Video Guide:
Pulchra is an A-Rank physical character who wields the Stun W-Engine type. Pulchra is a versatile fighter, excelling in both close-range combat and tactical maneuvers. Her adaptability and unique skill set make her a valuable addition to any team, capable of handling various combat scenarios with precision and efficiency.
Pulchra’s Basic Attack:
Let’s break down Pulchra’s basic attack arsenal. Pulchra’s primary basic attack, Swift Strike, serves as the foundation of her combat style. This attack allows her to perform up to three consecutive strikes forward, dealing physical damage. It’s ideal for close-range engagements against single targets. After landing a hit, Pulchra can transition into different attack variations, offering flexibility in combos.
Pulchra’s Basic Attack Variations:
After performing Swift Strike, Pulchra can shift into different attack variations based on your strategy. Let’s explore these variations.
Leap Strike: Pulchra charges up and delivers a powerful leap attack, dealing physical damage. This move is perfect for close-range combat and can be used to initiate or finish combos.
Pulchra’s Special Attack adds depth and versatility to her combat style, allowing her to adapt to different situations.
Devouring Claw: Pulchra performs a rapid piercing attack, dealing physical damage. This skill increases her interruption resistance during execution, making it a reliable option in chaotic battles.
Devouring Claw: Nightmare Assault: When Pulchra or her teammate lands a Special Attack or Enhanced Special Attack hit and she is in the Hunter’s Step state, she triggers an Additional Attack. Subsequent team attacks can trigger up to four consecutive Additional Attacks, followed by a powerful finisher. This effect can only occur once per Hunter’s Step state.
Devouring Claw—Flash Step: When her energy is sufficient, Pulchra performs multiple piercing attacks, dealing physical damage. This move grants her invincibility during execution, making it a powerful offensive and defensive tool.
Dodging is a crucial aspect of Pulchra’s mobility and defense. Let’s look at her dodge:
Righting Reflex: Pulchra performs a quick dash to evade incoming attacks. Proper timing grants her invincibility and can set up counterattack opportunities.
Strike First: During a dodge, Pulchra can perform a sliding attack, dealing physical damage to enemies in her path.
Retaliation: After a successful Perfect Dodge, Pulchra dashes forward to counterattack, dealing physical damage. This move also grants her invincibility during execution.
Pulchra isn’t just a powerhouse in combat; she also brings valuable support to her team.
Quick Support: Employment Contract: Bodyguard Service: When an ally is knocked back, Pulchra dashes forward to counterattack, dealing physical damage. This move grants her invincibility during execution.
Parry Support - Employment Contract: Combat Outsourcing: When an ally is about to be attacked, Pulchra evades the enemy’s strike and triggers Perfect Vision, granting her team a tactical advantage.
Support Assault - Separate Billing: After evading an attack, Pulchra leaps forward and fires a shot, dealing physical damage. This move consumes one Support Point and enters her into the Hunter’s Step state, enhancing her combat capabilities.
Pulchra shines in team-based strategies with her chain and ultimate attacks, enabling coordinated assaults for maximum impact.
Chain Skill: Hey, Didn’t See That Coming: Pulchra and her team unleash a coordinated attack, dealing massive physical damage to a single target. This move grants her invincibility during execution.
Ultimate Skill: Oh, Game Time: When her Resonance Level reaches Extreme, Pulchra fires a devastating shot, dealing massive physical damage. This move also grants her invincibility during execution.
Core Passive: Hunter's Instinct: When Pulchra activates Enhanced Special Attack, Support Assault, Chain Skill, or Ultimate Skill, she enters the Hunter’s Step state, increasing her stagger damage by thirty percent for six seconds. If she is switched to the backline while in this state, the duration persists until she returns to the frontline. While in Hunter’s Step, landing a heavy attack triggers the Quick Support of the previous team member.
Additional Ability: Business Partner: When a D.P.S. character or a character of the same faction is in the team, Pulchra’s Special Attack: Additional Attack, Enhanced Special Attack, Support Assault, Chain Skill, or Ultimate Skill applies the Trapped effect to enemies for fifteen seconds. Team members deal thirty percent more damage to enemies under the trapped effect.
For Pulchra’s ability level priority, first level her special attack, second level her basic attack, third level her chain attack, fourth level her assist, and lastly level her dodge.
For those aiming to optimize Pulchra’s performance in endgame content, here's a breakdown of her recommended stats at level sixty. Impact should be one hundred sixty, attack should be one thousand eight hundred, H.P. should be nine thousand, defense should be eight hundred fifty, critical rate should be fifty percent, and critical damage should be one hundred percent.
Pulchra’s Mindscape Cinema enhances her abilities and provides unique bonuses. Let’s go through each one.
Mindscape Cinema One, Self-Interest: When entering the battlefield, if Pulchra’s energy is below one hundred, it is restored to one hundred.
Mindscape Cinema Two, Leverage: While in the Hunter’s Step state, Pulchra’s attack is increased by twenty percent.
Mindscape Cinema Three, Territorial Instinct: Increases the level of Basic Attack, Dodge, Support Skill, Special Attack, and Chain Skill by two.
Mindscape Cinema Four, Thrill of the Hunt: When team members deal Additional Attack damage to enemies under the Trapped effect, their critical rate increases by fifteen percent.
Mindscape Cinema Five, Tail Play: Increases the level of Basic Attack, Dodge, Support Skill, Special Attack, and Chain Skill by two.
Mindscape Cinema Six, Behind the Mask: Increases the damage of Special Attack: Devouring Claw - Nightmare Assault by twenty percent and adds two additional consecutive attacks.
Since Pulchra is an A-Rank character, her Mindscape Cinema are important for her overall capabilities, so try to get as many as you can. But do not chase after them, as you will likely get her Mindscape Cinema over time.
Pulchra’s Signature A-Rank W-Engine has a fifteen percent impact substat. When launching Special Attack or Enhanced Special Attack, the damage caused by Pulchra is increased by thirty percent. When this effect is triggered, if Pulchra is not onfield, Pulchra's impact is increased by an additional three percent for three seconds.
If you have any stun character’s S-Rank limited gacha W-Engine, you can use that, but it makes more sense for a S-Rank character to hold a S-Rank W-Engine.
A S-Rank standard gacha W-Engine that Pulchra can use is Hellfire Gears, Koleda’s signature W-Engine. While off-field, Pulchra’s energy regeneration increases, and when using an EX Special Attack, Pulchra’s Impact is increased.
An alternate S-Rank standard gacha W-Engine that Pulchra can use is The Restrained, Lycaon’s signature W-Engine. When an attack hits an opponent, Daze and Damage from basic attacks increase.
A battle pass A-Rank W-Engine that Pulchra can use is Six Shooter. Pulchra gains a charge stack every three seconds, up to six stacks. When using an EX Special Attack, all charge stacks are consumed, and each stack increases the daze inflicted on enemies.
A free-to-play accessible A-Rank W-Engine that Pulchra can use is Steam Oven. For every ten energy accumulated, Pulchra’s impact is increased.
An alternate free-to-play accessible A-Rank W-Engine that Pulchra can use is Precious Fossilized Core. When the opponent’s H.P. is no lower than fifty percent, Pulchra inflicts more daze. When the opponent’s H.P. is no lower than seventy-five percent, the bonus is further increased.
A free-to-play B-Rank W-Engine that Pulchra can use is Arrow. Pulchra’s attacks inflict more daze on the primary opponent.
Pulchra’s optimal Drive Disk set is Shockstar Disco. Its two-piece set effect increases impact. Its four-piece set effect makes it so that Pulchra’s basic attack, dash attack, and dodge counters inflict more Daze upon the primary enemy. Additionally, use two Swing Jazz disks to increase energy regeneration.
For Drive Disk four, use a critical rate or critical damage main stat. For Drive Disk five, use a physical damage percent main stat. For Drive Disk six, use an impact main stat.
For drive disk substats prioritization, prioritize either Critical Rate or Critical Damage, then prioritize Attack Percent, and lastly either Penetration or Flat Attack.
Bangboo options depend on the team you are running.
Pulchra’s best team is likely herself, Miyabi, or Silver Soldier Anby, and Astra Yao. A premium Sons of Calydon team is Pulchra, Burnice or Lighter, and Caesar. A free-to-play team is Pulchra, Lucy, and Harumasa.