Dan Heng - Imbibitor Lunae

"Uses a 2-hit attack and deals Imaginary DMG equal to 100% of Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's ATK to a single enemy target." (Lv.6)

Energy Gain: 20

Toughness Break: 30

The only special thing about the Basic Attack is that it’s a 2-hit combo. This will be covered later.

Imbibitor Lunae’s Enhanced Basic Attacks scale with the Basic Attack level. This makes it the most important Trace to level up. Max it out before the rest.

"Enhances Basic ATK. Enhancements may be applied up to 3 times consecutively. Using this ability does not consume Skill Points and is not considered as using a Skill.
Enhancing Basic ATK "Beneficent Lotus" 1 time transforms Basic ATK into "Transcendence."
Enhancing Basic ATK "Beneficent Lotus" 2 times transforms Basic ATK into "Divine Spear."
Enhancing Basic ATK "Beneficent Lotus" 3 times transforms Basic ATK into "Fulgurant Leap."
When unleashing Divine Spear or Fulgurant Leap, 1 stack of "Outroar" is gained before every hit (starting from the fourth hit). Each stack of "Outroar" increases Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's CRIT DMG by 12.0%, for a max of 4 stacks. These stacks last until the end of his turn." (Lv.10)

Energy Gain: 0

Toughness Break: 0

Imbibitor Lunae’s Skill enhances his Basic Attack into 1 to 3 levels depending on how many Skill Points are consumed. The only other important note is that it increases the Crit DMG for levels 2 & 3.

Upgrading the Skill only increases the Crit DMG granted to a level 2 or 3 Enhanced Basic Attack. The improvement isn’t much, so the Skill isn’t as important to upgrade.

Energy Cost: 140 "Unleashes a 3-hit attack, deals Imaginary DMG equal to 300% of Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's ATK to a single enemy target and Imaginary DMG equal to 140% of Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's ATK to adjacent targets, and obtains 2 Squama Sacrosancta.
A max of 3 Squama Sacrosancta can be possessed at any given time. Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae may consume an equivalent number of Squama Sacrosancta instead of Skill Points. Consuming Squama Sacrosancta is considered equivalent to consuming Skill Points." (Lv.10)

Energy Gain: 5

Toughness Break: Target - 60 / Adjacent - 60

Azure’s Aqua Ablutes All does a similar amount of damage to a Level 2 Enhanced Basic Attack. The largest boon is that it not only avoids the 2 Skill Points cost but gives Imbibitor Lunae the equivalent of 2 Skill Points.

These extra Skill Points give supporting teammates opportunities to use their own Skills. Especially for the Slow and Powerful playstyle. They can set up buffs, defenses, or heals without encroaching on Imbibitor Lunae’s Skill Point needs. Just remember to save 1 Skill Point before his next turn.

Imbibitor Lunae’s Ultimate hits decently hard and benefits from upgrades. But it has a high cost of 140 energy, so it’ll only be used once every three turns at most.

"Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae gains 1 stack of Righteous Heart after each hit unleashed during an attack. Righteous Heart increases his DMG by 10.0%, up to 6 stacks. These stacks last until the end of his turn." (Lv.10)

Similar to Imbibitor Lunae’s Skill, Righteous Heart gives extra damage depending on the number of hits in the attack. It’s important to note that the buff only takes effect after the 1st hit, not before like the Skill’s Crit DMG buff. For example, the Basic Attack is a 2-hit combo, meaning only the 2nd hit will gain a 10% DMG buff while the 1st gains nothing. Every preceding hit will gain 10% more damage than the previous.

Similar to the Skill, upgrading this only increases the DMG% buff. The increase isn’t significant, but it’s still important to level-up.

Because Imbibitor Lunae is a powerful damage dealer, and all his Trace upgrades increase his damage, it’s very important to get them as high as possible.

"After using his Technique, Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae enters the Leaping Dragon state for 20 seconds. While in the Leaping Dragon state, using his attack causes him to move forward rapidly for a set distance, attacking all enemies he touches and blocking all incoming attacks. After entering combat via attacking enemies in the Leaping Dragon state, Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae deals Imaginary DMG equal to 120% of his ATK to all enemies, and gains 1 Squama Sacrosancta."

Energy Gain: 0

Toughness Break: 60

Heaven-Quelling Prismadrakon is an initiating Technique. Entering battle while it’s active is required to gain the bonuses. Swapping characters will cancel the state and waste a Technique Point. Luckily, Imbibitor Lunae’s Technique is quite good. It deals a surprising amount of initial damage and gives the equivalent of 1 extra Skill Point.

Branch 1: Star Veil

Star Veil helps with Imbibitor Lunae’s high energy cost, but it only gives 10.7% of the needed 140.

Branch 2: Aqua Reign

Imbibitor Lunae is a pure damage dealer, so the minor 35% CC resistance isn’t helpful at all. He’d rather depend on teammates to cleanse and protect him rather than rely on this Trace.

Branch 3: Jolt Anew

Jolt Anew gives Imbibitor Lunae a huge amount of Crit DMG% when attacking Imaginary Weak targets. This further encourages him to be used against enemies he has an elemental advantage over and can Break. Which has great synergy with some Lightcones and Relic sets.

Stat Only Branchs

"Increases the stackable Righteous Heart count by 4, and gains 1 extra stack of Righteous Heart for each hit during an attack."

Imbibitor Lunae’s first Eidolon essentially doubles the buff granted by his Talent. You can check the table’s “Talent DMG Bonus” column above if you’re curious how much E1 will grant each attack.

"After using his Ultimate, Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's action is Advanced Forward by 100% and gains 1 extra Squama Sacrosancta."

Imperium On Cloud Nine is huge. If used correctly, Imbibitor Lunae can perform a combo of Level 3 -> Ultimate -> Level 3 all within the same turn. This is his best Eidolon and stopping point.

"Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10."

Eidolon 3 is the simple Basic Attack and Skill upgrade.

"The buff effect granted by Outroar lasts until the end of this character's next turn."

When Imbibitor Lunae is played correctly, Zephyr’s Bliss gives him 100% uptime of max stacks on the Crit DMG% granted by his Skill, to every hit in all his attacks.

"Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15."

Eidolon 5 is the traditional Ultimate and Talent upgrade.

"After any other ally uses their Ultimate, the Imaginary RES PEN of Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae's next Fulgurant Leap attack increases by 20%. This effect can stack up to 3 time(s)."

Resistance Penetrations are rare. Being able to ignore 60% of an enemy’s imaginary resistance is huge for a powerhouse like Imbibitor Lunae. But it’s not game-changing like E2.

Brighter Than the Sun

Imbibitor Lunae’s signature Lightcone is his best-in-slot. It gives him everything he desires. The extra Energy Recharge is nice, but it still won’t reliably grant his Ultimate every 2 turns even with an ER% Rope and Sprightly Vonwacq.

On the Fall of an Aeon

On the Fall of an Aeon is Imbibitor Lunae’s best free Lightcone. It gives him a permanent Atk buff after each turn and an extra buff after inflicting a Weakness Break. Although Imaginary Break isn’t the strongest, Imbibitor Lunae inflicts high amounts of AoE Toughness Reduction. Which allows him to gain that extra buff consistently. And his Trace further encourages him to fight against Imaginary weak enemies.

The downside is only one copy is given per account. But it’s easily Superimposed to level 5.

Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run is the battlepass Destruction Lightcone. It gives him a no-condition Atk% buff and some self-healing when defeating enemies. But Imbibitor Lunae would rather rely on teammates to keep him alive than this Lightcone.

The Moles Welcome You

The Moles Welcome You gives a similar Atk% buff. It can stack up to 3 times with no expiration, but since Imbibitor Lunae’s Skill deals no damage, he’ll be capped at 2 stacks.

Body

Imbibitor Lunae needs a minimum of 70% Crit Rate to use his best Relic set. Go with a Crit Dmg% Body piece if this minimum has been reached with Traces, Lightcones, Relics, and Substats. Otherwise, use Crit Rate%.

Feet

Use Atk% Boots if going for the Slow and Powerful playstyle. Use SPD Boots if going for the Fast and Balanced playstyle.

Planar Sphere

Imaginary Dmg% is the best option. Atk% can be used if one isn’t available in the Relic Set of choice.

Link Rope

Atk% Rope is the best option since Imbibitor Lunae won’t gain his Ultimate in 2 turns even if wearing an Energy Recharge%.

Sub Stats

Hitting the 70% Crit Rate minimum should be the first goal. This will allow him to capitalize on his built-in Crit Dmg% buff and take advantage of the Rutilant Arena set bonus.

If SPD Boots are used, then reaching 134 speed is the next goal. If Atk% boots are used, don’t worry about speed at all.

After those two goals have been reached, focus on maximizing Crit Dmg% and Atk%.

2pc Effect: " Increases Imaginary DMG by 10%."
4pc Set Effect: "When attacking debuffed enemies, the wearer's CRIT Rate increases by 10%, and their CRIT DMG increases by 20% against Imprisoned enemies."

Wastelander of Banditry Desert is Imbibitor Lunae’s best Relic set. It further encourages his match-up against Imaginary weak enemies, but it comes with some conditions. The only debuff Imbibitor Lunae can personally apply is Imprisoned when he weakness breaks. Therefore, a debuffer will likely be needed as a teammate. Luckily, Imbibitor Lunae has incredibly high Toughness Reduction values, and Imprisoned is used for the Crit Dmg% bonus this set provides.

2pc Effect: "ATK increases by 12%."
4pc Set Effect: "The wearer's SPD increases by 6% and Basic ATK DMG increases by 10%."

Musketeer of Wild Wheat is a great secondary set for those who don’t want to farm a dedicated Wastelander set. It’s better for the Fast and Balanced build, but less for the Slow and Powerful.

2pc Effect: "Increases the wearer's CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer's current CRIT Rate reaches 70% or higher, the wearer's Basic ATK and Skill DMG increase by 20%."

Rutilant Arena is the best Planar set. It gives him a nice 8% Crit Rate and increases all non-Ultimate damage by 20%.

2pc Effect: "Increases the wearer's ATK by 12%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 120 or higher, the wearer's ATK increases by an extra 12%."

Space Sealing Station is a decent set, but it will require a minimum of 120 speed, making it better for the Fast and Balanced build.

The downside is the lack of options. Currently, the only other Imaginary units are Luocha, Welt, and Yukong. Luocha is a limited 5*, Welt is a permanent 5*, and Yukong doesn’t have the best synergy with Imbibitor Lunae since she has high Skill Point demands as well. Silver Wolf can be subbed into this team, but she is also a limited 5*.

In the future, there might even be some units that revolve around Skill Point generation. Dan Heng - Imbibitor Lunae will welcome them as a core teammate with open arms.