Watanabe: Astral

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A frame specially designed to control spacecraft. It was used by Watanabe when he served in the Task Force.

Agility - Able to transport across space instantly.
Mixed Damage - Able to deal Physical and Elemental DMG.

Physical (50%)

Dark (50%)

Watanabe

Astral

6 Years

26

12 Apr

185cm

76kg

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A-Rank

Attacker

Dagger

Peacemaker

Forsaken

MRE Ratns.

Memory Builds ◇ Watanabe: Astral

A list of recommended builds for Watanabe: Astral can be found here. Each tab represents one build — click the tabs below to view each one.
See here for more information about Ultima Awakening and resonance slots.

Memory Placement

01	02	03
04	05	06
Bathlon x4 / Cottie x2

Memory Resonance

Top Resonance Slot (1):
Ex — Precision Attack: ATK +15, CRIT +15 x6

Bottom Resonance Slot (2):
Signature - Supernova Blast: Signature Move Level + 1 x6

Key Notes

Watanabe: Astral's main build
Ultima Awakening Set

Usage

Phantom Pain Cage
War Zone
Norman War
High difficulty content

Details

DPS set with more frequent Signature Moves
Recommended if you're planning to get Luna: Laurel, as Astral won't have much use in competitive content in that case
Any mix of Signature Move/Core Passive Memory Resonance works

Memory Placement

01	02	03
04	05	06
Bathlon x4 / Darwin x2

Memory Resonance

Top Resonance Slot (1):
Ex — Precision Attack: ATK +15, CRIT +15 x6

Bottom Resonance Slot (2):
Cosmic Wave: Core Passive +1 x6

Key Notes

Alternative DPS set

Usage

Details

DPS set
Darwin offers slightly higher damage compared to Cottie

Skills & Passives

	Comet Tail
	Hops back and throws darts in a fan-shaped area, dealing 200% / 400% / 600% Physical DMG based on the number of orbs pinged. Triggers Trailblade after clearing. Deals Dark DMG instead on a 3-Ping.

	Celestial Centrifuge
	Automatically uses a 3-Ping version of this attack upon switch-in. Switch-in fulfills the first half of this character's Core Passive. Spins forward into the air, draws in, and slashes at surrounding targets. Based on the number of orbs pinged, deals 40% / 80% / 120% Physical DMG per hit, then deals 50% / 100% / 150% Physical DMG when landing. Deals Dark DMG instead on a 3-Ping.

	Meteoric Strike
	Swiftly moves to attack from the target’s rear, dealing 150% / 300% / 450% Physical DMG based on the number of orbs pinged. DMG will be converted into Dark DMG when performing a 3-Ping.

	Death Star
	Basic Attack: Slashes at the target, dealing 600% Physical DMG in total. After dodging or pinging a Red Orb, Basic Attacks will trigger Trailblade, dealing 200% Physical DMG.

	Signature - Supernova Blast
	Signature Move: Costs 100 Energy. Transforms into shadow and damages targets, dealing 600% Dark DMG per hit.

	Shadow Cross
	QTE: Watanabe dives at the target, splitting into shadows when he lands and attacks again, dealing 300% Dark DMG per hit.

	Attacker
	Extra DMG Bonus increases by 20%.

	Ultima Awaken
	Gains 3 Signal Orbs when entering battle.

	Cosmic Wave
	Core Passive: Pinging a Red Orb after any 3-Ping transforms Watanabe into a shadow that launches consecutive attacks in front of him, dealing 60% Dark DMG per hit. Enters enhanced shadow form at the end of the attack, during which Basic Attacks will deal additional 300% Dark DMG and Trailblade will deal additional 100% Dark DMG for 5 seconds.

	Leader - Nameless Shadow
	Dark DMG of all members increases by 10% and Attack of Attacker Constructs increases by 5%.

	Killing Floor
	Passive: Watanabe deals 10% Extra DMG to targets hit by a Blue Orb skill for 4 seconds.

	Chaser
	Passive: Watanabe deals 10% Extra DMG to targets hit by Trailblade.

	Fallen Star
	Passive: Dark DMG increases by 20% while Core Passive is active.

Hidden Skill

Cosmic Wave

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Any 3-Ping

Red Ping

Technique

When pinging a Red Orb after any 3-Ping, transforms into shadow and launches consecutive attacks to deal Dark DMG at the area ahead. When finished, enters enhanced shadow form that allows Basic Attacks to deal additional Dark DMG and Chasing Blade to deal additional Dark DMG. Lasts 5s.