | Earth | Counter / Crit stacking |
| Hydra | A | Water | Poison / Guaranteed crit |
| Prometheus | A | Earth | Guaranteed crit / Crit vulnerability |
| Roxie | A | Fire | Execute / Lifesteal |
| Susanoo | A | Wind | Fracture / AOE |
| Asura | B | Wind | Fracture / Single target |
| Enchantress | B | Wind | Backline / Healing down |
| Jade | B | Water | Poison / HP suppression |
| Sunna | B | Wind | Backline / Fracture |
| Chimera | C | Water | Single target / Harvest |
The phase that beats her
An element matchup decides more fights than a single tier step does.
Exposed to
Wind
Phase matchup
Earth: Strong against Water, weak against Wind.