Fire
Erudition
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Himeko • Nova
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ReleasedJul 15, 2026Version 4.4 · Full Version
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- Front
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Overview
Himeko • Nova is a powerful Fire Erudition carry built around Assist Skills, Companion Protocols, and a massive Ultimate burst. She excels in AoE while remaining surprisingly strong against bosses.
Role
Main DPS / Assist Skill Carry
Playstyle
Keep Navigator's Semaphore active and repeatedly trigger Assist Skills. Choose your Companion Protocol based on the fight, then build Energy toward her Ultimate where you directly control Starblazer.
Why It Works
Her Assist Skills let Himeko deal damage through other characters' turns, while her Protocols massively amplify either her own burst or the team's Skill damage. Her Ultimate then converts Source Energy into additional AoE and Bounce damage.
Watch For
Bring at least one Trailblaze Companion or you cannot activate her Protocols. Dual-Protocol teams are powerful but considerably harder to manage, so sticking to one mode is usually simpler.
Playstyle
Combat Flow
Technique → Skill/Semaphore → ally Assist Skill → activate Protocol → spam Assist Skills → Ultimate → spend Source Energy → repeat.
Key Notes
Aim for roughly 3500–4000+ ATK and 100% CRIT Rate in combat. Base SPD with ATK Boots is generally preferred unless using a specific speed-tuned setup.
Trailblaze Companions using Assist Skill gain an extra turn at e0
Decimation heavily boosts team CRIT DMG and Skill CRIT DMG.
Build & Investment
Light Cones
Primary
A Star That Lights the Night
Signature option built around her modern Erudition and ally-linked damage.
Relics
Primary
As Navigator Isee Sees It
Entry and Skill uses stack Skill and Ultimate DMG for Nova's attack cycle; one stack is removed at turn start or after Ultimate.
Planars
Primary
Fallen Star Anchorage
Adds CRIT Rate and gains CRIT DMG when Himeko Nova enters combat with another Trailblaze Companion.
Main Stats
Body
- CRIT Rate
- AlternativeCRIT DMG
Default for CRIT consistency.
Alternative with enough CRIT Rate.
Feet
- ATK%
- AlternativeSPD
Preferred with action support.
Alternative when she needs self-driven turns.
Sphere
- Fire DMG Boost
- AlternativeATK%
Default offensive sphere.
Close alternative with better substats.
Rope
- ATK%
- SituationalEnergy Regeneration Rate
Default damage rope.
Conditional option for tighter Ultimate rotations.
Recommended Substats
- CRIT Rate
- CRIT DMG
- ATK%
- SPD
Balance CRIT with the Assist Skill and Protocol buffs included, then build ATK for Starblazer's damage. Additional SPD belongs to a planned rotation; teammates can trigger Assist Skills outside Himeko Nova's own turns.
Eidolon Investment
E0 includes Assist Skills and Companion Protocols. Assemble a compatible Trailblaze Companion first; E1 improves Protocol triggers, while E2 expands Assist uses and lets other allies gain the Assist-related extra turn.
A Star That Lights the Night adds DEF ignore and Energy from Assist Skills. Sail stacks strengthen Assist damage and, at three stacks, Ultimate damage, rewarding consistent Assist use before the burst.
E1
Adds a Protocol-triggered Assist use, lowers Verdict and Decimation trigger requirements, and adds an extra damage instance to her Assist Skill.
E2
Raises the Assist-use cap to two, strengthens Ultimate and Assist damage, and extends the trace's extra turn to non-Trailblaze Companions.
Teams
Recommended Teammates
Verdict with action support
Use the compatible Companions to establish Verdict, maintain shields and spend Assist uses before the next advance and Ultimate.
- Himeko • NovaCore character
- Sunday
- Cerydra
- Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae
Sunday
Sunday supplies Action Advance, Energy and CRIT buffs and enables Verdict. Spend available ally Assist uses before advancing Himeko Nova again.
Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae
As Bondmate, Himeko Nova gains ATK and feeds Dan Heng Energy through her frequent attacks. His shields sustain the team and his Assist enables Verdict.
Cerydra
Assist Skill counts as Himeko Nova's Skill, so Peerage and Coup de Main can support those attacks. Align the copy with a useful Assist window.
Trailblazer (Remembrance)
Mem adds True DMG and an advance, while Trailblazer can enable Verdict. Avoid advancing Himeko Nova before the team spends its available Assist uses.
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Skills
Basic ATK
Enkindle the First Lodestar
Single AttackLv. 6
Deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one enemy.
Skill
Upraise the Vanward Cresset
SupportLv. 10
After using Skill, immediately recovers all Assist Skill uses. Himeko • Nova gains "Navigator's Semaphore," lasting for 3 turn(s). This duration decreases by 1 at the start of Himeko • Nova's every turn. When Himeko • Nova has "Navigator's Semaphore," DMG dealt by all allies increases by 20%. At the start of every turn, immediately recovers 1 Assist Skill use.
Ultimate
We, Too, Stride the Stars
AoE AttackLv. 10
Immediately takes control of "Starblazer." "Starblazer" can launch "Hyperluminal Particle Beam" against enemies 6 times, or consume "Source Energy" to launch "Orbital Annihilation Pulse," dealing Fire DMG up to 762% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one designated enemy, and Fire DMG up to 252% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to other targets.
When the uses of "Hyperluminal Particle Beam" are depleted, automatically launches "Orbital Annihilation Pulse," followed by Final Hit, dealing 3 instance(s) of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 80% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one random enemy.
When "Hyperluminal Particle Beam" or "Orbital Annihilation Pulse" deals fatal damage to all enemies on the field, or when enemy HP can no longer be reduced, immediately launches Final Hit.
Ultimate sequence
Hyperluminal Particle Beam
AoE AttackLv. 10
Deals Fire DMG equal to 32% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to all enemies and gains 1 point(s) of "Source Energy." A maximum of 3 "Source Energy" can be held.
Orbital Annihilation Pulse
AoE AttackLv. 10
Consumes 1 point of "Source Energy" to deal Fire DMG equal to 20% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to all enemies. When the current "Source Energy" is more than 1, for every 1 point(s) of "Source Energy" consumed, additionally deals 1 instance of Fire DMG equal to 30% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one random enemy.
We, Too, Stride the Stars
AoE AttackLv. 10
Deals 1 instance(s) of DMG, each dealing Fire DMG to one random enemy.
Talent
Of Fire and Far Faring
EnhanceLv. 10
While Himeko • Nova is on the field, immediately deploys the Territory "Starblazer Visioscape," summoning "Starblazer" to the field and granting all ally characters 1 Assist Skill use. Ally characters can use Assist Skill to call upon "Starblazer" to attack enemies.
Using Assist Skill is considered as Himeko • Nova using her Skill. Himeko • Nova gains 20% increased All-Type RES PEN and 80% increased CRIT DMG. When attacking, can ignore Weakness Types to reduce enemy Toughness. When breaking Weakness, triggers the Fire Weakness Break effect.
When ally characters other than Himeko • Nova use their Assist Skill, regenerates 4 Energy for them.
Talent sequence
Trailblaze, By Your Side
AoE AttackLv. 10
Deals Fire DMG equal to 160% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to all enemies, and additionally deals 3 instances of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 24% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one random enemy. When used by Himeko • Nova, deals Fire DMG equal to 200% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to all enemies, and additionally deals 4 instances of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 32% of Himeko • Nova's ATK to one random enemy.
If the user is a Trailblaze Companions character other than Himeko • Nova, then depending on the user, Himeko • Nova additionally gains 1 of the Special Effects.
The extra Assist Skill via all Special Effects can be launched up to 2 time(s) per battle, and this count is reset after Himeko • Nova uses her Ultimate.
Companion Protocol: Verdict
AoE AttackLv. 10
Enters the "Companion Protocol: Verdict" state. Increases DMG dealt by Himeko • Nova by 100%, and additionally increases her Ultimate DMG dealt by 100%. After Himeko • Nova's teammates actively use their Ultimate 2 time(s), Himeko • Nova immediately launches 1 Assist Skill against enemies at no cost.
Companion Protocol: Decimation
AoE AttackLv. 10
Enters the "Companion Protocol: Decimation" state. Increases all allies' CRIT DMG by 100%, and additionally increases the CRIT DMG dealt by Skill by 100%. For every 1 enemy target hit by allies, gains 1 Charge. When Charge reaches 9, consumes all Charge, and Himeko • Nova immediately launches 1 Assist Skill against enemies at no cost. This instance of Assist Skill cannot grant Charge.
Technique
Starcharter Cruise
EnhanceLv. 1
When Himeko • Nova is in the team, increases the max Technique Points by 3.
After using Technique, enters the "Cruise" state for 30 seconds. Actively using the Technique consumes 2 Technique Points and immediately attacks all enemies within a certain range. After entering combat, immediately uses Skill 1 time at the start of each wave.
If attacking a Normal Enemy, immediately defeats them without entering combat. No Technique Points are consumed if no enemies are hit.
Traces
Major Traces
Whither, the Last and First Men?
When Himeko • Nova launches Assist Skill, it does not consume Assist Skill uses. At the start of the turn, if the Assist Skill uses have reached the current cap, Himeko • Nova additionally regenerates 5 Energy.
The Silver Rail, Hushed in Antiquity
When using Ultimate, immediately gains 3 "Source Energy." If the current "Source Energy" is 3 or more, when using the "Orbital Annihilation Pulse" attack, the DMG multiplier of "Orbital Annihilation Pulse" against random single enemies increases by 30%.
Minor Traces
- ATK Boost+28.0%
- CRIT Rate Boost+12%
- DMG Boost: Fire+8%
Eidolons
E1
That Which We Stride Is the Trailblaze
The number of extra Assist Skill uses from Talent additionally increases by 1. While in the "Companion Protocol: Verdict" state, reduces the number of Ultimate uses required to launch Assist Skill by 1. While in the "Companion Protocol: Decimation" state, reduces the Charge required to launch Assist Skill by 3. When Himeko • Nova launches Assist Skill, the number of extra DMG instances increases by 1.
E2
The Colors We Never Strike
The cap of Himeko • Nova's Assist Skill uses increases to 2, and the DMG dealt by Ultimate and Assist Skill becomes 130% of their original DMG. During the "Navigator's Semaphore" state, at the start of each turn, additionally recovers 1 use of Assist Skill immediately. When a non-Trailblaze Companions character uses Assist Skill, the Trace "Hark! The Express's Pulse Roars" now also grants them 1 extra turn.
E3
We Who Are Starborn Muse Starward
- Basic ATK +1
- Ultimate +2
Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
E4
Let No Skyward Hand Stay Unheld
When using Assist Skill via the Talent "Of Fire and Far Faring," the All-Type RES PEN boost now applies to all allies. And when Himeko • Nova gains this effect, her All-Type RES PEN additionally increases by 10%.
E5
To Cross the Cosmos and Beyond
- Skill +2
- Talent +2
Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
E6
Ours Is the Oath to Sail Starward
Himeko • Nova's Fire RES PEN increases by 20%. The cap of "Source Energy" increases to 6. When an ally uses or launches Assist Skill, DMG dealt by Assist Skill increases by 75%, and Himeko • Nova gains 1 "Source Energy." When launching "Hyperluminal Particle Beam" during Ultimate, additionally gains 1 "Source Energy". When launching "Orbital Annihilation Pulse," if the current "Source Energy" is 6 or more, additionally deals 1 instance of Fire DMG to all enemies, equal to 160% of Himeko • Nova's ATK.
Stats
Level 80
Maximum ascension
| Level | HP | ATK | DEF | SPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 153 | 103 | 66 | 98 |
| 20 | 360 | 242 | 155 | 98 |
| 30 | 498 | 335 | 215 | 98 |
| 40 | 635 | 427 | 274 | 98 |
| 50 | 773 | 520 | 333 | 98 |
| 60 | 911 | 613 | 393 | 98 |
| 70 | 1049 | 705 | 452 | 98 |
| 80 | 1125 | 757 | 485 | 98 |
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