Pull Monelisse in Dragonheir: Silent Gods if your roster runs a Radiance Rally composition that lacks wide area-of-effect (AoE) burst damage and steady Rally generation. Skip her banner if you do not play the Radiance Rally archetype or already have established high-tier AoE nukers handling wave-clear duties.
Monelisse Kit and Combat Function
Monelisse acts as an offensive carry and an engine for the Radiance Rally mechanic. Rally teams rely on accumulating and spending designated stacks to trigger bonus skill effects, extra damage instances, and shields. Monelisse supports this loop while delivering broad Radiant elemental damage.
| Ability Focus | Mechanical Role in Combat |
|---|---|
| Ultimate Ability | Hits a full 3x3 grid (9 tiles) with heavy Radiant AoE damage |
| Rally Stacking | Generates and distributes Rally stacks to trigger team bonuses |
| Teamwide Buffs | Grants offensive team buffs to maintain rotational damage |
| Passive Synergy | Scales output when Rally stacks are maintained consistently |
3x3 Grid Ultimate Targeting
Monelisse’s defining offensive tool is her 3x3 ultimate. Striking a nine-tile footprint allows her to clear clustered enemy backlines, eliminate minion swarms, and hit large multi-tile bosses across their entire grid footprint. Timing her ultimate during active buff windows maximizes her burst output before enemy waves cycle through dangerous skills.
Rally Stack Maintenance
Beyond direct damage, Monelisse generates Rally charges through her skill rotation. These charges feed both her personal damage modifiers and the secondary skill triggers of allied Rally heroes, preventing rotational downtime between ultimate casts.
Radiance Rally Team Building
Monelisse performs best when placed in the mid-to-back row, keeping her protected from incoming frontal cleaves while giving her full visibility to place her 3x3 ultimate across enemy groups. Build her team around three functional roles:
- Frontline Tank: Clustered enemies take the full brunt of 3x3 targeting. Use a durable tank capable of anchoring and grouping wandering targets into her strike zone.
- Rally Consumer: Pair her with allied damage dealers whose passives or battle skills spend Rally stacks for bonus critical rate, multi-strikes, or true damage.
- Support or Healer: Include a Radiance support providing skill haste, attack increases, or debuff cleansing so Monelisse remains uninterrupted by enemy crowd control.
Content Priorities
Monelisse addresses specific encounter bottlenecks across PvE progression:
- Goblin Lair and Add Waves: Her wide 3x3 coverage clears clustered swarms quickly, speeding up resource farming and protecting the frontline tank from chip damage.
- Multi-Tile Bosses with Adds: While pure single-target specialists deal higher damage to isolated single-tile targets, Monelisse provides consistent output against large bosses that periodically spawn minion waves requiring immediate clearing.
Summoning Decision: Pull or Skip?
Evaluate your elemental focus and roster needs before spending summoning resources on Monelisse:
| Pull for Monelisse | Skip or Save Resources |
|---|---|
| You actively run or build a Radiance Rally team | You focus on other elemental factions |
| Your Rally core lacks large-scale AoE burst | Your roster already possesses top-tier AoE nukers |
| You need faster clearing in add-heavy dungeons | Your team lacks basic Rally enablers and core tanks |
If your team already has the defensive and single-target foundations of a Radiance Rally build, adding Monelisse fills the faction's AoE clearing gap. If your summoning dice are limited or your roster focuses on other elements, save your summons for core faction cornerstones.

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