Is Blade Lineage Faust good?

She is good inside a dedicated Poise team, where Red Plum Blossom boosts everyone's crit damage. Outside Poise she is close to useless.

What does Red Plum Blossom do?

It is a unique Bleed-like status that makes the enemy more likely to be crit and makes crits deal more damage. Its value drops with every hit, crit or not, so you want to crit often.

Faust

Blade Lineage Salsu

“A night before a battle is always so silent. Ah, and the moon has waxed full tonight, too.”

Review

Mirror Dungeon tier

Poise damage dealer, Red Plum Blossom crits

Blade Lineage Faust is a Poise identity that adds her own status, Red Plum Blossom. It makes enemies easier to crit and makes crits hit harder. Her Poise count generation is decent, but she cannot build Poise potency alone and leans on teammates like Blade Lineage Meursault and Don Quixote.

Worth pulling?: optional
Uptie: Not a priority. Her value comes from the Red Plum Blossom kit and the passives, so Uptie IV mainly helps if you already run her in a dedicated Poise team.

How to play

Build Poise count with Moonlit Blade Dance and Acupuncture, and keep landing hits so the blossoms are never wasted on non-crits. Use Red Plum Blossoms Scatter when you win the clash with plenty of Poise, since it converts Poise count into potency. Her guard scales with Poise, so it is fine to hold it when you need it.

+Red Plum Blossom boosts crit damage
+Decent Poise count generation
+Support passive adds Defense Level Down on Slash crits

−Needs outside help for Poise potency
−Weak outside Poise teams
−Fatal to blunt

Good teammates

Blade Lineage Mentor Meursault Blade Lineage Salsu Don Quixote Blade Lineage Salsu Yi Sang

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FAQ

Is Blade Lineage Faust good?: She is good inside a dedicated Poise team, where Red Plum Blossom boosts everyone's crit damage. Outside Poise she is close to useless.
What does Red Plum Blossom do?: It is a unique Bleed-like status that makes the enemy more likely to be crit and makes crits deal more damage. Its value drops with every hit, crit or not, so you want to crit often.

Skills

Moonlit Blade Dance

SlothSlash

Base power: 3
Coin power: +2
Coins: 3
Offense: +2
Atk weight: 1
Copies: 3

At 5+ Poise, Coin Power +1 [On Use] Gain +2 Poise Count

1[Heads Hit] Gain 1 Poise
2[On Crit] Inflict 1 Red Plum Blossom

Acupuncture

PridePierce

Base power: 4
Coin power: +6
Coins: 2
Offense: +2
Atk weight: 1
Copies: 2

At 7+ Poise, Coin Power +1 [On Use] Gain +2 Poise Count

1[On Hit] Gain +2 Poise Count Deal +30% damage on Critical Hit
2[On Hit] Inflict 1 Bind next turn [On Crit] Inflict 2 Red Plum Blossom

Red Plum Blossoms Scatter

GloomSlash

Base power: 5
Coin power: +6
Coins: 2
Offense: +2
Atk weight: 1
Copies: 1

Deal +3% damage for every Red Plum Blossom on target Coin Power +1 for every 7 Poise on self (max 3) [Clash Win] Consume half the Poise Count on self, then gain Poise equal to the Poise Count consumed (max 10) This Skill does not consume Red Plum Blossom On Crit

1[On Crit] Inflict 5 Red Plum Blossom [On Crit] If target has 10 Red Plum Blossom, inflict 1 Slash Fragility
2[On Crit] Inflict 5 Red Plum Blossom [On Crit] If target has 10 Red Plum Blossom, inflict 1 Slash Fragility

Defense

Redirect

GloomGuard

Base power: 10
Coin power: +4
Coins: 1
Offense: 0
Atk weight: 1

[On Use] For every 4 Poise on self, gain Final Power +1 (max 5)

Passives

Combat passive

Sanguine Plum Blossoms

Pride4 Owned

On Crit, inflict 1 Red Plum Blossom If target has 10 Red Plum Blossom, inflict 1 Defense Level Down instead (max 6 times)

Support passive

Lingering Bladepoint

Pride4 Owned

When the ally with the earliest Deployment order hits Critically using a Slash Skill, inflict 1 Defense Level Down (max 3 times per enemy per turn)