Chiz
Chiz is a 5★ Cosmos element DPS from the Gas arc who currently holds a T0 placement in the meta. As a top-tier damage dealer, Chiz stands among the strongest options available for this role.
Best Arcs
- Best
- Contemplative Cat
- Alternatives
- Cosmos Daze, Wild Reverie
- F2P
- Contemplative Cat (free via City Tycoon)
- Cartridge
- Lost Radiance
Contemplative Cat is both her best and her free option — earned through City Tycoon — scaling Cosmos DMG with banked Fons; Cosmos Daze, Wild Reverie bridges until then. Lost Radiance is the recommended cartridge set.
Recommended setups from community build guides (~June 2026); not the only viable option.
How Chiz plays
Chiz operates as a Cosmos hypercarry whose damage flows from a tightly looped rotation that opens with her Skill, chains into her Ultimate, and then fills gaps with Basic Attacks and QTE swaps. Her tempo rewards aggressive uptime: the more you keep her on field channeling Cosmos hits, the harder her bursts land. As a Gas arc-type DPS, she leans on sustained pressure rather than single one-shot windows, snowballing damage across a fight. She slots beautifully into a hypercarry shell alongside Jiuyuan, Zero, and Hathor, where allies feed buffs and stagger so Chiz can dump unbroken Cosmos output. A budget core of Haniel, Adler, and Mint replicates the same enable-and-amplify pattern, letting her carry teams across early progression while still scaling deep into endgame content.
Strengths
- Top-tier T0 Cosmos DPS with ceiling that holds up across endgame content
- Best-in-slot arc, Contemplative Cat, is also fully free through City Tycoon, removing the usual paywall on her optimal setup
- Sustained Gas-style damage profile gives consistent output rather than fragile burst windows
- Slots into both premium hypercarry and accessible F2P team compositions
- Straightforward, repeatable Skill-into-Ultimate rotation that is easy to execute
- Strong synergy with buffers and stagger units that maximize her on-field uptime
Weaknesses
- Heavily reliant on a supporting cast to enable her, so she underperforms in unfocused or self-sufficient comps
- Field-hungry rotation demands near-constant uptime, leaving little room for swap-heavy flex play
- Crit-dependent scaling means she feels weak until substats and crit ratios come online
Chiz build details
Skill priority
Prioritize her Skill first, since it anchors the rotation and front-loads the bulk of her Cosmos damage. Level the Ultimate next to amplify burst windows, then invest in Basic Attack to reinforce filler uptime between casts. QTE comes last, treated as a utility swap tool rather than a primary damage source. This order keeps her core damage loop scaling efficiently.
Stat priority
For main stats, run Cosmos DMG on Slot 1 and CRIT Rate on Slot 2 to lock in her offensive identity. Build substats in the order CRIT Rate, then CRIT DMG, followed by DMG%, and finally ATK%. Securing a reliable crit ratio first is essential before piling on multipliers, otherwise her sustained damage swings inconsistently.
Modules & cartridge
Equip the Lost Radiance core set as her best-in-slot cartridge package; it complements her Cosmos scaling and sustained damage pattern cleanly. Pair it with the Contemplative Cat arc, her premium S-rank option that conveniently doubles as the free reward. Funnel module stats toward Cosmos DMG and CRIT Rate on the relevant slots, mirroring her main-stat goals to keep crit reliability high.
Awakening nodes
Focus awakening investment on A1, A5, and A6, which deliver the most meaningful gains to her kit. A1, 'Sun, Sun... speak to me!', raises the storage limit of Grain and Grain Loan by 10%. Push these three nodes before spending on lower-impact unlocks to get the strongest return.
Investment
Invest steadily to keep her at the level cap for current content, prioritizing the upgrades that raise her Skill and Ultimate scaling first. Build toward her best-in-slot arc and Lost Radiance modules early, since the Contemplative Cat arc is free through City Tycoon and immediately optimal.