Massiah Animus Spotlight

Massiah, the Blade of Verdict, is a powerhouse DPS in Etheria: Restart with both cleave potential and sustained survivability. He thrives in single-target and AoE situations alike, offering high burst damage and the unique ability to gain invincibility by securing kills. With his strong self-buffs and synergy between skills, Messiah can dominate in both PvE and PvP when built correctly.

In this Article, we are going to be breaking down the best ways to utilize Massiah, and how to gear him for the best possible results.

Skill 1: Cross Slash

Deals two hits of 130% damage to a single enemy and has a 25% chance to apply Vulnerability for 2 turns.

• Vulnerability increases damage taken by 30%.
• If Messiah kills the target, he gains 1 turn of Invincibility.
• If already invincible, the duration is extended by 1 turn.This makes him snowball hard in combat, especially when cycling into more kills.

Skill 2: Dual Judgment

Hits one enemy 3 times for 90% damage each.

• The final hit’s damage increases by 6% for every 1% HP lost by the target, making it stronger the more damage the earlier hits do.
• An excellent single-target finisher, especially following Vulnerability debuff setup.

Skill 3: Divine Descent

Deals two AoE hits of 170% damage, ignores 50% of enemy DEF, bypasses passives, and grants 1 turn of Invincibility.

• This is the perfect opener: burst all enemies, ignore defenses/passives, gain invincibility, and then rotate into Skill 1 to secure kills and extend invincibility.
• Core to his identity as an invulnerable cleaver.

Skill 3: Top Priority

• Boosts damage to 170% per hit.
• Raises DEF penetration to 50%.
• Reduces cooldown.This unlocks his AoE cleave potential and sets up his entire kill loop.

Skill 1: Second Priority

• Boosts damage to 130% per hit.
• Increases Vulnerability chance to 25%.
• Extends Vulnerability to 2 turns.This enables consistent procs of invincibility and better team damage synergy.

Skill 2: Last Priority

• Boosts single-target damage.
• Improves scaling on the final hit based on target HP lost.
• Reduces cooldown by 1 turn.Great against bosses and tanky enemies.

Early Game Sets:

• Onslaught: +45% ATK – flat power boost.
• Bramble: +10% DEF, 25% chance to counter when hit – strong synergy with his Skill 1 for invincibility.

Mid Game Sets:

• Keeneye: +18% CRIT DMG; first 3 attacks deal +25%/15%/5% – great for burst-focused rotations.

Late Game Sets:

• Fury Edge: +12% CRIT Rate, +20% CRIT DMG – ideal for maxing his burst cleave output.

• CRIT Rate – ensures his multipliers actually hit hard.
• CRIT DMG – boosts burst.
• ATK% – scales all damage and invincibility shield output.
• Early game fallback: ATK% / ATK% / CRIT Rate

Early Game:

• Agent Lizard (Jock): Synergizes with his Skill 3 AoE burst.
• Budo Panda (Apate): Offensive early-game option for stronger openers.

Mid Game:

• Twilight Knight (Feiyan): DEF reduction on weakest target – great for cleanup with Skill 1.
• White Fang (Whitney): Grants Life Leech for sustain after bursting.

Late Game:

• Count (Asarte): +40% ATK for 2 turns and 3-turn Life Leech – perfect for sustaining in extended fights and keeping invincibility uptime.

Pros:

• Cleave monster – devastates PvE waves and PvP teams alike.
• Self-invincibility cycle allows him to ignore retaliation and survive longer.
• DEF ignore and passive nullification give him strong counterplay against tanks and reactive units.
• Vulnerability debuff adds massive team-wide synergy.

Cons:

• Vulnerable to Disorder enemies who counter his typing.
• Relies on securing kills to extend invincibility—if he falls short, he becomes exposed.
• Needs good gear scaling (CRIT Rate, DMG, ATK) to realize full value.