If you’ve just pulled Cartethyia or plan to, you’re in the right place. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through everything you need to know—from her simple but effective rotation to the best weapons, echoes, and team comps to get the most out of her kit.
Cartethyia is an easy-to-pick-up character who scales with HP and thrives on consistent arrow erosion application. Whether you're F2P or rocking premium units, we’ve broken down all the essentials so you can get started fast and play her right from day one.
Let’s go over the core mechanics first and then build up from there with weapons, echo sets, and synergy setups.
Getting Started with Cartethyia: Basic Mechanics Explained
Cartethyia is an HP-scaling DPS character who centers her damage around a three-sword mechanic and a powerful ultimate. Before activating her ultimate, players must collect three swords, each granted by specific actions:
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Basic attack chain: Complete a full chain to earn the first sword.
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Intro or Heavy Attack: Either will grant the second sword.
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Skill Activation: This gives you the third sword.
After acquiring all three, the skill launches you into the air and auto-triggers a plunge attack that absorbs all swords. This grants Cartethyia three buffs tied to each sword type, prepping her for a strong burst phase with her ultimate.
The entire setup is intuitive. You don’t need to manually plunge—her skill automates it for smoother rotations. Once buffed, activate her ultimate and enter a high-damage state.
Understanding Cartethyia’s Rotation: Swords, Buffs, and Timing
Rotation efficiency matters. After absorbing the three swords, you can enter the ultimate phase. What happens next depends on your team setup:
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With Chakona on the team: You won’t need to swap out mid-rotation. Chakona keeps arrow erosion stacks high, letting Cartethyia stay in her empowered mode uninterrupted.
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Without Chakona: You’ll need to swap out briefly to reapply arrow erosion stacks and then return to Cartethyia. This ensures maximum amplified damage from her passive.
The best combo post-ultimate is:
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Use a skill to re-enter air state and plunge.
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Perform a basic attack chain or heavy attacks.
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Use your second skill if available.
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Continue basic attacks until the ultimate ends.
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If energy is full, trigger your echo and rotate to a support.
Simple, effective, and doesn’t waste time. You’ll keep pressure on enemies and maintain high damage output throughout.
How to Trigger and Optimize Arrow Erosion
Arrow erosion is a key mechanic in Cartethyia’s kit. It enhances her overall damage when stacked properly. Each of the following actions applies arrow erosion:
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Intro or heavy attacks
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Basic attack chains
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Skill usage
Your goal is to reach 5 stacks of arrow erosion. This grants +20% amplified damage per stack, up to 100% total. With Chakona in your team, stacking is effortless thanks to her consistent arrow erosion application. Without her, you’ll need to handle this manually by:
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Swapping to Cartethyia for a quick skill or attack chain
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Ensuring the enemy is consistently marked
Keep an eye on debuff indicators. It’s worth it—fully stacked erosion is what pushes Cartethyia's damage from good to excellent.
Best Rotation Combos for Maximum Damage
Cartethyia’s damage phase is built around a flexible rotation. Here's a simple but effective combo that works in most teams:
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Start with Intro (or Heavy Attack) → 1st sword
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Basic Attack Chain → 2nd sword
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Skill Activation → 3rd sword and automatic plunge
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Enter Ultimate → Begin empowered rotation
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Skill (again) → Air combo + plunge damage
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Basic Attack Chain → Sustained DPS
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Heavy Attack or Second Skill → Optional finisher
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End Ultimate → Echo activation (if energy is full)
If Chakona is not in your party, swap briefly to a support to reapply arrow erosion mid-rotation, then return to finish strong.
Tip: Use your second skill mid-ultimate only if you have enough energy regen. Otherwise, save it for after.
Top Weapon Choices for Cartethyia Ranked
Cartethyia benefits most from weapons that boost HP and enhance basic or skill damage. Here are the top picks:
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Best-in-Slot: Cartethyia’s Signature Sword
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Stats: +72.2% HP, +12% bonus max HP
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Perks: Ignores 8% DEF on intro/basic/skill. Adds +20% damage when enemies have one arrow erosion stack.
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Second Best: Chamelia’s Signature Sword
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Focuses on basic attack damage, a solid alternative if you already have it.
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Third Best: Emerald of Genesis
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Great crit rate and energy regen. Though the attack stat doesn’t help Cartethyia directly, it’s still reliable.
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Tip: Avoid weapons scaling with ATK. Cartethyia’s kit is purely HP-based.
Recommended Echo Setups and Main Stats
Cartethyia’s best echo set is the new arrow erosion-focused 4-piece:
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Set Bonus:
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+10% arrow damage
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+10% crit rate
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+30% arrow damage when arrow erosion is active
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Optimal Echo Layout (Main Stats):
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Main Core (4-cost): HP%
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Second Core (4-cost): HP% (new nightmare/hologram type)
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Remaining 3 Echoes (1-cost each): HP%
Priority Substats:
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Crit Rate
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Crit Damage
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HP%
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Basic Attack Bonus
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Energy Regeneration
If you’re lacking the full set, mixing high HP% echoes with crit substats still gives good returns.
Cartethyia’s Best Teams and Synergy Options
Cartethyia thrives in teams that boost arrow erosion and amplify her HP-scaling damage. The best team comp includes:
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Cartethyia (Main DPS)
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Chakona (Sub-DPS / Debuffer):
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Constantly applies arrow erosion, enabling 100% uptime for Cartethyia's damage bonus.
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Arrow Rover (Healer / Support):
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Provides healing and boosts arrow-based damage.
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This core setup maximizes uptime, buffs, and survivability. Chakona removes the need for Cartethyia to reapply erosion herself, keeping the rotation seamless and fast.
F2P-Friendly Alternatives: Weapons, Teams, and Echoes
Don't have Chakona or signature gear? Here’s how to work around that:
Weapons:
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Use Chamelia’s Sword if available.
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Emerald of Genesis works well with its crit and energy regen.
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Any HP-scaling sword with decent substats is a serviceable temporary fix.
Teams:
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Alto:
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Grants +23% arrow damage through his outro skill.
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Phoebe:
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Provides buffs and is easy to slot into most comps.
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Arrow Rover:
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Even in a non-meta comp, Arrow Rover remains a top-tier support.
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Strategy Without Chakona:
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You’ll need to swap to Cartethyia mid-rotation to reapply erosion manually.
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This adds about 3–4 seconds to your cycle, but damage loss is minimal if managed properly.
F2P users can still enjoy Cartethyia’s full potential with good rotation timing and gear optimization.
Tips for Managing Energy and Ultimate Usage
Cartethyia’s ultimate can deal heavy damage, but proper energy management is crucial for uptime. Here’s how to keep her ult ready as often as possible:
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Echo Synergy: Choose echoes that offer energy regeneration as a substat.
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Rotation Efficiency: Use plunge attacks and full combos—they generate more energy than quick swaps.
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Support Echo: Equip one teammate with an echo that restores energy to allies, especially if you're running a F2P team without Chakona.
A clean rotation should leave Cartethyia close to full energy by the end. If not, adjust your echo stats to include more energy recharge or extend combos slightly before swapping out.
Final Thoughts: Mastering Cartethyia for Every Scenario
Cartethyia is simple to play and doesn’t require high execution skill. Whether you’re using her in trials or endgame, her rotations are easy to understand, and her gear paths are straightforward.
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She rewards tight rotations and consistent arrow erosion application.
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Her kit performs well even with budget options.
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Investing in the right echo set and optimizing HP stats go a long way.
With or without premium units, Cartethyia is a fun, damage-dealing powerhouse that scales smoothly as your account grows.
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