Brant

Quick Verdict

Brant is complete at S0 — the full Bravo loop, the sustain package, and his Outro all work without sequences — and he is one of the easiest characters on the site to pilot: the exact same tested rotation string appears in all nine of his tested teams. His home is the Fusion core: the famous Mono Fusion triangle is Changli, Brant and Lupa, where every Outro in the loop lands at full value, and he also slots next to Galbrena and Aemeath as a sustain sub-DPS.

One condition sits above everything else: pull Brant only together with his signature weapon, Unflickering Valor. His whole build is gated by Energy Regen breakpoints that no other sword can cover, and the page's own tested comparison puts the best non-signature setups roughly 25 points behind (details in Build Priorities). Budget for character + weapon as a package, or skip the package entirely.

How Brant Works

Bravo is his Forte gauge (100 points), built by Normal Attack hits, his Intro, and his Resonance Skill. Two things happen as it fills: at every 25 points the team is healed (Waves of Acclaims), and at 100 his Skill transforms into Returned from Ashes — his signature hit, counted as Basic Attack damage, which generates a shield on cast and readies his Outro at the end of the rotation. His Liberation deals Fusion damage, heals the team, and puts him in the Aflame state: Bravo gain from Normal and Skill hits is doubled, and his ATK conversion is upgraded (below). In practice the whole loop is: Intro in, Liberation for Aflame, hold Basic Attack through his mid-air chains until Bravo is full, fire Returned from Ashes, and Outro.

Theatrical Moment — the mechanic that builds him. For every 1% of Energy Regen Brant has over 150%, he gains +12 flat ATK — up to +1560, and inside Aflame this becomes +20 per point, up to +2600. The cap is reached at 280% total Energy Regen. Two things follow: Energy Regen is an offensive stat for him, not a utility one, and his ATK% is worth less than usual — his base ATK is low (375), so the flat ATK from his Forte does the heavy lifting. His signature Echo set, Tidebreaking Courage, adds another breakpoint on top: its 5-piece grants 15% ATK and, on reaching 250% Energy Regen, 30% all-Attribute DMG. His build is the art of hitting 250–280% Energy Regen without bankrupting his Crit — see Build Priorities for how the signature weapon solves this.

His Outro, The Course is Set!, grants the incoming Resonator 20% Fusion DMG Amplification and 25% Resonance Skill DMG Amplification for 14 seconds, ending early if they swap out. One character, one swap, both halves must match — this is what makes him Changli's designed partner, and it decides every team in Team Fit & Account Value.

His sustain package is real but honest: the heals are small and tied to his own rotation (his Inherent Skill Voyager's Blaze boosts them by 20%), and the shield comes once per Returned from Ashes. His other Inherent, Trial by Fire and Tide, grants 15% Fusion DMG Bonus and interruption resistance during his mid-air attacks. He keeps a team healthy through normal play, but he is a damage dealer who sustains — not a replacement for Shorekeeper or Verina when a fight demands a true healer.

Standard tested rotation — identical in all nine tested teams, about 7.87 seconds of field time:

Intro > Liberation > Hold Basic > Basic > Hold Basic > Skill (Returned from Ashes) > Echo > Outro

One string to learn, used everywhere — a genuine comfort point. For main-carry Brant there is also a tested double-Anchor variant: a quick-swap route that fits two Returned from Ashes into one rotation by banking Bravo before his Liberation. The tested team note lays out the inputs; it costs one quick swap and tighter timing, and it is only worth it when he is the carry — in his normal sub-DPS teams, the standard string is all you need.

Build Priorities

His tested solo damage profile: Basic Attack 80.66%, Resonance Liberation 13.56%, Intro 5.05%, Echo 0.73%. Build him as a Basic Attack damage dealer who also happens to heal.

Sub-stat priority: Crit Rate > Crit DMG > ATK% > Basic Attack DMG Bonus > Energy Regen — with the caveat that his Energy Regen totals come first (below).

Build targets (from the page): ATK 1650–1720, Crit Rate 78–83%, Crit DMG 225–235%, Basic Attack DMG 20–35% — and Energy Regen 250–260% with a Fusion/Energy Cost 3 split, or 270–280% with double Energy Cost 3. The math behind those numbers: 100% base + 77% from his signature + 10% from Tidebreaking's 2-piece + 32% per Energy Cost 3 main stat. With one Energy Cost 3 that lands at 219%, and sub-stats carry him over the 250% set breakpoint; with two, he reaches ~251% before sub-stats and pushes toward the 280% conversion cap.

Talent priority: Normal Attack, Forte Circuit, and Resonance Liberation to Lv. 10; Resonance Skill and Intro Skill to Lv. 6.

His Echo set is 5-piece Tidebreaking Courage with Dragon of Dirge as the main Echo (12% Fusion DMG and 12% Basic Attack DMG in the main slot). The set is made for him: Energy Regen on the 2-piece, ATK on the 5-piece, and the 30% all-Attribute DMG at the 250% breakpoint.

The signature weapon deserves its own paragraph, because for Brant it is not a luxury — it is the build. Unflickering Valor provides 77% Energy Regen as its main stat, 8% Crit Rate, and up to 48% Basic Attack DMG Bonus at R1. No other sword comes close to covering his Energy Regen demand: with any alternative, even sacrificing both Cost 3 slots to Energy Regen mains, he starts at 174% (base + Tidebreaking 2-piece + double Energy Cost 3) and needs roughly 76–106% more from sub-stat rolls alone — which means sacrificing the Crit sub-stats his damage lives on. The page's own tested comparison says it plainly: his signature build with Fusion/Energy Cost 3 sits at 100%, while the best non-signature routes land at 74.60% (Red Spring with Molten Rift), 73.24% (Red Spring with Tidebreaking and double Energy Cost 3), 71.13% (Overture with Tidebreaking), and 67.78% (Emerald of Genesis with Molten Rift). That is roughly a 25-point gap — the widest signature gap of any character reviewed on the site so far. So the verdict is simple: pull Brant with his weapon, or do not pull him at all. If you already own him without it, the workable fallback is Emerald of Genesis with 5-piece Molten Rift (pressing his Skill once before the rotation), accepting that he plays a tier down.

Team Fit & Account Value

His number 1 tested team is Galbrena with Brant and Lupa — but read it honestly: the team note flags that Galbrena does not receive his full buff, because her Resonance Skill damage share is effectively zero and the 25% Skill half of his Outro is wasted on her. Her review names Qiuyuan and Lucilla as her amplifiers of choice; Brant is the sustain-flavored alternative in the same band, and in exchange he fully receives Lupa's Outro (20% Fusion + 25% Basic Attack Amplification — his exact profile).

The famous team: Mono Fusion — Changli, Brant and Lupa. This is the designed triangle, and the Outro chain is the whole case for it: Lupa's Outro (20% Fusion + 25% Basic Attack Amplification) lands on Brant, whose damage is 80.66% Basic; Brant's Outro (20% Fusion + 25% Skill Amplification) lands on Changli, whose damage is 65.45% Skill; Changli's Outro (20% Fusion + 25% Liberation Amplification) lands on Lupa, whose damage is 64.19% Liberation. Every buff in the loop lands at full value, all three deal real damage, and Brant's sustain covers the team's survival with no dedicated healer slot. It is tested, functional, and sits in the middle of the projection at difficulty 1. One warning, consistent with Changli's review: the triangle is not optional — Changli and Brant without Lupa tests at the very bottom, so do not build two-thirds of this team.

Aemeath with Brant and Lupa is tested and works mechanically — but her team notes are honest: without Lynae or Mornye responding to her Tune mechanics, her full passive (60% Crit DMG and 25% DMG Amplification) never activates and her Rupture stacks starve. Brant is a workable partner for her, not one of her best — her review-tier partners are Lynae and Denia.

Mono Fusion Brant — Brant as the carry, with Lupa and Mornye — is the tested main-DPS structure, where he deals about three quarters of the team's damage with the double-Anchor rotation. It is functional and sits lower-mid in the projection: a real option for owners who want him on the field longer, not a reason to pull him.

His honest limits: his Outro halves leak — a non-Fusion carry wastes the 20%, a non-Skill-typed carry wastes the 25%; his sustain keeps a healthy rotation healthy but does not replace a true healer in punishing fights; and his whole value proposition is taxed by the signature weapon. He is a Fusion-core hybrid, not a general support.

Sequence Value

Brant is complete at S0 — the Bravo loop, Returned from Ashes, the sustain package, and his Outro all function without sequences. The page's sequence damage chart: S0 100% → S1 121% → S2 144% → S3 180% → S4 180% → S5 186% → S6 235%.

• S1 — By Currents and Winds (4/5): Returned from Ashes stagnates nearby targets while casting, and his Intro and mid-air flips grant stacking 20% DMG (up to 3). Comfort plus damage (121%).
• S2 — For Smiles and Cheers (5/5): The first major stopping point. His Mid-air Attacks and Returned from Ashes gain +30% Crit Rate — which also lets the build swap Cost 4 to Crit DMG — and his Outro gains an off-field follow-up: when the buffed Resonator's Skill hits, Brant blasts the target for 440% of his ATK, up to twice, even while he is off the field (144%).
• S3 — Through Storms I Sail (5/5): Returned from Ashes gains +42% multiplier — a large bump on his biggest hit (180%).
• S4 — To Freedom I Sing (2/5): His shield grows 20% and Returned from Ashes heals the team scaling with his Energy Regen. A sustain node — the chart stays flat (180% → 180%).
• S5 — All the World's an Actor's Stage (3/5): Dealing Basic Attack damage grants 15% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s (186%).
• S6 — All the World's a Captain's Carnevale (5/5): Mid-air Attacks gain +30% multiplier, and Returned from Ashes detonates a second time for 30% of its damage — the 235% ceiling, for dedicated Brant mains.

Realistic stopping points: S0 with his signature is the correct purchase. S2 is the efficient spike for owners who play him daily; S3 for mains; nothing past that has an account-value case.

Pull Value