SEPHIRIA GUIDE

Forest Cat Solis Imber Build

Trigger your held Solar Blades with Fury, then recall the fallen blades through enemies with Meteorite Pauldrons. Build the recall engine before chasing critical damage.

Forest Cat

Solar Blade recall

Release the blades. Recall through the target.

A successful Fury hit releases your held Solar Blades. Meteorite Pauldrons recall the fallen blades and deal damage along their return paths; positioning matters as much as the item list.

01DaggerDagger
02Fire DaggerFire Dagger
03Solis ImberSolis Imber

1. Prepare FuryUse a safe parry opportunity

2. Hit with FuryRelease held Solar Blades

3. Activate the PauldronsRecall along useful paths

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BUILD LOADOUT

Solis Imber loadout

Read in order: character, talent points, weapon route, then Artifacts and Combo targets.

Complete loadout
01

Character

Forest Cat for early shopping

Forest Cat
Primary characterUse thisForest Cat

Starts with 800 extra Leaves for early shops. Unlock Forest Cat by collecting 2500 Leaf. Reserve money for Golden Needle of the North rather than buying every available item.

Red-Clothed Cat
Alternative characterAlternativeRed-Clothed Cat

Red-Clothed Cat is the listed alternative, but does not reproduce Forest Cat’s early shopping budget.

02

Talent points

50-point allocation used in the video

Author baselineUse this20 Wrath, 20 Willpower, 10 Ingenuity

Use this allocation when you have all 50 talent points. This exact starting setup requires the full allocation. Willpower improves reward access; it is not direct MP regeneration.

03

Weapon route

Dagger → Fire Dagger → Solis Imber

Dagger
Tier 1Use thisDagger

Use normal attacks and safe positioning while building the first Solar Blade activation.

Fire Dagger
Tier 2Use thisFire Dagger

First anvil upgrade. You do not yet have Solis Imber’s full Fury-triggered burst; avoid forcing risky parries.

Solis Imber
Tier 3 endpointUse thisSolis Imber

A Fury hit activates all held Solar Blades. In the checked game build it also increases Meteorite Pauldrons damage by 50%.

04

Artifacts and Combos

Active recall, Fury charges and critical support

Meteorite Pauldrons
ArtifactUse thisMeteorite Pauldrons

The active recall button. Level this Artifact to shorten its cooldown; recall fallen blades through the enemy rather than away from it.

Rainbow Feather
ArtifactUse thisRainbow Feather

Take it from the fountain and prioritize its level. The additional Focus acquisition enables a repeated Fury–recall sequence; level 0 does not provide that extra charge.

Kriton’s Seal
ArtifactBuild toward thisKriton’s Seal

Fills the remaining fountain capacity and supports the early shopping plan. It is an economy opening, not a required late-game damage slot.

Solis Dekri
ArtifactUse thisSolis Dekri

Solar Blade critical chance and defense penetration. This is the Artifact meant by the video description’s Solis Decri; do not substitute the weapon Solis Ekli.

Golden Needle of the North
ArtifactUse thisGolden Needle of the North

Place directly below Meteorite Pauldrons to amplify that Artifact’s damage. Check the actual slot relationship after every bag rearrangement.

Meteorite Mirror
ArtifactBuild toward thisMeteorite Mirror

Supports recovering additional Solar Blades. Useful once the core recall engine is running.

Midday Whetstone
ArtifactBuild toward thisMidday Whetstone

Optional room-clearing support. Fury already triggers all held blades, so this is not a prerequisite for the boss loop.

Sun Sword Combo
Precision Combo
Element Combo
Combo targetsUse thisSolar Blade 10, Precision 10, Elemental 6

Activate Solar Blade early, complete its 10-count target, then finish Precision and Elemental. Do not confuse the final 13/10 display with a 13-count requirement.

PLAY THE BUILD

01Rainbow Feather

Prepare the fountain and preserve shop money

Use Forest Cat, the listed critical talent allocation, Rainbow Feather and Kriton’s Seal. Set Solar Blade to 100%, Precision to 50%, and ban Wind Song in Fruit Skewers. Choose Hunter or Meteorite Blacksmith.

Find Meteorite Pauldrons early. The feather is brought from the fountain because this route otherwise avoids its Wind Song pool; level it instead of leaving it at level 0. Save Leaves for Golden Needle of the North.

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02Fire Dagger

Use normal attacks until Solis Imber is ready

Upgrade to Fire Dagger and activate Solar Blade as early as possible. Normal attacks can carry the first stage; do not lose health trying to parry every enemy before the final weapon upgrade.

Buy Golden Needle of the North when available and put it below the Pauldrons. The build depends on both weapon-triggered Solar Blades and recall damage, so do not spend every resource amplifying only the active Artifact.

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03Solis Imber

Learn the Fury and recall sequence

Upgrade to Solis Imber. Use a safe parry to prepare Fury, land Fury to release your held blades, then activate Meteorite Pauldrons to recall the fallen blades. With the leveled Rainbow Feather, use the extra opportunity to repeat the sequence.

The 50% Pauldrons bonus belongs to the updated weapon effect. Older versions lacking this line will not reproduce this exact route.

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04Solis Dekri

Finish Solar Blade and control the return paths

Complete Solar Blade 10 and obtain Solis Dekri for critical chance and defense penetration. Then finish Elemental 6 and Precision 10. Midday Whetstone is optional help for ordinary rooms, not the engine of the boss sequence.

Leave Meteorite Earrings out of this specific route: they change where blades land, while the Pauldrons need useful return paths through enemies. For crowded rooms, drop blades with normal attacks and recall them instead of forcing unsafe parries.

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05Meteorite Pauldrons

Keep the final boss loop practical

Prioritize a reliable Fury–recall rhythm over perfectly lining up every blade. The fallen blades’ positions change the damage substantially, so a stationary dummy result is not a promise for every boss phase.

Recover and dodge when needed. This route requires active timing and suffers when Fury misses or the recall crosses empty ground; it is not an automatic one-button setup.

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