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Cynthia

Ultra Rare · Ranger Carry

Cynthia

UR Ranger Carry F2P to unlock, $$$ to star

Ranger moon-blade crit dealer

“Harness the power of moonlight to purge all evil!”

At a glance

Cynthia is a UR Ranger damage dealer focused on Energy damage and crits. Her Active Skill fires three moon blades, her Ultimate Skill adds Crit Rate and hits an area, and her Passive Skill adds more Crit Rate.

  • High ATK growth (×1.39); crits deal 2× damage.
  • All Energy damage.
Position
Back row
Range
Ranged (800)
Damage type
Energy
Personality
Diligent
Max level / stars
150 / 50★
Appears in game
server day 6
Exclusive weapon
Moon Blade (not released yet)
Awakening
At 50★ (Season 1, day 14)

Stat growth

HP×0.64
ATK×1.39
DEF×0.92

Multiplier on the shared level and star tables. The line marks the average, ×1.0.

In the top 1,000 squads

Sanctuary 688
Sanctuary 2078
Sanctuary 30154

How many of the best squads use this hero, with every hero built the way they usually are at that Sanctuary level.

Ranger heroes take 20% less damage from Warrior. Warlock take 20% less damage from them.

Getting this hero

F2P to unlock, $$$ to star. Featured in a recruitment banner and in the 50-pull guarantee; stars come mostly from packs.

Free

  • Hero Recruitment (Recruit Tickets): about 1.7 Cynthia shards per 100 pulls
  • the 50-pull guarantee in Hero Recruitment can give 10 shards (a full unlock)
  • event milestones
  • free tracks of Hero Passes (10 shards in total)

Free + paid

  • Blades Out event shop (event or alliance currency; Stone Blades are also sold in packs)
  • Magic Box event

Paid

  • paid tracks of Hero Passes (30 shards)
  • Growth Packs and Daily Offers
Unlock
10 shards
To 10★
25 shards
To 30★
175 shards
To 50★
975 shards

Omni Shards (UR) can stand in for the hero's own shards, but only once you own the hero.

Who pairs well

Most common partners

In the top 1,000 squads at Sanctuary 20, Cynthia is in 78. These heroes share the most of them.

Best-ranked squads with Cynthia

  1. #19
  2. #30
  3. #76

Skills

Numbers are at skill level 1 with no star upgrades. Stars show the star levels that upgrade each skill.

  • Auto Attack

    Moon Blade

    Level 4th
    Unlocks at hero Lv 1Every 0.83sUpgraded at5★25★50★

    Uses a moon blade to deal 87.1% ATK Energy DMG to a single enemy.

  • Ultimate Skill

    Moonfall Dance

    Level 1st
    Unlocks at hero Lv 5Ready at 15s, then every 15sUpgraded at10★30★50★

    Increases Crit Rate by 8.2%. Fires a giant moon blade, dealing 521% ATK Energy DMG to enemies in range.

  • Active Skill

    Lunar Hunt

    Level 3rd
    Unlocks at hero Lv 10Ready at 4s, then every 5sUpgraded at15★35★45★

    Randomly locks onto 3 targets, launching 3 moon blades, each dealing 210% ATK Energy DMG.

  • Passive Skill

    Moon's Blessing

    Level 2nd
    Unlocks at hero Lv 20Upgraded at20★45★50★

    In combat, increases 8.2% Crit Rate.

  • Support Skill

    Tenacity

    Fixed level
    Unlocks at hero Lv 30, 40★

    ATK, HP, and DEF +20%; skill cooldown speed +10%.

What to level, what to park

Level, in this order

  1. Moonfall Dance Ultimate Skill
  2. Moon's Blessing Passive Skill
  3. Lunar Hunt Active Skill
  4. Moon Blade Auto Attack

Cynthia's Ultimate Skill is Moonfall Dance; focus on it first. Then Moon's Blessing, because the extra Crit Rate makes every one of her skills hit harder. Lunar Hunt comes after, then her Auto Attack. You might read elsewhere that her Auto Attack should come before Lunar Hunt. I'd keep Lunar Hunt ahead: it does too much of her damage to leave behind.

Tenacity can't be levelled: it unlocks at its star requirement and stays fixed.

Skill check

How much the squad loses if this one skill is left at level 1: win-rate points against strong squads, with the hero's lost damage in brackets. Each column is every hero built the way they usually are at that Sanctuary level. It only counts fights against other squads, so it's one part of the order above, not the whole story. The biggest in each column is in bold.

Cynthia: value of levelling each skill
SkillSanctuary 6 max Lv 2Sanctuary 20 max Lv 8Sanctuary 30 max Lv 30
Moon Blade+1.9 (2% dmg)+11.7 (9% dmg)+9.2 (14% dmg)
Moonfall Dance+1.1 (1% dmg)+2.9 (4% dmg)+6.2 (9% dmg)
Lunar Hunt+2.1 (1% dmg)+6.8 (9% dmg)+19.1 (30% dmg)
Moon's Blessing+0.1 (0% dmg)+0.3 (1% dmg)+2.7 (4% dmg)

Gear

Upgrade first: Weapon Gloves

For a Carry, upgrade Weapon and Gloves first (ATK, Crit Rate), then Chest and Boots. Normal gear isn't tied to a hero. Aim for UR in all four slots, strengthen to +60, then Promote.

Exclusive weapon

Moon Blade

Opens: not released yet

To unlock
30 weapon shards
To 50★
1,005 weapon shards
At 50★
HP +1,251,000, ATK +8,750, DEF +8,750
  1. 5★
    Hero DEF +10%
  2. 10★
    Hero HP +10%
  3. 15★
    Hero ATK +10%
  4. 20★
    upgrades Moon Blade
  5. 25★
    Hero Energy DMG Taken -10%
  6. 30★
    upgrades Moon's Blessing
  7. 35★
    Hero Physical DMG Taken -10%
  8. 40★
    upgrades Lunar Hunt
  9. 45★
    Hero DMG Dealt +10%
  10. 50★
    upgrades Moonfall Dance

Weapon Honor levels 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 each add Ranger Hero ATK +0.5% (+4% in total).

Awakening

Opens: Season 1, day 14. Needs 50★ and 50 Cynthia Awakening Shards (Universal Awakening Shards also work). Awakening lifts the skill level cap from 30 to 40.

Levels
40
Shards for all levels
2,870
At level 40
HP +1,490,016, ATK +11,571, DEF +18,952, DMG RES +5%
  1. Lv 1

    Battle Skill: Moon Blade

    Each Moon Blade cast grants Cynthia 1 stack of Moonlight, capped at 4x the number of Ranger Heroes in your team. Each stack grants Cynthia 1% Energy Dmg Bonus
  2. Lv 10

    Battle Skill: Lunar Hunt

    Lunar Hunt deals 20% additional damage and grants Cynthia 2 stacks of Moonlight.
  3. Lv 20

    Battle Skill: Moonfall Dance

    Consume up to 10 stacks of Moonlight. Moonfall Dance deals 1 additional attack at 60% ATK * number of Moonlight stacks consumed as Energy Dmg to the target
  4. Lv 30

    [Faction Enhance] Soul of Ranger

    In battle, increase all allied Ranger Heroes' ATK, HP, and DEF by 8%
  5. Lv 40

    Lunar Blessing

    When Cynthia lands a Crit on an enemy target, damage increases by an additional 20%

Skill levels 31 to 40 need awakening levels 3 to 40.

Research that helps

Energy DMG Mastery in her squad's tree; Ranger ATK/DMG techs.

  1. Hero tree, Ranger techs (Lab 5-21): ATK +15%, DMG +15% first, then HP +15%, DEF +15%. The cheapest big boost for this hero.
  2. Squad tree for the squad this hero fights in (Lab 9-13): ATK, DEF and HP +5% each, plus Energy DMG +5%.
  3. Hero tree, all-hero techs (Lab 23-24): ATK, DEF, HP and DMG +10% each for every hero.
  4. Offensive or Defensive Tactics (Lab 20-25): +30% ATK, DEF and HP in PvP. Offensive if you attack, Defensive if you mostly guard your city.
  5. Ranger Mastery (Lab 30, late game): Ranger ATK, HP and DEF +15% each, DMG +10%, and Synergy techs that grow with every Ranger hero you field.

Skip the monster-only techs (Blight Slayer, Boost RES) unless this squad hunts monsters.