Skia
Skia is a 4★ Lakshana DPS from the Gas arc, currently positioned in the T2 tier of the meta. As a solid mid-tier damage dealer, Skia offers reliable performance without standing among the very top options.
Best Arcs
- Best
- Watch Your Heads!
- Alternatives
- Good Boy's Grand Adventure
- F2P
- Watch Your Heads! (free)
- Cartridge
- Street Boxer
Fully F2P-reachable: his top Arcs drop free from open-world bosses, with the crit-focused Watch Your Heads! the best. Strong for Stain/Remora Lakshana teams; Street Boxer is the recommended cartridge.
Recommended setups from community build guides (~June 2026); not the only viable option.
How Skia plays
Skia is a melee-leaning Lakshana DPS built around aggressive on-field uptime, where you commit to his Skill rotation first and let Ultimate windows punctuate your damage spikes. His tempo rewards staying in the fray, weaving enhanced auto-attacks between cooldowns to keep pressure constant rather than dumping everything at once. The QTE serves as a connective tool, letting him tag into the action and maintain momentum during swaps. He shines as the primary damage anchor in Stain and Remora Lakshana cores, pairing naturally with supports and amplifiers who set up debuffs and feed him resources. In a hypercarry shell he soaks the buffs and converts them into sustained, crit-heavy output, making him a flexible carry who thrives when the team builds the field around his presence.
Strengths
- Fully free-to-play friendly, with his strongest Arcs dropping from open-world bosses at no cost
- Excellent fit for Stain and Remora Lakshana team archetypes
- Strong sustained damage profile as a dedicated main DPS
- Scales beautifully with crit-focused gear and the Street Boxer cartridge
- Flexible across hypercarry, Cosmos, and budget compositions
- Accessible 4★ rarity makes him easy to obtain and invest in
Weaknesses
- As a melee-oriented carry he demands heavy on-field time and is vulnerable while exposed
- Relies on supporting cast to set up debuffs and buffs for peak output
- T2 ceiling means he is outpaced by top-tier carries in high-end content
Skia build details
Skill priority
Prioritize his Skill first, since it forms the backbone of his rotation and damage spikes. Follow with the Ultimate to maximize burst windows once your field setup is online. Basic Attack comes third to reinforce the enhanced auto-attacks that fill the gaps between cooldowns, and the QTE is leveled last as it functions mainly as a connective swap tool rather than a core damage source.
Stat priority
Set your main stats to Lakshana DMG on Slot 1, CRIT DMG on Slot 2, CRIT Rate on Slot 3, and ATK% on Slot 4. For substats, chase CRIT Rate first to reliably reach a healthy crit threshold, then stack CRIT DMG to amplify those hits, followed by general DMG% and finally ATK% to round out raw scaling.
Modules & cartridge
Run the Street Boxer set as his best-in-slot core, which complements his aggressive melee damage pattern. Allocate your stat slots toward the crit-focused profile: lock in Lakshana DMG, CRIT DMG, and CRIT Rate across the offensive slots, then back them with ATK% to convert his elevated crit values into the highest possible sustained output throughout each rotation.
Awakening nodes
Push A4 first as the single most impactful upgrade, then secure A1, which boosts his auto-attack damage ratio for Fang Thrust by 60% and meaningfully raises his rotational output. A6 follows as the third priority, rounding out his kit once the earlier nodes are in place.
Investment
Invest steadily to unlock his Skill scaling early, since that ability carries his damage. Prioritize crit-oriented gear and the Street Boxer set before pouring resources into secondary talents. Because his strongest Arcs are free from open-world bosses, you can fully kit him out without premium pulls.