Daffodill Guide & Best Builds
Welcome to our Daffodill build guide for Neverness to Everness. Daffodill is an S-Rank Liquid Character available in Neverness to Everness who utilizes the Chaos element.
In our Daffodill guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to get the most out of your Daffodill, from building the best gear and weapons, to important skill priorities and combos.
Daffodill's Best Arcs
Youthful Fantasy (M1)
100%
ATK - 30%
"Black Tome"
Increases Break Intensity by 60.
Seals Arc: Black Tome with two chains by default. Unleashes 1 chain each time any character on the team casts a Support Skill. Makes Arc: Black Tome available when all two chains are unleashed.
Arc: Black Tome — Summons the Black Tome for 20s. Designates an enemy every 5s. Increases the wearer's Chaos DMG dealt to designated enemies by 20%. Deals Chaos DMG equal to 200% of the wearer's ATK to designated enemies when they take Break Damage.
Shiny Days (M5)
94%
ATK - 25%
Film - MANISH
Increases Break Intensity by 48.
Increases DMG by 10% against Broken units.
Mind Royale (M5)
87%
Break Intensity - 60
Inspiration Terminator
Grants the wearer 10 Ultimate Energy when casting a Redirect Skill. Triggers up to once every 20s.
Best Console Setups for Daffodill
Daffodill's Console bonus is a 10% Chaos DMG bonus for every Type III Module
Diabolos
+
2-piece: Epic (2): Chaos DMG +10%.
4-piece: Legendary (4): Ignores 12% of enemies' Chaos Resistance. Ignores 24% of enemies' Chaos Resistance for 20s after the wearer participates in Nova or Scorch reactions.
Diabolos is the best option for Daffodill, as it boosts her Chaos DMG and allows her to ignore a good amount of Chaos RES, especially if she is paired with a Incantation or Psyche character to trigger the doubled effect.
After gaining the set bonus with optimal placement, you can add 2 more Type III and 1 more Type II Module, allowing Daffodill to have a total of 50% Chaos damage bonus after the set effect. While a 2-piece of this set with maximum Type III Modules will allow you to gain a total of 70% bonus Chaos DMG, missing out on the damage resistance ignore is generally worse, especially in a team that can trigger Nova or Scorch Esper Cycles. An example setup for the 4-piece set bonus is displayed below.
Daffodill Module Bonus
+40% Chaos DMG (4 x Type III equipped)
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Daffodill's Stat Priority
Daffodill is an Esper centered around building break and benefits from as much break Intensity as she can get.
Daffodill's Skill Priority
Daffodill's main source of breaking the enemies comes from her Skill and should be the first priority. After her Skill it is best to prioritize her Ultimate for her Phantom Step Parry Attack. Then the next priority is her Basic Attack followed by her Support Skill.
Daffodill's Awakening Priority
If you have one or multiple copies of a character, you will be able to select Awakenings of your choosing. The following is a recommendation for Daffodill's Awakening unlock order. Remember that you can switch them at any time to try out different ones, or tailor your choices for a specific fight or situation.
| Awakening Unlock Order | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Perfect Truth A5: Perfect Truth | The First Awakening recommended is her A5, causing additional instances of Break DMG for each stack of Insight greatly increasing her damage potential. With her A3, this can lead to some crazy burst opportunities on enemies that live long enough to get broken multiple times. |
| Assembly of Creations A3: Assembly of Creations | Her A3 should be her next priority, as it allows the Insight she generates with her Ultimate to stay on enemies, instead of being removed. This will result in a lot more Break DMG throughout the fight. With her A5, this can lead to some crazy burst opportunities on enemies that live long enough to get broken multiple times. |
| In Concealment A4: In Concealment | Her third recommendation for her Awakenings is her A4. It increases her Break DMG for each stack of Insight, which pairs very nicely with her A3. |
| Mechanical March A2: Mechanical March | Her fourth recommended Awakening unlock is her A2. It increases her damage and removes the need for Phantom Step to successfully Parry to charge her Ultimate. This is a good quality of life improvement if you're not that good with parrying. |
| Eye A1: Eye | The next recommended Awakening For Daffodill, which greatly increases her Skill's damage and break per Support Skill cast. |
| Bloom in the Lake A6: Bloom in the Lake | Bloom in the Lake is her sixth recommended Awakening. It allows her to ignore some of the enemy's Defense. This greatly helps her damage potential, and depending on the situation, might be preferable over other Awakening if you plan on playing Daffodill as more of a main DPS. however this is listed lower as it doesn't directly help her Break potential. |
How to Play Daffodill
Daffodill is a burst-focused Esper serving primarily as a sub-DPS on quick-swap teams. Her gameplay revolves around coming on field to use her Redirect Skill and Ultimate before switching off.
Daffodill, throughout her kit, either increases her Break Damage contribution or dealing more Break. Break in NTE is the game's form of a stun or stagger window. This is represented on enemies by a white bar below the health bar. When that bar is depleted fully, they enter the Break state, taking a big hit of damage, and becoming stunned for a period of time.
The damage of break is normally split evenly between all Espers, meaning that a 4-person team has each esper's stats accounting for 25% of the break damage in the calculation. However, with Daffodill, she gains a contribution increase of 20%, meaning in those calculations her break damage accounts for 20% more than any other character on the team.
Daffodill also often deals more Break than other Espers with her attacks. This Break refers to the damage to the white Break bar of enemies.
Playing Daffodill within a team is very straightforward. She wants to be brought on-field to use her Redirect skill or Ultimate before quickly switching off. If her ultimate is used, she wants to be switched in to activate her Phantom Step attack, preferably to trigger a parry attack, before switching off her again.
While fighting, Daffodill has two potential Redirect Skills. The first is Resonance, which when used, deals damage and gives her a stack of Resonance whenever a team member casts a Support Skill. Resonance stacks also increase her skill DMG and Break amount. When she has two stacks of Resonance, her Redirect Skill is replaced by Echos, which has greatly increased damage.
Daffodill's Ultimate, Finale, deals a large amount of damage and inflicts Insight on enemies. Insight deals extra break DMG to enemies when they enter break. Additionally, her Ultimate gives her two uses of the Phantom Step skill. This skill is used automatically whenever Daffodill is switched on-field from another character. If this is used as a Parry attack, it will charge her Ultimate to full.
Daffodill's Best Teams
To learn all about Daffodill's synergies and best team compositions, check our dedicated Daffodill team page below:
Changelog
- 27 Sep. 2026: Updated for Version 1.4
- 18 Sep. 2026: Updated with Playstyle recommendations
- 08 Sep. 2026: Reviewed for Linko release
- 16 Aug. 2026: Updated for Version 1.3
- 04 Aug. 2026: Updated with Arc Calculations.
- 28 Jul. 2026: Reviewed for Iroi release.
- 07 Jul. 2026: Reviewed for Version 1.2
- 24 Jun. 2026: Reviewed for Chaos release, no changes needed.
- 08 Jun. 2026: Updated for version 1.1
- 27 Apr. 2026: Updated for Global Launch.
- 25 Apr. 2026: Updated to include console information for Daffodill.
- 09 Apr. 2026: Initial build setup for Daffodill added.
- 24 Mar. 2026: Initial guide for Daffodill added.
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