S QUA Ice

Starchasm Nyx

Seele Vollerei

TierB
RolesDPS
Release4.8

Starchasm Nyx is Seele's S-rank QUA-type Ice scythe user (v4.8). She builds Carmine Gashes with her Basic ATKs, spends them on teleporting Charged slashes, and deals most of her damage in a Burst mode fought with the chain claws Blood & Love, where a Nightmare Stage punishes enemies for every 45 Ice hits and Nightmare Thorns share damage between linked enemies. She is an outdated but serviceable Part 1 Ice DPS: free to farm, with forgeable stigmata, but not protected by an Astral Ring and absent from top scores.

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Starchasm Nyx

Ice DPS

Weapons

Sanguine Gaze: Union BiS
S
Best in slot (BBS): the PRI-ARM adds Charged ATK damage and a gathering slam in Burst mode.
Starchasm Nyx's PRI-ARM scythe: a short-CD grapple-and-slash weapon skill, 30% Ice DMG, 40% Total DMG for Ultimate and burst-mode attacks, and 20% Total DMG for Charged ATKs.
Sanguine Gaze
A
Her signature scythe (Marisa Impact): big damage buffs, restores a Carmine Gash and enables a special Weapon Skill in Burst mode.
Starchasm Nyx's signature scythe: +25% Ice DMG and +30% Ultimate and Burst mode Total DMG; its chain-claw active restores a Carmine Gash on her.
Azure Storm
B
BBS transitional scythe (attack speed stacks).
Budget scythe: each hit grants 2% Attack Speed for 7s, stacking up to 10 times.

Stigmata

Fantasy Voyage T Top
Fantasy Voyage M Middle
Fantasy Voyage B Bottom
Verne (T/M/B), best in slot (BBS and Marisa Impact): the B piece's +20% Attack Speed is very noticeable, and the 3-piece SP regen matters for Burst mode. On Seele, all enemies take 20% more Ice DMG.
Set effects
2pVerne set. In Burst mode, Ultimate Evasion gives +30% Total DMG for 12s, and Charged ATK hits stack +15% Ice DMG (4 stacks), releasing a 900% ATK Ice blast at max stacks (CD: 20s).
3pCharged ATK hits restore 2 SP (CD: 2s); on Seele, all enemies take 20% more Ice DMG while she is deployed.
Willows T Top
Willows M Middle
Willows B Bottom
Willows (T/M/B), G4: about 12% weaker than Verne (Marisa Impact), directly craftable in the Foundry since v8.4.
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.
Scott T Top
Scott M Middle
Scott B Bottom
BBS transitional Ice set.
Set effects
2pTotal DMG Multiplier +12%.
3pAfter a Combo or Charged ATK, Ice DMG +18% for 6s.

Stat targets

  • Stigmata affixes: full ATK (Marisa Impact)
  • S0 is enough for most players; SS is the key rank for SP regen
  • Always end Burst mode with the Ultimate finisher before the timer runs out

Talent priority

Ultimate
Special ATK
Passive
Basic ATK
Evasion
Leader

Marisa Impact does not recommend farming her first: Sirin, Sushang and Herrscher of Sentience are the only War Treasury battlesuits that are still somewhat relevant. She is still worth unlocking later for the Elysian Realm's first-clear crystals.

Teams

Recommended teams

Part 1 Ice (Jade Knight + Sugary Starburst)

Starchasm Nyx
Jade Knight
Sugary Starburst

Marisa Impact's Part 1 Ice lineup: Jade Knight provides Elemental Breach, shield break and strong buffs; Sugary Starburst adds buffs, huge Freeze Trauma and HP-loss damage against certain enemies.

Part 1 Ice (Herrscher of Truth)

Starchasm Nyx
Herrscher of Truth
Sugary Starburst

Herrscher of Truth is another source of Elemental Breach and, as a Bronya battlesuit, activates Nyx's leader bonus (+32% Charged ATK Total DMG at S3, 35% at SS3); Haxxor Bunny is a free Bronya alternative. None of these teams is protected by an Astral Ring.

Guide

How to play

Core loop

  • In normal form, Basic ATKs restore Carmine Gashes (6 max; extra ones turn into SP). Her Charged ATK consumes all of them to teleport and slash; consuming 6 at once also applies 12 Rime Trauma and slows enemies.
  • Her Ultimate (75 SP) enters Burst mode for up to 17s: Carmine Gashes are refilled to 6, she gains +50% Ice DMG and takes 50% less damage, and the Nightmare Stage covers the battlefield. Every 45 Ice hits enemies take inside it, they suffer 180% ATK of Ice DMG (300% at SS2) and 5 Rime Trauma, and she recovers a Carmine Gash.
  • In Burst mode, holding ATK chains Charged ATKs (2 × 270% ATK each, getting faster) until her gashes run out, with Iron Body. Tap Ultimate again to end Burst with Time of Metamorph, a 900% ATK finisher under a Time-frozen Domain that spends up to 15 extra SP for bonus damage.
  • Her Ultimate also links up to 5 enemies with Nightmare Thorns: 14% of the damage each one takes is passed on to the others.

Rotation with Sanguine Gaze (Marisa Impact)

  1. Weapon Skill, ATK, spam ATK until the meter is full, then Charged ATK. Repeat until you have enough SP for Burst mode.
  2. Ultimate to enter Burst mode.
  3. Hold ATK to start the Charged ATK chain and keep tapping ATK; use the Weapon Skill whenever it is ready. If the chain breaks, spam ATK to refill and restart it.
  4. When the Burst timer (the Seele icon above her HP bar) is almost over, press Ultimate for the finisher.

Without Sanguine Gaze, skip the Weapon Skill steps; the rest of the loop is the same.

Strengths

  • Free-to-farm S-rank: War Treasury and Dorm Supply.
  • Her Fantasy Voyage (Verne) set is directly craftable in the Foundry and in the Exchange House (v8.0); Leisurely Sipping is a craftable G4 alternative.
  • Solid AoE through the Nightmare Stage and damage sharing between linked enemies, with Iron Body and damage reduction in Burst mode.
  • Her leader skill buffs every Charged ATK when a Bronya battlesuit is on the team.

Weaknesses

  • Outdated: no top scores anymore (Marisa Impact), and not protected by an Astral Ring.
  • Deals almost all of her damage in Burst mode, so she is very SP-hungry before SS rank.
  • Her signature scythe Sanguine Gaze mostly comes from Focused Supplies, occasionally from Battle Pass or event shops (its PRI-ARM is then forged in the Foundry).

Notable dupes · Rank

S2
Solid upgrade

Basic ATK SEQ 5 releases chain claws for another 360% ATK of Ice DMG and restores a Carmine Gash.

S3
Optional

Leader skill: team Ice DMG +27%, and team Charged ATKs +32% Total DMG with a Bronya battlesuit on the team (30% and 35% at SS3).

SS
Big upgrade

Basic ATK SEQ 4 deals 70% more Ice DMG and every hit restores 1 SP: the SP regen she badly needs for Burst mode (Marisa Impact).

SSS
Optional

Charged ATKs in Burst mode deal another 2 × 20% ATK of Ice DMG.

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Updated September 26, 2026 · Version 9.0
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