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Inkwell Fan & Soulshade Umbrella PvP Build

Overview
Designed for: PvP
Weapons: Fan and Umbrella
Role: DPS, Healer
Difficulty:
Easy
Strengths
  • Good for Group Play
  • Very Easy to Play
  • Easy to Heal
Weaknesses
  • No Ressurection
  • Low-ish DPS
This build is up to date for the December 29, 2025 patch.

Overview

This Where Winds Meet setup uses the Soulshade UmbrellaSoulshade Umbrella with the Inkwell FanInkwell Fan and is strong enough to pair into a PVP group seeking to do 5vs5, prison breaks or even guild battles, acting as a great initiator and mid-range fighter while also offering some healing.

You mainly rely on the Inkwell FanInkwell Fan to deal damage from a distance or air juggle players to engage for your party, while Echoes of a Thousand PlantsEchoes of a Thousand Plants keeps your team healed with very little effort. This lets you focus on positioning and staying with the frontline of your party, healing them as you fight. In solo pvp content, the build requires a lot of patience as you have to play around your Jadewind ShieldJadewind Shield, comboing the Peak's Springless SilencePeak's Springless Silence for quick damage and pulling back and away, resetting the fight constantly.


Martial Arts

Inkwell Fan
Inkwell Fan
Soulshade Umbrella
Soulshade Umbrella


Gear

Rainwhisper Set
Weapon 1
Rainwhisper Set
Weapon 2
Rainwhisper Set
Disc
Rainwhisper Set
Pendant
Moonflare Set
Helm
Moonflare Set
Armor
Moonflare Set
Greaves
Moonflare Set
Bracer
Bow
Ring

Stats Priority

Power
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Affinity Rate
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Silkbind Attack
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Max/Min Physical Attack
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Critical Rate
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Physical Penetration
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Weapon/Weapon Skill Damage Boost

While the Gear part of the build is still under development and more information will come soon, you should use the Rainwhisper + Moonflare set combo and make sure to keep the buff active by weaving in Heavy and Light attacks as needed. This part of the build is still under construction as far as specific stats go.


Inner Way

Flying Gourds
Flying Gourds
Evasive Charge
Evasive Charge
Morale Chant
Morale Chant
Restoring Blossom
Restoring Blossom

Evasive ChargeEvasive Charge is very strong for staying safe. It lets you dodge more often and refunds endurance when you Perfect Dodge, making it much harder for enemies to lock you down. For healing power, Restoring BlossomRestoring Blossom is great as it adds extra healing power and is great overall.

Flying GourdsFlying Gourds is another important PVP Inner Way as it adds a second Peak's Springless SilencePeak's Springless Silence so you can double down and combo multiple times with ease. Finally, Morale ChantMorale Chant remains the core Inner Way. Every hit or heal increases both your damage and healing, and with two Fans it is very easy to keep stacks up at all times.


Mystic Skills

Talon Strike
Golden Body
Yaksha Rush
Leaping Toad
Serene Breeze
Dragon's Breath
Cloud Steps
Meridian Touch

Serene BreezeSerene Breeze is your must-have PvP skill. It breaks you out of CC, lets you escape combos, and reset fights or simply get out so you can heal back up. Not using it is a huge disadvantage. For ranged pressure, Meridian TouchMeridian Touch pokes safely and allows you to Execute low HP enemies by doing it quickly as your character moves in against the other player. Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath adds burn damage to single targets or groups, keeping constant pressure while playing defensively and applying pressure by forcing enemies to either take burn damage or back off, particularly useful in choke points.

To punish aggressive players, Talon StrikeTalon Strike and Yaksha RushYaksha Rush knock enemies down and go through block. Leaping ToadLeaping Toad on the other hand can be used in the same way while also spreading staggerning poison.

Cloud StepsCloud Steps helps you reposition or close gaps quickly but can be blocked so don't spam it. Golden BodyGolden Body adds protection and Fortitude, and it can extend to nearby allies if needed.


Rotations

DPS + CC Combo ↴
Peak's Springless Silence
Peak's Springless Silence
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Moon Shatter Spring
Moon Shatter Spring
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Dragon's Breath
Dragon's Breath
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Jadewind Shield
Jadewind Shield
  • Start by jumping in on top of a player with Peak's Springless SilencePeak's Springless Silence, then follow up with Moon Shatter SpringMoon Shatter Spring to knock the enemy down after airjuggling them and doing damage. Use Dragon's BreathDragon's Breath next to apply burn damage and protect yourself from incoming attacks. After that, deploy Jadewind ShieldJadewind Shield to block the enemy and attack from range with Light Attacks while kiting, waiting for Peak's Springless SilencePeak's Springless Silence to come off cooldown.


Echoes of a Thousand PlantsEchoes of a Thousand Plants: Make sure that this is up at all times, or at least as often as possible in order to heal yourself and others while fighting.

Floating GraceFloating Grace: Use this whenever your team is about to engage or when you need some extra damage.


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