Etheria: Restart HP-Scaling Animus Build and Pull Guide

To effectively utilize HP-scaling Animus units in Etheria: Restart, prioritize equipment with health-percentage (HP%) stats and budget enough premium currency to reach the hard pity threshold before rolling on featured banners. HP-scaling units function as both frontline tanks and damage dealers, deriving their attack power directly from their maximum health pool.

How HP-Scaling Works

Unlike standard damage dealers that require pure attack stats, HP-scaling Animus units scale their offensive output directly with their total health. This dual scaling allows them to absorb incoming damage while maintaining steady offensive pressure.

• Equipment Priority: Focus on gear pieces with maximum health percentage (HP%) main stats and sub-stats. Because health increases both durability and damage output, flat attack stats provide very little value.
• Role Alignment: Position these units in high-pressure PvE environments like the Threshold and Ember ruins, where surviving boss mechanics takes priority over short burst damage.

Managing Banner Draws and Hard Pity

When pulling for a new HP-scaling character, treat hard pity as the guaranteed purchase price rather than relying on early pull luck.

1. Calculate Your Currency: Never spend gacha currency on a banner unless you hold enough reserves to reach maximum pity. Failing to hit pity risks leaving you without the featured unit and with depleted resources.
2. Evaluate Roster Gaps: If your current team lacks defensive sustain, pulling an HP-scaling tank provides immediate progression value. If your squad already clears content smoothly, skip the banner unless the featured unit offers unique utility, such as specialized team shields or enemy debuffs.
3. Resource Reserve: Keep a working reserve of stamina and upgrade materials intact so you can immediately level the unit to usable standards upon pulling them.

Team Compositions for PvE and PvP

HP-scaling units serve as defensive anchors, but their effectiveness depends on squad synergy across different game modes.

PvE Tactical Setup

• Frontline Positioning: Place your HP-scaling Animus in the front slot to draw enemy targeted attacks and build up counter opportunities.
• Sustain Synergy: Pair your HP-scaler with supports that apply shields or healing based on maximum HP percentages. Combine this with units that apply Defense Down debuffs to enemies to maximize your tank's health-based attack damage.
• Manual Skill Execution: Use real-time skill commands manually in heavy boss fights, holding the Animus's defensive cooldowns until right before the boss lands a telegraphed strike.
• Farming Adjustments: While HP tanks excel in difficult bosses, pure offense units clear daily content faster. For speed-clearing GP Outposts or Investigations, run a hybrid setup with dedicated damage dealers alongside your tank.

Arena Strategy

In Arena duels, HP-scaling units block opponent "one-shot" aggressive strategies by absorbing early turn burst damage. Swapping out a fragile damage dealer for an HP-scaling Animus stabilizes your defense, allowing your team to survive the initial engagement and win through sustained combat tactics.