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Sandalphon

Ascend, and the fight stops being fair

Element
Light
Weapon
Sabre
Role
DPS
Range
Melee
Release
Free update
Difficulty
3 out of 5
Sandalphon official artwork

Signature mechanic

Archangel gauge into Chromatic Wings

Sandalphon fills the Archangel gauge with specific attacks and charges, then converts it into Chromatic Wings and his Supreme Primarch state. Righteous Deed rewards perfectly timed attacks chained in a combo, and his normal-attack timing window opens immediately after the previous hit connects — tighter than it looks. Zohar Strike spam during Link Time is his big burst.

After the stat changes in update 2.0.2, Sandalphon has gone down in rank; while he still deals high DPS, it is no longer as overwhelming as before. He still stands as one of the best characters in the game with his ease of use. In his Supreme Primarch Mode, he has multiple buffs that give him high survivability— Game8 tier assessment

Support skills (passives)

  • Tetra-Elemental Power

    Allows Sandalphon to gain Chromatic Wings by charging once the Archangel gauge is full. Landing specific attacks and charging fills the gauge.

  • Righteous Deed

    Enhances perfectly timed attacks when they are chained in a combo.

How to unlock

Sandalphon can be unlocked by trading 3 Canaan Whitebloom for his Crewmate Card. This can be done via the Treasure Trade in Siero's Knickknack Shack .

Strengths

  • 1

    High damage with easy access

    Still one of the strongest characters in the game and notably simpler than other top DPS.

  • 2

    Powerful transformation state

    Supreme Primarch dramatically raises his output for the duration.

  • 3

    Good Link Time payoff

    Zohar Strike spam converts team burst windows into large damage.

Weaknesses

  • 1

    Nerfed in 2.0.2

    The Endless Ragnarok stat changes cut him down from dominant to merely strong.

  • 2

    Tight attack timing

    The perfectly-timed window is immediately after the hit connects, which takes real practice.

  • 3

    Buff tracking

    You have to watch the Chromatic Wings+ icon to know when Limitless Light expires.

Gear

Builds by progression stage

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

Promising Wings. Track Limitless Light on the Chromatic Wings+ icon and use Breath of Life when you need the reset.

Sigil loadout — Fatebreaker

Thanks to the new Master Trait system, you can utilize traits that grants a increased DMG Cap per Basic Stats-type sigil , becoming the primary way to push the damage cap. We recommend fully utilizing these traits by equipping five Basic Stats sigils, particularly Stun Power for a massive stun damage boost.

You should also equip Endless Ragnarok-exclusive traits like Fatebreaker, Celestial Lumen, and Celestial Terra for additional damage and Damage Cap. For your remaining sigil slots, choose survivability traits like Improved Dodge, Potion Hoarder, and Guts, alongside support traits like Uplift and Quick Cooldown.

Lastly, get Sandalphon's character exclusive traits, namely the Supreme Primarch's Warpath and the Supreme Primarch's Awe for the increase gauge generation and damage.

SigilSlotTraits
Supreme Primarch's WarpathCharacter sigil2 slots
  • Supreme Primarch's Warpath — Boosts the fill or restoration amount of the Archangel gauge upon triggering a perfect dodge with Lightstep. Also grants Enhanced DMG to Sandalphon if Chromatic WIngs is active.
  • Uplift — Boosts the charge speed of your SBA gauge.
Supreme Primarch's Awe
  • Supreme Primarch's Awe — Boosts damage cap of perfect normal and unique attacks. Landing perfect attacks fills Sandalphon's Archangel gauge.
  • 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.
  • Fatebreaker — Boosts attack, defense, and damage cap when participating in Fatebreaker-grade quests.
Stun Power V+
  • Stun Power — Boosts stun power.
  • Quick Cooldown — Shortens skill cooldowns.
Celestial Lumen V+Attack / special4 slots
  • 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.
Supplementary Damage V+
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
  • Autorevive — Automatically recover from critical condition. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Supplementary Damage V+
  • Supplementary DMG — Grants a certain chance for normal attacks and damage skills to deal supplementary damage.
  • Improved Dodge — Extends the window for for attacks to miss during a dodge. Allows you to perform more dodges in a row.
Greater Aegis V+
  • Greater Aegis — Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
  • Guts — Survive a lethal hit with 1 HP. Reactivation time is shortened based on trait level.
Steel Nerves V+Defense / support1 slot
  • Steel Nerves — Takes less damage while Stouth Heart is active.
  • 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
  • Skybound Art Damage Up
  • Normal Attack Damage Cap Up

The best Over Mastery bonuses for Sandalphon are Normal Attack Damage Cap Up for more Lightstep damage and Skill Damage Cap Up for increase damage of all your offensive skills. Skybound Art Damage Cap Up increases your SBA damage, while Critical Hit Rate Up helps you get 100% Crit Chance but is not necessary, especially in the endgame where you have all your Masteries unlocked. If you have Critical Hit Rate capped, get Stun Power instead.

Best-in-slot — transcended Terminus

Efes, Heaven

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

Fortification Wrightstone

  • HP
  • Supplementary DMG
  • Cascade

The best weapon for Sandalphon is his newly introduced Terminus weapon , Efos . Its Catastrophe Nova trait massively increases ATK and DMG Cap in exchange for keeping Health at 200,000 or less . Together with Sigil Booster and Unbound Master, this pushes your damage to the absolute limit. For changeable traits, we suggest Drain for added sustain and aggressive play.

While progressing Chaos

Apprentice

II
Greater AegisLv 30Greatly raises maximum health in proportion to your current maximum health.
I
HPLv 25Boosts base 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

Fortification Wrightstone

  • HP
  • DMG Cap
  • Supplementary DMG

Before you are able Transcend your Terminus weapon, you would have to reach the end of the DLC, so we recommend the Apprentice as the primary weapon for Sandalphon during the Endless Ragnarok progression. This Defender weapon massively increases your Health pool to survive harder-hitting enemies while providing more damage through its new traits.

Summons & equip bonus

Recommended summons

  • Lucilius
  • Beelzebub
  • Rolan
  • Vrazarek Firewyrm 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 Up
  • Stun Power Up

Level 100+ · Endless Ragnarok

Master Traits

Promising Wings

Recommended

Rank 1

  • Attacks: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 2

  • Unique Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • Combo Finishers: DMG Cap +35%
  • Insight Rank 1: Archangel Gauge Gain +5%
  • No Way Out: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +25%
  • ATK +30%

Rank 3

  • Insight Rank 2: Limitless Light grants an additional ATK+10%
  • While Chromatic Wings is active: DMG Cap +35%
  • Insight Rank 2: Limitless Light Duration +20%
  • Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +20% per Basic Stats-type sigil equipped (max sigils: 5)
  • Max HP +15000

Rank EX

  • Zohar StrikeL DMG Dealt +5%
  • No Way Out: DMG Cap +45%
  • Ecliptica 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 Rate +25%
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Finding Refuge

Rank 1

  • While Chromatic Wings is active: ATK +10%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • While Chromatic Wings is active: Sandalphone gains DMG Cut

Rank 2

  • Attacks: DMG Cap +35%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 3

  • Buffs granted to Sandalphon: Buff Duration +10%
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%

Rank EX

  • Essence Rank 1: While Chromatic Wings is active, Lucent Refuge lvl 3 also grants ATK +15%
  • While Chromatic Wings is active: Sandalphon gains DMG Dealt +5%
  • Talviyö: DMG Cap +45%
  • ATK +10% per Attack-type sigil equipped
  • DMG Cap +35%
  • DMG Cap +35%

Bell Tolls for Thee

Rank 1

  • While Chromatic Wings is active: Skill Cooldown -2%
  • While Chromatic Wings is active: Etereal Prison also grants DMG 5%
  • DMG Cap +20%
  • Max HP +15000

Rank 2

  • Crux Rank 1: Zohar Strike deals an additional 0.5% DMG per effect lvl to foes inflicted with Bell of War
  • Skill DMG Cap +35%

Rank 3

  • While Chromatic Wings is active: Revontulet gains ATK +10% and DMG Cap +45%
  • DMG Cap +30%

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%

This distribution considers Master Level 50.

For Sandalphon's Master Traits, we recommend Promising Wings for consistent rotations and good Chromatic Wings uptime. For subtraits, prioritize the DMG Cap per Basic Stats-type sigil , followed by all available DMG Cap, DMG increase, Health boosts, and utility effects like longer Buff Duration and Gauge Gain.

Execution

Combos & rotation

  • Sandalphon Best Combo8 steps
    1. 1If you have The Power of One equipped, cast it.
    2. 2Activate Talviyö to quickly fill up your Archeangel gauge.
    3. 3Once your gauge is full, hold the Unique Attack button to activate your Chromatic Wings.
    4. 4Use Ethereal Prison to inflict Bell of War onto enemies.
    5. 5Cast No Way Out immediately after, then execute your Combo Finisher. Shorten the long follow-up animation of your Combo Finisher by evading as soon as your sword hits the enemy.
    6. 6Use Revontulet, then follow up with your Combo Finisher.
    7. 7Do a set of normal attacks and end it with another Combo Finisher.
    8. 8Activate Zohar Strike before the Limitless Light runs out to refund half your Archangel gauge.

    With the recent changes to Sandalphon's damage cap, the Lightstep spam is no longer the optimal DPS option for Sandalphon. After investing in Promising Wings, the recommended rotation is as follows:

  • Use Skills and Perfectly Timed Attacks to Fill Up Archangel Gauge6 steps
    1. 1Cast Ecliptica, your fastest cooldown offensive skill, followed immediately by your Combo Finisher.
    2. 2Activate No Way Out, followed immediately by a Combo Finisher.
    3. 3Trigger an available Link Attack, followed by a Combo Finisher.
    4. 4If you have Revontulet equipped, cast it followed by another Combo Finisher.
    5. 5Use perfectly timed Normal Attacks to fill your gauge, or hold the Unique Attack button to fill it slowly.
    6. 6Activate Ecliptica or No Way Out again, followed by your final Combo Finisher to fill your gauge.

    Once Chromatic Wings ends, your Archangel gauge should be half full. Use your other offensive skills followed by a Combo Finisher to quickly regain Chromatic Wings. When all skills are on cooldown, use perfectly timed Normal Attacks or hold the Unique Attack button to fill your gauge. The ideal combo is as follows:

  • Normal Attack Timing is Immediately After His Attack Connects

    To perfectly time Sandalphon's Normal Attack, press the input immediately after his strike connects with an enemy. In total you would be pressing the Normal Attack button 6 times, then click on the Unique Attack button after the sixth attack. We recommend relying on audio cues to master the rhythm between the hit and your input.

  • Track Limitless Light Expiration Using the Chromatic Wings+ Icon

    You can determine the expiration of Limitless Light by keeping an eye on the Chromatic Wings+ icon above Sandalphon's model. Even if you do not get to unleash your entire combo, it is highly recommended to cast Zohar Strike before the buff expires or you will have trouble gaining back your Chromatic Wings.

    Note that you will only receive your Archangel gauge refund if the explosion from Zohar Strike happens before the buff expires , so make sure to cast it about 2-3 seconds before the icon disappears .

  • Limitless Light Does Not Expire During SBAs

    It is good to keep in mind that the Limitless Light does not expire during SBAs, so make sure you are fully taking advantage of this by not exiting your Chromatic Wings early.

  • Spam Zohar Strike During Link Time

    During Link Time, your best damaging move is to spam Zohar Strike by holding the Unique Attack button repeatedly, as you will not exit Chromatic Wings. Just ensure you stop before Link Time ends so you do not unintentionally exit Chromatic Wings afterward.

  • Use Breath of Life If Needed

    Once you have Chromatic Wings, one of your fixed skills is Breath of Life. Cast it when you or your party need healing, as it acts as a free potion for the entire team.

Kit

Skills

Recommended loadout — Offensive Skills with The Power of One

Talviyö is Sandalphon's most important skill, instantly filling the Archangel gauge for immediate Chromatic Wings as the fight starts . You would also want to equip No Way Out and Ecliptica, as these deal good damage and allow you to fill up your Archangel gauge a lot faster. Lastly, you would want to equip The Power of One as recent ATK buff changes now boosts your ATK above the DMG Cap , which is a powerful team buff.

Alternatively, if you already have an ATK buffer or if you are having a hard time filling up your Archangel gauge, replace The Power of One with Revontulet for faster gauge generation.

SkillEffectApplies
Alone in HeavenSandalphon readies to parry and counter. Upon countering, inflicts Paralysis.
    Breath of LifeRestores HP to the entire party. Restores more HP and removes all debuffs while Chromatic Wings is active.
      EclipticaRecommendedFires 4 magic swords at frontal foes.
        Ethereal PrisonA powerful blast that damages foes and inflicts Elemental Friction. Deals more damage and removes 1 buff from foes while Chromatic Wings is active.
          No Way OutRecommendedA multi-slash lunge attack. Slash radius, damage, number of hits, and movement speed are boosted while Chromatic Wings is active.
            RevontuletCreates a massive ground eruption. While Chromatic Wings is active, blast radius and damage are boosted, and X combos are shortened.
              TalviyöRecommendedCan be activated multiple times in a row to deal a max of 12 hits with good timing. Landing the finisher maxes out the Archangel gauge.
                The Power of OneRecommendedGrants ATK↑, DEF↑, and Critical Hit Rate↑ to the entire party.

                  Weapon list

                  WeaponMax HPMax ATKTraits
                  Apprentice22Greater Aegis, Stronghold, Quick Cooldown
                  World Ender34ATK, Supplementary DMG
                  Efes, Heaven's Terminus114917083Catastrophe, Regen
                  Sword of Michael25682497Critical Hit Rate, Critical DMG

                  Party

                  Recommended team — Cagliostro, Percival, and Fraux

                  Sandalphon's best teammates are companions who deal significant damage , provide crowd control , and team-wide buffs , which Cagliostro, Percival, and Fraux excel at. They also feature excellent SBA gauge generation, allowing you to unleash SBAs frequently and consistently.

                  For Cagliostro, you would want to equip Phantasmagoria , Rhizomata , and Reinforce for maximum utility. Make sure to invest in Crux: Alchemedic for massive increase in Phantasmagoria buff and to provide massive Shield via her Reinforce.

                  For Percival, the main skill you want is X-Seele , which Petrifies foes, lowering their DEF and Action Speed. Then for the rest of your skill slots, you would want to equip at least 2 offensive skills , ideally Macht and Roter Wirbel , for faster charged attacks.

                  For Fraux, you would want to equip All Fall Down , Indominus , Splendor , and Power Plant . The combination of these skills, together with her Essence: Allure of Strength grants Shield, Drain, and ATK increase to the team, while lowering DEF for enemies.

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