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Shiyu Defense

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Tierlist
Last Update: 2026-9-10

Stable Node

LAST UPDATE: 2026-9-1
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Best Teams for Frontier 1

Increases Agent Physical Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%, and Assault DMG by 80%.

Frontier 1
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Best Teams for Frontier 3

Increases Agent Ether Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%, and Corruption DMG by 80%.

Frontier 3
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Best Teams for Frontier 5

Increases Agent Ice Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%, and Shatter DMG by 80%.

Frontier 5
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Best Teams for Frontier 7

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Stable Node Frontier Seven.

Frontier 7
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Best Teams for Frontier 9

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Stable Node Frontier Nine.

Frontier 9
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Best Teams for Frontier 2

Increases Agent Electric Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%, and Shock DMG by 80%.

Frontier 2
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Best Teams for Frontier 4

Increases Agent Fire Anomaly Buildup Rate by 20%, and Burn DMG by 80%.

Frontier 4
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Best Teams for Frontier 6

Increases Chain Attack DMG by 100%. Launching a Chain Attack, all team DMG increases by 10% for 30s, stacking up to 3 times. Each stack's duration is calculated separately.

Frontier 6
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Best Teams for Frontier 8

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Stable Node Frontier Eight.

Frontier 8
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Best Teams for Frontier 10

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Stable Node Frontier Ten.

Frontier 10

Disputed Node

LAST UPDATE: 2026-9-1
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Best Teams for Frontier 1

Defensive Assist's Daze increases by 100%. Assist Follow-Up's DMG increases by 100%.

Frontier 1
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Best Teams for Frontier 3

When launching EX Special Attacks, Agent DMG increases by 35% and DMG received is reduced by 25% for 15s.

Frontier 3
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Best Teams for Frontier 5

When launching Perfect Assists, Agent DMG increases by 35% and DMG received is reduced by 25% for 15s.

Frontier 5
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Best Teams for Frontier 7

When triggering a Perfect Dodge, Agent DMG increases by 10% and DMG received is reduced by 10% for 10s, stacking up to 3 times. The duration of each stack is counted separately.

Frontier 7
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Best Teams for Frontier 2

Dodge Counter DMG increases by 100%.

Frontier 2
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Best Teams for Frontier 4

Increases Agent Impact by 30%. Slows down Daze recovery for stunned enemies by 20%.

Frontier 4
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Best Teams for Frontier 6

Increases Agent Anomaly Buildup Rate by 30%. Enemies afflicted with Attribute Anomaly deal 25% less DMG for 10s.

Frontier 6
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Best Teams for Frontier 8

When triggering a Perfect Dodge or Perfect Assist, Agent DMG increases by 40% and they slowly recover 5% of their HP for 5s. If an Agent is hit while the above buffs are active, the DMG boost and HP recovery effects will be interrupted.

Frontier 8

Critical Node

2026.9.18 - 2026.10.2
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Best Teams for Floor 1

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Critical Node Floor One.

First Frontier
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Best Teams for Floor 3

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Critical Node Floor Three.

Third Frontier
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Best Teams for Floor 2

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Critical Node Floor Two.

Second Frontier
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Best Teams for Floor 4

Find the best teams and characters for Shiyu Defense: Critical Node Floor Four.

Fourth Frontier

Best Teams for Floor 5

Shiyu Defense Critical Node Frontier 5
SIDE 1

Claret

Armorer
ALTERNATIVES:

Claret: None; Can use other CRIT DPS

Norma: Koleda, Trigger, Lycaon

Rina: Nicole

Claret Norma Rina
SIDE 2

Remielle

Triple Anomaly
ALTERNATIVES:

Promeia: ANY ANOMALY DPS

Velina: ANY ANOMALY SUPPORTIVE DPS, Nangong Yu, Lycaon, Trigger

Remielle: Yuzuha, Sunna, Nicole, Rina, Astra

Promeia Velina Remielle
SIDE 3

Aria

Stun Anomaly
ALTERNATIVES:

Aria: Alice, Jane, Promeia, Miyabi, Piper

Nangong Yu: Lycaon, Trigger, Velina

Sunna: Yuzuha, Nicole, Soukaku, Lucy, Remielle

Aria Nangong Yu Sunna
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