Black Swan vs Welt
Black Swan vs Welt — two Nihility characters competing for the same roster slot.
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Black Swan if…
- You need a Wind Nihility unit and Black Swan's kit matches your account gap.
- You prefer DoT DPS gameplay over Welt's Debuffer identity.
- Yes for DoT—Black Swan is the Arcana carry/support hybrid.
Pick Welt if…
- You need a Imaginary Nihility unit and Welt's kit matches your account gap.
- You prefer Debuffer gameplay over Black Swan's DoT DPS identity.
- Situational standard—Welt delays and shreds as Imaginary Nihility.
Black Swan and Welt are both Nihility investments that answer different account needs. Black Swan (Wind, DoT DPS) shines when Yes for DoT—Black Swan is the Arcana carry/support hybrid.. Welt (Imaginary, Debuffer) is the better commit when Situational standard—Welt delays and shreds as Imaginary Nihility.. Compare signature builds, team requirements, and your existing supports before pulling either.
At a Glance
Strengths & Weaknesses
Black Swan
- Ultimate “Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace” hits the full field and forces DoT application/detonation in one cast—Pure Fiction waves melt once the status is seeded.
- “Decadence, False Twilight” Blast-hits the main target plus adjacent enemies, so adjacent elites still take meaningful chip without waiting for Ultimate.
- Talent “Loom of Fate's Caprice” Blast-hits the main target plus adjacent enemies—miss the stack conditions and the burst window feels empty.
- Several Black Swan effects roll “base chance”—without enough Effect Hit Rate, Exposed/Shock/DEF shred simply misses on tanky bosses and the rotation feels empty.
- E0 without “Reforged Remembrance” is still clearable, but the gap versus a signature copy is larger than a single eidolon for most Nihility carries—plan the cone before deep eidolon hunting.
- DoT damage needs other appliers or long-lived statuses on the field—Black Swan alone cannot keep every wave fully stacked without a second DoT partner.
Welt
- Ultimate “Synthetic Black Hole” hits every enemy on the field in one cast—level this before polishing filler traces.
- Skill “Edge of the Void” rolls a base-chance debuff that wants Effect Hit Rate—that is how Welt applies pressure between Ultimates.
- Talent “Time Distortion” When hitting an enemy that is already Slowed—ignore it and Welt plays like a worse generic Nihility unit.
- Several Welt effects roll “base chance”—without enough Effect Hit Rate, Exposed/Shock/DEF shred simply misses on tanky bosses and the rotation feels empty.
- If Energy or Skill Points starve “Synthetic Black Hole”, Welt spends turns on Basics and the kit’s advertised multipliers never show up on the combat log.
- Spamming “Edge of the Void” every turn without watching Skill Points strands the rest of the team—Welt is often the SP sink.
Shared Team Members
With Black Swan
Tingyun is the Advance / DMG amp — time their Skill/Ult for the carry’s damage window.
With Welt
Tingyun is the Advance / DMG amp — time their Skill/Ult for the carry’s damage window.
With Black Swan
Gallagher covers healing (and often Energy / cleanse) so the carry can stay on-curve.
With Welt
Gallagher covers healing (and often Energy / cleanse) so the carry can stay on-curve.
Best Builds (Signature)
Light Cone
Reforged Remembrance
Relics
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters (4pc) + Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise (2pc)
Body
Effect Hit Rate
Feet
SPD
Sphere
Wind DMG%
Rope
ATK%
Substats
EHR (to threshold) > SPD > ATK% / CRIT
Light Cone
In the Name of the World
Relics
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters (4pc) + Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise (2pc)
Body
Effect Hit Rate
Feet
SPD
Sphere
Imaginary DMG%
Rope
ATK%
Substats
EHR (to threshold) > SPD > ATK% / CRIT
Who Should You Pull?
- You need a Wind Nihility unit and Black Swan's kit matches your account gap.
- You prefer DoT DPS gameplay over Welt's Debuffer identity.
- Yes for DoT—Black Swan is the Arcana carry/support hybrid.
- Ultimate “Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace” hits every enemy on the field in one cast.
- Black Swan is a stronger general pull priority for your roster.
- You need a Imaginary Nihility unit and Welt's kit matches your account gap.
- You prefer Debuffer gameplay over Black Swan's DoT DPS identity.
- Situational standard—Welt delays and shreds as Imaginary Nihility.
- Ultimate “Synthetic Black Hole” hits every enemy on the field in one cast.
- Ultimate “Synthetic Black Hole” hits every enemy on the field in one cast—level this before polishing filler traces.