Black Swan build

Black Swan

A Version 4.4 Black Swan build that caps her team damage conversion, sustains DEF reduction and stacks Arcana through frequent DoT events.

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Role: DoT damage dealer, amplifier and DEF debuffer
Version: 4.4
Reviewed on: August 12, 2026

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Recommended build

Light Cone

Reforged Remembrance

Best choice

Effect Hit Rate, ATK and stacking DEF ignore reinforce reliable Arcana application and its enemy-turn damage.

Relics

4× Prisoner in Deep Confinement

Best choice

ATK and up to three layers of DEF ignore multiply the team's repeated DoT events.

When to use it : Keep three DoTs on the target through Kafka and Hysilens so all three DEF-ignore stacks remain active.

Planar Ornaments

2× Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise

Best choice

Its Effect Hit Rate advances the mandatory target, while the conversion supplies ATK to every Arcana tick.

Team lineup

Best choice

Hysilens supplies several DoTs, Kafka triggers them, Black Swan stacks Arcana, and Huohuo sustains while restoring Energy.

When to use it : Apply Epiphany before Kafka and Hysilens detonate DoTs so its vulnerability and no-halving window cover the burst.

Compare the options — Black Swan

Choose based on your equipment and the stated conditions. These tables bring together the guide’s qualitative recommendations, without measured damage comparisons.

Guide version: 4.4
Recommendations reviewed: August 12, 2026
Assumed role: DoT damage dealer, amplifier and DEF debuffer

The guide’s stat targets and rotation provide the context. Eidolons, superimpositions, substats and enemies may change the choice; options are not evaluated at equal investment.

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Which Light Cone should you choose?
Option	Why choose it?	Conditions and availability
Reforged Remembrance Guide’s reference choice	Effect Hit Rate, ATK and stacking DEF ignore reinforce reliable Arcana application and its enemy-turn damage.	No additional condition documented in this guide.
Those Many Springs Alternative	Debuff-linked damage and Effect Hit Rate support Arcana's DoT loop.	No additional condition documented in this guide.
Why Does the Ocean Sing Alternative	Its Effect Hit Rate and enemy debuff damage improve a DoT build that reaches Arcana's EHR target.	No additional condition documented in this guide.
Eyes of the Prey Accessible option	Effect Hit Rate eases the 120% target and its DoT bonus directly improves Arcana ticks.	No additional condition documented in this guide. This permanent four-star Warp cone is easier to obtain and superimpose than a limited signature cone.
Good Night and Sleep Well Alternative	Its stacking damage bonus applies to Black Swan's DoT damage when the team supplies debuffs.	Keep three debuffs on the target.

Which relics should you choose?
Option	Why choose it?	Conditions and availability
4 × Prisoner in Deep Confinement Guide’s reference choice	ATK and up to three layers of DEF ignore multiply the team's repeated DoT events.	Keep three DoTs on the target through Kafka and Hysilens so all three DEF-ignore stacks remain active.
4 × Eagle of Twilight Line Alternative	Advance Forward is a speed-oriented alternative for a tuned DoT rotation.	No additional condition documented in this guide.

Which Planar Ornaments should you choose?
Option	Why choose it?	Conditions and availability
2 × Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise Guide’s reference choice	Its Effect Hit Rate advances the mandatory target, while the conversion supplies ATK to every Arcana tick.	No additional condition documented in this guide.
2 × Firmament Frontline: Glamoth Situational	Glamoth trades Pan-Cosmic's direct gearing help for a speed-gated personal damage bonus.	Use only when the final build actually reaches a listed 135 or 160 SPD threshold without losing 120% Effect Hit Rate.
2 × Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves Alternative	A follow-up team can convert Merit stacks into extra CRIT damage for Black Swan's personal damage.	No additional condition documented in this guide.

Only one option documented: no A/B comparison available.

Which team should you choose?
Option	Why choose it?	Conditions and availability
Hysilens Kafka Black Swan Huohuo Guide’s reference choice	Hysilens supplies several DoTs, Kafka triggers them, Black Swan stacks Arcana, and Huohuo sustains while restoring Energy.	Apply Epiphany before Kafka and Hysilens detonate DoTs so its vulnerability and no-halving window cover the burst.

Trace priority

Talent
Skill
Ultimate
Basic ATK

Black Swan turns repeated DoT events into Arcana, maintains DEF reduction and uses Epiphany to amplify a coordinated detonation window.

How to play it

1Open with Decadence, False Twilight when the automatic DEF reduction needs refreshing on the priority targets.
2Use basic attacks once DEF reduction is stable to remain Skill Point positive while adding Arcana through Viscera's Disquiet.
3Cast Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace immediately before the team's largest DoT detonation sequence.

Sources and methodology

Editorial recommendations are written from released game data, then cross-checked against specialist calculations. They are not copied from a single tier list.

Review method

Prydwen and Icy Veins independently converge on 120% Effect Hit Rate, Prisoner and a Kafka-led DoT core. The exact A6 conversion is min(0.60 × EHR, 72%), so 120% reaches the cap. At level 10, Arcana starts from 240% ATK + 12% per stack before the ordinary DoT DMG, DEF, RES and vulnerability multipliers; the 4.0 baseline was checked against the immutable 4.0–4.4 compare and local 4.4 effects.

Game data snapshot: 4.4
Snapshot commit: 648b08fb
Baseline version: 4.0
Published on: August 12, 2026
Editorial review by: HoyoWhatpeon

Independent fan recommendations based on released data. The 120% Effect Hit Rate target caps the A6 team bonus; it does not guarantee every 65% base-chance Arcana roll against every resistance value.

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