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Shorekeeper

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Living smart-spender Shorekeeper guide for general players (not whale ceiling). 5★ Spectro Rectifier universal healer / Crit buffer — still BiS (or near-BiS) on most non-niche teams two years on. Banner art: official Kuro key art (via Zerochan #4357213). Verified 1 Oct 2026 HKT.

Controls note: DualSense defaults — □ Normal Attack · △ Resonance Skill · R2 Resonance Liberation · ✕ Jump · R1 Dodge · L1+□ Echo · character switch = Outro. Hold □ = Heavy Attack / Unbound Form. Rebinds differ; match your layout.

Brief summary

Shorekeeper is the game’s longest-lasting generalist support: she heals off-field, grants up to 12.5% Crit Rate + 25% Crit DMG via Stellarealm (scales with Energy Regen, max at 250%), and her Outro is a flat 15% All-Type DMG Amplification (plus free Perfect Dodges).

Job When she shines When to skip / replace
Universal Crit + heal Almost any Crit-scaling DPS without a specialized niche support Neg Status teams that want Chisa / Suisui; Tune Strain/Rupture that want Mornye; pure Spectro Frazzle (Zani) often prefers Spectro Rover / SK flex
Hypercarry glue Augusta / Iuno, Sigrika / Qiuyuan, Jinhsi / Zhezhi, older non-niche DPS You already own Verina and refuse limited support pity — Verina works, SK is still the upgrade

Pull / build when: you want one timeless support that plugs into nearly every Crit team. S0 is fully playable and already top-tier. Bank her as her own pity target (don’t steal Astrite from a planned DPS/niche support). Variation (4★) covers Concerto so well that signature is a luxury, not a gate.

Build guide + echoes

Cost pattern: 4 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 1.

Use case 5-pc set Main echo Why
Default support Rejuvenating Glow Fallacy of No Return Healing% + 15% team ATK on heal; Fallacy adds 10% ER + 10% team ATK — Kuro / Game8 / Prydwen BiS
Alt buffer Moonlit Clouds Impermanence Heron More ER / Outro ATK; healing takes a hit — only if Glow pieces are trash
Jingran niche (no shielder) Halo of Starry Radiance Spacetrek Explorer Prydwen niche: permanent ~20% team ATK from off-field heals

Main stats (Kuro Getting Started / Game8 heal focus): 4-cost HP% (or Healing Bonus / CRIT DMG if you want personal Discernment damage) · 3-cost Energy Regen + HP% (or double ER until breakpoint) · 1-cost HP% (×2).

Prydwen damage-leaning variant: 4-cost CRIT DMG > HP% · 3-cost ER + ER / Spectro DMG · 1-cost HP% — only after 230–250% ER is locked.

Substats: Energy Regen (until 230% sheet / 250% in combat) → HP% → CRIT DMG ≥ Liberation DMG% → flat HP → CRIT Rate. Healing scales on HP; Crit buffs scale on ER.

ER math (cross-checked): Inherent Self Gravitation = +10% ER while allies stand in Stellarealm; Fallacy cast = +10% ER. Aim ~230% on the character screen with Fallacy, or ~240% without it, to hit the 250% buff cap in combat.

Best weapon

Rank Weapon Notes / gap
1 Stellar Symphony (sig, R1) ~77% ER, HP%, Concerto on Liberation, 14% team ATK when Skill heals — BiS comfort
2 Variation R5 (R1 already excellent) Best 4★ in the game for her — huge Concerto on Skill + ER. Prydwen: fiercely close to sig for rotation speed (sig can even feel slower on opener vs R5 Variation)
3 Rectifier#25 R5 Best craftable / no-gacha ER stick
F2P heal Call of the Abyss R5 Free Rinascita quest Rectifier — same ER ballpark + Healing Bonus on Liberation

Need signature? Smart-spender call: no. Farm Variation; use #25 or Call of the Abyss until then. Pull Stellar Symphony only if you already own SK and have spare weapon pity after your DPS signatures — the team ATK is nice, not mandatory.

Target endgame stats (Lv.90, S0)

Prydwen targets (party active, out of combat sheet) + Game8/Kuro ER notes:

Stat Target
HP 20000–35000+ (heal scales here)
DEF 1100+
CRIT Rate 20–40%+ (optional — personal DMG is skippable)
CRIT DMG 220–280%+ (optional)
Energy Regen 230% sheet with Fallacy (250% in combat with passives); 240% sheet without Fallacy
Spectro DMG% 0–30% (optional personal)

Skill priority

  1. Intro Skill (Discernment nuke + Concerto — Kuro / Game8 / Prydwen agree first)
  2. Resonance Skill (heal + Concerto butterflies)
  3. Basic Attack (Forte / butterfly setup — Prydwen ranks BA ahead of Forte for rota speed)
  4. Forte Circuit
  5. Resonance Liberation (field buffs do not scale with Liberation level — only heal ticks do; raise after the above)

Game8’s table pushes Liberation earlier for heal ticks — fine if you need sustain first; Crit buffs still come from ER + Intro upgrades, not Liberation level.

Sequences + signature sweet spot

Stop Verdict
S0R0 Fully meta with Variation / #25 — still the best generalist support
S0 + Variation Default sweet spot for smart spenders — Concerto solved, ER easy
S0R1 Luxury: easier 250% ER + 14% team ATK — pull only with spare weapon pity
S1 Realm size +10s duration; Discernment no longer ends realm — strong QoL
S2 Best sequence breakpoint if you keep spending — +40% team ATK on Outer Stellarealm
S3 Free Concerto on Liberation — shorter field time
S4–S6 Whale / SK-main (heal / pull / personal Discernment)

Definitive recommend: S0 + Variation. Treat S2R1 as “I main SK and finished my DPS cores.” Do not invent pity for sequences while a planned DPS or niche support (Mornye / Chisa / Lucilla) is still missing. Bank Shorekeeper’s character pity separately from those pulls.

Best teams + full rotations (PS)

Core SK loop (remember: 2 Intros inside Stellarealm to max Crit buffs, then return for Discernment):

Opener needs full Concerto without Intro — Variation / sig recommended.

S0 + Variation (R1+) — Loop (standard):

Intro Discernment → □ □ □ (cancel BA3 on hit with △) → △ → □ → hold □ Illation (cancel into R2) → R2 Stellarealm → L1+□ Echo → Outro

S0 + Variation — Opener (no Intro): use Prydwen’s BA3 Forte-carry opener, or the simpler Kuro Getting Started path:

(□×4 → hold □ Illation) ×2 → △ → L1+□ → R2 → Outro

Without a Concerto weapon, expect much longer openers (extra BA / dodge counters) — Prydwen documents full S0R0 routes; prefer Variation.

1) Universal hypercarry — Any DPS / Any Hybrid / Shorekeeper

SK on Rejuvenating Glow + Fallacy. Hybrid on Moonlit / Pact / niche set. DPS on their BiS.

  1. Shorekeeper: opener or loop above → Outro to Hybrid (Stellarealm → Inner)
  2. Hybrid: full buff rota → Outro to DPS (Stellarealm → Supernal / gold)
  3. DPS: full damage window inside gold realm → Outro to Shorekeeper
  4. Shorekeeper: Intro Discernment detonates realm → rebuild → repeat

2) Sun and Moon — Augusta / Iuno / Shorekeeper

SK: Glow. Iuno: Crown / Aero set. Augusta: Crown / Electro.

  1. Shorekeeper: Concerto + R2 + Echo → Outro to Iuno
  2. Iuno: △ → ✕ New Moon → R2 → □×3 → enhanced △×2 → Heavy (Full Moon) → Outro to Augusta
  3. Augusta: Prowess Heavies → Echo → △ / R2 → Skill string → Majesty R2 (Sworn Allegiance) → finish → Outro to Shorekeeper
  4. Shorekeeper: Discernment → repeat

3) Coordinated — Jinhsi / Zhezhi / Shorekeeper

  1. Shorekeeper: butterflies + R2 → Outro to Zhezhi
  2. Zhezhi: Forte max → Skill imprint string → R2 if up → Outro to Jinhsi
  3. Jinhsi: Overflowing Radiance → Skill → Incarnation string → Illuminous Epiphany → Outro to Shorekeeper (Unison)
  4. Shorekeeper: enhanced Intro detonates → repeat

4) F2P-friendly — Havoc Rover / Yangyang / Shorekeeper

Inherent gives Rover +10% ER inside Stellarealm.

  1. Shorekeeper: setup R2 → Outro to Yangyang
  2. Yangyang: Melodies → enhanced Heavy → mid-air → R2 → Outro to Rover
  3. Rover: Forte → Dark Surge → Liberation when up → Outro to Shorekeeper
  4. Repeat

Sources (last verified 1 Oct 2026 HKT)

Cross-check rule: Prydwen + Game8 + Kuro agree on Rejuvenating Glow + Fallacy, 250% ER buff cap, Variation ≈ sig for rota, S0 viable / S2 sequence spike, and 2 Intros to max Stellarealm → treat as definitive.