Elena

[1/17/2024 Patch]: Her S3 now gets to cleanse 1 debuff of each ally.

Elena’s kit make her more of a support healer than a primary one. Her strength lies in being able to mitigate AoE damage for all allies and provide them with AoE invincibility and bonus 50% effect resistance that stacks with whatever effect resistance they already have.

Her skill 1 also cleanses 1 debuff off of 2 allies and if you choose to soul burn, she can cleanse all debuffs at the expense of 20 souls. Her second skill is a passive gives AoE damage reduction that heals the team based off her max health every 2 turns when she gets hit by an attack. This means she will be good against AoE teams and not as good against single target teams. Since her passive will not proc if she isn’t attacked.

Her skill 3 provides invincibility + increased effect resistance and cleanse 1 debuff for all allies and attacks all enemy at the same time. This can prove to be very useful against AoE attackers like Arbiter Vildred and Seaside Bellona.

She is an okay (not recommended) replacement for Angelic Montmorancy in terms of cleansing. Better yet, build both and have double cleansers for Guild Wars!

Her PvE capabilities is also good since you can abuse invincibility at times in need, especially in Abyss Tower and Labyrinth Raids! However, she’s still considered to be more of a PVP unit, especially one that’s anti-AoE.

Build Notes

Elena actually works really well with Counter, since her s1 cleanses debuffs from her allies whenever she procs it. However, that does take a higher gear requirement, and Speed/Immunity can work well if you can’t build Counter. A good Elena build should have about:

• 15,000+ HP
• 1,500 Defense
• 180%+ Effect Resistance (200% is optimal)
• 230 Speed (200+ Speed if on Counter)

It’s also worth noting that Elena can’t use typical Soul Weaver artifacts like Rod of Amaryllis, due to the fact that her s3 is not a non-attack skill, even though her S2 can proc them. As such, you’ll have to use other artifacts, like Celestine or Wondrous Potion Vial. However, Magaraha’s Tome is considered the best artifact for her.

Note: In either build, you can substitute her DEF% ring for HP% or Effect Resistance% if you have enough HP from just her necklace and substats. However, that’ll still mean it’s a little more difficult to get the optimal DEF%, as you’ll mainly have to rely on substats.