4HydroPolearmSumeru
Profile affiliationAaru Village
Ascension statHP
Recent Endgame Usage
Overview
Candace supports elemental Normal Attacks and grants Hydro infusion to eligible melee teammates. She needs a compatible attacker; an infusion that conflicts with their damage plan can undermine the team.
Role
HP-scaling elemental Normal support / Hydro infusion
Playstyle
Use a short counter or Skill action, then Burst before an infusion-compatible Normal attacker.
Why It Works
The passive Normal damage support scales with Max HP.
Watch For
Do not overwrite a desired damage type or assume a protected native infusion can be replaced.
Playstyle
Combat Flow
Land the Skill and cast Wagtail Tide. Switch deliberately to trigger its limited entry waves, then use elemental Normal damage while Prayer persists.
Key Notes
Sword, Claymore and Polearm users can receive Hydro infusion, but other weapons do not gain it.
Try to fit two Skills per Burst when the rotation permits.
C6 enables off-field Hydro but can steal Mualani's Vaporizes in some setups.
Build & Investment
Best Weapons
Craftable healing-dependent option · 4★
Rightful Reward
Its Energy refund requires her to receive healing.
Accessible HP option · 3★
Black Tassel
Strengthens the Normal Attack buff when ER is covered.
Best Artifact Sets
Elemental support · four pieces
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City
Useful for non-ATK scalers; grants only the non-Nightsoul portion.
Main Stats
Sands
- HP%
- Energy RechargeAlternative
Goblet
- HP%
Circlet
- HP%
- CRIT Rate with FavoniusAlternative
Recommended Substats
- ER
- HP%
- CRIT Rate with Favonius
ER Requirements & Stat Targets
- Double Hydro ER
- 180–200%
Constellation Investment
C6
Other characters elemental Normal hits gain periodic HP-scaling Hydro waves, adding off-field application.
Teams
Recommended Teammates
Most-played compositions in our calculations. These reflect popularity and what players actually use, not a power ranking.
23 team observations4 recent contexts
Most Played With
Talents
Normal Attack
Gleaming Spear - Guardian Stance
Normal Attack
Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes.
- 1-Hit DMG
- 120.2%
- 2-Hit DMG
- 120.9%
- 3-Hit DMG
- 70.2%+85.7%
- 4-Hit DMG
- 187.7%
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.
- Charged Attack DMG
- 245.5%
- Charged Attack Stamina Cost
- 25
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
- Plunge DMG
- 126.4%
- Low/High Plunge DMG
- 253%/316%
Elemental Skill
Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum
Candace's fighting style is capable of warding off an entire tide of foes.
Tap
Rushes forward with her shield, dealing Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Hold
Raises her shield to block incoming attacks from nearby opponents, forming a barrier that absorbs DMG based on her Max HP and absorbs Hydro DMG 250% more effectively. This barrier lasts until the Elemental Skill is unleashed.
After holding for a certain period of time, Candace will finish charging, and when the skill button is released, the skill duration expires, or when the barrier is broken, she will perform a leaping strike that deals Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
- Hold CD
- 9s
- Shield DMG Absorption
- 21.6% Max HP+2542
- Basic DMG
- 21.6% Max HP
- Charged Up DMG
- 34.3% Max HP
- Press CD
- 6s
Elemental Burst
Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide
Raising her weapon on high, Candace calls upon a divine blessing that deals AoE Hydro DMG based on her Max HP and continuously confers the Prayer of the Crimson Crown on your active character.
Prayer of the Crimson Crown
This effect has the following properties:
·Characters deal increased Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
·Whenever a character takes the field, they will unleash a rippling wave of water that deals Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. There is a limited number of waves that can be triggered in the duration of this skill.
·Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding characters under this effect will obtain a Hydro Infusion.
- Skill DMG
- 11.9% Max HP
- Duration
- 9s
- DMG Bonus
- 20%
- Wave Impact DMG
- 11.9% Max HP
- Wave Instances
- 3
- CD
- 15s
- Energy Cost
- 60
Passive talents
Passive talent
Aegis of Crossed Arrows
If Candace is hit by an attack in the Hold duration of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum, that skill will finish charging instantly.
Passive talent
Celestial Dome of Sand
Characters affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide will deal 0.5% increased DMG to opponents for every 1,000 points of Candace's Max HP when they deal Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
Passive talent
To Dawn's First Light
Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
Constellations
C1Returning Heiress of the Scarlet Sands
The duration of Prayer of the Crimson Crown effect triggered by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide is increased by 3s.
C2Moon-Piercing Brilliance
When Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum hits opponents, Candace's Max HP will be increased by 20% for 15s.
C3Hunter's Supplication
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4Sentinel Oath
Shortens the Hold CD of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum to be the same as that of the Tapping CD.
C5Heterochromatic Gaze
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6The Overflow
When characters (excluding Candace herself) affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide deal Elemental DMG to opponents using Normal Attacks, an attack wave will be unleashed that deals AoE Hydro DMG equal to 15% of Candace's Max HP.
This effect can trigger once every 2.3s and is considered Elemental Burst DMG.
Stats & progression
Level 100
Maximum ascensionHP11627
ATK267
DEF730
HP%24%
Level 100 Maximum ascension | HP11627 | ATK267 | DEF730 | HP%24% |
| Level | HP | ATK | DEF | Asc. stat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 912 | 18 | 57 | 0% |
| 20 | 3024 | 59 | 190 | 0% |
| 40 | 5013 | 98 | 315 | 6% |
| 50 | 6411 | 125 | 402 | 12% |
| 60 | 7648 | 149 | 480 | 12% |
| 70 | 8885 | 174 | 558 | 18% |
| 80 | 10122 | 198 | 635 | 24% |
| 90 | 10875 | 212 | 683 | 24% |
| 100 | 11627 | 267 | 730 | 24% |