I was inspired to make a post about one of my favourite characters in CZN when someone asked about how to maximize her BULLET DAMAGE. 

Renoa is INSANELY FUN once you build her! Her mechanic revolves around generating and discarding Dirge Bullets! 

**MEMORY FRAGMENTS**  
4 Piece Conqueror's Aspect (+35% Crit Damage for 1-Cost Cards) and 2 Piece Executioner's Tool (+25% Crit Damage)  
  
\- Get Renoa to Critical Chance 60% for her Unique Potential Node and increase the chance that one of her key Partner's skills procs (see below)   
As many pieces with Critical Damage / Extra Attack

**PARTNER**  
Make it easy and just get 4\* E4 Akad - Has the best bonuses I find even better than the 5\* options  
Increase the assigned Combatant's Attack by 16%.  
The damage of the combatant's Bullet cards increases by 20%.  
***When the combatant lands their first critical hit,*** Bullet card damage increases by 24% for **1** turn(s).  
Ego Skills for 2 Points gives you +25% Critical Chance

**GEAR**  
Weapon - Intellect of Discord (BIS), Second Method  
Armor - Fairy King's Crown (BIS), Wings of Freedom, Mask of Flames (if you have Vulnerable team)  
Trinket - Verdant Shackles vs. Dimensional Cube (BIS), Emblem of an Exceptional Entity, Amorphous Cube

**Season 2 Refinements**  
25% Damage to Exhaust Cards, 20% Damage to Cards, +30% to 1-Cost Cards

**Supporting Characters**  
**- Nia**  
Strong discard synergy + her Ego Skill is fun to dump 20+ bullets into the enemy!  
Can also get Morale Buffs with Neutral Gear Bag  
Soul Rip and Mute Accent specific epiphanies can also significant maximize overall damage

**- Rei**  
Resonating Darkness (+40-60% to 1-Cost cards) upgrade from Rei  
Stacking Morale Buffs - Morale 1 on Exhaust cards, best ones are from Rei's Snack Time or Neutral Gear Bag

**- Cassius**  
Cassius has Morale inherently in his kit from completing quests + Shuffle has an epiphany that can discard your whole hand (of bullets) and refill by the number of cards you discarded (more bullets!).

**HOW TO PLAY RENOA**  
A. Generate as many bullets as you can in the first cycle of your deck

1. Generate Bullets Passively or Actively via Renoa's Echo of Sorrow depending in the Epiphany you took. Either take the upgrade that generates bullets every turn or the skill that generates 3 bullets
2. Generate Bullets with Flower of Devoured Fate.

B. Increase the damage of your bullets

1. Renoa's Ballad of Pitch Black that gives 100% more Extra Attack per Bullet
2. Morale Stacking
3. Rei's Resonating Darkness (+40-60% to 1-Cost cards)
4. Nia's Soul Rip gives an additional 100% Extra Attack per Bullet when you discard the character's cards

C. Discard your bullets!

1. Dumping and refilling your hand with Cassius's Shuffle
2. Dumping your hand of bullets with Renoa's Last Ditch Asssault or Nia's Mute Accent
3. THE MOST FUN - discard your entire draw deck of full of bullets after you've cycled your deck once with Nia's Ego Skill to throw 20+ bullets into the enemy!!!

Guide to Renoa - Vice Captain of the SS Nightmare, Code name "Black Rose"