Welcome to our comprehensive guide on team compositions in Lost Swords! In this game, elemental synergy and reactions are key to building powerful teams and optimizing your damage output.
Elements and Their Advantages
In Lost Swords, the elemental system plays a pivotal role in team building, making it essential to consider elemental interactions when forming your teams. There are seven elements in the game: Fire, Nature, Radiance, Chaos, Shock, Frost, and Holy.
Each element, except for Holy, operates on a system of strengths and weaknesses:
- Elemental Advantage: Characters deal 30% more damage to enemies with a weaker element.
- Elemental Weakness: Characters deal 30% less damage to enemies with a stronger element.
The Holy element, however, stands out as it has no weaknesses, making characters belonging to this element exceptionally versatile. As a result, Holy characters are often staples in many team compositions, providing reliability and adaptability in nearly every scenario.
Synergies and Reactions
Lost Swords also features hidden reactions and synergies between characters and their elements.Â
Since there’s no official English translation for these mechanics yet, we’re using a rough translation from Korean. and call it "reactions"
These reactions fall into three types, with each offering unique advantages:
Reaction Types
Crowd Control (CC): Immobilizes enemies and locks them into position, preventing them from acting. This category includes four reaction types:
- Freeze (caused by Frost)
- Rooted (caused by Nature)
- Stun (variety of elements)
- Fear (caused by Chaos)
Damage Over Time (DoT): Inflicts consistent damage over time. This category has one reaction
- Burn (caused by Fire): 100% of Attack as damage per second.
Shock: Amplifies damage dealt to the affected enemy.
- Shock (caused by Shock): 5% of damage taken.
Building Teams Around Reactions
To fully utilize reactions, team compositions are built around these synergies. Each team requires:
- Driver: The character who applies the effect or reaction.
- Reaction Damage Dealer: These characters benefit from reactions, dealing from 30 to 100% increased damage to enemies affected by specific reaction effects. They are the primary damage source in teams built around reaction synergies.
General Team Composition
Most teams will follow a general structure:
- 2 Core Units: One unit serves as the driver, triggering the reaction, while the other is the damage dealer, benefiting from the amplified damage when the reaction is applied.
- 1–2 Healers: Added for survivability, depending on the content and the need for healing.
- Flex Slots: These can be filled with supports, AoE damage dealers, secondary damage dealers, tank, Or debuffers, based on the specific needs and strategy for your team composition.
Disclaimer: I’ve designed these team compositions to focus on a single reaction type for simplicity, making it easier for you to understand and experiment with these setups. However, it’s important to note that it’s impossible to cover every single team variation, as team-building can be highly flexible and dependent on your roster.
To make the most of this guide:
- Follow the same formula outlined here to create your teams.
- As you progress into mid- to end-game content, aim to combine two different core reaction teams for even greater synergy and adaptability.
- Make sure to prioritize universal units mentioned in this guide, as they can fit into various team compositions and significantly enhance your overall performance.
- Experiment with different characters! Just because a character isn’t mentioned here doesn’t mean they’re bad or useless. Try them out—you might discover hidden synergies or find that they work exceptionally well in your playstyle.
For additional insights and guidance, be sure to check out our tier list guide here to identify the best characters for your teams!{alertWarning}
Freeze teams
Freeze reactions are incredibly powerful, as enemies affected by Freeze become completely immobilized and unable to act.This leaves them vulnerable, taking damage without the ability to counterattack.
The core of this team revolves around two key drivers: Merlin, the primary applier of Freeze, and Catherine, who uses her ultimate to both apply Freeze and serve as the reaction damage dealer at the same time.
Catherine benefits from a 30% damage boost when attacking frozen enemies.
With Freeze locking down enemies, your damage dealer can freely unleash their full potential without worrying about taking dammage.
Here’s an example of a Freeze team composition:
Some Variations
Rooted Team
Rooted teams function similarly to Freeze teams, immobilizing enemies to prevent them from acting. The core of this team revolves around Tristan, who applies the Root effect, and Vivien, who acts as the reaction damage dealer. Vivien gains a 50% damage boost against rooted enemies with her ultimate and a 30% boost with her active skill.
This synergy ensures that enemies are locked in place while Vivien maximizes her damage output. Here are some variations of this team composition:Â
Other Variations
Stun Team
Stun teams offer great flexibility, allowing you to choose from a variety of characters to serve as the core and apply the Stun effect. Potential core characters include Enya, Elizabeth, Gawain, and Claire.
The reaction damage dealer for this team will be Joan of Arc, who excels at capitalizing on stunned enemies to deal significant damage. She gains a 50% damage boost with her ultimate and a 30% boost with her active skills when targeting enemies afflicted by Stun.
This setup ensures adaptability while maintaining high damage potential, making it a versatile option for different scenarios.. Here are some variations of this team composition:Â
Other Variations
Fear Team
Fear reaction can be triggered by Circe and Rowena, the latter being a 4-star character, making this reaction more accessible for F2P players.
The core damage dealer for this reaction will be Lucy, who she benefits significantly from attacking enemies afflicted by Fear.
Lucy gains a 50% damage bonus with her ultimate skill and a 30% damage bonus with her active skill when attacking enemies afflicted by Fear. This synergy allows Lucy to maximize her damage output while the enemies are left debilitated by the Fear effect.
Here are some example team compositions utilizing the Fear reaction:Â
Other Variations
Shock Team
Shock teams are my favorite so far! While they may have a slight disadvantage in certain PvP scenarios, they excel in almost every other aspect of the game.
If you’re like me and prefer letting auto mode handle farming, this team is perfect for turning off your brain and clearing content effortlessly.
What makes Shock teams stand out is that two of their core units are among the strongest in the game. They can seamlessly integrate into other reaction-based teams due to their short cooldowns, which adds incredible flexibility and utility.
In this setup, Lua serves as the applier of the Shock effect, while Ran takes the role of the reaction damage dealer, maximizing the team’s damage potential.
Here are some team composition examples to help you get started:Â
Other Variations
Burn Team
Burn teams shine in prolonged battles, where their strength lies in dealing consistent and escalating damage over time.
The key to success with this setup is ensuring your team’s survivability long enough to let the burn effects rack up and deliver insane damage.
The core of this team revolves around Cristina, who applies the Burn effect, and Morgause, who serves as the reaction damage dealer, capitalizing on enemies afflicted by Burn to unleash devastating attacks.
Here are some team composition examples to help you dominate with this setup:Â
Other Variations
