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Rosetta

Plant the garden, buff the party

Element
Dark
Weapon
Dagger
Role
Support
Range
Melee
Release
Base game
Difficulty
3 out of 5
Rosetta official artwork

Signature mechanic

Roses level up and buff the whole team

Rosetta plants roses that attack independently and level up as they land hits; Overgrowth then converts the highest-level rose into party-wide buffs whenever she uses a combo finisher. The endgame Battlefield Cultivator loop is about placing roses efficiently, dodge-cancelling the placement animation, and keeping finishers flowing to refresh buffs. She is a setup character in a game that often does not give you setup time.

Rosetta is a reliable healer but a poor attacker, especially against mobile enemies. Despite her high support capabilities, she has relatively low base damage and requires proper rose setups to deal damage if used as a DPS.— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Rose Garden

    Rosetta plants roses that attack foes within range. Roses level up as they hit foes, enhancing their capabilities.

  • Overgrowth

    Planted roses grant various buffs to their entire party whenever Rosetta uses a combo finisher. The highest leveled rose determines effect strength.

How to unlock

Players may obtain Rosetta upon progressing through the first chapter of the main story.

Strengths

  • 1

    Strong sustained party buffs

    Overgrowth buffs scale with rose level and refresh on every finisher, giving high uptime once established.

  • 2

    Reliable healing

    One of the more dependable healers in the roster for parties without Cagliostro.

  • 3

    Zone control

    Roses keep damaging a stationary target while you reposition, which is rare for a support.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Poor personal damage

    Low base damage means a DPS-built Rosetta is a compromise even with perfect rose setups.

  • 2

    Hard countered by mobile bosses

    Roses are stationary — against anything that repositions constantly, half her kit is wasted.

  • 3

    Slow ramp

    Roses need time to level, so short burst windows and DPS checks favour almost anyone else.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

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

Battlefield Cultivator. Learn the dodge-cancel on rose placement — without it her uptime in Chaos++ is far too low.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

This build leans into improving Rosetta as a DPS character while meeting certain health thresholds to activate other better-performing traits and Mastery Traits.

Her Mastery Trait has a node that requires equipping a Basic Stats-type Sigil for a 20% damage cap, so we recommend equipping her with 2 Healths and 3 Stun Powers to obtain the 100% damage cap increase that it will provide.

To increase her damage output any further, equip Fatebreaker , Celestial Lumen , and Celestial Terra . Go for Improved Dodge and Steel Nerves for better survivability.

SigilSlotTraits
Rose's Awakening+Character sigil2 slots
  • Rose's Blooming — Shortens the time between a rose's next attack.
  • Rose's Profusion — Boosts the strength of positive status effects granted by roses.
Rose's Warpath+
  • Rose's Warpath — Boosts effect strength granted by planted roses, and enhances damage dealt by roses, but they wilt faster.
  • 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 Over Masteries, Skill Damage, and Normal Attack Damage Cap Up are ideal since these would directly boost the damage of Rosetta's plants. Critical Hit Rate Up will help you deal critical hits more consistently. Skybound Art Damage Cap Up lets you deal more damage with SBA since we aim to have it up constantly.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Primal Dagger of Bahamut Coda

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 Cooldown

Rosetta's best weapon is her Transcended Terminus, Primal Dagger of Bahamut Coda . This comes with Catastrophe Nova , which will grant a huge boost in ATK and DMG Cap, provided that Rosetta's HP is equal to or below 200,000 . She will benefit from a separate DMG Cap trait, along with a Sigil Booster that will raise the levels of the Sigils equipped to her. The Unbound Master trait can increase the damage that she will be able to inflict during her Skybound Art.

While progressing Chaos

Egoism

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

While progressing through the DLC, a good weapon alternative will be Egoism , one of the best transcended weapons for Rosetta. It has an increased damage cap via DMG Cap Ecru, as well as defensive traits such as HP and Greater Aegis. These features make it an excellent weapon with a good mix of offensive and defensive properties.

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

Battlefield Cultivator

Recommended

Rank 1

  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Rose ATK +10%
  • Unique Attacks: ATK +10%

Rank 2

  • Max HP +15,000
  • Essence Rank Perk 1: ATK↓ inflicts an additional ATK -1% per rose lvl
  • Essence Rank Perk 1: DEF↓ inflicts an additional DEF -1% per rose lvl
  • Essence Rank Perk 2: Also grants Regen to party members
  • Rose Tycoon: Cooldown -5%
  • Normal Attacks (Xbox X / PS Square / Switch 2 Y / Mouse Left-Click): DMG Cap +35%

Rank 3

  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • ATK +20%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +25%
  • Essence Rank Perk 2: ATK↑ and DEF↑ granted by Combo D's extra attacks grant an additional ATK and DEF +1% per rose lvl
  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%

Rank EX

  • Essence Rank Perk 3: Party members inside 3 overlapping AoEs gain an additional Skill Cooldown -3%
  • Iron Maiden: Buff Duration +10% (Stout Heart / Iron Maiden)
  • Rose Tycoon: Poison Duration +10%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Rose Requiem

Rank 1

  • Max HP +15,000
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Skill Cooldown -3%
  • Rose Attack Interval -10%

Rank 2

  • DMG Cap +20%

Rank 3

  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)

Rank EX

  • Spiral Rose: 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%

Fortified Roses

Rank 1

  • Max HP +15,000
  • DMG Cap +15%
  • Unique Attacks: ATK +10%

Rank 2

  • Skill DMG Cap +35%
  • Unique Attacks (Xbox Y / PS Triangle / Switch 2 X / Mouse Right-Click): DMG Cap +35%
  • Critical Hit Rate +15%

Rank 3

  • Rose DMG Cap +30%
  • DMG Cap +25%
  • HP +10,000 per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 4)

Rank EX

  • While in critical condition: Critical Gauge Depletion -10%
  • DEF +6% per Defense- or Support-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • 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%
  • Crux Rank Perk 3: Reduces rose damage required to gain Stackable ATK↑, Supplementary DMG, and DMG↑ by 1,000,000
  • Stun Power +4

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

Rosetta works well with Essence: Battlefield Cultivator , primarily due to her stacking debuffs and Supplementary DMG boost, including the other members in the team. It is also easier to activate when faced with a fast-moving foe, since she will rely more on her combo rather than her skills.

For all of her Mastery Traits, you will want to aim for the nodes that will grant her DMG Cap, ATK, and DEF boosts based on the number of a specific Sigil equipped, since they can stack up and increase her performance in battle.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Battlefield Cultivator Combo (Endless Ragnarok)

    Begin the usual combo from the base game: summon Rose Tycoon, follow it with Spiral Rose, then quickly buff Rosetta up with Iron Maiden. Keep executing Combo D on the boss. Whenever an extra attack lands during a Combo Finisher, this will debuff the enemy with lower ATK and DEF.

  • Iron Maiden Combo Pre-DLC6 steps
    1. 1Make sure 3 roses are planted in the arena
    2. 2Summon roses around a boss with Rose Tycoon
    3. 3Use Spiral Rose to start the attack
    4. 4Use Iron Maiden
    5. 5Use Combo D, which consists of 4 Normal Attacks and 1 Unique Attack combo finisher
    6. 6Repeat Combo D and use skills when off cooldown.

    Rosetta's strongest combo involves using all of her skills on a relatively immobile enemy to maximize her damage output. Make sure to always use Combo D since this applies a buff that increases your roses' damage .

  • Know Her Rose Buffs

    You will notice Rosetta with different colored marks on her feet and on her roses. These colors indicate a type of buff that is applied to your whole team when within a rose's radius. You can choose what buff to have active by using its respective number of Normal Attacks before a combo finisher.

  • Dodge Cancel Her Rose Placement

    Placing roses locks you in an animation , and moving too early will cancel your rose placement. You can skip this by dodging immediately after the circle appears underneath Rosetta. With this, you can get out of the animation sooner while still placing your roses.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Rose Tycoon and Spiral Rose

Rosetta's kit revolves around delivering continuous attacks with her plants . Thus, Rose Tycoon and Spiral Rose are mandatory skills to have since they allow Rosetta to attack with her plants.

Additionally, Iron Maiden is needed for a DPS build since this skill grants Stout Heart and Iron Maiden. Stout Heart allows you to focus purely on attacking, and Iron Maiden allows you to coordinate attacks with your plants.

Lastly, Rosetta provides some survivability for herself and her team with Rose Barrier , which directly decreases the damage taken by allies.

SkillEffectApplies
BouquetPlants the max number of roses in front of Rosetta. Existing roses are replanted and gain a level. Roses restore allies' HP and remove all debuffs.
    Iron MaidenRecommendedGrants Stout Heart and Iron Maiden to Rosetta.
      Lost LoveCauses planted roses to explode and scatter. Damage is based on a rose's level. New roses are planted where the exploded ones were.
        MesmerizeRoses compel foes within range to attack them.
          Rose BarrierRecommendedCreates a barrier around a rose that grants DMG Cut to all allies within its radius. Effect strength is based on the rose's level.
            Rose TycoonRecommendedReplants all roses to be in front of Rosetta or around a locked'on'foe. Roses also inflict Poison to the surrounded foe.
              SillageRosetta plants a rose where she stands and immediately dodges back. Roses planted by Sillage gain a level.
                Spiral RoseRecommendedA multi-hit vine attack that targets foes near Rosetta. Also causes all planted roses to attack.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Egoism25782003HP, Garrison
                  Love Eternal11541013ATK, HP
                  Cortana13733320Weak Point DMG, Break Assassin
                  Rose Crystal Knife15452299Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG
                  Sword Breaker20622660Stun Power, Linked Together
                  Primal Dagger of Bahamut Coda10896283Catastrophe, Regen, DMG Cap, Sigil Booster

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Captain, Eugen, and Cagliostro

                  Make sure to bring Allies that can provide buffs and utility to further improve Rosetta's damage. The Captain and Cagliostro have several skills that focus on applying buffs to allies and debuffs to enemies. Lastly, Eugen serves as a secondary ranged DPS with access to crowd control skills.

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