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Lancelot

Ice daggers, perfect dodges, no downtime

Element
Water
Weapon
Dagger
Role
DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Base game
Difficulty
3 out of 5
Lancelot official artwork

Signature mechanic

Perfect dodges flow straight back into combos

Sustained rapid attacks eventually coat Lancelot's blades in ice for bonus damage, and Wirbelwind turns a perfectly timed directional dodge into a combo opener rather than a defensive reset. He builds SBA gauge extremely fast off multi-hit strings and applies Glaciate for party-wide crowd control. Endless Ragnarok gave him Avalanche stacks, rewarding chaining skills inside combos.

Lancelot is a reliable crowd controller; he inflicts Glaciate, which slows down enemies. He also deals fast multi-hit combos that quickly build up the SBA gauge. Lancelot also boasts a special attack that can also act as his dodge, while also inflicting damage on the enemy. His dodge attacks can be counted as perfect dodges when executed successfully, which can render him Invincible for a period of time. Due to Lancelot's aggressive attacks, he also fills up his Link Attacks a lot quicker than the others.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Stiller Glanz

    Sustaining rapid attacks will eventually coat Lancelot's blades in ice, allowing him to deal more damage.

  • Wirbelwind

    Dodging an attack via movement + unique attack with perfect timing triggers a perfect dodge. Lancelot can then launch into a combo after dodging.

How to unlock

Players may unlock Lancelot by using a Crewmate Card in Siero's Knickknack Shack in a town. You obtain Crewmate Cards by progressing through the main story.

Strengths

  • 1

    Dodging is offence

    Wirbelwind means evading a boss attack costs you no damage uptime at all — one of the smoothest kits in the game.

  • 2

    Fast SBA generation

    Multi-hit combos fill the gauge quickly, accelerating the whole party's chain bursts.

  • 3

    Strong crowd control

    Glaciate slows enemies, which is broadly useful and stacks with the party's other debuffs.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Ramp-dependent damage

    The ice coating needs sustained attacks; forced disengages reset your damage state.

  • 2

    Timing-gated ceiling

    Perfect-dodge windows are tight, and missing them drops him to merely average.

  • 3

    Squishy up close

    Light armour and melee range punish mistimed dodges hard in Chaos++.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

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

Finish With Perfection, stacking Avalanche. Improved Dodge+ is close to mandatory given how much you dodge.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

To add to the support, Lancelot can include Basic Stat-type Sigils , namely 2 Health and 3 Stun Powers. This will also complement his Mastery Trait skills, which can provide Lancelot 20% DMG Cap for every Basic Stat-type Sigil equipped. Add more to his damage output by equipping him with Fatebreaker, Celestial Lumen , and Celestial Terra, while Improved Dodge and Steel Nerves support him by keeping him alive on the battlefield.

SigilSlotTraits
White Dragon's Awakening+Character sigil2 slots
  • White Dragon's Oath — Boosts the damage and distance covered by Twin Blade Dance.
  • White Dragon's Glory — Gradually boosts damage of each successive hit. Effect resets if the next hit isn't made within 2.5 seconds.
White Dragon's Warpath
  • White Dragon's Warpath — Grants Enhanced DMG to Lancelot whenever he lands a combo finisher or performs a perfect dodge via Wirbelwind.
  • Aegis — Raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
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.
  • Uplift — Boosts the charge speed of your SBA gauge.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Guts — Survive a lethal hit with 1 HP. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Fatebreaker V+Attack / special3 slots
  • Fatebreaker — Boosts attack, defense, and damage cap when participating in Fatebreaker-grade quests.
  • Greater Aegis — Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
Celestial Lumen V+
  • Celestial Lumen — Boosts attack power and damage cap when health is above a certain threshold.
  • Potion Hoarder — Increases the stock of recovery items.
Celestial Terra V+
  • Celestial Terra — Reduces maximum base health in exchange for a boost do damage cap.
  • Autorevive — Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Improved Dodge+Defense / support2 slots
  • Improved Dodge — Extends the window for for attacks to miss during a dodge. Allows you to perform more dodges in a row.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
Steel Nerves V+
  • Steel Nerves — Takes less damage while Stouth Heart is active.
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.

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
  • Skybound Art Damage Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up

As a high burst DPS, you will want to include Critical Hit Rate Up, Skill Damage Cap Up, and Normal Attack Damage Cap Up for more chances of having Lancelot deal quick and heavy damage. Adding in his Skybound Art Damage Up is definitely a must, since this is his highest-dealing damage moveset.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Damascus Knife

I
Catastrophe NovaLv 35Boosts attack power and damage cap when maximum health is below a certain threshold.
II
DrainLv 25Recover health based on the damage dealt to a foe.
III
DMG CapLv 15Raises the damage limit of attacks.
IV
Sigil BoosterLv 1Raises the trail levels of all equipped sigils.
EX
Unbound MasterLv 55Boosts damage cap based on master level.

Wrightstone

Sequestration Wrightstone

  • Weak Point DMG
  • Supplementary DMG
  • Dodge Payback

The best Endgame weapon for Lancelot is his Transcended Damascus Knife —his Terminus Weapon. He can receive an evolved version of Catastrophe, Catastrophe Nova , which grants him a significant boost in ATK and DMG Cap if his HP is equal to or less than 200,000 HP . He can also receive another stack of DMG Cap, a Sigil Booster to escalate all equipped Sigils to 1, and Unbound Master for boosting his Skybound Art damage.

While progressing Chaos

Altachiara

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

Vitality Wrightstone

  • Critical Hit Rate
  • DMG Cap
  • Supplementary DMG

A Transcended Altachiara is the best weapon for Lancelot to progress through the Chaos difficulty quests, especially with the tremendous boost it can offer to his HP. This goes well with Greater Aegis and Stronghold , while accompanied by other HP-raising Sigils, to meet the requirement for activating DMG Cap Ecru . This will give Lancelot a boost on his ATK and DMG Cap , depending on how high his HP is. On top of this, Unbound Exertion will also increase Lancelot's SBA damage cap, so you will want to have this Trait equipped to this weapon.

Summons & equip bonus

Recommended summons

  • Lucilius
  • Beelzebub
  • Lilith
  • Behemoth III

For these traits

  • War Elemental
  • Stout Heart
  • Berserker Echo
  • Spartan Echo

Equip bonus

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

Level 100+ · Endless Ragnarok

Master Traits

Finish with Perfection

Recommended

Rank 1

  • Avalanche now grants ATK +2% per effect lvl.
  • Unique Attack Combo Finishers: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Max HP +15,000

Rank 2

  • Unique Attack (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click) Combo Finishers: DMG Cap +35%
  • Perfect Finishers: ATK +10%
  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • ATK +30%
  • While inflicted with Poison: DMG Cap +100%
  • Insight Rank Perk 1: Extends the window of time to perform a perfect finisher by 10%.

Rank 3

  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Damage Skills grant an additional ATK +20% and DMG Dealt +10% to damage skills
  • Perfect Finishers: DMG Cap +35%
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Damage Skills also grants Regen
  • Kaltzwinger: Also inflicts ATK↓ (10%). Stacks with other master traits of the same effect

Rank EX

  • Insight Rank Perk 3: While Enhanced Damage Skills is in effect, it grows stronger over time. Effect strength resets when Enhanced Damage Skills is removed
  • Turbulenz: DMG Cap +45%
  • Upon performing a perfect dodge: Grants Shield (1000)
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Critical Hit DMG +9%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Skill Acceleration

Rank 1

  • Avalanche now grants ATK +2% per effect lvl
  • Skill Cooldown -3%
  • DMG Cap +15%

Rank 2

  • Normal Attacks (Xbox X / PS Square / Switch 2 Y / Mouse Left-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%

Rank 3

  • Crux Rank Perk 3: At Avalanche lvl 9, skills gain ATK +50% and DMG Cap +50%
  • DMG Cap +25%
  • Critical Hit Rate +25%

Rank EX

  • Essence Rank Perk 3: After performing a perfect finisher, each follow-up finisher deals 30% Supplementary DMG
  • Blauer Dolch: Supplementary DMG Duration +10%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • Blauer Dolch: Cooldown -5%

Artful Dodger

Rank 1

  • Unique Attacks: ATK +10% / DMG Cap +25%. Normal Attacks: ATK -5% / DMG Cap -5%
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • DEF +5%

Rank 2

  • Essence Rank Perk 2: Boosts DEF by a max of +10% based on the number of Enhanced Combo Finishers gained during the quest
  • DMG Cap +20%

Rank 3

  • DMG Cap +25%

Rank EX

  • Crux Rank Perk 3: If Avalanche lvl 9 stays active for at least 10 sec., Lancelot gains Shield (10,000) when Avalanche lvl 9 ends
  • Blade Impulse: DMG Cap +45%
  • While in critical condition: Critical Gauge Depletion -10%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • 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.

We recommend investing in Finish with Perfection as his primary Master Trait, since this can provide more ATK and DMG Cap buffs. You will want to get the DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped skill to compliment the Basic Stat-type Sigils recommended in Lancelot's Best Sigils.

Skill Acceleration is another good alternative to have, which mainly focuses on adding more levels to his Avalanche passive skill. Similarly, unlock DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5) in Artful Dodger to boost his defense in battle.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Avalanche Stacks (Endless Ragnarok)

    Lancelot's Avalanche levels can now reach 9 instead of the usual 5. His combos remain the same: normal attack spams, unleash an offensive skill in between, then use Twin Blade Dance when necessary, especially when needing to dodge. His combos become increasingly stronger, especially with the increase in Avalanche levels.

  • Lancelot Burst Combo Pre-DLC4 steps
    1. 1Activate Blauer Dolch.
    2. 2Close the gap with Blade Impulse.
    3. 3Keep hitting the enemy with the normal attack combo.
    4. 4Activate Stiller Glanz before hitting the Combo Finisher.

    Lancelot's best burst combo uses his normal attack combo, triggering an aggressive series of attacks. This is best started with the additional Supplementary DMG from Blauer Dolch , followed by a quick start with Blade Impulse , which you can immediately chain with the normal attack combo.

    You will want to keep hitting the enemy until his Stiller Glanz passive is activated, which will wrap his blades in ice and ultimately increase damage output. Once this occurs, you can end the combo with Combo Finisher, then repeat the attack combo as necessary.

  • Chain Skills During Combos

    Lancelot's offensive skills are better optimized once they are chained to his combos, especially with Blauer Dolch taken into effect. To speed up his combo, use Blade Impulse to close the gap between Lancelot and the enemy immediately, then begin the combo.

    We recommend unleashing Southern Cross between the combo, then doing more chains before finishing the combo, especially after Stiller Glanz. Afterwards, follow this up with Kaltzwinger , as well as his Link Attack if given the prompt.

  • Utilize His Dodge Attack

    Utilize his Twin Blade Dance to dodge enemies rather than the regular dodge mechanic. Apart from dealing some damage to your enemy, getting the chance to execute a perfect dodge can render Lancelot temporarily Invincible, which is a good opening to spam his normal attack combo and offensive skills.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Blauer Dolch, Blade Impulse, and Southern Cross

You will want to equip Southern Cross to Lancelot, as this is his highest DPS skill. On the other hand, Blade Impulse will provide Lancelot the convenience of closing the gap between him and an enemy, which is also chainable at the start or in between Lancelot's attack combo.

To deal more damage, Balauer Dolch can temporarily grant Lancelot Supplementary DMG for 30 seconds, which is a considerable length given his fast-paced attacks. Lastly, you will want to include Turbulenz , which can give Lancelot a chance to dodge up in the air, then deal damage in his surrounding area. Like Blade Impulse, this skill can be chainable to his normal attack combo.

SkillEffectApplies
Blade ImpulseRecommendedA fast lunge that is chainable into a combo.
    Blauer DolchRecommendedGrants Supplementary DMG to Lancelot.
      KaltzwingerCasts an ice trap that inflicts Glaciate. Hold while casting to prolong the duration.
        LawinensturmAn ice-infused ranged attack. Can be activated multiple times in a row.
          LuftspiegelungGrants Mirror Image to Lancelot.
            SchwertgeistRedistributes Lancelot's SBA gauge to all allies.
              Southern CrossRecommendedA fast multi-hit attack that is chainable into a normal attack combo.
                TurbulenzRecommendedDodges into the air, and then slams down with an area-of-effect attack that is chainable into a normal attack combo.

                  Situational swaps: Kaltzwinger, Lawinensturm.Kaltzwinger can fit in as an alternative to Turbulenz, which can trap enemies in its area of effect with Glaciate. Lawinensturm is also a good skill to consider, especially when up against flying enemies. Activating this while the gauge is full can allow you to spam hits to enemies from a distance.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Altachiara25432003HP, Garrison
                  Knight of Ice11191013ATK, HP
                  Blanc Comme Neige13383320Weak Point DMG, Break Assassin
                  Vegalta15102299Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Hoarfrost Blade Persius20272660Stun Power, Linked Together
                  Damascus Knife10893683Catastrophe, Regen, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Eugen, Captain, Cagliostro

                  With Lancelot as your primary damage dealer, Eugen can back him up as the long-ranged secondary DPS. Apart from boasting incredible damage and a perfect aim, he also has support movesets that can debuff your enemies, such as Venom Grenade and Paralyzing Bullet . You will want to incapacitate your enemies to maximize Lancelot's aggressive combos and skills.

                  The Captain (Gran/Djeeta) can support the team as an all-rounder. Apart from granting buffs, they can also provide debuffs on enemies, while also inflicting melee damage with Lancelot. As Lancelot, Eugen, and The Captain (Gran/Djeeta) deal more damage, Cagliostro can toughen up the team with her Phantasmagoria while also healing them from the sidelines.

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