Akane Rin is an S-Rank Lakshana main DPS in Neverness to Everness. She arrives in Version 1.4 on the Dazzling Star banner from October 21 to November 11, 2026. She uses a Liquid Arc and fights at mid to long range with guitar sound blades. She sings for The Whoots with Haniel and Nanally. Ratios are pre-release level 13 values.

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Kit

She is an on-field carry. Set one form, relay basics into it, then detonate at full String Energy. A new form replaces the old one.

  • Stringblade, Basic Attack: four-hit combo that builds String Energy, cap 30. One cycle is about 24. Stage Dive is the plunge. Featherblade Reverb is the dodge counter.
  • Rhythm Wave, Redirect Skill: press marks one target with Overtone for 25 seconds and relays basics into it at +32.5% ratio. Hold drops Reverb Field for 25 seconds and splashes each basic to every enemy inside at +36%. Both casts share a cooldown.
  • Synced Resonance: at 30 energy with a form up. Overtone mode is a single-target hit around 2518%. Reverb Field mode is a spread hit around 2014%. A hit spends the energy. A miss does not. It does not refresh the form or start the skill cooldown.
  • Sonic Boom, Ultimate: a small area opener, then Solo Cadenza, then a second hit around 2518%. Press Ultimate again in the back half of the state. The state does not clear your form.
  • Altered Chord: a chain hit that triggers a reaction. Upgrade this last.
  • Perfect Pitch: after the first team Remora, both forms keep reapplying it and deal extra Lakshana damage from remaining duration.
  • Starlit Anthem: +20% damage dealt for 25 seconds after Sonic Boom. A new cast refreshes it.

Rotation and Skill Priority

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  1. Trigger Remora if you can. Perfect Pitch starts only after that proc. A Psyche teammate still helps, because Stain turns on Street Boxer.
  2. Press Rhythm Wave on a boss, or hold it on a grouped pack.
  3. Fill energy with the four-hit string, then Synced Resonance while the form is up.
  4. Cast Sonic Boom and press Ultimate again before Solo Cadenza ends.
  5. Reapply Rhythm Wave as the 25 second form expires.

Upgrade Ultimate, then Rhythm Wave, then Basic Attack, then Altered Chord. Basics stay third because relayed hits still scale off them.

Arc, Modules, and Stats

  • Best Arc: Far Side of the Moon, her S-Rank Liquid signature on Celestial Special. It gives 16% Crit Rate. Basics grant 7% Redirect Skill damage for 5 seconds, up to 4 stacks. A Redirect Skill grants 28% Basic Attack damage for 15 seconds, and both buffs together add 16% Lakshana damage. A generic Liquid stat stick is fine until you have it.
  • Best cartridge: Street Boxer, 4 piece. 2 piece is 10% Lakshana damage. 4 piece is 14% Crit Rate, plus 14% more for 20 seconds after Remora or Stain. Her console is Type III, so matching modules also add 10% attack each.
  • Backup: Shadow Creed, 10% attack on 2 piece and 25% attack for 20 seconds after a skill.
  • Main stats: Lakshana damage, Crit Rate, Crit Damage, Attack. Subs follow that order, then damage bonus. Stop stacking Crit Rate once the Arc and Street Boxer already cover it.

Awakenings and Resonance

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  • A1 After-School Tabs: 12% Crit Rate and a heal equal to 100% of base attack on Synced Resonance. Best first node.
  • A2 Window Capo: 7.5% all resistance shred on Overtone, and 12.5% damage for the active character in Reverb Field.
  • A3 Shade Capsules: Overtone cast ratio up 150%, field radius up 25%, and a pull on hold.
  • A4 to A6: 16% attack after Synced Resonance, higher relay bonuses, then 10% ally damage from Starlit Anthem.
  • R1, three copies: +1 level to Basic Attack, Rhythm Wave, and Ultimate, plus 20% attack. Sensible stop.
  • R2, six copies: full energy on entry, 10 energy refunded after Synced Resonance, and 50% Crit Damage for 25 seconds.

Teams

  • Remora: Akane, a Cosmos unit such as Zero, Haniel, and a flex support. Cleanest setup. Haniel covers healing and attack.
  • Stain: Akane, Blackbird, Haniel, and Fadia. Only if Blackbird quick swaps. Both want field time.
  • Low spend: Akane, Haniel, Zero, and any off-field Psyche or shield you own.

Materials and Pull Advice

Level 20 to 80 costs 525,000 Beetle Coins, 17 Suspended Delusions, 18 Yearning Delusions, 15 Transcendent Delusions, and 86 Charging Knight Spark Plugs from Headless Rider. Full skills also need about 35 Good Boy Stamps from Morphix, plus the usual Thought, Faith, and Heart-Racing Night mats. Farm plugs and stamps first.

Pull her if you want a ranged Lakshana carry and can give her the field. Skip if you already main one. For most accounts the order is Akane, then Far Side of the Moon, then A1.