Kiya Best Build and Skill Tree Guide

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

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Kiya's Tier & Basic Info

	Rarity	Legendary
	Role	Destroyer
	Faction	Vltar Night Crimson Alacrity

Movement Stats

Kiya's Tier

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Kiya Pros and Strength

Kiya’s Character Overview

Uniquely Designed Single-Target Attacker

Kiya is a single-target attacker whose damage increases when certain conditions are met, such as lowering her own HP, using specific skills, or receiving a stacking debuff from enemy attacks. By meeting these conditions, her attack performance significantly improves. Although her role is Destroyer, she has high mobility with a Move stat of 5, and her Trait allows her to inflict both the DoT effect “Infection” and Piercing Damage, making her an effective attacker in many stages.

Requires HP Management and Infection

The amount of HP lost, along with the number of Infection stacks inflicted on enemies via the Decision Skill [Bone-Carved Resolve]’s [Grudge] or the Reaction [Vengeance], enhances the Pursuit effect from her Trait. Simply attacking won’t deal optimal damage, so be sure to act in ways that fulfill these conditions.

High Survivability with Resolve and Life Steal

After using a single-target active attack, Kiya consumes 30% of her HP, but HP boosts her survivability increases from her Trait, healing upon defeating enemies, Life Steal from skills, and effects like “Unyielding.” Raising her HP through Gear and Engravings not only improves survivability but also boosts her attack power, so keep this in mind when building her.

Star Level Up Priority & Recommended Stars for Kiya

Aim to Reach 3★ → 5★

Star Level Up Priority	Recommended Star Level
	3★ → 5★

Aim for 3★, which lets you gain a cooldown reduction effect when defeating enemies, and 5★, which greatly boosts your damage output.

Best Builds for Kiya

Recommended Builds

Basic Attack								Reaction								EX
Feverish Attack								Hatred								Defeat-hardened
Skill
Crimson Covenant								Table Knife								Unforgettable Memories
Weapon								Trinket								Tarot
Frostspine Grip								Evergreen Pendent								The Fool's Naivety

This setup focuses on single-target attacks through Skills and prioritizes HP with Gear. Thanks to its high durability, it can withstand enemy attacks to stack “Cursed Mark” while dishing out powerful single-target damage to take down foes.

Priority Skills

Skill	Priority and Details
Unforgettable Memories	★★★★★ A top-priority Decision Skill that grants Unyielding. Prioritize using Hatred to apply “Cursed Mark” without taking damage, and switch to Blessing when you need HP recovery or damage reduction buffs.
Hatred	★★★★★ Greatly reduces incoming damage when HP is at 69% or lower. Also applies “Cursed Mark” to enemies when hit, boosting Kiya’s offensive power—making this the go-to Reaction Skill in most cases.
Crimson Covenant	★★★★★ A powerful Skill that lowers enemy SPD and damage dealt, while inflicting heavy damage at the end of their turn. Its long CD of 3 means it works best if you prepare CD reduction via Star Level Up or support.
Spine-shattering Pierce	★★★★ A no-CD single-target attack that’s easy to use. Since many of Kiya’s Skills have unique quirks, this is a good pick when you want a more stable option.
Feverish Attack	★★★★ Pairs well with HP management, but be cautious—healing can sometimes lower your offensive output.
Table Knife	★★★★ A single-target Instant attack that can be used up to 3 times per battle. Excellent for boosting your damage output, especially in shorter fights.

Skill	Priority and Details
Maid’s Instinct	★★★ Boosts HP and, when using Standby, restores NRG and removes special terrain effects. Useful in stages where terrain is a problem, but beware—it will also remove beneficial terrain from allies.
Fatal Attack	★★★ Use this Basic Attack if you can raise your crit rate through allies or Gear, and you don’t need Life Steal.
Paralytic Touch	★★ More effective when paired with characters who can also inflict Infection. Since Kiya focuses on damage, its priority is low.
Soul-Calming Soup	★★ Inflicts Infection and applies the rare “Healing Received Reverse” debuff, which turns healing into damage. While generally low priority, it can be useful against enemies with strong healing.
Doomsday Dance	★★ Has good range and extra debuffs, but doesn’t trigger Kiya’s Trait Pursuit. Only use if you need an AoE attack.
Shadow Gait	★ Situational pick for removing troublesome Attribute Buffs or when you need a bit more movement.
Defense (Ranged Attack)	★ Reduces less damage than the other Reaction Grudge, making it low priority.

Recommended Gear, Tarots, & Engravings

Recommended Weapons for Kiya

Frostspine Grip

Newborn Blade

Void Stab

[Frostspine Grip] and [Newborn Blade] are top picks, as they boost both HP and Attack simultaneously. Other strong choices include [Void Stab], which excels when you can provide critical-hit support, and [Ever-Burning Blade], which is especially effective against enemies vulnerable to percentage-based damage thanks to its Infection and Scorch effects.

Recommended Trinkets for Kiya

Evergreen Pendent

Crystal Burst Armor

Maverick's Cloak

Since you have plenty of healing options, [Evergreen Pendant], which grants numerous buffs, and [Crystal Burst Armor], which boosts HP, are top recommendations. Other good matches include [Maverick's Cloak] for boosting stats, as well as Trinkets with offensive skills.

Recommended Tarots for Kiya

The Fool's Naivety

Temptation of The Devil

Hierophant's Laws

Recommended choices include [The Fool], which greatly boosts HP; [The Devil], which raises both Attack and Defense; and [The Hierophant] or [Justice], which increases damage output.

Recommended Engravings for Kiya

Resonance	Effect
Pentacle Pentacle	When [Injured], increases DMG by 5% and decreases the DMG taken by 5%. When [Dying], increases DMG by an additional 10% and decreases the DMG taken by an additional 10%.
Sword Wand	Before actively attacking, for each 1 tile traversed, increases ATK and DEF by 4%, up to 12%. The effect lasts until the start of the next turn,
Sword Cup	When actively attacking, increases the DMG by 5% and grants 15% of [Life Steal].

The top recommendation is [Pentacle+Pentacle], which not only significantly boosts HP on its own but also strengthens your character when injured or dying. Other good options include [Sword+Wand] for general stat boosts and [Sword+Cup] for Life Steal.

Kiya Skill Unlock Priorities

Recommended Skill Set

* Tap a skill to view its details below.

Normal Defeat-hardened	RK13	Unique
Doomsday Dance	RK11	Table Knife
Feverish Attack	RK9	Fatal Attack
Soul-Calming Soup	RK7	Crimson Covenant
Hatred	RK5	Defense (Ranged Attack)
Unforgettable Memories	RK3	Maid's Instincts
Shadow Gait	RK1	Paralytic Touch

Skill Details

Shadow Gait	Cost: 1 CD: 3
(Support) Instant Teleports behind the enemy and steals 1 random Attribute Buff from the target.

Paralytic Touch	Cost: 0 CD: 0
(Passive) After dealing DMG, inflicts 1 stack of Infection on the target. When actively using a Class Skill on a target with 5 or more stacks of Infection, after dealing DMG, inflicts Sleep for 1 turn.

Unforgettable Memories	Cost: 0 CD: 0
(Decision) Select to use Yearning or Resentment.

Maid's Instincts	Cost: 0 CD: 0
(Passive) Increases HP by 15%. At the start of the turn or after performing Standby, clear all special tile effects within 2 tiles around the character. After performing Standby, additionally recovers 1 NRG.

Hatred	Cost: - CD: -
(Reaction) When injured, reduces the DMG taken by 35%; after being attacked, inflicts Scar of Resentment on the attacker.

Defense (Ranged Attack)	Cost: - CD: -
(Reaction) When hit by a ranged attack, the DMG taken is decreased by 25%.

Soul-Calming Soup	Cost: 1 CD: 1
(Healing) Instant Selects an enemy, recovers 20% of the target's M.ATK as HP, and inflicts 3 stacks of Infection, and Healing Received Reversal, lasting for 2 turns. If the target already has Infection, additionally inflicts ▽ATK II and Sleep, lasting for 2 turns.

Crimson Covenant	Cost: 3 CD: 3
(Debuff) Sacrifices 35% of the current HP, recovers 1 NRG, resets the triggering counts of the Trait, temporarily leaves the battle, and inflicts Scar of Resentment and Pact of the Bloody Night on the target, lasting for 1 turn. After Pact of the Bloody Night ends, deals physical DMG equal to 35% of the caster's HP and P.ATK, ignores 100% DEF, and gains 80% Life Steal; immediately triggers the Infection effect of the target, ignoring Preempt and Dodge.

Feverish Attack	Cost: - CD: -
(Basic Attack) Deals 100% physical DMG and gains 20% Life Steal.

Fatal Attack	Cost: - CD: -
(Basic Attack) Fires a Curved Shot which deals 85% physical DMG and increases Crit DMG by 15%.

Doomsday Dance	Cost: 3 CD: 2
(Physical DMG) Deals 75% AoE DMG to all enemies within 3 tiles of the character, inflicting 2 random Level 2 Attribute Debuffs, lasting for 2 turns.

Table Knife	Cost: 1 CD: 3回
(Physical DMG) Instant Single-target attack. Deals 40% DMG. Before attacking, if Back Attack is possible, inflicts ✗Passive Skills on the target for 1 turn. This skill can only be used up to 3 times per battle.

Defeat-hardened	Cost: - CD: -
(Passive) Level 3 Effect When Injured, DMG is increased by 15% and DMG taken is reduced by 15%.

Kiya's Trait & Skills

Kiya's Trait

Trait

Max Effect

[Blood for Blood] Gains Toughness, and increases HP by 20%. If the target is defeated, the character recovers 30% HP, and reduces the CD of all skills by 1 turn. When Injured or Dying, DMG dealt and Piercing DMG are increased by 20%. Before casting skill or performing Basic Attack, inflicts 2 stacks of Infection on enemies. After an active single-target physical attack, sacrifices 30% of the character's current HP to deal Piercing DMG equal to 30% of the character's P.ATK plus 15% of the ultimate HP lost in this turn to the target. Can be triggered up to 4 times per round.

Stars Unlocked	Effect
	Gains Toughness, and increases HP by 20%. If the target is defeated, the character recovers 30% HP, and reduces the CD of all skills by 1 turn. Before casting skill or performing basic attack, inflicts 1 stack of Infection on enemies. After an active single-target physical attack, sacrifices 30% of the character's current HP to deal Piercing DMG equal to 30% of the character's P.ATK plus 15% of the ultimate HP lost in this turn to the target. Can be triggered up to 4 times per round.
	Gains Toughness, and increases HP by 10%. If the target is defeated, the character recovers 30% HP, and reduces the CD of all skills by 1 turn. After an active single-target physical attack, sacrifices 30% of the current HP to deal Piercing DMG equal to 30% of the character's P.ATK plus 15% of the ultimate HP lost in this turn to the enemy. Can be triggered up to 4 times per round.
	Gains Toughness, and increases HP by 10%. If the target is defeated, the character recovers 20% HP. After an active single-target physical attack, sacrifices 30% of the current HP to deal Piercing DMG equal to 20% of the character's P.ATK plus 10% of the ultimate HP lost in this turn to the enemy. Can be triggered up to 4 times per round.
	Gains Toughness. If the target is defeated, the character recovers 20% HP. After an active single-target physical attack, sacrifices 30% of the current HP to deal Piercing DMG equal to 20% of the character's P.ATK plus 10% of the ultimate HP lost in this turn to the enemy. Can be triggered up to 4 times per round.

Kiya's Base Skills

Skill	Range
Slash
[Basic Attack] Cost: - / CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% Physical DMG.
Spine-shattering Pierce
[Skill] Cost: 2 / CD: 0 (Physical DMG) Single-target attack. Deals 150% DMG; before attacking, if the character can perform a Back Attack, inflicts ✗Reaction Skill on the target, lasting for 1 turn.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK1

Skill	Range
Shadow Gait
[Skill] Cost: 1 / CD: 3 (Support) Instant Teleports behind the enemy and steals 1 random Attribute Buff from the target.
Paralytic Touch	-
[Skill] Cost: 0 / CD: 0 (Passive) After dealing DMG, inflicts 1 stack of Infection on the target. When actively using a Class Skill on a target with 5 or more stacks of Infection, after dealing DMG, inflicts Sleep for 1 turn.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK3

Skill	Range
Unforgettable Memories
[Skill] Cost: 0 / CD: 0 (Decision) Select to use Yearning or Resentment.
Maid's Instincts	-
[Skill] Cost: 0 / CD: 0 (Passive) Increases HP by 15%. At the start of the turn or after performing Standby, clear all special tile effects within 2 tiles around the character. After performing Standby, additionally recovers 1 NRG.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK5

Skill	Range
Hatred	-
[Reaction] Cost: - / CD: - (Reaction) When injured, reduces the DMG taken by 35%; after being attacked, inflicts Scar of Resentment on the attacker.
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
Soul-Calming Soup
[Skill] Cost: 1 / CD: 1 (Healing) Instant Selects an enemy, recovers 20% of the target's M.ATK as HP, and inflicts 3 stacks of Infection, and Healing Received Reversal, lasting for 2 turns. If the target already has Infection, additionally inflicts ▽ATK II and Sleep, lasting for 2 turns.
Crimson Covenant
[Skill] Cost: 3 / CD: 3 (Debuff) Sacrifices 35% of the current HP, recovers 1 NRG, resets the triggering counts of the Trait, temporarily leaves the battle, and inflicts Scar of Resentment and Pact of the Bloody Night on the target, lasting for 1 turn. After Pact of the Bloody Night ends, deals physical DMG equal to 35% of the caster's HP and P.ATK, ignores 100% DEF, and gains 80% Life Steal; immediately triggers the Infection effect of the target, ignoring Preempt and Dodge.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK9

Skill	Range
Feverish Attack
[Basic Attack] Cost: - / CD: - (Basic Attack) Deals 100% physical DMG and gains 20% Life Steal.
Fatal Attack
[Basic Attack] Cost: - / CD: - (Basic Attack) Fires a Curved Shot which deals 85% physical DMG and increases Crit DMG by 15%.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK11

Skill	Range
Doomsday Dance
[Skill] Cost: 3 / CD: 2 (Physical DMG) Deals 75% AoE DMG to all enemies within 3 tiles of the character, inflicting 2 random Level 2 Attribute Debuffs, lasting for 2 turns.
Table Knife
[Skill] Cost: 1 / CD: 3回 (Physical DMG) Instant Single-target attack. Deals 40% DMG. Before attacking, if Back Attack is possible, inflicts ✗Passive Skills on the target for 1 turn. This skill can only be used up to 3 times per battle.

Skills That Can Be Learned at RK13

Skill	Range
Defeat-hardened	-
[Ascension Skill] Cost: - / CD: - (Passive) Level 3 Effect When Injured, DMG is increased by 15% and DMG taken is reduced by 15%.

Weapons That Kiya Can Equip

List of Weapons

Newborn Blade	Void Stab	Beheading Machete
Ever-Burning Blade	Senator Swift Sword	Guardian's Will
Cornucopia Dagger	Nocturnal Glow	Dawnmoon
Blade of Stratagem	Dawnlight	Frostspine Grip
Precision-forged Dagger	Dueling Dagger	Ceremonial Knife
Sharp Sword	Glittering Sword	Iron Sword

Kiya's Voice Actor & Release Date

Kiya Voice Actor

Released on Wednesday, July 30th

Kiya was added as a reward for Expedition on Wednesday, July 30th. This character is exclusive as Expedition rewards and cannot be obtained through the usual gacha draws.

Kiya's Skin

Initial	Ascended

▲ Unlock Ascended Skin when character reaches Star Level 5.

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