Central Grid Pieces

List of the core grid pieces to most grids.

Calamitous Aquashade

Copies: 3-4

Source: FLASH

Charge Attack

Torrential Thunderstrike	Massive water DMG to a foe (All Water allies gain Counters on DMG.) Additional effect at 4★: All Water allies also gain Drain.

Skills

Cobalt Vitality	Boost to water allies’ ATK, DEF, and DMG cap based on their max HP
Water’s Majesty	Small boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• ATK, DEF, and special cap based on max HP at the start of battle.
  • 70k HP is required to max special cap at 7%.
• Used primarly for HL content or Hrae burst.

Galilei’s Insight

Copies: 1-2

Source: FLASH

Charge Attack

Tyros Wonder	Massive Water damage to a foe. Gain Shield (3500, 3.5T) and Unchallenged (1 times). Additional effect at 4★: Shield (3500, 3.5T) now affects all allies.Also remove 1 debuff from all allies.

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Stamina II	Big boost to water allies’ ATK based on how high HP is
Tsunami’s Restraint	Medium boost to water allies’ double attack rate and critical hit rate

• Core component to crit grids for Varuna.
• Go to option for those without Hrae.
  • Would hold off on barring til close to GW in case the crit setup dies.

Taisai Spirit Bow

Copies: 1

Source: LEGFEST

Charge Attack

Divinity’s Bow of Ruin	Massive Water damage to a foe.Inflict DA Down (180s) and TA Down (180s).Gain Bonus Water DMG (30%, 3.5T). Additional effect at 4★: Also inflict DEF Down (20%, 180s).

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Might I	Big boost to water allies’ ATK
Water’s Might	Small boost to water allies’ ATK

• Core component to crit grids for Varuna.
• Go to option for those without Hrae.
  • Would hold off on barring til close to GW in case the crit setup dies.

Wamdus’s Cnidocyte

Copies: 2

Source: WAMDUS

Charge Attack

Whirling Pierce	Massive water DMG to a foe (All Water allies gain Critical Hit Rate Boosted (Water).) Additional effect at 4★: All Water allies also gain Charge Bar.

Skills

Flood’s Verity	Massive boost to water allies’ critical hit rate
Azure Covenant	Supplement Water allies’ critical hit damage.

• 50k supp per copy in crit grids.
• Will always be two in any crit setup to max supp.

Staff of Renunciation

Copies: 1

Source: DARK OPUS WEAPONS

Charge Attack

Skills

Oceansoul’s Majesty III	Big boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP
Guiding Revelation	A symbol of apocalyptic corruption. Empowered by a chosen pendulum.
Guiding Gospel	A symbol of evolution’s holy outcome. Empowered by a chosen pendulum.

• Big magna ATK and HP, cap up of choice at FLB, and third skill of many powerful options at ULB.
• Generally the only source of magna mod in primal grids.
• Typically used for bursting.
• Frequently used keys: Echo

Staff of Repudiation

Copies: 1

Source: DARK OPUS WEAPONS

Charge Attack

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Majesty	Big boost to Water allies’ ATK and max HP
Guiding Revelation	A symbol of apocalyptic corruption. Empowered by a chosen pendulum.
Guiding Gospel	A symbol of evolution’s holy outcome. Empowered by a chosen pendulum.

• Big magna ATK and HP, cap up of choice at FLB, and third skill of many powerful options at ULB.
• Typically used for FA and hard content.
• Frequently used keys: Ougi, Stamina, Echo.

Wand of Charmtide

Copies: 1

Source: SERAPHIC WEAPONS

Charge Attack

Tide’s Embrace	Massive Water damage to a foe. All allies gain Water ATK Boosted (20%, 3.5t) and Fire DMG Lowered (20%, 3.5t).

Skills

Gabriel’s Blessing III	Amplify Water allies’ damage against Fire foes by 23%.
Water’s Majesty	Small boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• 20-23% seraphic mod that boosts all Water damage by when fighting on element.
• Core to on element raids.

Cap Break

Weapons that break cap either via cap up or supplemental.

Xuanwu Mace Malus

Copies: 1

Source: ROTB

Charge Attack

Northern Beast Strike	Massive water DMG to a foe (Gain DEF Up.)

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Might	Big boost to water allies’ ATK
Essence of the North	Boost to Water allies’ damage cap.

• Big II Normal mod and 10% cap up.
• Easiest source of cap up to obtain and the largest single source of it.

Reflection of The Moon

Copies:

Source: SANDBOX

Charge Attack

Phobos Blast	Massive water DMG to a foe (Gain Charge Bar.) Additional effect at 4★: Effect increased to Charge Bar. Additional effect at 5★: Effect increased to Charge Bar.

Skills

High Priestess-Moon’s Bewitching	When main weapon: Massive boost to Water allies’ ATK (Modifier: EX). Boost to attack specs of Water allies with Full Moon (Summon).
Sephira Maxi-Water	20% boost to Water allies’ DMG Cap in Arcarum.
Water’s Majesty	Small boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• Needs FLB to be useful.
• At FLB:
  • A strong grid slot thanks to its mix of normal majesty and massive EX.
  • Generally limited in usage outside of Extra grids.
• At ULB:
  • An all around great slot thanks to both its mix of mads and the additional 5% cap up.
  • Good option for many normal grids.
• While the unique skill can needs setup to be in the correct phase of the moon, the cap up provided for it is very substantial and can find use in longer bursts.

Rise of Justice

Copies: 1

Source: SANDBOX

Charge Attack

Sentencing Sword	Unworldly Water damage to a foe (Damage cap: 2,550,000). (Consume 60% of MC’s current HP.) Additional effect at 4★: Effect increased to Shield. Additional effect at 5★: Effect increased to Shield.

Skills

Empress-Justice’s Virtue	When main weapon: Massive boost to Water allies’ ATK (Modifier: EX). Water allies restore 10% HP upon casting Dispel|buff-removing skills (Healing cap: 3000).
Sephira Maxi-Water	20% boost to Water allies’ DMG Cap in Arcarum.
Water’s Majesty	Small boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• Needs FLB to be useful.
• At FLB:
  • A strong grid slot thanks to its mix of normal majesty and massive EX.
  • Generally limited in usage outside of Extra grids.
• At ULB:
  • An all around great slot thanks to both its mix of mads and the additional 5% cap up.
  • Good option for many normal grids.
• Passive 3k heals are solid for harder fights if you have to the dispels to trigger it.

Murgleis

Copies: 1-2

Source: LEGFEST

Charge Attack

Rigens	Massive water DMG to a foe (All allies gain 15% DMG Cut.) Additional effect at 4★: Increased to 35% DMG Cut. Additional effect at 5★: {{{ougi_5s|}}}

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Might II	Big boost to water allies’ ATK
Water’s Trium	Small boost to water allies’ multiattack rate

• ATK awakening provides an additional 40% might and 5% cap on top of the massive normal attack makes the weapon a worthy slot again.
• Trium is helpful for burst setups.

Blue Sphere

Copies: 1

Source: FLASH

Charge Attack

Bailout	Massive water DMG to a foe (Gain Mirror Image.) Additional effect at 4★: Mirror Image now affects all allies. (All allies also gain Refresh.)

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Might II	Big boost to water allies’ ATK
Tsunami’s Sentence	Medium boost to water allies’ C.A. DMG and C.A. DMG cap

• Alternate ATK awakening option to Gamba.
• Generally less useful but having Sentence does make it better for ougi setups.

Auto Cap

Weapons that break auto cap either via cap up or echoes.

Fateless

Copies: 1

Source: SHOP

Charge Attack

Frigid Sting	Massive water DMG to a foe (Remove 1 buff.) Additional effect at 4★: All allies also gain Bonus Water DMG.

Skills

Verglas Sovereign	Unworldly boost to Water allies’ ATK.
Astral Thrust	When main weapon: 10% boost to Water allies’ one-foe attack damage cap against foes with 5 or more debuffs.

• The biggest source of EX mod. Astral can be the only source of grid EX if slotted.
• 10% normal cap with 5 debuffs.
• Excellent mainhand due to echoes and dispel on ougi.
• Slowly being phased out thanks to various other weapons also providing EX as well as Ultima ULB.

Ougi Cap

Weapons that break ougi cap either via cap up or supplemental.

Schrodinger

Copies: 2-3 DEF, 3 ATK

Source: DIASPORA

Charge Attack

Rip and Terror	Massive water DMG to a foe (Gain Critical Up.) Additional effect at 4★: Also gain ATK Sharply Boosted.

Skills

Blade’s Wrath	Boost to ATK, max HP, and multiattack rate based on how many katanas are equipped.
Snowfall’s Quenching	Supplement Water allies’ C.A. DMG based on how high their HP is.
Snowfall’s Ascendancy	10% boost to Water allies’ Special C.A. DMG Cap.’"`UNIQ–ref-00000007-QINU`"’

• Core water ougi weapon as it provides ougi supplemental and special CA cap.
• Excellent source of HP.
• Reccomended to start with two defense awakening to assist with hard content.
• With Schrodinger Mk II it becomes one of the strongest mod slots for magna and sees use in standard burst grids.

Colomba

Copies: 2-3

Source: LUMINIERA MALICE

Charge Attack

Pasquale	Massive water DMG to a foe (All allies gain Charge Bar.) Additional effect at 4★:

Skills

Snowfall’s Crux	Supplement water allies’ C.A. DMG
Bow Voltage	Boost to ATK based on how many bows are equipped.

• Water ougi supplemental weapon that can be aquired before rank 200.
• Excellent for ougi comps pre-Schrondinger but will be replaced once you get them.

Skill Cap

Weapons that break skill cap either via cap up or supplemental.

Knight of Ice

Copies: 2

Source: FLASH

Charge Attack

Weiss Saule	Massive water DMG to a foe (Raise all foes’ Glaciate lvl by 1 (Max: 10).) Additional effect at 4★: Also deal 4-hit, 50% Bonus Water damage (Damage cap: ~135,000 per hit).

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Tempering	Big boost to water allies’ skill DMG cap / Big supplemental boost to skill DMG
Water’s Majesty	Small boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• Boostable skill cap weapon and supp that is great for double Varuna skill damage team.
• Good option for FA setups or skill focused hard content teams.

Raw Damage

Weapons used for as a source of raw damage.

Exo Antaeus

Copies: 0-1 ATK, 4-6 SPC

Source: EXO COCYTUS

Charge Attack

Lago Ghiacciato	Massive water DMG to a foe (MC and a random ally gain Triple Attack Rate Boosted.) Additional effect at 4★: MC also gains Flurry (2-hit).

Skills

Glacial Supremacy	Massive boost to water allies’ ATK
Chthonian Bewailer’s Sanctity	When main weapon upon normal attacks when any foe is in Break (MC only): 4-hit Water damage to random foes. MC gains Charge Bar (10%).

• Execellent source of mod for unboosted grids.
• HP weapon slot used for Hrae setups to maximaze effect of Aquashades.

Fimbul

Copies: 2

Source: RENOWN PENDANT

Charge Attack

Hroovitnir	Massive Water damage to a foe. / Remove 1 debuff. Additional effect at 4★:

Skills

Hoarfrost’s Stamina	Big boost to water allies’ ATK based on how high HP is
Water’s Aegis	Small boost to water allies’ max HP

• HP weapon slot used for Hrae setups to maximaze effect of Aquashades.

Defensive

Weapons that provide HP. Generally HP is provided by spoon or settes, but these are other options if lacking either.

Draconic Buster

Copies: 1

Source: SHOP

Charge Attack

Vortex Sphere	Massive water DMG to a foe (Gain Critical Hit Rate Boosted.) Additional effect at 5★: Also gain ATK Sharply Boosted.

Skills

Wamdus’s Flood	<span class="tooltip" >Boost to Water allies’ ATK<span class="tooltiptext" style="">0.1% per turn per skill level (Max: 25%)’"`UNIQ–ref-00000003-QINU`"’<span class="hr"></span>”’Modifier:”’ EX</span></span> based on number of turns passed.
Four Orbs’ Judgment	Emblem of the four orbs bent on destroying the singular pigment. Empowered by a chosen teluma.
Six Dragons’ Radiance	Emblem of the six colors in which the world is rendered. Empowered by a chosen teluma.

• Alternative opus that trades the more offenseive skills of opus for defensive ones in particular the 30% fire damage reduction or 20% DEF.
• Can’t be slotted with Opus which greatly kills it’s general usage but can still be useful for Revan tier raids or NM200 FAs.

Dark Thrasher

Copies: 0-2

Source: PHRONESIS

Charge Attack

Deadeye Shot	Massive water DMG to a foe (Boost to critical hit rate.) Additional effect at 4★:

Skills

Tsunami’s Garrison	Medium boost to water allies’ DEF based on how low HP is
Tsunami’s Majesty	Medium boost to water allies’ ATK and max HP

• Faramable garrision falls off in useful with increased grid strength but still is useful to have around.

Mainhand Only

Weapons that are strong as mainhands but not so much as grid pieces.

Dante Alighieri

Copies: 1

Source: XENO COCYTUS

Charge Attack

Disperazione Finale	450% Water damage to a foe. (All allies gain Debuff Success Boosted and Strength.) Additional effect at 5★: Damage increased to 550%. Strength (45%-15%, 3.5T) effect increased. Debuff Success Boosted (25%, 3.5T) and Strength (45%-15%, 3.5T) duration increased to Half Turns|3.5 turns.

Skills

Glacial Supremacy	Massive boost to water allies’ ATK
Glacial Frostcage	When main weapon (MC only): 300% Water damage (Damage cap: ~630,000) and inflict ATK Down Stack (15% (30% Max), 180s) and DEF Down Stack (15% (30% Max), 180s) to all foes when a foe uses a special attack.

• Excellent mainhand for Rising Force comps due to the strength of the ougi.

Burst

Water’s main shorter form burst setup is using Manadiver for its teamwide bonus damage and ability to wield its Dark Opus with Chain of Falsehood for teamwide double strike.

The build of the grid will be dedicated to the crit components for both raw damage as well as skill cap up. This will include a mix of Taisai Spirit Bows, Galilei’s Insights, and Wamdus’s Cnidocyte. Cnidocyte’s also provide 50k supp per copy. They compete with Gospel of Water and Sky for that. The former has the advatange of lowering crit pieces needed where the later also provides 7% cap up per copy.

If bringing in Haase, you will want to include her weapon Reflection of The Moon. Additionally, with staff parties, you should also find a spot for Worldvexing Angelos.

Warlock

Haase

Staff of Repudiation

Galilei’s Insight

Galilei’s Insight

Altruism-Soul Staff

Taisai Spirit Bow

Taisai Spirit Bow

Blue Sphere

Gospel of Water and Sky

Gospel of Water and Sky

Ultima Spear

Staff of Repudiation

Taisai Spirit Bow

Taisai Spirit Bow

Altruism-Soul Staff

Wamdus’s Cnidocyte

Wamdus’s Cnidocyte

Blue Sphere

Worldvexing Angelos

Reflection of The Moon

Ultima Spear

With the 150 GM weapon Hraesvelgr, a lot changes. Hrae provides 30% normal amp and 4 hit flurry to MC as well as 100k supp and 10% cap to team as the cost of 100% MA. It is highly powerful and forms the center to longer burst setups. Hrae covers the effects of multiple grands forcing you to change what grands you want. Since supp and 10% cap are covered, the main way to break more cap is via Calamitous Aquashades special cap up. To get more cap up from then, you will need higher grid HP which is where Fimbul comes in providing both HP as well as a stamina mod. When Water exalto drops it will replace the Aquashades.

Soldier

Hraesvelgr

Calamitous Aquashade

Calamitous Aquashade

Calamitous Aquashade

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II

III

IV

V

VI

Murgleis

Fimbul

Worldscathing Leon

Reflection of The Moon

Staff of Repudiation

Ultima Gun

Full Auto

Water’s standard FA setup is similar to burst using Manadiver with Falsehood opus mainhand. The manadiver skill Overtrance Gain Overtrance (6T) and C.A. Instant Standby. (Can’t recast.) has a 3 turn lockout but once up gives MC instant charge and prevents their charge bar from lower. What this means is 6 turns in a row where the MC provides teamwide double strike to the team,. The below example is with bringing in Haase. This, her weapon Reflection of The Moon is used. Also since she provides tons of skill damage, Knight of Ice is a great investment.

Manadiver

Staff of Repudiation

Galilei’s Insight

Murgleis

Worldvexing Angelos

Knight of Ice

Knight of Ice

Reflection of The Moon

Gospel of Water and Sky

Gospel of Water and Sky

Ultima Staff

Another strong FA option is Street King. This provides a very easy way to swap in Haaselia so it similarly uses her weapon. This one leans towards crit for the raw damage. Street King is typically better for longer or harder hitting FAs.

Street King

Exo Antaeus

Gospel of Water and Sky

Knight of Ice

Worldvexing Angelos

Galilei’s Insight

Galilei’s Insight

Taisai Spirit Bow

Reflection of The Moon

Staff of Repudiation

Ultima Staff

It is also possible to Full Auto with Hraesvelgr despite its 100% TA down. This will require compensation with grid and characters so people can TA. Cavalier is an easy option for this as it provides GTA to MC via Valorous Assault Spear:
800% Elemental damage to all foes (Damage cap: ~830,000).
Gain ATK Sharply Boosted (50%, 1 times, 1T).
Gun:
6-hit Elemental damage to a foe (Damage cap: ~110,000 per hit).
Gain Guaranteed TA (3T) and Supplemental Normal Attack DMG (50000, 3T). as well as TA up from Field Commander Gain Field Commander (5T).
All other allies gain Under Command (5T).
(Can only be used when a gun is equipped as main weapon.) to team. Like with burst, Calamitous Aquashade is an ideal cap up break source with the added benefit of HP and defense. Then Knight of Ice and Worldbreaking Tauros are used to up the skill damage from Haase.

Cavalier

Hraesvelgr

Calamitous Aquashade

Calamitous Aquashade

Calamitous Aquashade

Knight of Ice

Knight of Ice

Worldbreaking Tauros

Reflection of The Moon

Staff of Renunciation

Ultima Staff