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Narmaya

Two stances, six butterflies, one perfect cut

Element
Dark
Weapon
Katana
Role
DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Base game
Difficulty
5 out of 5
Narmaya official artwork

Signature mechanic

Dawnfly and Freeflutter stance dancing

Narmaya switches between Dawnfly (slow, heavy, chargeable) and Freeflutter (fast, mobile) stances, with every skill and attack behaving differently in each. Landing attacks and link attacks banks butterflies up to six, which enhance her skills — Setsuna at six butterflies is her biggest hit. The classic loop runs Freeflutter into Dawnfly for the faster charge; Paradigm Shift in Endless Ragnarok adds stance finishers that let you restart combos far sooner.

Narmaya is a tricky character to use, but once you get her play style down, the damage payoff is well worth it. Her skills both debuff enemies and buff herself, which makes her versatile against bosses and mobs. Moreover, her stances can prompt her to have heavy-hitting attacks, along with a wider scope of her Combo Finisher, or switch into a more aggressive approach against her enemies by unleashing a prolonged flurry of slashes.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Butterfly Effect

    Narmaya can switch between Dawnfly stance and Freeflutter stance. Her skills and attacks perform differently based on her stance.

  • Take Flight

    Narmaya's skills are enhanced based on the number of butterflies she has. Landing specific attacks and link attacks grants butterflies.

How to unlock

Players may unlock Narmaya 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

    Enormous damage payoff

    Executed correctly she is among the highest-damage melee characters, with Setsuna hitting like a truck at six butterflies.

  • 2

    Self-sufficient buffs and debuffs

    Dance of Pink Petals gives ATK↑, Supplementary DMG and Stout Heart; Apex of Nothingness parries and applies Slow.

  • 3

    Great against both bosses and mobs

    Stance flexibility means she has an answer to crowds and to single targets.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Steepest learning curve in the roster

    Stance timing, gleam cues and butterfly counting all have to be tracked at once.

  • 2

    Slow Dawnfly commitment

    Charge attacks leave her exposed; without Stout Heart up she gets interrupted constantly.

  • 3

    Punished by downtime

    Dropping the stance rhythm resets your damage state and wastes butterflies.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

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

Paradigm Shift. Press the normal-attack combo immediately after a combo finisher to chain stance finishers — that is the whole modern loop.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

We recommend equipping Narmaya with Basic Stat-type Sigils, such as Health and Stun Power, to meet the requirements for boosting her DMG Cap in her Mastery Traits . To further maximize her damage output, equip her with Fatebreaker, Celestial Lumen, and Celestial Terra . Include Improved Dodge and Steel Nerves among your Sigils to boost her survivability and support during battle.

SigilSlotTraits
Butterfly's Awakening+Character sigil2 slots
  • Butterfly's Grace — Grants more butterflies to Narmaya whenever she lands a combo finisher or link attack.
  • Butterfly's Valor — Grants a certain chance to not consume butterflies.
Butterfly's Warpath+
  • Butterfly's Warpath — Temporarily grants Enhanced DMG and Supplementary DMG to Narmaya whenever she performs a stance shift combo, but her SBA gauge fills more slowly.
  • 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
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up
  • Skybound Art Damage Cap Up

For Narmaya's Over Mastery Bonus, you will want to have Attack Power Up , Normal Attack Damage Cap Up , and Critical Hit Rate Up to maximize Narmaya's fast-hitting combos and damage output. Apart from this, you will want Skybound Art Damage Cap Up to amplify her SBA damage.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Ameno Habakiri

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
  • Quick Charge

Her best Endgame weapon is a Transcended Ameno Habakiri, her Terminus Weapon. This includes an updated version of Catastrophe, Catastrophe Nova . Similar to Catastrophe, she can gain tremendous ATK and DMG Cap if her HP is equal to or less than 200,000 . The Ameno Habakiri can stack another DMG Cap , as well as Unbound Master to raise her Skybound Art's damage. She will also benefit from a Sigil Booster that raises the levels of all Sigils equipped on her.

While progressing Chaos

Nakamaki Nodachi

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

The Nakamaki Nodachi becomes Narmaya's best weapon while progressing through the Chaos difficulty quests, as this can provide her with a raise in HP and ATK. This is better amplified by having an additional HP trait, along with Greater Aegis and Stronghold , to meet the needed HP requirements to activate DMG Cap Ecru. Additionally, her damage during her Skybound Art can be boosted by Unbound Exertion.

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

Paradigm Shift

Recommended

Rank 1

  • DMG Cap +20%
  • While in Dawnfly stance: ATK +10%
  • While in Freeflutter stance: ATK +10%
  • Max HP +15,000

Rank 2

  • Normal Attacks (Xbox X / PS Square / Switch 2 Y / Mouse Left-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • ATK +20%
  • While inflicted with Poison: DMG Cap +100%
  • Dawnfly Zone Attack: Charge Speed +20%
  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Dawnfly Duration +10%
  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Freeflutter Duration +10%

Rank 3

  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Dawnfly grants an additional DMG Cap +5%
  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Dawnfly Duration +10%
  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Freeflutter Duration +10%
  • Max HP +15,000p

Rank EX

  • Insight Rank Perk 2: Enhanced Freeflutter gains an additional Supplementary DMG +5%
  • Dance of Pink Petals: Buff Duration +10% (ATK↑ / Stout Heart / Supplementary DMG)
  • 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%

One Cut, One Kill

Rank 1

  • DMG Cap +20%
  • DEF +5%
  • Skill Cooldown -1%

Rank 2

  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • Boosts Narmaya's ATK by a max of +18% based on her butterfly count

Rank 3

  • While at butterfly count 6: DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +30%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)

Rank EX

  • Essence Rank Perk 3: Upon activating her SBA, Narmaya gains Kaleidoscope
  • Setsuna: ATK +10%
  • Kyokasuigetsu: DMG Cap +45%
  • Transient: DMG Cap +45%
  • Setsuna: DMG Cap +45%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Devoted to Devotion

Rank 1

  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • Max HP +15,000

Rank 2

  • DMG Cap +25%
  • While inflicted with Blight: DMG Cap +100%

Rank 3

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

Rank EX

  • Unique Attack (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click) stance shift combo finishers gain DMG Dealt +5%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • 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%
  • While in critical condition: Critical Gauge Depletion -10%

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

The best Master Trait for Narmaya is Paradigm Shift . This utilizes her stances by having continuous combos and boosting DMG. Narmaya can speed up her combos by immediately pressing the Normal Attack combo after a Combo Finisher, and keep the player's preferred stance continuous.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Paradigm Shift Combo (Endless Ragnarok)

    With the Paradigm Shift Master Trait, Narmaya can now perform Dawnfly Finishers and Freeflutter Finishers. These stance finishers can serve as a starting chain to her combos, which allows her to start Combo Finishers faster. After following her usual combos in either stance, immediately press the Normal Attack Combo upon landing a Combo Finisher, then repeat.

  • Freeflutter to Dawnfly Combo Pre-DLC6 steps
    1. 1Activate Dance of Pink Petals to gain buffs and uninterruptible combos.
    2. 2Switch to Freeflutter Stance, then keep hitting the enemy with the attack button until Narmaya hops into a spin.
    3. 3Once Narmaya lands from the spin, a gleam will occur, which is the perfect cue to switch to Dawnfly stance.
    4. 4Charge up Narmaya's attack in her Dawnfly stance.
    5. 5After executing her charged attack, immediately shift to Freeflutter stance once her sword shows a pink gleam.
    6. 6Repeat the combo when needed.

    Narmaya is more efficient when her Freeflutter stance comes first before her Dawnfly stance. Her attacks in the Dawnfly stance are a bit slower, although heavier when it comes to hits. Charging her attack without following it with a combo takes longer in comparison. You can immediately charge your attack after switching stances, which will be quicker than charging it without a combo.

    Moreover, her Dawnfly can also be used strategically, as she can unleash a shockwave from a distance by immediately switching to Freeflutter after finishing her Dawnfly combo.

  • Unleash A Skill at 6 Butterflies

    Narmaya can accumulate up to 6 butterflies max, either through successful stance combos, through her support skills , or through Link Attacks . The perfect time to unleash a skill is when Narmaya reaches the maximum number of butterflies. Setsuna, in particular, is best used at this point, as it is her highest damage-dealing skill.

  • Use an Offensive Skill Before Dawnfly Charge Attack

    Another fast way to charge Narmaya's normal attack during her Dawnfly stance is to use one of her offensive skills beforehand, such as Kyokasuigetsu and Transient. This can be maximized by having 6 Butterflies at her disposal.

    Performing a Link Attack can also speed up the charging process. After executing a Link Attack, you can quickly charge your attack to unleash the Dawnfly combo.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Kyokasuigetsu to Setsuna

Kyokasuigetsu allows you to dash immediately to your enemy while releasing a certain amount of damage. This is very convenient to close the gap between you and the enemy if you find yourself at a farther spot. Setsuna is Narmaya's strongest skill, as a full charge can release an incredible amount of damage on the enemy. However, maximizing this skill requires a bit of time to charge, so you will need to have traits, such as Quick Cooldown, to spam the skill at full gauge.

The best skill to pair with Setsuna is the Dance of Pink Petals , which provides buffs for ATK and Supplementary Damage, as well as a Stout Heart, which can render Narmaya uninterruptible. You will want to cast this before charging Setsuna to max the gauge without getting cut from enemy hits.

Lastly, the Transient skill is Narmaya's multi-hitting skill that can occur differently depending on her activated stance. It is recommended to perform Transient in her Dawnfly stance, as this deals more considerable damage compared to the Freeflutter stance.

SkillEffectApplies
Apex of NothingnessNarmaya readies to parry and counter. She inflicts Slow and removes 1 buff from a foe on hit. Effect duration and damage is based on butterfly count.
    Crescent MoonUnleashes a long-range slash while jumping back. Skill strength is based on butterfly count.
      Dance of Blue PetalsGrants DEF↑ and restores HP to Narmaya. She also gains 3 butterflies.
        Dance of Pink PetalsRecommendedGrants ATK↑, Stout Heart, and Supplementary DMG to Narmaya. She also gains 3 butterflies.
          KyokasuigetsuRecommendedA fast lunging slash attack. Deals more hits based on butterfly count.
            SetsunaRecommendedA chargeable frontal slash. Charges faster based on butterfly count.
              TransientRecommendedA multi-hit assault that differs based on stance. Deals more hits based on butterfly count.
                Utter DevotionGrants Hostility↑ to Narmaya, and inflicts DEF↓ on nearby foes. She also gains 3 butterflies.

                  Situational swaps: Apex of Nothingness.Apex of Nothingness is a good skill alternative to Transient, as this can inflict a Slow debuff on enemies. This can function as a parry or counter to enemy attacks, which, if timed perfectly, can send Narmaya landing a sudden attack from above.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Nakamaki Nodachi25942003HP, Garrison
                  Venustas11701013ATK, HP
                  Blade of Purification13893320Weak Point DMG, Break Assassin
                  Fluorithium Blade15612299Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Kotetsu20782660Stun Power, Linked Together
                  Ameno Habakiri10893683Catastrophe, Regen, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Captain, Vane, and Cagliostro

                  Narmaya has skills that require some time, including her Dawnfly stance, where she will need to charge an attack to perform a successful combo. Thus, we recommend bringing someone who can provide Invincibility or incapacitate enemies with Stun, such as Vane . Cagliostro and the Captain (Gran/Djeeta) can offer Narmaya some support with buffs and healing from the sidelines.

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