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The Dockhand's Assistant
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The Dockhand's Assistant

Passive: Sea Shanty

Base ATK 510 · Substat HP 41.3%Lv90 R1

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Strongest on Layla, Nilou, Kirara in our guide rankings, riding Sea Shanty. Buy from Bargains when a permanent main needs it — do not stockpile copies early.

Stats

LevelLv.90
Lv.1Lv.90

Base ATK

510

Secondary

HP 41.3%

Weapon Passive

Sea Shanty

RefinementR1
R1R5

When the wielder is healed or heals others, they will gain a Stoic's Symbol that lasts 30s, up to a maximum of 3 Symbols. When using their Elemental Skill or Burst, all Symbols will be consumed and the Roused effect will be granted for 10s. For each Symbol consumed, gain 40 Elemental Mastery, and 2s after the effect occurs, 2 Energy per Symbol consumed will be restored for said character. The Roused effect can be triggered once every 15s, and Symbols can be gained even when the character is not on the field.

Available from Paimon's Bargains on rotation. R1 is enough for most roles; buy extras only when the wielder is a permanent fixture.

Best Characters

Sample Teams

From characters who rank this weapon in their top two options.

Freeze

Layla #2
Neuvillette
Escoffier
Furina
Layla

Freeze teams benefit from Layla due to the survivability she brings alongside the Cryo Resonance that she can enable. Additionally, Layla can even function as a battery for a Cryo Main DPS such as Kamisato Ayaka and Skirk ensuring they can consistently deal damage.

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Wanderer Freeze

Layla #2
Wanderer
Yelan
Faruzan
Layla

This is currently one of Layla's most popular teams using Wanderer almost like a Hypercarry by primarily buffing them but with Hydro and Cryo in the background helping to keep enemies in place and creating additional reactions. Layla provides not only elemental application and shielding but also interruption resistance helping Wanderer stay in the sky.

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Mono Cryo

Layla #2
Ganyu
Shenhe
KK
Layla

Layla is great in Mono-Cryo teams which entirely focus on Cryo damage, which works great for bosses or enemies that you can not freeze. Mono Cryo teams allow you to more efficiently utilise Layla by often having shorter rotations and easier Energy Regeneration making it easy for Layla to always have 100% uptime on her shields.

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and Lauma

Nilou #2
Lauma
Nilou
Nahida
SK

Since the release of Nod-Krai, Lauma has been a huge increase to Nilou team DPS. With Lauma + Nilou teams performing significantly better than other options.

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Other Nilou 2-Hydro

Nilou #2
Nahida
Nilou
Furina
Baizhu

2-Hydro teams can generally make more Bountiful Cores than 3-Hydro teams but can make it difficult to know who in the party is actually triggering the Bloom. Therefore, your _entire_ party should build Elemental Mastery to increase Bloom damage and therefore your DPS.

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3-Hydro

Nilou #2
Nahida
Nilou
Yelan
SK

Having 3 Hydro and 1 Dendro characters in your team ensures that all Bountiful Cores come from your on-field Dendro character such as Nahida or Alhaitham allowing you to focus your builds more effectively. This however does mean there will be less reactions and Bountiful Cores.

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