Reed

Contrary to what it looks like, Reed is not setting people on fire—she is exciting living tissue so much that it explodes. This fine distinction may be important to Kal’tsit, but it probably isn’t much use to Reed’s enemies once they start exploding! As a 5* DP-on-Kill Vanguard, Reed needs to deal DPS and generate DP, and her kit is perfectly positioned to handle both of these tasks.

DP-on-Kill Vanguards have two unique traits: they generate 1 DP every time they kill an enemy, and they refund their entire DP cost when retreated. As such, these Operators need good stats in order to secure kills and generate DP, and Reed certainly has those. In fact, she has more well-rounded stats than most Vanguards thanks to her Talent, Magic-Withering Blood, which gives her massive bonus RES. Between this Talent and her full DP refund, Reed is great at assassinating enemy Casters. She’s no slouch against bulky physical targets either. Her Skill 2, Spiritual Spark, grants a large ATK buff and causes Reed’s attacks to start dealing extra Arts damage, giving her a workaround for enemies with high DEF. Even better, anything Reed kills while Spiritual Spark is active grants +1 more DP than a usual kill. Reed can create buckets of DP with this Skill, and its terrific uptime means she can use it with alarming frequency.

Reed’s kit is very potent, but she still suffers from the usual troubles of DP-on-Kill Vanguards. Because she can only Block-1, she’s often in danger of being overrun by enemies, and if bad timing causes another Operator to land the killing blow on her target, she won’t generate DP. It can be risky to rely on a DP-on-Kill Vanguard like Reed as your primary Vanguard for these reasons. However, any player who understands how to use DP-on-Kill Vanguards effectively should find Reed to be an outstanding addition to their lineup.