Anby Best Build Guide

Anby Demara, often called Stun Anby to differentiate her from her S-rank Soldier 0 counterpart, is a free A-Rank Electric Stun Agent available right from the get-go whose main role is to deal a lot of Daze to enemies in a short amount of field time in order to offer Stun windows for your other Agents to exploit.

Anby is a character who’s very conceptually simple to get a good grasp on. Overall, being a free character you get right from the start of the game, Anby is a character who portrays the phrase “simple yet effective” perfectly. There are some minor intricacies to her kit, but once you get a grasp of her 2 main combos (which really doesn’t take long to do), it becomes very difficult to play her incorrectly, which is one of her biggest strengths.

When it comes to explaining her kit, we’ll keep things as short as we can because it’s really simple to grasp:

Her Chain and Ultimate are simple bursts of DMG and Daze with no intricacies to them, the same applies to her Quick Assist, and her Defensive Assist is a simple big burst of Daze that should be executed along with her Assist Follow-Up when possible to stun enemies faster.

Anby’s Basic Attack and EX Special are generally tied together, they’re the two main components of Anby’s combo. After the third hit of Anby’s Basic Attack, she can follow up with a special Basic Attack called “Thunderbolt” by holding down the Basic Attack button or by pausing for a split second then pressing Basic again (it’s easier and doesn’t cause any losses to simply hold the Basic Attack button, so typically that’s what you’ll do).

Her EX Special is another big burst of damage and Daze that costs 60 Energy and is also usable after her Basic P3 for a faster start-up, after which she can immediately follow up with her Thunderbolt Basic Attack by simply tapping the Basic Attack input, allowing for a very quick burst of Daze.

Executing either of these actions after Basic P3 allows Anby, via her Core Passive, to gain up to 64% extra Daze on them. This means when you have enough Energy available you can execute this combo:

• Basic P1

• Basic P2

• Basic P3

• EX Special

• Basic Attack: Thunderbolt

The EX Special gains 64% extra Daze doing this via Anby’s Core Passive, which is extremely valuable to stun enemies quickly. However, if you don’t have the Energy required to perform an EX Special, simply perform this combo:

• Basic P1

• Basic P2

• Basic P3

• Basic Attack: Thunderbolt

Hold Basic Attack after Basic P3 to perform Thunderbolt here, which gains an extra 64% Daze via Anby’s Core Passive. 

Some intricacies to mention include the following:

• Try to use Anby’s Ultimate whenever possible and out of a Stun window to create more Stun opportunities for your team; 

• Anby’s Dodge Counter is very powerful and should be executed whenever possible (even interrupting your combo for it), this grants her extra Energy with her Additional Ability activated;

• If you can perform a Defensive Assist with Anby, it’s never a bad idea to do so to stun enemies quicker;

• Anby’s Basic P4 can be used instead of standard combos every 30s by simply repeatedly tapping Basic Attack to get extra Energy Regen from her M1.

Finally, simply repeat the above actions until the enemy is stunned, then chain into your DPS Agent for big bursts of damage. Make sure to have Anby’s Additional Ability condition satisfied for more EX Specials, which means faster Stuns!

That sums up Anby’s gameplay in just about full detail, she’s really simplistic in essence. Her regular Special is unused as her Thunderbolt Basic is always more preferable to execute. Certain intricacies may apply depending on your specific team and the enemy you’re facing, however in terms of general usage this is as complex as it gets.

Regarding Anby’s meta relevancy, she’s always outclassed by at least one other Stun agent in any team, which is to be expected as she’s a free character obtained at the very beginning of the game. The biggest example of this is Qingyi, being another Electric Stun Agent who wants to stay on the field, stuns quickly, and applies Stun DMG Multiplier debuffs, outclassing Anby in just about every way. However, to Anby’s credit, for the character you start the game with, she very much doesn’t disappoint. Building her, even into the late game, should give you the resources you need to fully clear endgame content. She works as a “budget Qingyi” of sorts and while Anby doesn’t provide nearly as much as the robot policewoman does, she fills the same niche as her, slots in similar team compositions and remains effective nonetheless.

In conclusion, Anby is a simplistic Stun Agent to play, build, and use, and while she’s a free character given at the very beginning of the game with little special qualities to make her stand out, she remains very suitable in her role thanks to her Daze and Damage numbers standing fairly strong to this day, especially at M6. She won’t disappoint if you wish to build her, however be aware that she will be outclassed by other Stun Agent options once you acquire them, so you may end up replacing her someday. But until that day comes, she’ll be very serviceable.