Jiuyuan Build Guide: Best Weapons, Gear, and Teams

Welcome to the definitive guide for Jiuyuan, the Sterry Express's phantom operative in Neverness to Everness. Jiuyuan is an S-Rank Anima character who excels as a Burst DPS and Control specialist.

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Wielding dual pistols and moving like a shadow through the city, Jiuyuan’s playstyle revolves around tagging enemies with her signature "Lethal Rose Pact" and detonating it for massive burst damage. If you love fast-paced, high-stakes gunplay with explosive payoffs, Jiuyuan is the perfect addition to your roster.

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Jiuyuan Build Infographic Overview 一图流攻略

Skills & Mechanics Analysis

Jiuyuan's kit is designed around quick engagements, building resources, and executing enemies with devastating combo enders.

Basic Attack (When Secrets Take Shape): Jiuyuan fires a 5-hit combo that deals Anima DMG. Crucially, this combo generates Rose Pact Bullets. On the final hit, she applies a Lethal Rose Pact to the enemy. You can also hold the attack button to consume bullets for rapid, auto-targeted continuous fire.
Resonance Skill (Intel Hunter): A high-mobility dash that pulls the enemy in, deals multiple instances of Anima DMG, grants 4 Rose Pact Bullets, and immediately establishes a Lethal Rose Pact.
Ultimate (Final Reckoning): The core of her burst damage. Jiuyuan dashes at high speed, dealing heavy AoE Anima DMG. This triggers Pact Settlement on all enemies marked with the Lethal Rose Pact, detonating them all simultaneously for massive damage.
Core Passives: Jiuyuan's passives reward her for maintaining the Lethal Rose Pact. She gains bonus ATK for every bound target, shreds enemy Anima RES by 12%, and her A2 passive even heals the entire team based on the damage dealt during a Pact Settlement.

How to Play Jiuyuan (Summary): Your goal is simple. Use her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill to tag priority targets with the Lethal Rose Pact and build up your Rose Pact Bullets. Once the enemies are marked and grouped, unleash your Ultimate to trigger Pact Settlement, dealing a massive chunk of burst damage and healing your team in the process.

Best Weapon

Jiuyuan has access to two incredible S-Rank Solid-type weapons, depending on whether you want to maximize her personal burst damage or provide significant buffs to your entire team.

Ranking & Role	Weapon Name	Effect Summary (Rank 1 - Rank 5)	Why it works
Best in Slot (Personal DPS)	Reality Refuge (Solid)	Increases Anima DMG by 15% - 25%. Increases Attachment DMG by 10% - 15%. Upon casting Ultimate, Attachment DMG bonus increases to 20% - 30% for 6s.	Reality Refuge is tailor-made for Jiuyuan's burst windows. The true power unlocks when she casts her Ultimate: her Attachment DMG bonus doubles for 6 seconds. Because her Ultimate triggers her hardest-hitting mechanic (Pact Settlement), this weapon ensures her highest damage numbers hit exactly when they need to. It provides the largest personal damage increase.
Best Support (Team Buffing)	Blow up the Crowd (Solid)	Increases the active character's ATK by 10% - 14% while wearer is off-field. Wearer dealing damage grants an additional 2% - 3.2% ATK stack (up to 4 stacks). Grants Psyche DMG on-field.	If your goal is to make Jiuyuan a premium Burst Sub-DPS/Support, this weapon is unparalleled. While the on-field Psyche DMG isn't her primary element, the massive off-field ATK buff it grants to your Main DPS is incredible. It massively elevates the team's overall damage output while she waits for her Ultimate window.

Best Gear (Modules)

To maximize Jiuyuan's damage output, you want to focus on sets that reward Anima damage and team synergy.

Jiuyuan Best Gear and Modules Recommendation

Gear Recommendation	Set Name	Set Bonuses
Best Set	Fireflies and the Forest (Liquid Set)	2-Piece Bonus: Increases Anima DMG by +10%. 4-Piece Bonus: Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG by 8% whenever a nearby enemy takes Anima DMG from the Team (stacks up to 7 times, lasts 10s). This effect works while off-field.

Desired Stats

Stat Type	Priority
Main Stats	CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Sub-stats Priority	CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG > DMG Increase > ATK% > Flat ATK

Why this set? Since Jiuyuan is often paired with other Anima characters, this set allows her to build up massive CRIT DMG stacks even when she is off-field. By the time you swap her in to cast her Ultimate, she will have maximum stacks ready for a devastating blow.

Best Team Compositions

Jiuyuan shines in Anima-centric teams that can help her stack her gear passives and capitalize on her RES shred.

The Anomaly Syndicate Team

Members: Nanally (Main DPS) + Jiuyuan (Burst DPS) + Zero (Burst/Buffer) + Sakiri or Hotori (Support/Control)

Note: Hotori are slated for the second half of version 1.0.

Jiuyuan Best Team Compositions - The Anomaly Syndicate

Characters	Synergy Analysis
Nanally & Jiuyuan	This is the core engine. Nanally is an Anima Main DPS who summons her "Underboss" to perform frequent off-field follow-up attacks. Because Nanally is constantly dealing Anima DMG, she instantly maxes out the 7 stacks of Jiuyuan's Fireflies and the Forest 4-piece set. In return, Jiuyuan's passives shred the enemies' Anima RES by 12%, directly boosting Nanally's damage.
Zero	Acts as the perfect secondary burst. Zero deals Cosmos DMG, ignoring enemy defense and providing the team with a 20-second 10% ATK buff whenever he triggers a Cosmos Esper Cycle.
Sakiri / Hotori (Flex Support)	If you use Sakiri (Incantation): You get unmatched crowd control. She can devour enemies, manipulate gravity to group them up for Jiuyuan's Ultimate, and grant a massive team-wide ATK buff (30% of her Base ATK) after using her Ultimate. If you use Hotori (Cosmos): You gain incredible burst windows. Her "World's Tide" Ultimate literally stops time, allowing the team to unleash combos safely while permanently granting the team a 10% ATK buff just for being alive on the roster.

Ascension / Leveling Materials

Jiuyuan Ascension and Leveling Materials Guide

To fully max out Jiuyuan (Level 90 Breakthrough and all 4 Skills) and her weapons, you will need the following materials. Farm these efficiently by grouping your daily activities:

Character Ascension Materials

Farming Source	Materials Required
Desert Ruins / Simulation Center	57x Fading Silhouette 78x Blurred Silhouette 83x Chaos Silhouette
World Exploration / Drops / General Shop	86x Tear of the Sea 32x Dress Sleeves of Vanity
Incantation / Event Shops	40x FNG 40x CO 64x White Rose

Weapon Breakthrough Materials

Weapon	Required Breakdown
Reality Refuge	Drama Cores: 14x Beginner Drama Core / 18x Master Drama Core / 18x Collector's Drama Core Silhouettes: 14x Fading Silhouette / 18x Blurred Silhouette / 18x Chaos Silhouette
Blow up the Crowd	Ascension Items: 14x Beaty / 18x Versey / 18x Harmony Numerals: 14x Blurred Numeral / 18x Unsolved Numeral / 18x Distorted Numeral

Awakening (Constellation) Analysis

If you are planning to pull duplicates of Jiuyuan, here are the most game-changing Awakening nodes:

Awakening Node	Effect Description
A1 (To Know, To Balance)	Increases her ATK by 5% for every target bound by Lethal Rose Pact (up to 15%). This is a fantastic, easy-to-trigger steroid in multi-target scenarios.
A2 (Intel Turns Into Blades) - Most Valuable	This fundamentally upgrades her kit. It increases Lethal Rose Pact DMG by a massive 100%. Furthermore, when Pact Settlement is triggered, it restores HP to the entire team equal to 20% of the total damage dealt. This turns her into a pseudo-healer while maintaining her role as a Burst DPS.
A4 (Strike to Kill)	Increases DMG Ratio by 50% during Pact Settlement, cementing her status as an elite burst damager.
A6 (Know Every Secret)	Adds an aggressive counter-attack mechanic. Whenever an enemy bound by her Pact casts a skill, Jiuyuan automatically deals 200% DMG to them (5s cooldown).

Is Jiuyuan Worth Pulling?

Yes, absolutely. Jiuyuan is an incredibly high-value pull. She compresses multiple roles into one slot: she offers top-tier AoE burst damage, built-in crowd control (pulling enemies), Anima Resistance shred, and, with her A2 Awakening, team-wide healing. Because she doesn't demand high on-field time, she slots perfectly into quick-swap teams and will remain a future-proof Burst DPS for any Anima-focused composition.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Do I need to keep Jiuyuan on the field to do damage?

A: No! Jiuyuan is designed as a Burst DPS. Your goal is to swap her in, use her Resonance skill to tag enemies with the Lethal Rose Pact, use her Ultimate to detonate the Settlement, and then swap back to your Main DPS (like Nanally).

Q: How exactly does "Pact Settlement" work?

A: "Pact Settlement" is the detonation mechanic of her Lethal Rose Pact. By default, the easiest way to trigger it is by casting her Ultimate (Final Reckoning). When the Ultimate connects, it forces all enemies currently marked with the pact to "settle," instantly taking all accumulated burst damage.

Q: Which S-Rank weapon should I choose for her?

A: It depends on your team strategy. Reality Refuge is her Best-in-Slot for personal burst damage due to the massive Attachment DMG buff after an Ultimate. However, if you want to focus on overall team synergy, Blow up the Crowd is an incredible alternative that massively buffs your Main DPS while Jiuyuan is off-field.