Xavier’s Lumiere is a DEF scaling myth that excels in crowd control in mob stages and debuffing the enemy/enemies. His ranks perform best with his signature weapon, but at low ranks, he can still use the Hunter Claymore, making him a versatile and very beginner friendly companion.
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Strengths
Top tier crowd control
Does not need a lot of DEF to be powerful, even at R0
Weaknesses
Long CD for his support
Quick Summary
If you don’t know what acronyms means, you can find them in Glossary.
Xavier stabs his sword into the ground and deals Moonlight DoT damage in an AOE for 5s. Enemies in range will have their ATK and movement speed reduced for 7.5s. Most mobs will also be trapped within the circle as they take damage. Empowered support skill: Deals additional damage on top of normal support skill damage.
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Skills
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Lunar Radiance
Resonance skill (15s CD) (2 energy cost)
Xavier attacks the target and you follow up with two shots from your gun to damage enemies in an AOE, and also apply Moonstruck, which reduces the enemy’s ATK by 45%.
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Moonfall
Passive skill
You and Xavier’s solo basic attacks against an enemy will mark it with a moon icon - Phasing Moon. Each hit you that the two of you lands will get a stack of Phasing Moon, indicated by the moon icon “filling up”. After 4 stacks, a beam of Moonlight will drop and deal additional damage to the enemy. Enemies within a small area of the beam will have their movement speed reduced by 25%.
Signature Weapon: Moonchaser
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Skills
Basic attacks combo
Charged attack
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Moonburn
Basic attack / Charged attack
Up to 5 single target attacks in a full combo string. Charged attacks deal damage in an AoE.
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Moontide
Active Skill (10s CD) (1 energy cost)
A single button press does 4 counts of damage in a straight line ahead.
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Moonbeam
Passive skill
Every time your active skill hits an enemy, they gain a stack of Phasing Moon (see Xavier’s Passive Skill above).
Active Pair Bonuses
R0 - Moonstruck (debuff from Resonance) lasts 3s longer
R1 - Xavier’s Moonlight does 25% more damage and will also apply 1 Stack of Phasing Moon
R2 - When Xavier’s Moonlight hits, CD for your active skill is reduced by 0.5s and restores some Energy
R3 - When Active and Charged Attacks hit enemies debuffed by resonance, Moonlight is automatically triggered. Any Moonlight that crits will have 30% additional crit dmg.
Once your MN team achieves 5,000 DEF, it is recommended to start building for D2W/Crit instead of DEF.
Preset
Always check cores before starting battle.
Recommended Rotations
Lumiere’s gameplay is very straightforward and doesn’t change much across ranks - in general, use resonance and active skills as they come off cooldown, and charged attacks while waiting. As much as possible, make sure to aim your active skill through as many opponents as possible to maximize mob damage.
His support is possibly the strongest part of the kit and should be used whenever possible. However, it has a very long CD - you can trigger perfect dodges to instantly charge it up and then wait until it stops flashing to make sure you can repeatedly trigger it.
R0 & R-1
When using Lumiere in stable open orbit or his directional orbits, you will usually have to equip an ORB cube. This means that you may not have enough energy to use both active and resonance skills every time their CDs are over. Prioritize using his resonance to maximize damage.
R2+
The R2 pair bonus results in the active cooldown being reduced quickly as Xavier does his solo attacks. Make sure to have EEB equipped so that you can spam it as often as possible.
Hunter Claymore Rotations
Despite being a DEF scaling companion, Lumiere works well with the Hunter Claymore since the strongest part of his kit is the crowd control, which is tied to his support skill, and not his signature weapon. Grouping with just the claymore is tricky, so combining it with Lumiere’s grouping ability makes the claymore’s damage especially effective against mobs. There are no specific notes for Lumiere when using the Hunter Claymore, just follow the usual Claymore Rotation.
