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Herrscher of Truth

Bronya Zaychik

TierA
RolesSupport · Sub DPS
Release6.3

Herrscher of Truth is Bronya's S-rank IMG-type Ice battlesuit: a ranged fighter who switches between Extremum and Continuation forms and fights alongside her mecha, Project Bunny. She was designed as an Ice DPS, but today she is played as the Elemental Breach support of Part 1 Fire and Lightning teams and as the third member of the Herrscher trio with Herrscher of Finality and Herrscher of Origin. She has no Astral Ring of her own, so she only matters in those Part 1 line-ups and in the Memorial Arena.

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Herrscher of Truth

Elemental Breach support

Weapons

Domain of Ascension: Truth Continuity BiS
S
Best in slot (BBS and Marisa Impact): self and team buffs, and her weapon skill instantly unlocks a mecha weapon, which speeds up her rotation. Craftable in the Foundry.
Herrscher of Truth's PRI-ARM rapid-fire cannon: team-wide Elemental DMG (+15% after an Ultimate), +30% Ice DMG after the weapon active, and on her the weapon active triggers her Ultimate Evasion and unlocks a mecha weapon, or refills 50 Mech Propulsion in Continuation form.
Key of Ascension
A
The base form keeps the key mecha interaction; sold in the v8.5 battle pass Reserve Works and in the Exchange House since v8.9.
Herrscher of Truth's signature cannon (base form of Truth Continuity): a rapid-fire cannon whose weapon active fires a piercing Ice laser. On her, the weapon active triggers her Ultimate Evasion and unlocks a mecha weapon in Extremum form, or restores 50 Mech Propulsion in Continuation form. It has no passive buffs.
Falcon Flare: FINAL
S
BBS "universal" fallback: a strong generic Ice cannon, but you lose the mecha unlock on weapon skill.
Silverwing: N-EX's PRI-ARM cannon: +40% Total DMG, QTE hits make all enemies take 20% more Ice DMG, +40% Ice DMG for 10s after the weapon active or Ultimate, and on her its energy ball turns into a black hole through the scatter barrier.

Stigmata

Bronya Zaychik T Top
Bronya Zaychik M Middle
Bronya Zaychik B Bottom
Best in slot for DPS and support (Bronya Zaychik T/M/B). Get at least T and B: the B piece enables Inceptive Authority, which the T piece and both set bonuses rely on (Marisa Impact).
Set effects
2pIn the Name of Truth set. +12% Total DMG while a teammate is in Inceptive Authority (from the B piece's weapon active); in Herrscher form, Combo ATK hits make all enemies take 18% more Total DMG for 18s while it lasts.
3pCombo ATK, Ultimate and burst-mode attacks deal 20% more Ice DMG, and enemies take 16% more Elemental DMG under Inceptive Authority. On Herrscher of Truth with Astral Ring active, Joint Bursting gives the team +10% Elemental and +5% Total DMG for 20s.
Turgenev T Top
Beach Party M Middle
Turgenev B Bottom
BBS alternative: G3 Turgenev T/B (craftable) with Mei: Beach Party M (Exchange House).
Set effects
2pRebel's Gun set. Every 6 hits from the wearer or her summons extend Hunter Mark (applied by the B piece) by 2s, up to 12s; marked enemies take 21% more Elemental DMG.
3pThe wearer's Ultimate and summons deal 25% more Total DMG; while her summons are on the field, the team deals 25% more Ice DMG to marked enemies.
2pAttacks have a 12% chance to summon HOMU King, who knocks enemies down for 450% ATK of Physical DMG (CD: 16s).
3pWhen HOMU King appears, every ally gets a Flame Wreath that burns nearby enemies for 6s.
Willows T Top
Willows M Middle
Willows B Bottom
BBS universal Ice set (Willows), for a more selfish Ice DPS build.
Set effects
2pLeisurely Sipping set. Entering the field or burst mode grants 6 Looming Shadow stacks; weapon active, Charged ATK or Combo ATK hits spend one to restore 1 SP and gain 20% Ice DMG for 3s (CD: 1s).
3pEnemies take 5% more Ice DMG from the wearer, rising to 15% for 15s after she spends over 100 SP at once.

Stat targets

  • Stigmata affixes: SP regen and SP cost reduction as a support; ATK if you play her as a DPS (Marisa Impact)
  • Unlock as many mecha weapons as possible before casting Salvo
  • S2 is the most valuable rank for a support (team Fire/Lightning buff 25% → 30%)

Talent priority

Ultimate
Special ATK
Passive
Leader
Evasion
Basic ATK

Where to get her gear: Key of Ascension and In the Name of Truth were sold in the v8.5 battle pass Reserve Works (together with Herrscher of Truth's character card) and added to the Exchange House in v8.9; Truth Continuity is a Foundry PRI-ARM (official notes). Otherwise, Herrscher of Truth is unlocked with her fragments.

Teams

Recommended teams

Herrscher trio

Herrscher of Finality
Herrscher of Origin
Herrscher of Truth

Joint Bursting resets Herrscher of Finality's switch CD. With Waxing Moon, Herrscher of Finality as leader activates Rite of Oblivion; Herrscher of Origin as leader gives more initial SP in the Memorial Arena. Senadina and Chenxue are the top AstralOps (Marisa Impact).

Part 1 Fire (Sparkle)

Miracle ☆ Magical Girl
Herrscher of Truth
Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!

Sparkle only gets her Ultimate CD reduction while in an Elemental Breach state, which only Herrscher of Truth provides in Fire teams; it lets Sirin cast two Ultimates per rotation. Chrono Navi is the free replacement for Sparkle (about 74% of the damage).

Part 1 Lightning

Disciplinary Perdition
Herrscher of Truth
Schicksal's Imperative

For older Lightning DPS: Lunar Vow and Schicksal's Imperative are the best supports now, so Herrscher of Truth fills in when you lack one of them (Golden Diva is the budget option).

Guide

How to play

Two Herrscher forms

  • Extremum form (default): a 4-hit spear combo. Basic ATK SEQ 4, her Combo ATK Chariot of Nizhny Tagil (hold ATK after SEQ 4 or after the evasion skill), her QTE and her evasion skill Vector Calculus each unlock a mecha weapon for Project Bunny: missiles, then lasers, then hover guns.
  • Tap Ultimate to cast Salvo (800% ATK, global Time Fracture, +20 SP on hit) and switch to Continuation form for 20s: 80% damage reduction, a Mech Propulsion meter, and a rifle Combo ATK that locks onto up to 10 enemies and ends with a big explosion. The more mecha weapons you unlocked, the harder Continuation form hits (up to +45% Total DMG with all three).
  • In Continuation form, her Ultimate becomes a 10-hit bombardment under Time-frozen Domain, and her evasion refills 20 Mech Propulsion and fires missiles.

Why teams still bring her

  • Elemental Breach: after her Ultimate, every Fire and Lightning DMG dealer on the team gains 17% Elemental Breach for 16s, and she has 18% herself in Continuation form.
  • Forsaken Inscription: switching her out consumes Echo of the World to give the team +30% Fire and Lightning DMG and make enemies take 30% more Fire and Lightning DMG for 18s.
  • Name of the Truth: while her mecha is out, fielded Valkyries gain Elemental DMG and extra Basic/Combo/Charged ATK Elemental DMG. Exiting Continuation form with three weapons unlocked restores 18 SP to the whole team.
  • She insta-kills the current phase of an IMG Nihilus Seed below 20% HP with a Continuation-form Combo ATK.

Herrscher trio

  • With Herrscher of Finality and Herrscher of Origin on the team, her Ultimate becomes Joint Bursting (75 SP, 15s CD): 400% ATK of Ice DMG, removes Herrscher of Finality's switch CD and triggers her special QTE. With Astral Ring active (Herrscher of Finality's Waxing Moon Divine Key), her 3-piece set adds +10% Elemental and +5% Total DMG to the team on Joint Bursting.

Marisa Impact's support loop: weapon skill, Ultimate to transform, Combo ATK, evade, weapon, Combo ATK again when the meter is full, then Ultimate and swap out.

Strengths

  • The only Elemental Breach support for Part 1 Fire teams, which Sparkle needs to shorten her Ultimate CD (Marisa Impact).
  • Mandatory third member of the Herrscher trio with Herrscher of Finality and Herrscher of Origin.
  • Big team buffs on switch-out (+30% Fire/Lightning DMG and 30% more Fire/Lightning DMG taken), team SP and a lot of Time Fracture.
  • Her signature cannon and set are now in the Exchange House and the Foundry.

Weaknesses

  • No Astral Ring or Divine Key of her own: outside the Herrscher trio (where Herrscher of Finality's Divine Key provides the Astral Ring), she has no place in the Part 2 Astral Ring teams that dominate the Abyss in 9.0.
  • Her usage follows the boss rotation: 200 support appearances in the v8.4 CN top 100 Abyss, only 15 in v8.5 and 66 in early v8.6, always in the Herrscher trio (Marisa Impact statistics).
  • Lunar Vow: Crimson Love has replaced her as the usual Part 1 Lightning support (Marisa Impact).
  • Her rotation is fiddly: you must unlock mecha weapons before transforming to get the full bonus.

Notable dupes · Rank

S2
Big upgrade

Unlocks Proxy Protocol (+30% Ice DMG after the weapon skill, +8 SP in Extremum form) and raises the team Fire/Lightning buff and debuff from 25% to 30%. The recommended support rank.

SS
Solid upgrade

Her own Elemental Breach goes from 15% to 18%, and Fire/Lightning teammates get 17% instead of 14%.

SSS
Optional

Salvo restores 40 extra SP and the Continuation-form weapon active triggers 3s of Time Fracture: nice in the Memorial Arena.

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Updated September 26, 2026 · Version 9.0
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