Agents

Every Agent carries one damage element, and each element builds a different Attribute Anomaly on enemies once you land enough hits. Filtering by element isn't about picking a favorite color — it decides which enemy resistance you actually break, both out in the world and in Shiyu Defense.

• Physical: builds toward Assault, interrupting the enemy's action and making it easier to fill the Daze bar — good for teams that want a nonstop combo.
• Fire: builds toward Burn, a damage-over-time effect that keeps ticking even when you're not the one attacking.
• Ice: builds toward Freeze, locking the target down for a beat and boosting crit chance against it.
• Electric: builds toward Shock, chaining damage outward and hitting especially hard against machine-type enemies.
• Ether: builds toward Corruption, wearing the enemy down steadily over time.
• Frost and Auric Ink: the two newest elements on the roster, tied to the most recently added Agents. Their anomaly mechanics are still being filled out patch by patch, so each Agent's own build page is the accurate place to check specifics rather than one blanket summary here.

Quick tip: when an enemy type clearly resists your main element, swapping to the counter element usually clears the fight faster than forcing your favorite team through it.

Alongside element, every Agent has a specialty describing its job in a 3-person team. A balanced team almost always needs three kinds of work covered: dealing damage, unlocking a window to deal more of it, and keeping the team alive.

• Attack: carries the bulk of raw damage output, usually staying on-field the longest during a combo.
• Stun: chips away at the enemy's Daze bar, opening the window where the whole team's damage spikes.
• Anomaly: builds elemental status instead of raw hits, and shines hardest with rapid team swapping.
• Support: buffs, restores energy, or heals teammates without needing to deal much damage itself.
• Defense: tanks hits, throws up shields, or punishes attacks with a well-timed parry, keeping the combo from breaking.
• Rupture: the newest specialty, running steady damage-over-time on its own with less reliance on teammates — easy for players with less time to juggle swaps.

A standard team is almost always 1 damage dealer + 1 stun or anomaly + 1 support or defense — learn that formula and you can read any character card and know which team it belongs in.

A faction is the in-story organization or gang an Agent belongs to in New Eridu — Cunning Hares, Victoria Housekeeping, Belobog Heavy Industries, Sons of Calydon, OBOL Squad, Section 6, and dozens more scattered across the roster. First and foremost, faction is a storytelling lens: Agents from the same faction tend to share storylines, dialogue, and events.

But faction isn't just lore trivia. Certain pairs of same-faction or same-element Agents unlock resonance effects that boost the whole team's base stats — which is exactly why filtering by faction speeds up team-building instead of just picking familiar names. If you're set on one Agent, try filtering to its faction to find teammates with resonance potential.

Three Agents are confirmed to be joining the roster in upcoming updates: Norma, Remielle, and Sigrid. As of now, all three are UNRELEASED — meaning their kits, stats, and even final specialty could still change before their real launch.

Because of that, this page doesn't rank or lock in a build for any of them until there's real, verifiable data after release. If you see specific numbers or combos for them elsewhere before the official launch, treat it as preliminary, not cross-checked.

If you're new and resources are tight, don't rush to build a second DPS. Prioritize finishing one top-tier Support or Defense unit first — the practical reason is simple: a good support lifts every team you build afterward, while a second DPS only strengthens exactly one team.

The sane build order: finish one carry you enjoy, pair it with whatever stun or anomaly unit you already own, then pour the rest into your support slot. An imperfect team still clears daily content — what actually stalls you out is usually a missing support, not a missing DPS.

The character grid below pulls live from the game through an automated update pipeline, so it matches the current roster across all five languages — nobody types the count by hand, so no language ever lags behind another. Use the rarity/element/specialty filters to narrow down fast: for example, filter "Fire + Support" if you need a Fire-aligned healer to round out a team.

Tap any card to jump to its full build page: skills, recommended W-Engine, and the right Drive Disc set. Not sure who to pick? Scroll back up to "Who to raise first" before diving into the grid.