This article is a comprehensive guide to Daphne in Duet Night Abyss (DNA), covering their rating, recommended builds (weapons and demon wedges), skills, introns, and more.
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Daphne Character Overview

Daphne Information
| Element | Anemo |
|---|---|
| Role | Support,Crowd Control,Healing |
| Weapon (Melee) | Whipsword |
| Weapon (Ranged) | Assault |
Daphne Tier / Rating
| Playable | Combat Partner |
|---|---|
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Hybrid Support Healer
Daphne excels at keeping her team alive while controlling the battlefield. Her abilities allow her to heal allies, apply debuffs to enemies, and enhance her teammates’ stats with buffs such as increased CRIT Rate and attack speed.
Ideal for Extended Battles
Daphne thrives in prolonged fights where sustained healing and utility can turn the tide which makes her versatile in both PvE and PvP scenarios.
Best Character Tier ListDaphne Stats
*Skill increases are not included.
| Lv. 1 | Lv. MAX(80) | |
|---|---|---|
| ATK | 30.4 | 357.74 |
| HP | 100 | 1,255 |
| Shield | 100 | 1,255 |
| DEF | 285 | 285 |
| Max Sanity | 160 | 160 |
| Skill DMG | 100% | 100% |
| Skill Range | 100% | 130% |
| Skill Duration | 118% | 118% |
| Skill Efficiency | 100% | 100% |
| Morale | 0% | 0% |
| Resolve | 0% | 0% |
How to Unlock or Get Daphne?
Exchange With Secret Letter Clues

Daphne's Secret Letter can be exchanged with Secret Letter Clues in the Shop. 1 Secret Letter will require 10 Secret Letter Clues. The shop is unlocked upon gaining access to the Sanctuary in Act 1.
How To Get Secret Letter CluesUse Secret Letters in Covert Commissions

Secret Letters can be used during Covert Commissions to get a chance for a Character's Thought to drop. Once you gather 30 Thoughts, you can then exchange them for the character!
Daphne Best Weapon
Daphne's Best Melee Weapon
| Best Melee Weapon |
|---|
Tetherlash |
Since Daphne is proficient in whipswords, Tetherlash can help increase her damage and the duration of her Skill for more healing and debuffing enemies.
Daphne's Best Ranged Weapon
| Best Range Weapon |
|---|
Arclight Apocalypses |
Arclight Apocalypse can increase Skill Duration and allow Daphne to buff her teammates as well. It allows her to have a longer duration for her healing
Daphne's Best Partner Weapon
| Best Range Weapon |
|---|
Arclight Apocalypses |
Arclight Apocalypse is better for Daphne since Skill Duration increase and ally buff works well with her Support role.
Daphne Best Demon Wedge
Loadout Details
| Character Demon Wedge Set | ||||
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Despite having healing, Daphne is more valued for her ability to apply bonus Anemo damage to allied weapon attacks. Since Skill DMG does not increase her damage buff, and only improves Daphne's healing, we've chosen to neglect this stat, and focus instead on Skill Duration, Efficiency, and Max Sanity.
| Melee Weapon Demon Wedge Set | |||
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| Free Slot | Free Slot | Free Slot | Free Slot |
Remanent Reminiscence functions as a Sanity battery
for Daphne, so we need to stack as much Crit Chance as possible to trigger its passive effects.
| Range Weapon Demon Wedge Set | |||
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Arclight Apocalypses is popularly considered to be Daphne's BiS weapon. Since this weapon only applies its bonus effects when it lands a crit, we have leaned heavily into
Support Build for Daphne
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| Melee Weapon | Not important for Daphne ▼ Tap for Demon Wedge Build |
| Range Weapon | Not important for Daphne ▼ Tap for Demon Wedge Build |
Focus on Skill Consistency
Daphne is a multi-faceted Support that provides a little bit of everything. She provides healing, additional Anemo damage, enemy debuffs, and applies DoTs. Our build focuses mostly improving the consistency of having Daphne's buffs active.
Important stats include Skill Duration, Skill Efficiency, and Maximum Sanity. Swap in the Wedges you need or the wedges your Tolerance can afford according to the resources you're willing to invest into Daphne.
Daphne's Skill
Skill Values shown is at level 1.
| Emerald Effusion Type:Healing | Sanity Cost: 49 HP Recovery per second: 0.24%ATK+3 Duration: 17.7s Effect Radius: 6.0m |
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Emerald Effusion
Grants [Emerald Effusion]. While active, alchemical smoke fills the area around the user, continuously healing self and allies while slowing enemies in the area.
While [Emerald Effusion] is active, generates 2 [Azoth Projectiles] per second.| Repulsion Synthesis Type:Buff | Sanity Cost: 59 Healing: 2.5%ATK+35 [Purification Formula] Duration: 14.16s Additional DMG: 6.6% Effect Radius for Opponents: 10.0m [Decay Formula] Duration: 14.16s DoT: 43.0% ATK Reduce: 15.0% Immobilization Duration: 3.54s |
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Repulsion Synthesis
Heals self and allies, applying [Purification Formula]. Briefly restrains nearby enemies and inflicts [Decay Formula] on them. Generates 1 [Azoth Projectile] per affected target (ally or enemy), up to a maximum of 12.
Purification Formula
Gains bonus Anemo Damage.
Decay Formula
Decreases Attack and deals periodic Anemo Damage to affected targets once every 2s.
| Azoth Projectile Type:Passive | Trigger Probability Boost: 37.0% |
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Azoth Projectile
Increases Daphne's Ranged Weapon Trigger Probability when possesses [Azoth Projectile].
Daphne can hold up to 30 [Azoth Projectiles], and each ranged weapon attack consumes 1 [Azoth Projectile].Daphne's Intron
| I1 | While [Emerald Effusion] is active, self and allies gain +10% Damage Dealt. |
|---|---|
| I2 | During [Emerald Effusion] state, the [Azoth Projectile] Daphne gains per second increases to 3. |
| I3 | [Emerald Effusion] Level +2; [Azoath Projectile] Level +1, |
| I4 | Restores 1 points fo Sanity for each [Azoth Projectile] consumed. |
| I5 | [Repulsion Synthesis] Level +2; [Azoth Projectile] Level +1. |
| I6 | When a teammate applied with [Purification Formula] deals damage to an enemy inflicted with [Decay Formula], Daphne gains 1 stack that increases Damage Dealth by 7.0% for 12s, up to 3 stacks. This effect can only be triggered once per second. |
Profile
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Hyperborean Empire |
| Birthday | May 7 |
| Allegiance | The 13th Legion |
Daphne's Trats
| Geologist | Skilled in mining |
|---|---|
| Impression: Wisdom | Quick-witted or highly knowledgeable in specific fields. |
| Fortune Favour | Favoured by luck - more likely to receive unexpected gains. |