Resistance penetration is a rare and powerful boost to damage, as it affects a separate multiplier in the damage formula, leading to much larger increases in damage. Seele’s Bonus Traces are mostly nice bonuses to have, with the exception of A4, which gives Seele a huge 20% Quantum RES PEN while she’s in her Buffed state. By simply playing her as you would any other SP spending damage dealer, you will end up benefiting greatly from the impressive dmg% boost the Buffed state gives you using her ultimate will immediately trigger the Buffed state for Seele, and combining it with the passive procs from her talent after scoring defeats, Seele can end up spending the majority of combat affected by this Buff. This is where Seele’s crazy damage comes from. Buffs do not tick down after Extra Turns, unlike Turn Advances. She cannot trigger this extra turn again by scoring a defeat with the previous extra turn. Additionally, if Seele defeats an enemy, she will instantly gain an Extra Turn ( not turn advance, a true extra action) and will become Buffed. Her talent describes what her Buffed state does she gains up to an 80% damage boost at max trace level whilst Buffed for 1 turn. This Buffed state will have its effects active for the actual ultimate hit and will also persist for 1 turn after, meaning Seele’s ultimate always has the Buffed values in-game. Seele’s ultimate immediately puts Seele into a Buffed state before dealing single-target damage. The multiplier may initially seem low, but with the help of Seele’s talent, her damage shoots skyward. Maintaining this speed boost indefinitely is extremely easy, and the speed boost is already very significant, meaning Seele is automatically one of the fastest acting characters in the game. Seele’s skill deals damage to a single target, and will simultaneously increase Seele’s speed by 25% for 2 turns. Enemy reinforcements need to be impressive to go toe to toe with Seele, because deadweights will only serve to fuel Seele’s destructive power further.

The hot-headed swallowtail of the Underworld is an immaculate single-target damage dealer on the Path of the Hunt, strong enough to overcome the intrinsic weakness of Hunt characters and hit hard enough to where even resistant foes need to be on the lookout for her attacks.

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