Tristan Best Build and Skill Tree Guide

Build and skill tree guide for Tristan in Sword of Convallaria (SoC). See the best gear (weapon/trinket/tarot), skin, tier, and review here!

Tristan Tier & Basic Info

	Rarity	Legendary
	Role	Destroyer
	Faction	Night Crimson Aggression The Union

Movement Stats

Tristan Tier

Overall Tier			Reroll Tier
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Tristan Pros and Strength

Deal Immense Damage While Berserk

Tristan can go berserk at any time by triggering her [Crimson Fury] skill at the cost of reduced HP. While under the effects of the Berserk State, Tristan deals the most amount of damage amongst all characters.

Berserk State Details

Max Damage Skill Rotation

[Fervent Headbutt]: 70% → [Crimson Fury]: 50% → Transition to Berserk State (CD Reset & Act Again) → [Fervent Headbutt]: 70% → [Furious Pursuit]: 180%

Total multipliers for 1 turn is 370% (including Berserk's 250% when in state) and can deal extremely high damage without support from allies.

Unkillable for a Certain Number of Turns

Once Tristan enters the Berserk State, she gains [Unlimited Resolve]. Similar to Alexei, this effect completely prevents Tristan from dying for 1-2 turns (dependent on ★s).

Use Matching Gear and Passive Skills

Because entering the Berserk State consumes 90% of Tristan's HP, you can reliably trigger the second passive effect of Brutal Axe and ignore a percentage of the target's DEF. Additionally, entering the Berserk State activates all of the effects of the [Blazing Blood] passive skill.

Make sure to leverage Tristan's ability to lower her HP by equipping matching gear and passive skills.

Negates Shields When Attacking

Tristan's [Crimson Fury] trait allows her to dispel shields from her target in addition to dealing increased damage. Do note that there exists shields that cannot be removed, so be sure to differentiate between the two types of shields before positioning Tristan aggressively.

Make Preparations for Berserk Window

While Tristan deals immense amounts of damage while in her Berserk State, she is not particularly outstanding in her normal state. Prepare the battlefield by applying buffs/debuffs to other characters while adjusting their positions to allow Tristan to fully utilize her Berserk window.

Best Build - Skill, Gear, and Tarot

Standalone Build

Basic Attack												Reaction
Fatal Attack												Street Style
Skill
Furious Pursuit								Fervent Lunge								Blazing Blood
Weapon								Trinket								Tarot
Brutal Axe								Origin Hourglass								Heirophant's Laws

This build focuses on utilizing Tristan as a standalone attacker. Once you've entered Berserk State, use [Fervent Headbutt] and [Furious Pursuit] to deal massive damage. Gear included in the build specialize in dealing as much single-target damage as possible.

AoE Build

Basic Attack												Reaction
Fatal Attack												Street Style
Skill
One-Punch Burial								Controlled Demolition								Blazing Blood
Weapon								Trinket								Tarot
Brutal Axe								Origin Hourglass								Dream of The Magician

This build emphasizes Tristan's AoE damage capabilities. Once you've entered Berserk State, use [One-Punch Burial] and [Controlled Demolition] to cause massive damage. By reducing the CD with 5-star traits and support from other characters, it is also possible to use [One-Punch Burial] again on a group of enemies already affected by Vulnerable II.

Adjust Skills Appropriately

If allies can inflict Vulnerable, or if you want to focus on consistent damage and agility over Piercing DMG, replace [Controlled Demolition] with [Explosive Luxite-Dust] or [Fervent Lunge].

Tristan Skill Unlock Priorities

Recommended Skill Set

Family	RK11	Destructive Storm
Sealing Attack	RK9	Fatal Attack
One-Punch Burial	RK7	Controlled Demolition
Street Style	RK5	Defense (Ranged Attack)
Fervent Lunge	RK3	Blazing Blood
Furious Pursuit	RK1	Knockback Pursuit

At RK3 take both Fervent Lunge and Blazing Blood. At RK7, One-Punch Burial is the preference between the two, but Controlled Demolition also has some use cases, so unlock Controlled Demolition when you can.

Tristan Trait & Skills

Tristan Trait

Max Effect

[Crimson Fury] After casting Crimson Fury, triggers Unlimited Resolve, lasting until the start of the next 2 turns. Berserk State lasts for 4 turns, during which Crit and Crit DMG are increased by 20%, and non-Instant skills' CD is reduced by 2 turns, NRG cost is reduced by 1. Before attacking, if the target has Shield, the character's DMG is increased by 30% and dispels 6 shields from the target. When dealing AoE DMG, the physical DMG dealt is considered magical DMG. At the start of the battle, the character additionally processes Crimson Fury. When used, enters Berserk State. Can only be used up to 1 time per battle.

Stars Unlocked	Effect
	After casting Crimson Fury, triggers Unlimited Resolve, lasting until the start of the next 2 turns. Berserk State lasts for 3 turns, during which Crit and Crit DMG are increased by 20%. Before attacking, if the target has Shield, the character's DMG is increased by 30% and dispels 6 shields from the target. When dealing AoE DMG, the physical DMG dealt is considered magical DMG. At the start of the battle, the character additionally processes Crimson Fury. When used, enters Berserk State. Can only be used up to 1 time per battle.
	After casting Crimson Fury, triggers Unlimited Resolve, lasting until the start of the next turn. Berserk State lasts for 3 turns, during which Crit and Crit DMG are increased by 10%. Before attacking, if the target has Shield, the character's DMG is increased by 30% and dispels 6 shields from the target. When dealing AoE DMG, the physical DMG dealt is considered magical DMG. At the start of the battle, the character additionally processes Crimson Fury. When used, enters Berserk State. Can only be used up to 1 time per battle.
	After casting Crimson Fury, triggers Unlimited Resolve, lasting until the start of the next turn. Berserk State lasts for 2 turns, during which Crit and Crit DMG are increased by 10%. Before attacking, if the target has Shield, the character's DMG is increased by 30% and dispels 6 shields from the target. When dealing AoE DMG, the physical DMG dealt is considered magical DMG. At the start of the battle, the character additionally processes Crimson Fury. When used, enters Berserk State. Can only be used up to 1 time per battle.
	After casting Crimson Fury, triggers Unlimited Resolve, lasting until the start of the next turn. Berserk State lasts for 2 turns. Before attacking, if the target has Shield, the character's DMG is increased by 30% and dispels 6 shields from the target. When dealing AoE DMG, the physical DMG dealt is considered magical DMG. At the start of the battle, the character additionally processes Crimson Fury. When used, enters Berserk State. Can only be used up to 1 time per battle.

Tristan Base Skill

Skill	Range
Slash
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% Physical DMG.
Explosive Luxite-Dust	-
[Skill] Cost: 2 CD: 0 (Physical DMG) Deals 85% DMG to all enemies within 2 tiles of the target and inflicts 1 random [Level 2 Attribute Debuff], lasting for 2 turns.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK1

Skill	Range
Furious Pursuit
[Skill] Cost: 2 CD: 0 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals 120% DMG. If the target isn't defeated, performs [Pursuit] at the cost of 20% of current HP and deals an additional 60% DMG.
Knockback Pursuit
[Skill] Cost: 3 CD: 0 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals 70% DMG. After attacking, performs [Pursuit], dealing 70% DMG and knocking the target back by 2 tiles.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK3

Skill	Range
Fervent Lunge	-
[Skill] Cost: 0 CD: 3 (Support) [Instant] [Charges] to a location within a 1-tile radius and gains [△DMG II] for 1 turn. After use, the skill switches to [Fervent Headbutt] for 2 turns.
Blazing Blood	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Passive) When [Healthy], adds 15% of the character's M.ATK to P.ATK. When [Injured], adds 25% of the character's M.ATK to P.ATK. When possessing [Berserk State], the effect is doubled.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK5

Skill	Range
Street Style	-
[Reaction] Cost: - CD: - (Reaction) Melee DMG taken decreases by 20%. When being [Preempted] or [Strike Back], performs [Block] and additionally reduces DMG taken by 50%. After being struck back, pursues, dealing 70% Physical DMG. This effect can be triggered up to 1 time per round.
Defense (Ranged Attack)	-
[Reaction] Cost: - CD: - (Reaction) When hit by a ranged attack, the DMG taken is decreased by 25%.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK7

Skill	Range
One-Punch Burial	-
[Skill] Cost: 3 CD: 2 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals 20% DMG, knocking the target back by 1 tile. Then deals 110% [Fire] [AoE DMG] to enemies within 2 tiles of the target range. If not in [Berserk State], the character teleports to the side of the closest ally within 4 tiles after attacking.
Controlled Demolition	-
[Skill] Cost: 2 CD: 3 (Debuff) [Instant] Inflicts [Controlled Demolition] on the target.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK9

Skill	Range
Sealing Attack
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% physical DMG and inflicts [✗ Passive Skills] on [Injured] targets before attacking, lasting for 2 turns.
Fatal Attack
[Basic Attack] Cost: - CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% physical DMG and increases Crit by 15%.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK11

Skill	Range
Family	-
[Skill] Cost: - CD: - (Passive) When [Healthy], performs [Assisting Cover] for other allies within 2 tiles of the character. When [Dying], causes other allies within 2 tiles of the character to [assisting cover] for the character. After either effect is triggered, all other allies within 3 tiles of the character gain [△ATK II] and [DMG Reduction II] for 2 turns, can be activated up to 1 time per round.
Destructive Storm
[Skill] Cost: 3 CD: 2 (Physical DMG) Deals 50% [AoE DMG] to all enemies within a 4-tile radius around the character and inflicts 2 random [Level 2 Attribute Debuffs] for 2 turns.

Weapons That Tristan Can Equip

List of Weapons

Brutal Axe	Hollow Axe	Denial Hammer
Feast Axe	Tuning Hammer	Cornucopia Axe
Gale Sword	Formidable Axe	Antimagic Axe
Balanced Heavy Axe	Battle-Hardened Axe	Heavy Iron Axe
Iron Axe

Tristan Voice Actor & Profile

Tristan Voice Actor (CV)

Tristan Profile

initial	Ascended

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