Shorekeeper: Guide & Build (Best Echoes, Weapons & Teams)

If you’ve been eagerly waiting for a break from carrying your teams, guess what? The wait is over! Shorekeepers has arrived, and she’s a game-changer. In this comprehensive guide, we’re diving into her abilities, her best builds, and the teams where she truly shines. Spoiler: she’s incredibly versatile and excels in multiple teams. So, if you’re unsure about pulling for her or looking to optimize her, keep reading you won’t want to miss this.

Why Is Shorekeeper So Amazing?

Shorekeeper brings immense value to any team, especially as a support. Her versatility and ability to amplify damage make her an invaluable asset. Let’s break down her strengths:

1. Damage Amplification: Shorekeeper can increase your team’s damage by a whopping 15%. But that’s not all; she also boosts your team’s Critical Rate by up to 12.5% and Critical Damage by up to 25%. That’s a serious damage boost.
2. Healing Abilities: She doesn’t just enhance your damage output; she also provides healing and shields. She has an ability I like to call “Fail-Safe Dodge.” If you get interrupted during combat, her butterflies swoop in to help you recover almost instantly.
3. Auto-Revive Mechanic: One of her most unique abilities is her auto-revive feature. She can sacrifice her own health to bring a fallen ally back to life.
4. Mobility: Shorekeeper can transform into a butterfly when you hold down the attack button, allowing her to traverse the map quickly and collect materials. You can even glide across water in this form. Pretty cool, right?

Shorekeeper’s Basic Attacks and How They Work

While Shorekeeper’s damage output from her basic attacks isn’t earth-shattering, they’re still crucial to her overall playstyle. Her four-hit combo is more about building up resources than dealing damage. Let’s unpack this:

1. Collapsed Cores: After each attack, she generates something called “Collapsed Core,” which releases a Flare Star Butterfly after 6 seconds. The damage from this butterfly is minimal, but if you have five or more cores on the field, your next attack will convert them into butterflies that provide additional effects.
2. Forte Gauge: This is where things get interesting. Each basic attack contributes to building up her Forte Gauge. You get 1 point for using the first, second, or fourth hit, and 2 points for using the third hit. The third hit also acts as a small crowd-control move, pulling in nearby enemies.
3. Butterfly Mode: When you hold down the attack button, she goes into butterfly mode, generating five points for her Forte Gauge and leaving some Collapsed Cores on the field. This mode is more about exploring the world than dealing damage, but it’s a handy feature for gathering resources quickly.

What Does Shorekeeper’s Forte Do?

Once you’ve built up five points in her Forte Gauge, you can unleash a powerful attack that creates a vortex, pulling in enemies and releasing any butterflies from the Collapsed Cores on the field. This vortex deals decent damage, and in mid-air, Shorekeeper can follow up with a second attack without consuming more resources.

Healing and Buffing Through Her Skill

Shorekeeper’s skill restores health to everyone on the team and releases five Dim Star Butterflies that target and damage enemies. These butterflies come in two Flavors: Dim Star and Flare Star, with Dim Star scaling slightly lower than Flare Star. Though her damage isn’t her strongest suit, the buffs and healing she provides more than make up for it.

Shorekeeper’s Ultimate: Resonance Liberation

Her ultimate ability, Resonance Liberation, creates a massive field that gives your team various buffs based on its stage. The field goes through three stages: Outer Stellarealm, Inner Stellarealm, and Supernal Stellarealm. Here’s how it works:

1. Outer Stellarealm: At this stage, the field provides healing every 3 seconds for the active character. A solid start, but it gets better.
2. Inner Stellarealm: By casting an Intro skill while inside the field, the field advances to this stage, boosting everyone’s Critical Rate by up to 12.5%.
3. Supernal Stellarealm: If you cast another Intro skill, the field advances to the Super stage, boosting Critical Damage by up to 25%. At this point, Shorekeeper’s Intro skill becomes SUPER Intro, which not only deals significant damage but also guarantees a critical hit. The downside? This ends the ultimate, but the payoff is worth it for a fresh rotation.

Building Shorekeeper: What You Need

If you’re looking to build Shorekeeper optimally, energy regeneration is key. You’ll want to hit the 250% Energy Regen cap to maximize her Critical Rate and Critical Damage boosts. Here’s how to get there:

1. Weapon Choices: Shorekeeper’s signature weapon is, unsurprisingly, her best option. It provides a ton of Energy Regen and boosts her healing. However, if you have the Variation weapon, you can still do just fine. Variation provides less Energy Regen and doesn’t boost her HP, but it does help her regain Concerto Energy, speeding up her rotations.
2. Echo Sets: For most players, the Rejuvenating Set will be the best option. It boosts healing and provides the necessary energy regen to keep her ultimate up as much as possible. If you don’t have access to this set, the Moonlit Set paired with Heron as the main echo is a viable alternative.

Team Synergy: Where Shorekeeper Shines

Shorekeeper is incredibly flexible and can fit into almost any team composition. Her support abilities are unmatched, making her a fantastic pick for teams with high DPS characters like Jiyan and Mortefi or Xiangli Yao and Yinlin.

1. Damage Amplification: Her Outro skill amplifies damage by 15% for 30 seconds, making it perfect for quick-swap teams.
2. Revive Ability: Her auto-revive skill is great for teams that might face a lot of burst damage. Every 10 minutes, she can revive a fallen ally, sacrificing up to 50% of her health to do so.

Shorekeeper vs. Verina: Who’s Better?

If you already have Verina, you might be wondering if it’s worth pulling for Shorekeeper. While both characters are excellent support units, Shorekeeper offers more in terms of damage amplification and healing. Verina, on the other hand, builds up her Concerto Bar faster, making her a bit more efficient for timed challenges like the Tower of Adversity.

Advanced Strategy: Shorekeeper’s Best Rotation

To get the most out of Shorekeeper, you’ll want to build up her Concerto energy quickly and unleash her ultimate at the right time. Here’s a sample rotation:

1. Start with Shorekeeper, build up Concerto Energy with basic attacks.
2. Use her ultimate to create the field, then swap to a sub-DPS like Mortefi.
3. Once the field advances to the Supernal Stage, bring in your main DPS to deal heavy damage.
4. After they’ve done their job, swap back to Shorekeeper and trigger her SUPER Intro for massive burst damage.

Is Shorekeeper Worth It?

Absolutely! Whether you’re looking for a top-tier support unit or someone who can bring incredible utility to your team, Shorekeeper is the whole package. From damage amplification to healing, reviving, and even mobility, she’s one of the most versatile support characters out there. Whether you already have Verina or not, Shorekeeper will add immense value to your team.