In Genshin Impact, the Flute Espicual is a craftable 4-star one-handed sword from Natlan. All of the weapon's stats provide a fairly rare defense buff to its wielder. From this guide, you will learn how to create and upgrade this blade and find the best wielders for it.
Where to get the Flute Espicual
Since this weapon is a crafted item, it can be made at a blacksmith if you have the blueprint. We will tell you how to get it after the release of version 5.0. To create one blade, you will need:
- Borderlands One-Handed Sword Blank;
- 50 Condensing Crystals;
- 50 White Iron Fragments;
- 500 Mora.
Main Stats of the Espical Flute
- Rarity: 4 stars.
- Base attack: 41–454.
- Second stat: 15–69% defense.
Passive ability:When the wearer activates an elemental skill, their defense increases by 16-32%. The bonus lasts for 15 seconds.
How to upgrade Flute Espicual
In the table below, you can see the weapon upgrade materials to the maximum level 90 and the progression of its characteristics at different stages of upgrading.
- Pieces of the Sacrificial Heart are awarded for completing the Ancient Watchtower dungeon on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays.
- Fangs drop from Saurians that inhabit Natlan.
- Hilts can be obtained by defeating elite Praetorian warriors.
- You will also need 755 thousand Mora and 605 units of Magic Enhancement Ore.
The missing materials can be purchased at Paimon's shop or crafted using alchemy.
How to Awaken the Flute Espical
To increase the bonus from the sword's passive ability, you will need to awaken it with copies, which can also be ordered from the blacksmith. How the buff increases at each rank is shown in the image below.
Which heroes is the Flute Espical suitable for?
This sword is needed for those one-handed swords whose scales depend on the defense indicator. At the moment, there are not many such characters in the game, but with the release of Natlan, their number will certainly increase. Below, we will analyze in more detail what advantages the Flute Espical gives to different heroes.
| Character | Benefits |
|---|---|
Albedo | The Cinnabar Spindle, which can be considered a character signature, was only available for obtainment during the White Dust and Snow Shadow event, which took place in version 2.3. Finally, players who do not have this sword have a budget alternative that provides protection. Albedo has a fairly fast cooldown of the elemental skill, which allows you to maintain the passive buff on a permanent basis. Although the weapon does not provide any bonuses for the ultimate, which without C2 scales only from attack power, it will still significantly increase the hero's overall DPS, since his main damage comes from the flower from the skill. |
Thiori | Unlike Albedo, both Tiori's elemental skill and ultimate have defense scales, for this reason the sword will give a bonus to all of her main sources of damage. The difference in the cooldowns of the weapon's passive and the Tamoto's installation in 1 second can be considered insignificant, which makes the Flute of Espical a great option for the heroine. |
How to play with the Flute of Espical
One of the advantages of this sword is the fact that you do not have to somehow adjust the squads or change the usual rotations for it. Just stick to the gameplay that is most effective for each individual character. It is worth noting only one point: if the hero's elemental skill has a snapshot mechanic, like the Albedo flower, then he will receive a bonus to defense from the passive only on the second use of the skill.
