Lucia - Crimson Abyss

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First encountered as **Unknown Construct α**, Lucia: Crimson Abyss is more commonly known as **Alpha**.

## Skills

* Red Orb
* Yellow Orb
* Blue Orb

* Basic Attack
* Signature
* QTE
* Type
* Awakening

* Core
* Leader
* SS Rank
* SSS Rank
* SSS+ Rank

## Generic Coatings

* Generic
* Generic - Modified
* Generic - Final

## Alternate Coatings

* Gray Feathers: Crimson Abyss
* Final Journey
* Volatile Priestess
* Seaside Sunbath
* Apocalyptic Cyan

## Recommended Gear

### Gear Notes

* **4x Frederick:** Better for burst but requires using dodges for DPS, leaving less dodges for safety
* **4x Patton:** Better for long fights and if you aren't used to bursting bosses
* **Preferred Memory Placements:** If possible, put Darwin in slot 1/2/3 as Darwin has low ATK stat; Frederick/Patton should prioritise 4/5/6
* **6\* Weapon Resonance:** If you only have one 6\* weapon available for Resonance fodder, activate Alpha's second slot for more orbs; slot priority is 2 > 3 > 1

## Gameplay Tips

* General
* Orbs

* Alpha's gameplay loop revolves around triggering Sword Wave as often as possible
* She requires good Orb management and awareness
* Dodging to skip the first two parts of Alpha's basic attack will help to quickly burst down enemies

* The aim when using Alpha is to activate Sword Wave often
* This is done by using a Blue 3-Ping followed by any colour 3-Ping
* Some examples of how this can be done include:
	+ Evade the enemy, then Matrix-Ping a single Blue Orb followed by another 3-Ping
	+ If the orbs are already lined up in threes, activate a Blue 3-Ping followed by another 3-Ping
	+ If there are four Blue Orbs in a row, Matrix-Ping the leftmost one and then 3-Ping the remaining three Blue Orbs

## Good Teammates

* War Zone
* General / Pain Cage
* Pain Cage Burst

* Karenina - Blast: Although she is an Attacker, her QTE pulls enemies together, and as a result she is a great partner for modes like Warzone
* Nanami - Storm: Swap to **Nanami: Storm** and use her Blue Orb in order to gather enemies and lower the enemies' defenses
* Rosetta - Arctic: A direct upgrade to **Nanami: Storm**

Kamui: Bastion has nowhere near as much shred as Nanami: Storm and is less useful to swap into. Warzone has a lot of character switching, so Nanami: Storm comes out on top here. However, Rosetta: Arctic is always the superior choice if you have her.

* Liv - Eclipse: Specifically at SSS Class (her shards are farmable in the first challenge stage of her Interlude), Eclipse gains access to a passive that will give Alpha a 10% physical damage increase; with the right memories, she'll bring out more buffs for Alpha's Sword Wave burst
* Nanami - Storm: Swap to **Nanami: Storm** and use her Blue Orb in order to gather enemies and lower the enemies' defenses
* Rosetta - Arctic: A direct upgrade to **Nanami: Storm**

* Nanami - Storm: Swap to **Nanami: Storm** and use her Blue Orb in order to gather enemies and lower the enemies' defenses
* Kamui - Bastion: His QTE has a valuable stun and lowers the enemy's defense; more convenient than Storm because he doesn't require being swapped in
* Rosetta - Arctic: A direct upgrade to **Nanami: Storm/Kamui: Bastion**

Two Tanks provide better buffs for bursting down bosses in seconds.

## Trivia

* Lucia: Crimson Abyss first appeared as a boss called Unknown Construct α before later becoming a playable character
* When speaking, her name appears simply as α