Elation
Quantum5★Released: 12/09/2026 · v4.5 Aventurine • Waveflair is a Quantum Elation DPS who puts almost all of his damage into his Elation Skill. Every time a teammate attacks, he builds up Fervor, and at 10 points he fires off a free Elation Skill right away, even outside the Aha Instant. He performs well in all 3 endgame modes, so if you need a main DPS, he is well worth pulling.
He suits you if you have teammates who attack a lot, like Ashveil and Mortenax Blade, or if you already own Yao Guang. The nice part is that he doesn't need other Elation characters at all and still works fine on his own in a Follow-up ATK team.
He barely scales with ATK at all. Stack SPD first, then CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG, and you are on the right track.
Summer Rides the Surf
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Today's Good Luck
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Welcome to the Cosmic City
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Until the Flowers Bloom Again
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Mushy Shroomy's Adventures
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The Planar Sphere can be anything. ATK% or Quantum DMG Boost only adds to his non-Elation damage, which is a very small part of his output, so take HP% or DEF% to make him sturdier, and favor the piece with good substats. The Link Rope is Energy Regeneration Rate so his Ultimate comes back faster, and his Ultimate raises his SPD for 4 turns.
SPD comes first because he gets stronger with SPD: the Party in Perfect Paradise Trace turns SPD into Elation. On top of that, Sift Through Gilded Dreams already gives him 48% CRIT DMG.
Almost all of his power is in his Elation Skill, so level it first. His Talent sets the extra damage his Skill and Ultimate deal while he holds Certified Banger. The ATK-based damage on his Skill and Ultimate barely matters, so those can wait.
Revel in Raging Tides matters most because it decides how he plays: with another Elation character it raises Elation, and as the only Elation character his Elation Skill counts as a Follow-up ATK. Party in Perfect Paradise turns SPD into Elation, and Sift Through Gilded Dreams raises CRIT DMG for the whole team.
E1 A Holiday on the Line gives 24% All-Type RES PEN and makes him use his Elation Skill automatically at 10, 20 and 30 Fervor, which means up to 2 more uses per Aha Instant. E2 Idle as the Turning Tide raises the Fervor cap to 50 and gives extra Fervor after each Elation Skill. Both only reach their full value when your teammates attack often enough. E4 Sunlight Runs No Tab is surprisingly useful too, letting all allies ignore an extra 18% DEF when he uses his Skill.
He is the only Elation character here, so his Elation Skill counts as a Follow-up ATK. Ashveil lowers the DEF of all enemies by 40% and raises the CRIT DMG of his Elation Skill, while Mortenax Blade launches Follow-up ATKs and applies DMG amplification debuffs. All three need each other to keep attacking, so Fervor builds up steadily. Besides Hyacine and Huohuo, Luocha, Lingsha and Gallagher also show up in the last slot, or you can put Tribbie or Robin • Summeretto there.
With another Elation character on the team, Revel in Raging Tides raises all allies' Elation by 20%, and his own by an extra 80%. Yao Guang is the top Elation support, and her Ultimate summons a real Aha Instant, so he gets to use the All In version. If you don't have the Trailblazer (Elation), Mortenax Blade can take that slot.
A Sub-DPS who fits him very well: lowers the DEF of all enemies by 40% and launches lots of Follow-up ATKs that feed his Fervor. With only one Elation character on the team, Ashveil also raises the CRIT DMG of his Elation Skill, and in teams with more Elation characters he can still slot in to build Fervor.
Launches Follow-up ATKs and applies powerful DMG amplification debuffs, and can run alongside Ashveil in the same team.
The top Elation support, and she turns on his team-wide Elation boost. With her, he can play as the main DPS or as a secondary damage dealer next to another Elation DPS.
A workable replacement for the Sub-DPS slot in Follow-up ATK teams, thanks to her DMG amplification for the whole team.
A second Elation character to turn on his Elation boost. Note that the Trailblazer's Ultimate does not trigger the All In version.
Works fine with him. He can't use the temporary resources from her Ultimate, but the extra turn it grants still helps him stack Fervor.
A healer who appears in both his Follow-up ATK team and his Elation team.
Every time a teammate attacks, he gains 1 Fervor and 1 Punchline. The Sift Through Gilded Dreams Trace adds 2 more Fervor each time a teammate attacks, up to 6 times, and using his Skill resets that count. His Skill gives 4 Fervor on its own and his Ultimate gives 8. Once Fervor reaches 10, he immediately uses a free "Cheers! To Summer's Blaze" that counts a fixed 20 Punchline.
After that automatic use, his next Elation Skill inside the Aha Instant is enhanced into "All In! To Summer's Blaze." It deals the same hits as the normal version, then consumes all Fervor and adds 1 extra hit on a random enemy for each point consumed. Fervor caps at 30, so the fuller it is when the Aha Instant starts, the harder it hits. The All In version only works in a real Aha Instant: Yao Guang's Ultimate can summon one, but the Trailblazer (Elation)'s Ultimate cannot.
The Revel in Raging Tides Trace checks your team at the start of battle. If there is another Elation character, all allies get 20% Elation and he gets an extra 80%. If he is the only Elation character, his Elation Skill counts as a Follow-up ATK, and every time a teammate attacks he gains 2 more Certified Banger and 1 Punchline, while Aha gains 25 SPD until the end of the Aha Instant. That is what lets him team up with Follow-up ATK characters who are not on the Elation Path.
The Party in Perfect Paradise Trace raises his Elation by 30% once he reaches 140 SPD, and every point of SPD above that adds another 1%, counting up to 200 excess SPD. His Ultimate also raises his own SPD for a full 4 turns and is fairly cheap on Energy, so after the first use you can keep that buff up for most of the fight.
Deals Quantum DMG equal to 140% of Aventurine • Waveflair’s ATK to one designated enemy.
Deals Quantum DMG equal to 300% of Aventurine • Waveflair’s ATK to all enemies. Gains 4 Punchline and 4 “Fervor.”
Deals Quantum DMG equal to 480% of Aventurine • Waveflair’s ATK to all enemies. Gains 6 Punchline and 8 “Fervor.” Increases this unit’s SPD by 39%, lasting for 4 turn(s).
The duration of Aventurine • Waveflair’s “Certified Banger” increases by 1 turn. After a teammate uses an attack, Aventurine • Waveflair gains 1 “Fervor” and 1 Punchline. “Fervor” is capped at 30 points.
When “Fervor” reaches 10, Aventurine • Waveflair uses 1 instance of “Cheers! To Summer’s Blaze” that takes into account a fixed amount of 20 Punchline. After this use, the next Elation Skill used by this unit in the Aha Instant gets enhanced into “All In! To Summer’s Blaze.”
While Aventurine • Waveflair holds “Certified Banger,” Skill additionally deals 50% Quantum Elation DMG to all enemies, and Ultimate additionally deals 90% Quantum Elation DMG to all enemies.
Moves forward rapidly for a set distance, attacking all enemies in contact and blocking all incoming attacks. After entering combat via actively attacking enemies, deals Quantum DMG to all enemies equal to 100% of Aventurine • Waveflair’s ATK, and gains 2 “Fervor” and 20 “Certified Banger.” Technique Points are not consumed if no enemies are hit.
Deals 75% Quantum Elation DMG to all enemies, and additionally deals 10 instance(s) of DMG, with each instance dealing 22.5% Quantum Elation DMG to one random enemy.
Increases All-Type RES PEN by 24%.
Talent gets enhanced: When “Fervor” reaches 10/20/30 points, immediately uses “Cheers! To Summer’s Blaze.”
Increases the upper limit of “Fervor” to 50 points. “Fervor” reaching 40/50 points can also trigger the Talent to use “Cheers! To Summer’s Blaze.” After using Elation Skill, additionally gains 4 “Fervor.”
Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
When Aventurine • Waveflair uses Skill, enables the DMG dealt by all allies to ignore 18% of enemy targets’ DEF, lasting for 3 turn(s).
Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Elation DMG dealt by Aventurine • Waveflair merrymakes by 25%. After Aventurine • Waveflair uses his Elation Skill 2 time(s), all subsequent Elation Skills used become “All In! To Summer’s Blaze.” And when using the Elation Skill “All In! To Summer’s Blaze” to additionally deal DMG outside of Aha Instant, it no longer consumes “Fervor.”
Zenless Zone Zero
