In Genshin Impact, Elegy Lumidus is a 5-star spear aimed at buffing heroes playing in squads that rely on the burn reaction. For those characters who pick it up, this weapon will offer fairly high base stats and a good damage bonus. From this guide you can learn about the best carriers, features of activating a passive ability and materials for pumping up Elegy Lumidus.
Where to get Elegy Lumidus
This spear is an event legend, for this reason you can get it exclusively from the weapons banner. It will be introduced for the first time in the second half of patch 4.8 with the release of Emilia.
Elegy Lumidus Main Stats
- Rarity: 5 stars.
- Base attack: 46–608.
- Second stat: 7.2–33.0% critical hit chance.
Passive ability: increases attack power by 15–31%. When the wearer closes a burn reaction or deals damage to dendro, its damage increases by 18–38% for 8 seconds. You can get two stacks of this bonus. When their maximum number is reached, 12–16 units of energy are restored every 12 seconds. The buff works even when it is in your pocket.
How to level up Elegy Lumidus
The amount of resources that will be required to increase the base attack and the second stat of the weapon is indicated in the image below.
- Chalices and Cups of the Immaculate Sea are awarded for completing the challenges of the Echoes of Deep Tides dungeon on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
- Ephesus can be obtained for defeating elite Praetorian warriors.
- Nectar drops from various jumpers. We told you where to find these elemental monsters in a separate guide.
- In addition, you will need 1.131 million mora and 907 units of reinforcement ore to max out your weapon.
It’s worth it Remember that some missing materials can be obtained from alchemy or Paimon's store.
How to awaken Elegy Lumidus
To improve the spear's passive, you will need to obtain copies of it from the event weapon banner. Next, you can take a look at the buffs that come with each awakening rank to decide if they're worth your prayers.
Which Elegy Lumidus is suitable for heroes
This weapon has quite nice basic stats, for this reason it can be taken by any character who performs the function of a damage dealer. But in order to activate the entire passive of the spear and get the full buff, it is better to choose carriers who own pyro or dendro elements. Next, we'll look at suitable heroes.
| Character | Advantages |
|---|---|
Emilia | For her, Elegy Lumidus is a signature weapon. The perfumer will easily gain two stacks of the passive, which will significantly increase her own damage and make it easier to gain the ultimate, allowing her to use it every rotation. |
Xiang Ling | Any spear aimed at increasing the wearer's damage is suitable for a cook from Li Yue. Elegy Lumidus was no exception. The weapon has a good base and additionally gives a bonus to attack power, which will allow you to focus on finding other stats in artifacts. But in order to activate the entire passive ability, you will have to take at least one dendro ally into your squad. It is also necessary to ensure that it is Xiang Ling who initiates the combustion reaction. Moreover, this must be done before using the ultimate so that Firewhirl receives the necessary buff. |
Yao Yao | At the moment, the only dendro spearwoman in the game, besides Emilia. Without any problems, he will be able to gain both stacks from the passive, since he controls the element of the required type. If suddenly you don’t need healing or energy from Yao Yao, and you want her to deal damage in a squad where there is a pyro hero, then you can give her this spear. |
Harlequin | This heroine's squads are extremely flexible. If you put a Dendro ally next to her, you can easily get the full buff from the spear's passive. But you should be careful if you play without a shield. Out of habit, given that Harlequin does not receive external healing, you can easily burn out. |
Hu Tao | The basic stats of the weapon are perfect for the heroine, since the attack and critical mass of Elegy Lumidus completely coincide with those of Hu Tao’s signature spear – the Staff of Khoma. But if you suddenly decide to play with an activated passive, then you should be extremely careful. Not only can dendro “eat up” the entire hydro status on opponents, which will force you to abandon the steam reaction, but also its own mechanics of constantly reducing HP make Hu Tao especially fragile. It can simply burn out without using the resulting buff. |
How to play with Elegy Lumidus
That part of the spear's passive ability that gives a bonus to attack power, it definitely works. If you want to get a full buff, you will have to take dendro and pyro heroes into your squad in order to activate burning often enough. It is also worth remembering that the desired reaction may simply be impossible to trigger on creatures that have their own permanent elemental status, for example on a cryo slime.
Also, the rotation of dendro and elemental pyro heroes may differ slightly from each other:
- The spear bearer is a pyro. Apply the Dendro status to the enemy, and then switch to the desired hero and use a blow that activates burning. It is worth considering that in the absence of an ally who gives enough status for the bearer of Elegy Lumidus to close the reaction twice, getting a second stack of passive can be extremely difficult.
- The bearer of the spear is dendro. Apply the pyro status to the enemy, and then switch to the desired hero and use any dendro strike. You will immediately receive both stacks from the passive ability.
In cases where only its basic stats and bonus to attack power are important in the weapon’s operation, maintain any rotation that is familiar to you.
