Main Details
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Stats and where to get them
Order of priority for PVP and PVE
Priority for pinks & levelling + Bonus Stats
What you need & end nodes for PVP & PVE
Main Stats, Secondary Stats and Sub Stat objectives
The only way
What you need for PVP and PVE
Which to use and when?
Sets for PVP and PVE depending on what you have
Your priorities, what is good and when
What’s good and where to get it?
Which to pick and what to remold onto it
Gear & Main Stats
The main part to any builds is your gear, for plume we want Combo/Crit gear
(For new players it’s okay to just look for one or the other until you reach Legendary gear)
As you progress you want to make sure you have these two stats at a minimum of 100%. For those using plume for PVP, especially late game, you want to overcap (over 100%) these as much as possible as you will start to encounter more players with high ignore stats
Gear - this will give up to 70% of both
Class Passive - this gives 30% Combo
Relics - you can choose between Combo or Crit depending which you lack more, this will give 10% (more if using Potent Spore)
Pals
Banana Pals - Blue gives 5% and Red 10% Combo
Eggplant - 10% Crit
Benny 5% Crit
Beastroar Bow - 20% Crit
Divining Path & Guardian Remolds - you can get lots of both in these and it’s where you will get yourself capped or push well over cap
Where to get these stats:
Souls
Souls are one of the areas that are dependant on you, so I will just outline your priorities
Pink Priorities
ATK ≈ Combo
Pink Combo soul adds Boss DMG onto the soul, this makes a huge difference when pushing PVE so I would say this as your first, however if you aim more to PVP then ATK is your priority
HP > DEF
As these both turn to Global stats these are your next priority
Crit DMG ≈ Crit Res ≈ Basic ATK ≈ Counter DMG
None of these change to anything more or less useful so just get through them as you can
Levelling Souls
PVP
ATK > HP > Combo DMG ≈ Crit DMG > Crit Res
In Late Game to face tanks you can add some DEF
PVE
Combo DMG > Crit DMG ≈ ATK
If you die in some PVE content you can add DEF / HP in here too but it’s best to maximise damage
The ATK and Crit DMG will depend on your current stats
Bonus Stats
When making Pink souls you will notice they get an extra bonus stat. Later on you can try get duplicate souls to get extra bonus stats to choose from
(You can view the available options per soul in “Preview” and then “Bonus effect”)
These are the best passives to get on each of the souls:
- Global ATK -> Global Combo DMG
- Global HP -> Resitances
- Global DEF -> Resitances
- Crit Res -> Resitances
- Combo DMG -> Global Combo DMG
- Crit DMG -> Global Combo DMG
- Batk DMG -> Global Combo DMG
- Counter DMG -> Counter DMG Res
Class Awakening
After doing setting up your souls you will want to do your class awakening. Unlike souls we can create presets here to fill in the gaps
(If you are still unlocking your awakening nodes you can still follow along you just may miss some options)
PVP
ATK > HP > Crit DMG > Crit Res ≈ Basics
For a preset against Tanks you can remove Crit Res and add some DEF
While the Basic ATK includes Combo the % is not high hence it being at the back
You can go more aggressive by reducing HP & Crit Res and pushing more ATK / Crit DMG
PVE
ATK > Crit DMG > Basics
If you still die in some PVE content you can add some HP in however we want to focus damage output for the most part
Talents
This is the last of the wavering areas. It will depend heavily on your current amount of feathers and what you are facing to set these up
PVP
Before you reach the feather count needed for end nodes you will want to follow it like this:
Start with Blue Fury branch and Blue Archery branch. Get ATK SPD, Combo DMG and Crit DMG and get these up to 10
Then go to Red Tamer and Blue Sorcery and start pushing Class Res and Crit Res and level these to 5
Start pushing all the above doing 1 Crit/Class Res for every 2 SPD/Combo/Crit
You can then start adding in base ATK/HP when the above starts to get too costly
(While you may think getting all the base stasts would be the right move, they are suprisingly low bonuses in early-mid game and so I only recommend going for any when the main stats are too costly)
The steps above will eventually be your base with SPD/Combo/Crit at 20/20, you will then add in extra stats the more feathers you have
Other Stats with High Feather count:
Energy Regen SPD - Ignore Combo - Ignore Counter - Evasion - Ignore Evasion (For 200+ Evasion players) - Combo Healing - Wound (Needed vs Tanks) - Healing
PVE
Before you reach the feather count needed for end nodes you will want to follow it like this:
Start with Blue Fury branch and Blue Archery branch. Get ATK SPD, Combo DMG and Crit DMG and get these up to 10
Then go to Blue Sorcery and start pushing Energy Regen SPD and level this to 5
Start pushing all the above doing 1 Energy Regen SPD for every 2 SPD/Combo/Crit
You can then start adding in base ATK when the above starts to get too costly
(While you may think getting all the base stasts would be the right move, they are suprisingly low bonuses in early-mid game and so I only recommend going for any when the main stats are too costly)
The steps above will eventually be your base with SPD/Combo/Crit at 20/20, you will then add in extra stats the more feathers you have
Other Stats with High Feather count:
Evasion - Combo Healing - Healing - Skill Healing - Basic ATK Res
End Nodes
Once you reach around 7-10k feathers you will want to get your first end node. Try not to lose too many base stats for end nodes as you will notice the loss more then the gain
End Node Priorities:
Yellow Archery (1st)
This one allows you to get 2 Combo DMG and 2 Crit DMG nodesBlue Archery (2nd)
Once you have this one you can get more Class res from Red Archery (PVP) and more base ATK (PVE)Yellow Fury (3rd)
Now you can get extra Crit ResYellow Sorcery or Blue Fury (Short Fights) (4th)
You could do this one 3rd, I recommend testing between the two
Prayer
This is fairly simple for plume, 5x Global Combo DMG at the highest rarity available to you
If you are at SSS or SSS+ you may want to create another tree and go for 100%
Runes
Runes are one of the longest parts to complete, getting ‘Perfect’ runes will take a long time, however there are main things you will want to get as soon as possible:
You want to make sure your Main sets are correct and each has correct secondary stats
The sub stats you just want to get your main, you can improve them over time
Main Stat Sets
For PVP -> x4 Crit DMG and x2 Crit Res
For PVE -> x4 Crit DMG and x2 Combo DMG
(also good for glass cannon/vs tank PVP)
(When you start out it may be hard to get the desired runes so x4 Combo DMG and x2 Crit DMG would also work)
Secondary Stats
Runes 1-3 -> Always HP, ATK, DEF
Rune 4 -> Combo DMG
Rune 5 -> Any Class Res (PVP) - Batk Res (PVE)
Rune 6 -> Crit DMG
Sub Stats
The first priority is Global Combo DMG
(This is the one you will be focusing when levelling up with potions)
Other Stats (PVP):
Ignore Launch - Launch - Resists
(Slowly you can build sets for each match-up)
Other Stats (PVE):
Boss DMG - Launch - Batk Res - Boss DMG Res
Avians
PVP
For your PVP it will depend on whether you have the Leaf Fox star card ->
Without:
Sunshine Bringer
(Without leaf fox you need the CC reduction from this for against disarm)
With:
Firefly - Anubis - Others?
(These haven’t been tested to the extent I would like to be certain but Firefly is the no1 at the moment)
Affixes:
Shroom Combo (Required)
Rage Bonus (Required)
Barrel Dodge
Speed Distortion
Debuff Immunity (Only if no Leaf Fox)
Multiple Shots (Good for vs Tanks)
PVE
For PVE you have a few choices, dependant on which PVE mode and where you are in game you can use different ones
Firefly -> Pure damage, can be beaten by cloud in some situations
Michelle -> Good in cases you die and compliments stun/slow builds
Cloud -> Great for damage as well as getting slow skills back up
Magic Cat -> Can be better than Cloud in some situations
Affixes:
Shroom Combo (Required)
Rage Bonus (Required)
Against the Strong
Rage Slash
Relic Spores
While there are only really 2 main Spores to use as Plume I will touch on reasons you could use another 2
Potent Spore
This is the main Spore used everywhere and should be the first you level to 100
It increases all relics’ effects
Chrono Spore
Used in PVE situations exclusivley, it extends the duration of Boss fights. Only to be used if you can already survive the full timer otherwise it’s a waste
Can be very good for campaign bosses towards the end with a slow/stun build!
Nirvana Spore
There are some items that rely on hitting a certain % HP, for these you could use Nirvana (make sure the % required for the effect is above your Nirvana)
Using this would allow the item to proc at the start of battle!
Example below
Thorny Spore
When in late game Sacred Hunters may start to pop up more often and they may use a lot of evasion. Their class skill is going to periodically pause your skills regen, this slows your access to your Class skill which ignores all evasion
To avoid this as best as possible you can use Thorny Spore to keep their Class skill shorter and allow more uptime for yours!
Star Arrays
There are many combinations you could use, I will run over the main cards and potential supports you could combine them with, each set-up may work better for different players in different situations so use what you have and give it a go!
(Remember you can only use the same types of cards with each other, If your main card is passive the supports have to be too)
PVP
With Leaf Fox
This set will require the limited time card “Leaf Fox”, if you don’t have this card you won’t be able to use this set
Main
Secondaries
(A couple of these are limited cards)
No Leaf Fox
There are two main cards you can use for this one and it will depend a lot on you so I recommend trying out both
Main
Secondaries
(Only use Blossom if you’re using Biosphere as main)
PVE
With Sakura
This set will require the limited time card “Sakura Star Envoy”, if you don’t have it you won’t be able to use this set
Main
Secondaries
(A couple of these are limited cards)
No Sakura
There are two main cards you can use for this one and it will depend a lot on you so I recommend trying out both
Main
Secondaries
(Personally Biosphere is the better main card here)
Divining Path
Divining can take a long time to get perfect, only use your ‘Flames of Wisdom’ on branches you haven’t fully unlocked until you reach Universe Path. I would also recommend making only one set for Plume
(Unless you need to invest more on a branch and your main set has a red)
As I stated at the beginning you want to first use divining to get up to 100% on Crit and Combo
In Life Path:
Combo
Crit Rate
Global ATK / HP
In World Path and Universe Path:
Pierce
Combo & Crit Rate - If you need to overcap more
Ignore Block
Ignore Combo
Ignore Counter
More stats you could get after:
Ignore Pierce
Block
Ignore Crit
Ignore Pal Inspire
Pal Res
Guardians
Until you get to Red Guardians there is not much choice for Plumes. Below are the ones to use at each stage until Red
^Blue^
^Green^
^Orange^
^Purple^
Once you’re at the point of picking your Red Guardian you may be unsure what to go for. There is only really 2 safe options to pick from:
< Tide: For a more defensive style of play you should go for Tide, the ignore it gives while active can be great to help reduce your opponents damage output. For longer fights it can also heal you!
Zephyr>: This is very similar to Crazy Raider, with the only addition being ATK SPD. Of course it is still a nice bump especially when facing other Red Guardians
To pick you need to consider these two things;
Do you prefer defensive or aggressive
How much do you prioritise PVE
If Aggressive and/or PVE are your style then Zephyr is right for you, else go for Tide
Guardian Remolds
Wind:
Combo Rate & Crit Rate -> (If you need to overcap more)
Global ATK -> (This is the main stat you will want here)
Global Tenacity -> (While I don’t think this is a good stat, if you wish to use Tenacity only get it as Global)
Earth:
Ignores -> (Definitely the best to grab if you play PVP)
Global HP -> (If you use Plume for PVE only this is the only stat you’ll want here to help cap Hundred Slashes)
Global TPEN -> (While I don’t think this is a good stat, if you wish to use TPEN only get it as Global)
Sun:
Final DMG Boost -> (Definitley the best stat to grab here)
Pierce -> (Also useful as you won’t stay capped from Divining)
Moon -> (I’m uncertain what is most useful here, it will depend on what you face)
Items
Items are very hard to state accurately what ‘will’ work best in different areas. I will list what I believe to be the ‘BIS’ and some alternatives. Some I do know work in specific build set-ups and for those I will specify also
For more help choosing what to use/get use the Discord thread!
(This will just be the main items used for Plume, I will cover more in another section of the guide to come!)
Artifacts
F2P
Chaotic Warlord’s Hammer
This is the best of the F2P artifacts for AoE situations such as Campaing Monsters, Cloud Ascension and Ancient City
Candy Gatling
This is the best of the F2P artifacts for Single Target situations
P2W
Chrono Loop
This is the best Artifact for DPS vs DPS, especially if your opponent has it
Fate
This is the best for PVE and can also be used in Anti Regen to help stack up a big final blow to the opponent
Beastroar Bow
Great for PVP and PVE. In PVE it only loses to Fate in Single Target modes. Can be good in PVP unless vs a DPS with Chrono Loop
Castle Candelabrum
Good in any situation you take damage, as long as you can heal more then the damage taken
Mounts
F2P
Boom Da Bang
This is one of the best PVE mounts for F2P and P2W
Pyrebreaker
Great starting mount for all players in PVE and PVP especially as it’s so quick to unlock
Once you have Boom Da Bang it won’t be needed as much
P2W
Silvery Crescent
Second best to Cheetah. However you can using Blue Sorcery node to try get a final Blitz draw giving you an edge over an opposing Cheetah
Cheetah
This is by far the best DPS vs DPS mounts
Beastroar Bow
Great for PVP and PVE. In PVE it only loses to Fate in Single Target modes. Can be good in PVP unless vs a DPS with Chrono Loop
Castle Candelabrum
Good in any situation you take damage, as long as you can heal more then the damage taken
Magic Carpet
Can be good in PVE, has chance to spawn an extra clone
Horizon Racer
Can be good for PVE for boss fights as it pushes the boss back
Chrono Loop
This is the best Artifact for DPS vs DPS, especially if your opponent has it
Fate
This is the best for PVE and can also be used in Anti Regen to help stack up a big final blow to the opponent
Beastroar Bow
Great for PVP and PVE. In PVE it only loses to Fate in Single Target modes. Can be good in PVP unless vs a DPS with Chrono Loop
Castle Candelabrum
Good in any situation you take damage, as long as you can heal more then the damage taken