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Tier S Support Build

Umbrella + Fan Support Build – Healing & Tank Guide

Combine shields, healing, crowd control, and debuffs to keep your party alive while multiplying their damage. Played well, this build lets you tank, heal, and enable your team at the same time.

Tier

S

Difficulty

Advanced

Primary Weapon

Vernal Umbrella

Secondary Weapon

Panacea Fan

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1. Build Overview

Role & Playstyle

  • Role: Support / Tank Hybrid
  • Best For: group content, dungeons, world bosses, co-op
  • Playstyle: defensive frontline with constant support and debuff uptime

Core Strengths

  • Umbrella shields + blocks grant excellent survivability.
  • Strong healing and sustain for the team.
  • Powerful crowd control; launches/lifts/juggles.
  • Amplifies party DPS via defense/damage debuffs.
  • Flexible range—frontline or mid-range support.

Core Weaknesses

  • Low solo damage compared to DPS builds.
  • Requires good positioning and team awareness.
  • Needs careful Bloom petal/buff management.
  • Most value comes in teams, less efficient solo.

2. Weapons

Key Loadout

Primary – Vernal Umbrella (3★)

  • ~210 Attack, defensive bonuses.
  • Balanced offense/defense, provides core shielding tools.
  • Use it to block, generate shields, launch foes, and apply debuffs.

Alternatives: Soulshade Umbrella (budget 2★), Celestial Umbrella (upgrade 4★).

Secondary – Panacea Fan (5★)

  • ~245 Attack, top-tier healing power.
  • Core identity for healing and support.
  • Skills provide ranged heals, buffs, and CC.
  • Obtain: Jadewood Court questline near Kaifeng.

Alternatives: Inkwell Fan (4★), Scholar’s Fan (3★).

3. Gear

Recommended Sets

Rainwhisper Set (4-piece)

  • 2pc: +40 Max HP
  • 4pc: +10% Crit Damage & Healing, +15% extra when shielded.
  • Synergizes with umbrella shields for almost constant uptime.
  • Farm: Sundara Land elites, Mercyheart Monastery bosses, Jadebrook Mountain crafting.

Harmony Blessing Set (2-piece)

  • 2pc: +15% Healing Effectiveness.
  • Use on remaining slots to stack more healing.
  • Farm: Kaifeng merchants, Jinming Pool quests, Granary of Plenty bosses.

4. Stats

Stat Priority

  • HP: core survivability.
  • Healing Power/Effectiveness: boosts healing skills directly.
  • Critical Rate & Damage: supports both damage and healing scaling.
  • Defense: mitigates heavy hits.
  • Optional resistances for specific encounters.

5. Rotations

Combat Flow

Standard Rotation

  1. Fan Light – fire buff / healing aura.
  2. Swap to Umbrella.
  3. Umbrella Light – stun/lock + apply debuff.
  4. Build 3–5 Bloom petals via umbrella attacks.
  5. Umbrella Heavy – launch enemies with petals.
  6. 5-hit umbrella combo while airborne.
  7. Swap back to Fan → Fan Heavy (AoE CC) → Fan Light heal.

Boss Rotation

  • Build & Stabilize: maintain buffs, generate shields, gather petals.
  • Burst Window: umbrella heavy launch, spend petals, swap to fan for CC and heals.
  • Sustain: keep heals, shields, and debuffs rolling between burst phases.

Rotation Goals

  • Buff → CC → debuff → heal loop.
  • Umbrella handles front-line control.
  • Fan provides mid-range healing/support.
  • Adapt based on enemy behavior and team HP.

6. Advanced Techniques

Advanced Tech

Bloom Petal Management

  • Avoid overcapping at 5 petals.
  • Spend petals during vulnerability windows.
  • Build safely; treat petals as burst currency.

Juggle Chaining

  • Fan Heavy → lift enemies.
  • Swap to Umbrella Heavy to extend airborne time.
  • Create extended DPS windows for teammates.

Buff Weaving

  • Begin rotations with Fan buffs active.
  • Track buff timers and refresh proactively.
  • Keep uptime on damage/defense/healing bonuses.

Positioning Mastery

  • Stay around 10–15 m from targets.
  • Close enough to step in, far enough to avoid one-shots.
  • Maintain line of sight on allies.
  • Never stand between boss and your squishiest teammate.

7. Team Synergy

Best Partners

  • Dual Blades users: love your defense debuffs and airborne control.
  • Spear users: capitalize on staggered targets with long thrusts.
  • Sword users: reliable follow-up on your CC windows.
  • Your debuffs can boost team damage by 15–25% during key windows.

8. Common Mistakes

Pitfalls

  • Over-healing: wasting cooldowns when the team is already healthy.
  • Bad petal management: trying to build petals mid-telegraph instead of dodging.
  • Poor positioning: breaking line of sight or standing too far from allies.
  • Solo DPS mentality: caring about personal damage instead of team success.
  • Missed shields: not pre-shielding before big hits.
  • Ignoring cooldown tracking: blowing everything at once with no plan.

9. Tips & Tricks

Pro Pointers

  • Practice weapon swapping until it’s muscle memory.
  • Watch party HP bars and boss telegraphs at all times.
  • Pre-heal and pre-shield before obvious mechanics.
  • Use terrain and elevation to reduce incoming damage.
  • Communicate cooldowns if you’re on voice chat.
  • Learn boss patterns to know when to save or spend resources.

10. Conclusion

Be the backbone

Umbrella offers shields, CC, and safe frontline presence; Fan handles powerful healing, buffs, and ranged control. Master Bloom petal management, perfect your swaps, and position smartly—your group will remember the support who kept everyone alive and boosted their damage through every fight.