Range-to-melee DPS: Everspring Umbrella + Unfettered Rope Dart

Weapons

#1 · Umbrella

Everspring Umbrella

Bamboocut

umbrella

Weapon skills

1. 

   1. Scarlet Spin

2. 

   2. Cyclone Waltz

3. 

   3. Dreamwrought Bubbles

#2 · Rope Dart

Unfettered Rope Dart

Bamboocut

rope-dart

Weapon skills

1. 

   1. Soul Sweep

2. 

   2. Burn and Bury

3. 

   3. Piercing Dart

Inner Ways

1. 

   Morale Chant

   Attacking or healing has a chance to grant one stack of effect that increases your damage and healing dealt, stacking up to 5 times. Can only be triggered once every 2 seconds.

2. 

   Phantom Rally

   The first returning umbrella thrown by <Scarlet Spin|781||20603|20603202> summons a Phantom Umbrella, and every 3rd throw afterward will summon another. Perfect Catches and phantom umbrella summons trigger a resonance with all existing phantom umbrellas, dealing area damage.

3. 

   Towline Sweep

   Gains 50 Tokens of Gratitude after casting <Soul Sweep|781||20702|20702001>. Each hit of <Piercing Dart|781||20702|20702101>'s sweeping combo inflicts 1 stack of Soul Loss (additional 1 stack when in Soulbound state), and the first sweeping hit pulls enemies in.

4. 

   Song of Tang

   When dealing damage with Martial Art skills, gain Tang Melody for 4s (max 5 stacks, limited to 1 stack per second). Each stack grants Martial Art Skill bonus: when above 50% HP, +2% Critical Damage; when below 50% HP, +2% HP Drain (capped at 2.5% of your Max HP per second).

Alternative: For PvP, Vital Leech is a practical swap for Song of Tang when charged-skill healing is unreliable.

Mystic Skills

• 
  Flute of the Tides

  Offensive

  Play the flute. When the melody ends, deal AoE damage. The flute then follows you, releasing sound ripples that strike nearby targets.

• 
  Soaring Spin

  Offensive

  Channel your Qi into a roaring thrust, then suddenly shift stance into a spiraling follow-up strike that catches enemies off-guard. Deal damage and inflict Healing Reduction.

• 
  Serene Breeze

  Offensive

  Can be used while under hit stagger, control, or silence effects. On hit, deal damage and reduce the target's Endurance recovery by 50% for 8s.

• 
  Meridian Touch

  Offensive

  Out of combat: Select acupoints for a chance at special effects. In combat: Has a chance to Immobilize enemies and break the target's Vital Spot. Immobilize ineffective against powerful enemies.

Gear

Weapon set

Starweave

Build around the current Bamboocut damage package and keep the set bonus while improving substats.

Defensive choice

Jadeclasp

Preserve survivability without giving up the Stars Align damage core.

Stat priority

1. 1.Agility
2. 2.Physical Attack
3. 3.Bamboocut Attack
4. 4.Critical Rate
5. 5.Bamboocut Attack

Rotation

1. 1Start on Unfettered Rope Dart with Dart Song Fills the Wild held briefly to enter Charging Stance and gain Tenacity.
2. 2Use Everspring Umbrella to create ranged pressure, Phantom Umbrellas, and a safe approach window.
3. 3Use Perfect Catch and the Umbrella interaction to trigger the prepared resonance damage.
4. 4Swap into Rope Dart when the target is committed or controlled, apply Soulbreak, and spend the close-range burst.
5. 5Exit the unsafe melee window and restart from mid-range instead of forcing a broken rotation.

Practical notes

• Spacing is part of the damage rotation: the build loses value when both weapons are played from the same range.
• In PvP, keep an escape Mystic Art available before committing to the Rope Dart burst.

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