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Fraux

Flip stances, cash in free empowered skills

Element
Fire
Weapon
Melee
Role
DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Endless Ragnarok
Difficulty
3 out of 5
Fraux official artwork

Signature mechanic

Dual stance gauges grant free enhanced skills

Fraux flips between Upright and Reversed stances, which changes her unique attacks and power strikes. Filling both stance gauges grants Strength Gains: three free skill activations, all enhanced. So the loop is deliberately alternating stances to fill both meters rather than camping the one you prefer, then dumping empowered skills. With the right defensive build she becomes extremely hard to kill.

Fraux is a straightforward character with a lot of utility in her skill set. With the right build you can make her virtually unkillable, which can make her an aggresive damage dealer.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Dual Threat

    Fraux can flip between Upright stance and Reversed stance. Her RMB attacks and power strikes change based on her stance.

  • Strength Gains

    Fraux gains 3 free skill activations when both stance gauges are full. These skills are enhanced. Landing attacks and skills fills her gauges.

How to unlock

To unlock Fraux, you must progress through Endless Ragnarok's story until you receive special Crewmate Cards . You can then turn these cards in at Sierokarte’s Knickknack Shack to unlock Fraux.

Strengths

  • 1

    Free empowered skills

    Strength Gains hands you three enhanced casts with no cooldown cost — a large, repeatable damage spike.

  • 2

    Can be built near-unkillable

    Her utility supports a defensive build that still deals aggressive damage.

  • 3

    Conceptually simple

    Straightforward for a stance character — alternate, fill, spend.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Stance discipline required

    Camping one stance starves the other gauge and locks you out of Strength Gains entirely.

  • 2

    Melee exposure

    Her gauge-filling wants sustained contact, which is dangerous in Chaos++.

  • 3

    Paid DLC character

    Requires Endless Ragnarok; obtained via her Seedhollow side quest line.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

Chaos → Chaos+ → Chaos++, then Defy Infinity

Flip the Tides. Enchantress's Warpath rewards activating skills with Strength Gains active — sequence it deliberately.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

Fraux's Master Traits provides additional DMG Cap , ATK , and DEF based on the number of equipped Basic Stat, Attack, and Defense/Support Sigils, respectively. To maximize the stats that Fraux gets, we recommend equipping 5 Basic Stat Sigils , 3 Attack Sigils , and 2 Defense/Support Sigils . This provides enough ATK to reach the DMG Cap, while also providing enough survivability for the game's hardest content.

For the Basic Attack Sigils, we recommend taking Health and Stun Power . This provides enough HP alongside Greater Aegis and Aegis without going over Catastrophe Nova's limit. For the Attack Sigils, we recommend Fatebreaker Celestial Lumen , and Celestial Terra , while Improved Dodge and Steel Nerves are the best picks for Defense Sigils.

For the Subtraits of each Sigil, get the usual DMG Cap , Supplementary DMG , Potion Hoarder , Autorevive , and Guts . Additionally, equip important Traits like Uplift to help during fights. Lastly, equip Fraux's Unique Sigils Enchantress's Warpath and Enchantress's Awakening to round the build off.

SigilSlotTraits
Enchantress's Warpath+Character sigil2 slots
  • Enchantress's Warpath — Temporarily grants DMG↑ to Fraux upon activating a skill with Strength Gains.
  • Aegis — Raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Enchantress's Awakening+
  • Enchantress's Rhythm — Grants DMG Cap↑ to Fraux whenever she performs a flip kick after a combo finisher.
  • Enchantress's Blessing — Performing a delayed flip kick after a normal attack fills more of Fraux's gauges.
  • Uplift — Boosts the charge speed of your SBA gauge.
Health V+Basic stat5 slots
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Health V+
  • HP — Boosts base health.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • DMG Cap — Raises the damage limit of attacks.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Fatebreaker — Boosts attack, defense, and damage cap when participating in Fatebreaker-grade quests.
Supplementary Damage V+Attack / special5 slots
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
Celestial Lumen V+
  • Celestial Lumen — Boosts attack power and damage cap when health is above a certain threshold.
  • Celestial Terra — Reduces maximum base health in exchange for a boost do damage cap.
War Elemental+
  • War Elemental — All attacks count as the superior element (except for plain element attacks)
  • Aegis — Raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Spartan Echo+
  • Spartan Echo — Boosts chance of triggering supplementary damage the higher base health is. Supplementary damage dealt by other sources will be added to that damage.
  • Autorevive — Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Berserker Echo+
  • Berserker Echo — Boosts chance of triggering supplementary damage the higher base attack power is. Supplementary damage dealt by other sources will be added to that damage.
  • Potion Hoarder — Increases the stock of recovery items.

Gearing priorities

  • Transcended Terminus (T.Lvl 7): Catastrophe Nova, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster, Unbound Master
  • While progressing Chaos, a transcended Defender weapon usually beats an un-transcended Terminus
  • The standard template: 5 Basic-Stat + 3 Attack + 2 Defense/Support sigils
  • Fatebreaker V+, Celestial Lumen V+ and Celestial Terra V+ in the attack slots
  • Improved Dodge+ and Steel Nerves V+ for survivability that does not cost damage
  • Summons for their traits: War Elemental, Stout Heart, Berserker Echo, Spartan Echo

Over Mastery bonuses

  • Critical Hit Rate Up
  • Skill Damage Cap Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Skybound Art Damage Cap Up

Try to get Critical Hit Rate Up to maximize Fraux's chances of landing a Critical Hit with her attacks and Skills. Afterward, get Skill Damage Cap Up and Normal Attack Damage Cap Up to increase the cap of Fraux's main damage sources. Finally, get Skybound Art Damage Cap Up to improve her Skybound Art's capabilities.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Cross Road Shoes, Sold Soul

I
Greater AegisLv 35Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
II
HPLv 25Boosts base health.
III
DMG Cap EcruLv 15Boosts attack power and damage cap based on how high your maximum health is.
IV
StrongholdLv 1Boosts defense the higher your remaining health is.
EX
Unbound ExertionLv 55Boosts damage cap of Skybound Arts.

Wrightstone

Vitality Wrightstone

  • Critical Hit Rate
  • DMG Cap
  • Supplementary DMG

Upon reaching the endgame of Endless Ragnarok, the Transcended Cross Road Shoes becomes Fraux's best weapon. The upgraded Catastrophe Nova provides up to 70% ATK and 500% DMG Cap as long as her max HP is at 200,000 or less. Additionally, it has Unbound Master , which provides an additional 50% DMG Cap .

While progressing Chaos

Mephisto

I
HPLv 35Boosts base health.
II
Greater AegisLv 25Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
III
DMG Cap EcruLv 15Boosts attack power and damage cap based on how high your maximum health is.
IV
StrongholdLv 10Boosts defense the higher your remaining health is.
EX
Unbound ExertionLv 15Boosts damage cap of Skybound Arts.

Wrightstone

Sequestration Wrightstone

  • Weak Point DMG
  • DMG Cap
  • Supplementary DMG

Additionally, DMG Cap Ecru provides a DMG Boost and DMG Cap increase based on Fraux's Max HP, which she can easily reach. Lastly, Unbound Exertion provides increased Skybound Art DMG Cap .

Summons & equip bonus

Recommended summons

  • Furycane III
  • Evyl Blackwyrm III
  • Ennugi III
  • Hope-Filled Skydwellers III

For these traits

  • Combo Booster
  • Uplift
  • Improved Dodge
  • Guts

Equip bonus

  • Health Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Stun Power Up

Level 100+ · Endless Ragnarok

Master Traits

Flip the Tides

Recommended

Rank 1

  • Upright Gauge Gain +10%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 2

  • While in Upright stance: ATK +10%
  • While in Reversed stance: DMG Cap +30%
  • While in Upright stance: DMG Cap +30%
  • Opportunity Knocks: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • ATK +20%

Rank 3

  • Reversed Gauge Gain +10%
  • Unique Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • Insight Rank 2: Buff Duration +10% (Enhanced Upright / Enhanced Reversed)
  • Normal Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Max HP +15000

Rank EX

  • While in Reversed stance: ATK +10%
  • Opportunity Knocks: DMG Cap +45%
  • Upon performing a perfect dodge: Grants Shield (1000)
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Allure of Strength

Rank 1

  • Reversed Gauge Gain +10%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Def +5%

Rank 2

  • Upright Gauge Gain +10%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 3

  • DMG Cap +25%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)

Rank EX

  • While in Upright stance: DMG Cap +40%
  • Splendor: Shield Strength +10%
  • Indominus: Drain gets an additional Drain Amount +10% and Drain Cap +10%
  • All Fall Down: DEF↓ inflicts an additional DEF -5%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

A Deal with The Devil

Rank 1

  • While in Reversed stance: ATK +10%
  • While in Reversed stance: DMG Cap +30%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 2

  • Reversed Gauge Gain +10%
  • Critical Hit Rate +15%

Rank 3

  • Upright Gauge Gain +10%
  • DMG Cap +25%

Rank EX

  • While in critical condition: Critical Gauge Depletion -10%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Stun Power +4
  • Against foes of the weaker element: DMG Dealt +10%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • Primal bursts gain DMG Dealt +25%. Effect strength is based on the total number of this effect equipped by the entire party
  • DMG Cap +35%

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

For Fraux's Master Traits, invest heavily in Insight: Flip the Tides as it empowers her gauge flip mechanic and combos. This includes strengthening her combo finishers , applying a buff whenever she performs a Flip Kick, and applying even stronger buffs whenever she fills her gauges.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Gauge Fast Charge Combo4 steps
    1. 1Perform Fraux's Basic Attack combo until the Finisher becomes available.
    2. 2Perform the Finisher and the Flip Kick. This will make Fraux swap stances.
    3. 3Repeat the Basic Attack combo into Finisher and Flip Kick.
    4. 4Loop the combos until both gauges are full.

    Fraux's main gameplay loop revolves around filling up both of her gauges before performing casting empowered Skills. The combo shown above is a fast way to charge up both of Fraux's gauges outside of using her skills.

  • Combo Remains the Same With Master Traits

    Fraux's combo remains the same even with Master Traits, with her combo only getting stronger thanks to the buffs that the selected Traits provide.

  • Switch Stances To Fill Both Gauges

    Fraux can swap between two stances, each with its respective Gauges. When Fraux is in the Upright Stance , she will perform fast-hitting combos and fill up the orange gauge . If Fraux is instead in the Reversed Stance , she will perform slow, but hard-hitting combos while filling up the blue gauge .

    You can swap stances by clicking the Stance Flip special attack. This will damage enemies close to Fraux, while also swapping her stance.

  • Swap Stances Smoothly Using Combos

    Alternatively, you can swap stances smoothly with Fraux by using her combos . When performing the Fast Charge combo shown above, Fraux will swap stances mid-combo , allowing you to fill up both gauges without any downtime.

  • Use Strength Gain to Cast Empowered Skills

    Once both gauges are full, Fraux activates Strength Gains . When Strength Gains activates, Fraux can cast three of her skills for free , even if they are on cooldown. Additionally, the skills that she casts are enhanced , improving their damage output and effects.

    Take note that once you have used a skill while in Strength Gains, you cannot use that skill again during that instance of Strength Gains.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Splendor and Indominus

Splendor and Indominus are two of Fraux's strongest skills, as, thanks to her ability to cast empowered versions of her skill for free, she can indefinitely stack Shields and reapply Drain. This allows her to mitigate a lot of damage, which, if done right, can make her unkillable.

For other skills, All Fall Down is a good damaging skill that can apply DEF down on enemies, which now stacks with other sources of DEF down. Opportunity Knocks , on the other hand, is a good gap closer for when the enemy is far.

SkillEffectApplies
All Fall DownRecommendedSummons The Devil to lob fireballs at frontal foes. On hit, inflicts DEF↓ and removes 1 buff from foes.
    Crimson NightmareSummons The Devil to create an explosion in the direction Fraux is facing. On hit, inflicts Slow.
      Dead LandsSummons The Devil to pummel frontal foes. Hold while summoning to prolong duration.
        IndominusRecommendedSummons The Devil to crush frontal foes. On hit, grants Drain to Fraux.
          Kick FaceFrax readies to parry and counter.
            Opportunity KnocksRecommendedPerforms a mult-hit forward flying kick.
              Power PlantLeaps backward into the air and summons The Devil to launch a devastating fireball at frontal foes.
                SplendorRecommendedCasts an expanding circle of fire that damages surrounding foes and grants Shield to Fraux.

                  Situational swaps: Crimson Nightmare, Dead Lands, Power Plant.Crimson Nightmare is a good alternate skill if you want to include more debuffs to Fraux's kit. Crimson Nightmare applies Slow on enemies in front of Fraux, making it perfect against bosses you want to keep in place. Alternatively, you can equip skills like Dead Lands or Power Plant if you want to deal more damage.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Radiant Pointe11871013ATK, Supplementary DMG
                  Scheherazade——Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Mephisto's Waltz26112003Greater Aegis, Stronghold, Cascade
                  Cross Road Shoes, Sold Soul114917083Catastrophe, Regen

                  Party

                  Recommended team — The Captain, Cagliostro, and Zeta

                  Fraux will be your primary damage dealer, so partner her with characters that can provide both offensive and defensive support. The Captain , for example, has both buffs and debuffs in their kit, making them perfect for strengthening Fraux and weakening foes. Cagliostro , on the other hand, can not only apply the unique buff Phantasmagoria to her allies, but she can also provide healing, as well as rescue allies in a critical state.

                  Having another DPS character in the team is helpful, with Zeta as the best damage dealer, even when controlled by AI.

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