How to Beat 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka

MementoMori's 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka is one of the witches players will frequently encounter across the game. Read on to learn how to make use of the game's witches and mechanics to defeat them in battle.

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How to Beat 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka

How to Beat 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka Overview

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka
PvE Rank	PvP Rank

Base Rarity	Soul	Type	Role
SR (Limited)	Radiance	Sorcerer	Attacker/Debuffer

Rusalka is one of the better main attackers you can field in PvP battles because of her ability to raise herself from the dead, spam her active skills with no skill cooldown, and buff her PM DEF Break to deal more damage.

Her only weakness is that she's easy to take out once she has revived, and players can field specific characters to kill her quickly in the first turn and then take her down for good immediately afterward.

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths	Weaknesses
• First active skill decreases enemy's damage. The second active skill's damage gets multiplied when the target has a debuff • Gets a PMD DEF Break buff once her HP hits 50% (when maxed), allowing her to deal more damage • Zero skill cooldown once revived	• Rusalka can still be easily taken out by main attackers if someone takes her out for the first time and another witch kills her again immediately afterward. • Her attacks have a low hit count and may be absorbed by multi-barriers, so she'll need other witches to help take them down.

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka Skill Analysis

Zero Skill Cooldown Once Revived

Kikimora’s Downpour

Vodnik’s Mire Dragon

Maiden of Sacrifice

Rusalka deals high amounts of damage to her enemies by taking advantage of the debuffs they're afflicted with. She's also able to destroy their ability to counterattack by decreasing their damage.

However, both of these skills become devastating once she gets defeated and is revived by her passive skill, "Maiden of Sacrifice." Aside from reviving her, the skill also reduces the cooldown of her skills to 0, allowing her to spam both her active skills until the enemy has been defeated.

The only drawback to this is that she can immediately be defeated if another attacker that can destroy a multi-barrier takes her down immediately after she dies for the first time.

Gets a PM DEF Break Buff Once Her HP Falls Past 50%

Witch of Torrential Sorrow

After (or even before) she gets defeated, Rusalka also gets a PM DEF Break buff as well as a CRIT RES buff from her passive skill, "Witch of Torrential Sorrow." If Rusalka is fully leveled, this kicks in once her HP falls below 50%.

Witches to Beat 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka Hard Counters

Amour

Florence

One way to deal with Rusalka is to bulk up Amour, put her in front of Rusalka, and make her take as much damage as possible until she revives (having a healer could help). On revival, she would then be able to take out Rusalka if the latter dealt enough damage to her for the first time. Note that this works better the more powerful the Rusalka you're facing is.

Afterward, another attacker on your team could take out Rusalka a second time by breaking her barrier and then dealing damage directly.

Cerberus

Cerberus' Storm of Tartarus skill can outright kill Rusalka two times if she manages to kill her the first time on the second turn with this skill, then its effect "if the target is not defeated by this skill's physical attacks, their remaining HP percentage is 15% or lower, and their current HP is lower than 1500% of Cerberus' ATK, they are immediately defeated" kicks in.

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka General Counters

Amleth	Sivi	Fia
Nina	Cordie	Luke
Primavera	Asahi	Fenny

【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka Sample Counter Teams

Amour and Attacker Counter Team

Tank	Debuffer	Attacker / Debuffer	Attacker	Buffer
Amour	Primavera	Cordie	Merlyn	Florence

Amour will tank and take most of Rusalka's damage and should be positioned directly in front of wherever she is in the enemy team. Cordie and Florence are your main attackers, and you can choose either one of them (or both if your Merlyn is already above Lv. 200 and can buff both their CRIT and DEF).

You can also bring along another main attacker instead but they have to be able to break through Rusalka's multi-barrier.

Cerberus Counter Team

Attacker	Buffer	Attacker	Buffer	Buffer
Cerberus	Merlyn	Cordie	Soltina	Lunalynn

Cerberus and Cordie are your main attackers for this fight, with Cerb dealing the killing blow to Rusalka by turn 2 and Cordie whittling her down by the first turn. Soltina is there to soak up damage, while Lunalynn will try to cast Silence (you may reposition her next to Merlyn and displace either Cordie or Cerberus if you need to).

Witches Not To Use Against 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka

Cordie

Using just Cordie without any of Rusalka's counters would probably end in defeat for Cordie, as she does not have enough attacks to break a multi-barrier in one sitting. This also goes for other attackers that have a low hit count as well.

Florence

Though Florence can probably kill Rusalka both times, she might already have been taken out by the first turn and Rusalka's first skill.

Tips for Beating 【The Witch of Torrential Sorrow】Rusalka

Have Two Attacks Ready

Rusalka is at her most vulnerable and most powerful after revival, so make sure you still have an attacker on the wings that can penetrate her multi-barrier then take her out afterward.

You might even want to take along a witch who can dispel buffs and dispel her barrier before attacking.

Use Instant Death Skills Like With Cerberus

Rusalka's post-revival state leaves her in the perfect condition to be taken out by Cerberus' second active skill. So if you haven't taken her out in the first turn, you will definitely be able to do it in the second.

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## All SR Rarity Character Builds

Soltina	Amleth	Fenrir
Florence	Moddey	Sabrina
Freesia	Amour	Rean
Dian	Ivy	Merlyn
Cordie	Nina	Mertillier
Mimi	Tropon	Hathor
Olivia	Primavera	Natasha
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## All SR (Limited) Rarity Character Builds

Winter Soltina	Liselotte	Matilda
Yuni	Paladea	Eir
Morgana	Apostle Rosalie	Asahi
Alexandra	Minasumari	Kaguya
Summer Nina	Summer Amleth	Milla
Aine	Serruria	Tama
Meria	Festive Natasha	Eureka
Sonya	Gil’uial	Winter Tropon
Fenny	Stella	Sivi
Summer Cordie	Priscilla	Artie
Chiffon	Belle	Sophia
Summer Sabrina	Fia	Lea
Claudia	Luke	Veela
Tainted Iris	Carol	Richesse
Winter Amour	Summer Moddey	Elfriede
Rusalka	Cerberus	Fortina
Armstrong	Valeriede	A.A.
Witch Illya	Ophelia