Crown Prince

"A mysterious visitor from the Spirit Realm who is proficient in alchemy and the elemental arts. With his expertise in alchemy, the Crown Prince is able to trap and freeze the movement of his enemies with his Energy Orb. His hidden talents and background make him even more closely in tune with the elements, allowing him to combine them skillfully to create extraordinary effects."

Crown Prince is the first playable Hero in the game. He is unlocked by default.

Crown Prince's playstyle mainly focuses on elements, fusion effects and being able to control enemy movement using Decay^? and Freeze effects, using Smoke Grenade and Energy Orb respectively.

His Shields^? are heavily boosted by his Hero Talents, so anything that boosts them further will work well.

Most elemental weapons will be of great use to him, thanks to his inherent ability to inflict Decay at a very high chance, allowing easy fusion effects on many enemies at once.

Crown Prince's biggest downside is his slow base Movement Speed compared to other Heroes making it harder to avoid enemy attacks. However this is partially compensated by his ability to reduce the movement of his opponents as well.

Talents[]

List of Crown Prince Talents ^Edit
Talent	Description	Level Req.	Cost^?
Efficient Orb	Energy Orb cooldown -2s	-	25
Mystic Guard	Max Shield +20^?	10	60
Large Area Smoke	Smoke Grenade Radius +40%.	30	105
Energy Charge	Recover 5% shield^? for each enemy Energy Orb hits.	45	255
Contingency Plan	For each 10% Shield^? lost, +5% Shield recovery speed and -5% recovery interval.	60	410

Ascensions[]

List of Crown Prince Ascensions ^Edit
Name	Description

Wildfire	After killing .. killing .. hitting an enemy affected by any Elemental Effect, +40% .. +50% .. +60% RoF for 6s .
Elemental Rage	+30% .. +60% .. +120% DMG to enemies under any Elemental Effect.
Energy Echo	Energy Orb has the same element type as current weapon, and its Elemental Effect Chance is 100%.
Pyrodominance	+40% .. +80% .. +120% Fire DMG, and double the DMG caused by Burning Effect and Combustion Effect.
Electrodominance	+40% .. +80% .. +120% Lightning DMG, and +120% Weapon DMG against enemies under Shock Effect.
Acidominance	+40% .. +80% .. +120% Corrosion DMG, and critical hits against an enemy will create a toxic cloud equivalent to an detonated smoke grenade (up to once every 3 seconds).

Backpack Expansion	+4 .. +8 .. +12 Smoke Grenade Capacity. Recover 1 grenade for every 2 grenades thrown.
Hex Smoke	Enemies hit by Smoke Grenades deal -40% .. -50% .. -60% damage and take +20% .. +40% .. +60% damage for 6 .. 6 .. 20 seconds.
Elemental Shield	After using the Smoke Grenade, +30 .. +60 .. +90 max shield and immunity to Elemental Effects for 6s .. 6s .. 20s.
Toxic Smoke	Smoke Grenades deal +300% .. +400% .. +500% base DMG and gain +100% base DMG per second after detonation.
Acidic Explosion	Enemies affected by your grenades become volatile and will explode after being defeated.
Smoke Genius	Smoke Grenades last for 1 .. 2 .. 3 more seconds, and damage interval is decreased by 20% .. 30% .. 50%.

Chained Duration	Energy Orb freezes enemies for 2 .. 4 .. 6 more seconds, and -30% cooldown time.
Blinding Sphere	Explosion radius for Energy Orb is increased by +2m .. +4m .. +6m, freeze effect and DMG will bypass barriers. +50% Skill DMG for each target it hits.
Power Source	Energy Orb gains 1 .. 2 .. 5 more charges.
Energy Bolt	Energy Orb deals +200% .. +400% .. +600% damage. 50% chance to explode twice. 20% .. 35% chance to explode 3 times. 15% chance to explode 4 times.
Energy Blade	After casting Energy Orb, +300% .. +400% .. +500% weapon DMG on the next hit and deal +50% .. +75% .. +100% DMG to enemies adjacent to initial target.
Advanced Shield	After casting Energy Orb, +30% .. +60% .. +90% Shield recharge speed and -30% .. -60% .. -90% Shield recharge delay for 6s .. 6s .. 20s. The process cannot be interrupted once recharging has started.

Unique Spiritual Blessings[]

Spiritual Blessings only appear in Reincarnation difficulty.

Blessing	Description	Cost^?	Extra Notes
Splinter Orb	When casting Energy Orb, an additional energy orb will be launched respectively to the left and right of the main one at the same time. -1s Energy Orb cooldown for every enemy hit by an Energy Orb.	60	Cooldown can be reduced multiple times with all 3 orbs and with additional hits from Energy Bolt, even against the same enemy.
Smogbound Zone	+40% Smoke Grenade effective range, +5s duration; +20% DMG Resistance when you or your teammate is in the area of a smoke grenade. +50% Elemental DMG taken and +100% elemental effect chance of enemies when they are in the area of smoke grenade.	120	+100% elemental effect chance is additive with the base elemental effect chance, resulting in guaranteed elemental effects regardless of what is used.
Elemental Maestro	Elemental DMG won't get affected by the defense type. +60% DMG to enemies in 2 types of elemental effect. +90% DMG to enemies in 3 types of elemental effect.	150	Bonus damage is multiplicative. Elemental damage is only unaffected by the -25% disadvantage against defense types ( Lightning^? against Health^?/ Armor^? for example). The +50% advantage ( Lightning^? against Shields^? for example) will remain effective.
Elemental Orb	Dealing Weapon DMG will create an Elemental Orb (CD: 3s). The type of elemental orb changes when reloading. -0.1s CD for Elemental Orb and +5% Elemental DMG for 10s when defeating a normal enemy affected by an Elemental Effect, or inflicting an Elemental Effect on an Elite/Boss monster. (up to 25 stacks).	150	Causes elemental balls similar to ◈ Elemental orb on crit^{(full text)} to appear on hit. Reloading will switch what element appears, from Fire^?, Corrosion^?, Lightning^? and repeat. Elemental orbs can inflict Elemental Effects, granting easy access to fusion effects. Enemy kills after the first grant 2 stacks. Stacking bonus grants up to +125% elemental damage and -2.5s elemental orb cooldown.

Build Strategies[]

These are a list of general strategies that can be built towards as you progress through a run. Almost no build is mutually exclusive, and often results in partially building into others due to the randomness of the game. Most however do not synergize well when attempting 2 vastly different builds at once, especially on high difficulties.

All Difficulties[]

Energy Blade Build

A weapon-based build that makes use of the massive damage and AoE bonus from Energy Blade.
Weapons used should be ones that have powerful shots, to make the most of the bonus when compared to weaker shots.
- It is worth noting that the bonus does not expire until you hit an enemy with a weapon shot that is buffed. Because of this, all shots from Icy Spear and Justice after casting Energy Orb and before an enemy is hit will receive the bonus, allowing many shots to be boosted.
Energy Blade should be picked as often as possible, to maximize the bonus. After that, anything that increases weapon damage or allows you to cast Energy Orb more often should be chosen.
- Elemental Rage, Pyrodominance, Electrodominance, Acidominance and Hex Smoke will all work, either with Smoke Grenade usage or an elemental weapon.
- Power Source, Terrific Crossfire, Ancient Timer, Field Proficiency, Overconsumption and Splinter Orb will all work for reducing the cooldown or granting more uses. Chained Duration can also work if level 3.

Pyrodominance Build

A primarily weapon-based build which may also be a skill build, relying on dealing Fire^? damage and triggering Combustion^?.
- If using weapons, a Fire weapon should always be used as your main weapon. With ✦ Element share^{(full text)}, any element for the offhand weapon can be used, but Corrosion^? is preferable so throwing a Smoke Grenade isn't necessary.
- If using Energy Orb, you need Energy Echo and a Fire weapon to change Energy Orb's element to Fire.
Pyrodominance should be picked as often as possible, in order to reach the level 3 bonus which doubles Combustion damage. Ultimate Gambler can help achieve this.
Throw a Smoke Grenade at enemies to immediately inflict Decay^? on them, allowing Fire damage to trigger Combustion whenever it inflicts Burning^?, for much higher damage.
Elemental Rage, Hex Smoke and Elemental Maestro will always be useful for dealing more damage. Elemental Maestro is more effective on weapons however, as they do not have a guaranteed chance to inflict elemental effects.
- Wildfire and Energy Blade can be picked if using weapons, though Energy Blade needs a slow, powerful weapon to be effective.
- Blinding Sphere, Power Source, Energy Bolt and Splinter Orb can be picked if using Energy Orb.

Smoke Grenade Build

A skill-based build based around spamming Smoke Grenade constantly.
Due to Smoke Grenades having 100% chance to inflict Decay^?, it is highly recommended to also use a Fire^? weapon with a high elemental effect chance per second (and maybe Energy Orb with Energy Echo as well) so Smoke Grenade can inflict Combustion^?.
- Alternatively, using a Lightning^? weapon can rapidly inflict Miasma^? instead, to easily melt most enemies regardless of damage.
Toxic Smoke should be highest priority for increasing damage. Elemental Rage, Acidominance, Hex Smoke, Smoke Genius and Skill Freak will all increase damage as well, to a lesser degree. Smogbound Zone also increases effective AoE and duration.
- Acidic Explosion can be picked, and if used properly it makes Smoke Genius and Smogbound Zone more important to take, as additional duration results in more damage instantly.
- While normally a bad idea (since the base damage is low and its utility is more valuable most of the time), Untold Effort can be picked to increase damage, at the equivalent cost to consumption.
To help sustain constant Smoke Grenade use, Double Exhilaration, Extra Surprise and Capacity Overdraft should be taken. Backpack Expansion and Endless Assault can be taken too, but they may be less effective than other choices.
- Acidominance 3 can work well to sustain constant Smoke Grenade use, since critical hits with weapons will also trigger Smoke Grenade explosions.

Support Build

A build that, rather than dealing damage on its own, prefers to make it extremely hard for enemies to kill any teammates in Multiplayer.
Hex Smoke should be highest priority, as it's a massive decrease to enemy damage. Smoke Genius, Chained Duration, Blinding Sphere Splinter Orb and Smogbound Zone can also help in improving the support of either Smoke Grenade or Energy Orb.
- Most other ascensions, scrolls and blessings that increase primary/secondary skill capacity, reduce cooldown/consumption or increases use gain should also be taken, with the exception of Energy Storage, due to Power Source existing.
A Fire^? and Lightning^? weapon should be picked, especially ones with high elemental effect chance. Shock^? and Manipulation^? will support alongside Smoke Grenade's Decay^?, and Miasma^? can still let you deal a bit of damage without high investment.
Picking Craftsman's Inheritor or Supreme Craftsman can also help teammates, as the effects can benefit their weapons if they give their weapons to you temporarily.

Reincarnation Only[]

Stunlock Build

A skill-based build that relies on casting Energy Orb as often as possible to keep large amounts of enemies frozen at once, including elites and bosses.
- Note: Certain enemies have attacks that make them immune to freeze during it, or are enhanced with Resistive which greatly reduces its duration for all nearby enemies, so keep this in mind.
Splinter Orb and Chained Duration should always be picked. Splinter Orb for allowing more targets to be hit and granting cooldown reduction, and Chained Duration for increased freeze duration, with cooldown reduction at level 3.
- Energy Bolt, Blinding Sphere and Power Source should be picked as well. Energy Bolt increases damage and hit count, for more cooldown reduction ( Energy Echo should also be taken if intending to use them for damage), Blinding Sphere helps hitting more targets, for even more cooldown reduction, and Power Source gives extra uses in case the cooldown isn't reset completely.
- Magic Watch, Terrific Crossfire, Ancient Timer, Flowing Time, Field Proficiency and Overconsumption can help reduce the cooldown even further.
As long as enough enemies are repeatedly hit or other bonuses are in effect, everything in sight can be hit by an Energy Orb and frozen making them easy targets, especially for other players. Elites and bosses need to be constantly hit due to freeze resistance, but will be unable to act all the same.

Painkiller Build

A skill-based for inflicting every elemental effect on many enemies by spamming Smoke Grenade.
Painkiller should always be picked, since it lets inflicting any elemental effect on enemies trigger all 3 effects at once.
Smoke Grenades have 100% chance to inflict Decay^?, hit multiple times in an AoE and linger for several seconds, making it extremely powerful for inflicting elemental effects. Every enemy within a Smoke Grenade's aura will be rendered unable to attack you due to Manipulation^? and take constant damage based on their Health^? due to Miasma^?.
- Note: Elite enemies and bosses are immune to Manipulation and take reduced damage from Miasma, making it less effective against them. Enemies enhanced with Resistive lose Manipulation significantly faster, and enemies enhanced with Armored take almost no Miasma damage. A weapon may be a good idea to use as a backup in these cases.
Smoke Genius should be highest priority for increasing the duration and number of hits of grenades. Smogbound Zone is also high priority after Painkiller for increased AoE and duration. Elemental Shield and Advanced Shield are always helpful, since there are not many ascensions which truly benefit using Painkiller.
- Acidominance should be taken if you intend on reaching level 3, since critical hits with weapons will also trigger Smoke Grenade explosions.
- If Smoke Grenade damage is desired for when Miasma is ineffective, Elemental Rage, Hex Smoke, Toxic Smoke and Skill Freak can be taken. Otherwise it may be better to focus on ascensions and other effects that benefit your weapon.
To help sustain constant Smoke Grenade use, Double Exhilaration, Extra Surprise and Capacity Overdraft should be taken. Backpack Expansion and Endless Assault can be taken too.

Trivia[]

The Chinese characters for Crown Prince on their hero profile are 太子 (pinyin: tàizǐ), the title of the crown prince of Imperial China.
Although Crown Prince in his background art is holding Dragonchaser, he has very little synergy with the weapon due to it being non-elemental by default.

Update History[]

12/30/2021 update: Decreased maximum Health from 80 to 65. Increased maximum Shields from 50 to 65. Reduced Shield Recharge Delay from 3.5s to 3s.