Best Anaxa Build, Team and Eidolons HSR 2026

This guide covers the Light Cones, Relics, Trace priority, stat priority, teams, and Eidolon verdicts for the best Anaxa build, plus a full rotation breakdown so you know exactly how his kit comes together and full lists of his max Traces and Ascension materials. 

He’s a 5-star Wind damage dealer whose kit revolves around implanting Weaknesses on Basic ATK, Skill, and Ultimate alike, and his own Talent rewards him further once enough Weakness types pile up.

TL;DR – Best Anaxa Build at a Glance

Best Light Cone	Life Should Be Cast to Flames
Best F2P Light Cone Alternative	The Great Cosmic Enterprise
Best Relic Set	Genius of Brilliant Stars (4pc)
Best Planar Ornament Set	Rutilant Arena (2pc)
Main Stats	Body: CRIT Rate Boots: SPD Planar Sphere: Wind DMG Link Rope: ATK%
Substat priority	SPD > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK%
Best team (Overall)	Anaxa (DPS) Cyrene (Support) Cerydra (Support) Dan Heng Permansor Terrae (Support)
Best team (F2P)	Anaxa (DPS) Trailblazer Remembrance (Support) Asta (Support) Lynx (Support)

How to Play Anaxa: Rotation and Tips

Anaxa’s rotation is built entirely around stacking Weaknesses, then converting them into damage. His Skill, Fractal, Exiles Fallacy, hits one enemy and then bounces to others, with each hit landing a random Weakness on its target. Spam this whenever you can afford the SP, since it does most of the heavy lifting turn to turn.

His Ultimate, Sprouting Life Sculpts Earth, is the real payoff. It hits every enemy for Wind damage and implants all seven elemental Weaknesses on the entire field at once, which also delays enemies without Control RES. Save it for right after a tough enemy’s own turn so it eats into their next action.

His Talent, Tetrad Wisdom Reigns Thrice, also adds a Weakness on every hit, and once a target racks up five or more Weakness types, it enters Qualitative Disclosure. Anaxa deals bonus damage to targets in that state and gets one free extra Skill hit after his next Basic ATK or Skill lands on them, so build toward that threshold before your big damage windows.

Best Light Cones for Anaxa

Life Should Be Cast to Flames is Anaxa’s signature and by far his best option. It restores Energy at the start of his turn, and once he’s implanted a Weakness on a target, it boosts his damage against that enemy by up to 100 percent while also cutting their DEF by up to 24 percent for two turns. 

Between the Energy return and the raw damage multiplier, no other 4-star or more F2P-friendly alternatives come close.

Into the Unreachable Veil is a strong alternative if you already own it from another Erudition character. It raises CRIT Rate outright and, after using his Ultimate, boosts his Skill and Ultimate damage by up to 100 percent for three turns, on top of refunding a Skill Point.

The Great Cosmic Enterprise is the best free-to-play pick. Since Anaxa’s Ultimate implants every elemental Weakness at once, this cone’s damage bonus scales off the number of Weakness Types on the enemy, and he’ll usually be sitting at the maximum bonus almost immediately after using it.

For a more in-depth look at Anaxa’s best Light Cones, visit our Anaxa Best Light Cones Guide.

Best Relic and Planar Ornament Sets

Genius of Brilliant Stars is Anaxa’s best 4-piece Relic set. The 2-piece bonus adds Quantum DMG, which he can’t use as a Wind character, but he equips it purely for the 4-piece effect. 

It lets him ignore 10 percent of an enemy’s DEF, plus another 10 percent if that enemy has a Quantum Weakness. Since Anaxa can implant every Weakness Type through his own kit, he can trigger that Quantum condition on command instead of relying on the enemy’s native weaknesses.

Rutilant Arena is the clear pick for his Planar Ornament slot. It adds CRIT Rate outright, and once his CRIT Rate hits 70 percent or higher, it boosts his Basic ATK and Skill damage by 20 percent, which is an easy threshold to clear once his relics and Body piece are in place.

Anaxa’s Stat Priorities

• Priority 1: SPD (until desired breakpoint)
• Priority 2: CRIT Rate
• Priority 3: CRIT DMG

🎯 Ideal Stat Goals: Aim for 2,600 ATK outside combat, and target a 134 SPD breakpoint in battle. Flat substats are fine filler once percentage rolls run dry. Anaxa’s substats favor Speed early, then swing hard into CRIT once he’s fast enough to act when he needs to.

Anaxa’s Trace Priorities

Traces	Priority Level	Why?
Basic ATK: Pain, Brews Truth	Medium	Deals the least damage of his four core abilities, so it’s fine to level last.
Skill: Fractal, Exiles Fallacy	Highest	His main damage source every turn, since it hits multiple times and bounces across enemies.
Ultimate: Sprouting Life Sculpts Earth	High	A hard-hitting AoE nuke that also blankets every enemy in Weaknesses.
Talent: Tetrad Wisdom Reigns Thrice	Highest	Builds toward Qualitative Disclosure, which boosts his damage and grants a free extra Skill hit.
Bonus Ability: Roaming Signifier	High	Improves Basic ATK Energy generation, which matters most before an enemy hits Qualitative Disclosure.
Bonus Ability: Imperative Hiatus	Highest	Increases his damage based on how many Erudition characters are in the party.
Bonus Ability: Qualitative Shift	Highest	Lets him ignore enemy DEF, scaling with how many Weaknesses that enemy already has.

Anaxa’s Ascension Materials (Max Ascension)

Material	Total
Ethereal Omen	15
Echoing Wail	15
Eternal Lament	15
A Glass of the Besotted Era	65
Credit	308,000

Anaxa’s Trace Materials (Max Traces)

Material	Total
Rough Sketch	15
Ethereal Omen	41
Dynamic Outlining	72
Echoing Wail	56
Exquisite Colored Draft	139
Eternal Lament	58
Lost Echo of the Shared Wish	12
Tracks of Destiny	8
Credit	3,000,000

Best Anaxa Teams (Overall, F2P, and Alternatives)

Listed below are Anaxa’s best overall team, F2P team, and alternative teammates to help shape your teambuilding choices based on which units are actually available in your current roster.

Best Overall Anaxa Team

Best Anaxa Team (Overall)	Role
Anaxa	DPS
Cyrene	Support
Cerydra	Support
Dan Heng Permansor Terrae	Support

This hypercarry setup leans entirely on Anaxa’s own damage. Cyrene‘s Ultimate grants Anaxa an immediate extra action, a Skill Point, and additional bounce instances on his Skill, which lets him chain through his rotation far faster than usual. 

Cerydra lets him fire off his Skill twice in a row to stack her Charges quickly, and her SPD buff can even free up his boot slot for ATK percent instead. 

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae rounds out the team with steady sustain, a flat ATK buff, and extra multipliers that push Anaxa’s damage even higher.

Best F2P Anaxa Team

Best Anaxa Team (F2P)	Role
Anaxa	DPS
Trailblazer Remembrance	Support
Asta	Support
Lynx	Support

Remembrance Trailblazer and Asta both cover Anaxa’s support needs, and thanks to Anaxa’s Weakness implants, Asta’s Skill can chip away at an enemy’s Toughness Bar far faster than usual. 

Lynx keeps the team topped up so Anaxa can keep attacking instead of playing around his own survival.

Best Anaxa Team Alternatives

The Herta turns his comp into a synergistic dual-DPS setup instead of a single hypercarry lineup. Both she and Anaxa have Bonus Abilities that boost the whole party’s damage, and running him alongside her fulfills her own Erudition-teammate requirement while feeding her a steady stream of Energy from his multi-hit Skill.

Tribbie is the best buffer for a dual-DPS Anaxa and The Herta team. Her teamwide RES PEN and DMG Taken buffs apply to both damage dealers at once, and the RES PEN in particular lets Anaxa’s Weakness-implant damage hit even harder.

Robin works well if you’d rather build Anaxa around action advances instead of a hypercarry chain. Since he attacks twice per action already, he triggers her Concerto damage far more often than most characters, on top of her usual teamwide buffs.

Sunday turns Anaxa into a burst machine, letting him string together several actions and an Ultimate almost back to back. Anaxa also benefits heavily from Sunday’s own damage amplification buffs on top of the extra turns.

Ruan Mei is a flexible pick if you need SPD and Break Effect support instead. Her SPD and damage buffs speed up Anaxa’s rotation, and her Break Effect boost helps him Weakness Break enemies faster once he’s stacked enough Weakness Types.

No matter which of teammate you slot in, the constant that matters most is Weakness coverage. Anaxa scales with how many Weakness Types are on the field, so any teammate who helps him implant, exploit, or capitalize on those Weaknesses faster is worth a spot on his team.

Anaxa Eidolons: Which Are Worth It

Eidolons	Return on Investment	Explanation
E1: Magician, Isolated by Stars	Medium	Refunds a Skill Point on first use and briefly lowers a target’s DEF, a small but replaceable early boost.
E2: Soul, True to History	Highest	Triggers a free Weakness Implant on every enemy that enters battle and cuts their All-Type RES by 20 percent.
E3: Pupil, Etched into Cosmos	Low	Only raises his Ultimate and Basic ATK levels, useful but far behind the other Eidolons here.
E4: Blaze, Plunged to Canyon	High	Adds a stacking ATK buff on Skill use, a straightforward damage increase.
E5: Embryo, Set Beyond Vortex	Low	Raises his Skill and Talent levels only, similar in value to E3.
E6: Everything Is in Everything	Highest (Whale Territory)	Multiplies his total damage output and makes Imperative Hiatus’s bonuses unconditional instead of scaling off party composition.

For most players, Eidolon 2 is the practical stopping point, since it delivers the highest damage and utility boost with the least investment.

Verdict: Is Anaxa Worth Building in 2026?

Anaxa’s Tier Ratings
Overall Rating	S
Endgame Ratings	Memory of Chaos: S Pure Fiction: S Apocalyptic Shadow: S

Anaxa is worth building if you want a hypercarry that doesn’t need a perfect team to function. His Weakness-implant kit lets him get real value out of top-tier premium comps, but he still performs solidly on almost any team thanks to his kit.

His investment curve is also forgiving. A single copy (E0) is all you really need for a solid performance across most team compositions. Eidolon 2 is the only upgrade worth chasing beyond that, since it’s a genuine damage and utility gain. His signature Light Cone is a very good upgrade, but his more accessible alternatives are good enough for him to comfortably clear major endgame content.

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