Elaine SSR
The Saint of the Fountain of Youth — one hero, three completely different kits.
Elaine — guardian of the Fairy King's Forest and saint of the Fountain of Youth — is, like every three-weapon hero, three units in one slot. Wand is a cooldown-accelerating Wind crit Attacker, Staff is an all-element Burst-efficiency Buster, and Book is an Earth-team Warden with a Petrify Ultimate. This guide reads every line of her in-game data so you know exactly which Elaine to bring.
- Saint of Youth
- 3 weapon paths
- Wind / Holy / Earth
- Attacker · Buster · Warden
- Combined-attack partner
Should you build Elaine?
Elaine is a flexible support-leaning hero whose three weapons cover three jobs. Wand is the only true carry — a Wind Attacker that crits hard and shreds its own cooldowns. Staff is an element-agnostic Buster: it raises allies' Burst Efficiency, lowers enemy Burst Resistance and reduces team damage taken, which makes it useful in almost any composition. Book is an Earth-team Warden — barriers, a Petrify Ultimate and Earth-damage amplification.
If you only invest in one path, Staff has the broadest value because its buffs are All-Elemental, not locked to one element — it slots into any Burst-focused team. Wand is the pick when you want her as a self-sufficient Wind crit carry. Book is the specialist Warden for dedicated Earth teams that want barriers plus a hard crowd-control Ultimate.
Bottom line: Elaine is worth building, and the Staff path in particular is a near-universal Burst enabler. Pick the path that fixes a hole in your roster — a Wind carry, an all-element Buster, or an Earth Warden.
Strengths
- Three full kits in one hero — Wand (Wind Attacker), Staff (Holy Buster), Book (Earth Warden).
- Staff buffs are All-Elemental: +30% allies' Burst Efficiency and −25% enemy Burst Resistance work for any team.
- Staff Ultimate Forest's Blessing also cuts allies' damage taken by 15% for 20 sec.
- Wand snowballs its own cooldowns — Whirlwind Veil and the Ultimate slash the Normal Skill cooldown by up to 15 sec.
- Book Ultimate Dust Seal Petrifies for 6 sec and makes the target take +50% Physical/Earth damage.
- Strong, widely-used Combined-Attack partner (her own combo base is 402%).
Weaknesses
- Building all three paths is expensive — most accounts realistically commit to one.
- Only the Wand path deals meaningful personal damage; Staff and Book are support roles.
- Wand wants a Wind-Burst target to trigger its big +33% Crit Chance passive.
- Book's value is element-locked — its damage amp and resistance shred only help Earth teams.
- Her combined-attack data ships no team-bonus text — she contributes combo damage, not a combo debuff.
Weapon paths
Elaine swaps the entire kit with the weapon you equip. Pick the path that matches the team you are building.
Wand
Her only true carry: a Wind crit Attacker that snowballs its own cooldowns.
- Whirlwind Veil: a channel that cuts the Normal Skill cooldown by 3 sec per hit.
- Ultimate Wind Blast: 402%, and reduces the Normal Skill cooldown by 15 sec.
- Razorwind: each Critical Hit grants +20% Crit Damage for 5 sec (max 3).
- Passive Saintess's Judgment: +33% Crit Chance for 5 sec when hitting a Wind-Burst target.
Staff
An element-agnostic Burst enabler — works in almost any composition.
- Light Wave: +30% All Elemental Burst Efficiency for nearby allies (10 sec).
- Ultimate Forest's Blessing: −15% allies' damage taken and −25% enemy All Elemental Burst Resistance for 20 sec.
- Passive Saintess's Aid: +20% her own All Elemental Burst Efficiency; restores 2 Magic Points on Burst.
- Divine Forest Swarm: a sustained AoE damage zone (33% of Attack every 1.5 sec).
Book
An Earth-team Warden: barriers, a Petrify Ultimate and Earth-damage amplification.
- Guardian's Blossom: team Barriers worth 135% of Defense, −10% damage taken while active.
- Saintess's Domain: allies regen Tag Gauge; enemies take −20% Earth Burst Resistance.
- Ultimate Dust Seal: 206% and Petrify for 6 sec (+50% Physical/Earth damage taken).
- Passive Saintess's Protection: +30% Earth damage and +50% Tag Skill damage while an ally has a Barrier.
Wand — the cooldown-snowballing Wind carry
Her only true Attacker path: a Wind crit carry that accelerates its own rotation.
The Wand identity is cooldown acceleration around a crit core. Whirlwind Veil is a channel that ticks damage and shaves 3 seconds off the Normal Skill cooldown per hit, the Normal Attack's final strike trims another second, and the Ultimate, Wind Blast, slashes a full 15 seconds off it. Razorwind stacks +20% Crit Damage per critical hit (up to three), so a sustained crit rotation ramps her damage fast.
The passive Saintess's Judgment ties it to Wind-Burst play: every attack on a Wind-Burst target grants +33% Crit Chance for 5 seconds, which feeds Razorwind's crit-stacking loop. It is a self-sufficient carry that wants a Wind-Burst enabler on the team to keep the passive firing — pair it with a Wind Buster.
Wand skill breakdown (from in-game data)
- NormalWind Bead
Final strike −1 sec Normal Skill cooldown.
- FirstWhirlwind Veil
Channel: 66% of Attack per sec; each hit −3 sec Normal Skill cooldown.
- SecondRazorwind
202%; each Critical Hit → +20% Crit Damage for 5 sec (max 3).
- TagForest Tornado
Tag-in hit; each crit restores 35 Tag Gauge.
- UltimateWind Blast
402%; −15 sec Normal Skill cooldown.
- PassiveSaintess's Judgment
Attacking a Wind-Burst target → +33% Crit Chance for 5 sec.
Staff — the all-element Burst enabler
Not a solo carry. An element-agnostic Buster that works in almost any team.
Staff is Elaine's most universal path because its support is All-Elemental, not tied to one element. Light Wave raises every nearby ally's All Elemental Burst Efficiency by 30% for 10 seconds, and her Ultimate, Forest's Blessing, does double duty: it cuts allies' damage taken by 15% and lowers enemies' All Elemental Burst Resistance by 25% for 20 seconds — both offensive and defensive value for any composition.
The passive Saintess's Aid keeps her own Burst economy flowing (+20% Burst Efficiency, +2 Magic Points on Burst), and Divine Forest Swarm adds a low-maintenance AoE damage zone. Personal damage is modest — this path is built to slot into any Burst-focused team as a near-universal enabler.
Staff skill breakdown (from in-game data)
- NormalLight Seed
Standard filler combo.
- FirstLight Wave
+30% All Elemental Burst Efficiency for allies in range for 10 sec.
- SecondDivine Forest Swarm
33% of Attack to enemies in range every 1.5 sec for 8 sec.
- TagHoly Shine
Tag-in hit.
- UltimateForest's Blessing
−15% allies' damage taken and −25% enemy All Elemental Burst Resistance for 20 sec.
- PassiveSaintess's Aid
+20% her All Elemental Burst Efficiency; restores 2 Magic Points on Burst (20 sec cooldown).
Book — the Earth-team Warden
A defensive Earth enabler: barriers, a hard Petrify Ultimate and Earth amplification.
Book turns Elaine into an Earth-team protector. Guardian's Blossom grants the whole team Barriers worth 135% of her Defense and, while those barriers hold, reduces allies' damage taken by 10%. The passive Saintess's Protection rewards keeping barriers up: while any ally has a Barrier, the team deals +30% Earth damage and +50% Tag Skill damage. Saintess's Domain layers an ally Tag-Gauge regen with a −20% Earth Burst Resistance debuff on enemies.
Her Ultimate, Dust Seal, is the standout: 206% damage plus Petrify for 6 seconds — the target is incapacitated and takes +50% Physical and Earth damage. It is a strong control-and-amplify button for an Earth composition; outside one the Earth-locked buffs fall off, so build it deliberately.
Book skill breakdown (from in-game data)
- NormalWindflower
Filler combo between defensive skills.
- FirstSaintess's Domain
79%; Saintess's Mark — allies +50 Tag Gauge/sec, enemies −20% Earth Burst Resistance (20 sec).
- SecondGuardian's Blossom
126%; team Barriers worth 135% of Defense for 20 sec; −10% damage taken while active.
- TagForest Savior
Tag-in hit.
- UltimateDust Seal
206%; Petrify for 6 sec — incapacitate + +50% Physical/Earth damage taken.
- PassiveSaintess's Protection
+30% Earth damage and +50% Tag Skill damage while an ally has a Barrier.
Potential priority
Each path has its own Potential track unlocked with Elaine's Potential Points (Exchange Shop, server-capped).
Across all three paths the pattern is the same: odd levels (1, 3, 8) are flat Attack / Defense / Max HP, while even levels are the meaningful skill amplifiers. You feel the jumps at the amp levels, so prioritise reaching them.
What the amp levels actually do (per data)
- Wand — Lv2 Normal Skill +10%, Lv4 Ultimate +15%, Lv5 Tag Skill → +50% Normal Skill damage for 20 sec, Lv6 Normal Skill +20%, Lv7 Ultimate final strike +260%, Lv9 Normal Skill +30%, Lv10 +2 Normal Skill projectiles on repeat use.
- Staff — Lv2 Normal Skill +15%, Lv4 Normal Attack +8 Burst Gauge, Lv5/Lv7 more enemy Burst-Resistance reduction, Lv6 +10% her Burst Efficiency, Lv9 +10% Ultimate damage-taken reduction, Lv10 +35% Magic Charging Efficiency for allies in Normal-Skill range.
- Book — Lv2 Normal +20%, Lv4 +10 sec Saintess's Mark, Lv5 +30% allies' Earth damage with the Mark, Lv6 +10 sec Barriers and lower cooldown, Lv7 Special Attack becomes 2-charge, Lv9 Ultimate +30%, Lv10 +20% team Defense and −20% enemy Earth Resistance.
Weapon and gear direction
Elaine's compatible grade-5 weapons and what their passives reward.
Elaine's only grade-5 weapons with passives are the Black Flame Wings line (activating a Burst → +28% Attack and +6% Crit Chance for 10 sec), available on the Wand, Staff and Book weapon types — strongest on the Wand carry, which already crits hard via Saintess's Judgment and Razorwind. On the Staff and Book support paths, raw-damage weapons matter far less than her team buffs, so budget grade-4 options (Crimson Flame, Jet-black) are perfectly fine.
Notable compatible weapons (data-listed)
- Black Flame Wings (g5) — Activating a Burst → +28% Attack and +6% Crit Chance for 10 sec. Available on Wand, Staff and Book.
- Crimson Flame (g4) — Activating a Burst → +28% Attack for 10 sec — a strong budget option on every path.
- Jet-black (g4) — Using the Ultimate Move → 20% chance of +50% Crit Chance for 7 sec; good on the Wand carry.
Costumes
Elaine ships with the default Guardian Saint of the Fountain of Youth costume, a grade-4 skin Temp Employee, and two grade-5 skins in the data: Guiding Light and Cheerful Outing.
Best teammates
Elaine's own Combined-Attack base is 402%, and she appears in a lot of verified 3-hero combos. The numbers below are each partner's Combined-Attack damage as listed in her data — pair her with a high-payload carry so the combo hits hard.
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DrakeHighest listed partner; appears in several of her verified 3-hero combos.461% - 2
MeliodasPremium carry most accounts own from launch.449% - 3
KingHeavy combo payload (and her brother in the story).433% - 4
HowzerStrong, widely-owned combo partner.406% - 5
DreyfusRound 400% combo damage.400% - 6
EscanorPremium carry; recurs across her 3-hero combos.397% - 7
DianeSolid alternative combo partner.371%
Verified 3-hero Combined-Attack combos in her data: Drake + Tristan, Drake + Tioreh, Drake + Escanor, Daisy + Tristan, Daisy + Tioreh, Daisy + Escanor, Escanor + Gilthunder, Gilthunder + Tristan, Gilthunder + Tioreh.
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FAQ
- Which Elaine weapon should I build first?
- Staff has the broadest value — its +30% ally Burst Efficiency, −25% enemy Burst Resistance and −15% team damage taken are All-Elemental, so it helps any team. Build Wand if you want her as a Wind crit carry, and Book only for a dedicated Earth team that wants barriers plus a Petrify Ultimate.
- Is the Staff path really element-agnostic?
- Yes. Light Wave and Forest's Blessing buff All Elemental Burst Efficiency / Resistance, and her passive boosts All Elemental Burst Efficiency — none of it is locked to a single element, which is why Staff Elaine slots into almost any Burst-focused composition.
- What does the Wand path's cooldown reduction do?
- Whirlwind Veil cuts the Normal Skill cooldown by 3 sec per hit, the Normal Attack's final strike by 1 sec, and the Ultimate Wind Blast by a full 15 sec. Combined with Razorwind's stacking +20% Crit Damage, the path snowballs both uptime and damage during a fight.
- Who is Elaine's best Combined-Attack partner?
- By the damage values in her data, Drake (461%) is the highest, followed by Meliodas (449%) and King (433%). Her own combo base is 402%, and she has nine verified 3-hero combos — most built around Drake, Daisy or Gilthunder.
- What does her world passive do?
- Gentle Breeze greatly fills an object's Wind gauge based on charge level — a puzzle/exploration utility for Wind-gauge devices. It has no combat effect and does not change her damage.
Sources & method
Every number, skill name and mechanic on this page is read directly from the game's own data tables — nothing is invented. The analysis and recommendations are our own editorial reading of that kit.
- ZeroLuck.GG 7DS: Origin game data — Elaine skill, potential, combination and costume tables (importer output, in-game values).
- Netmarble official 7DS: Origin announcements — banner and roster