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Crust

크러스트 · クラスト

Crust
RaritySSR
BurstBurst 2
ClassSupporter
ElementWater
WeaponRL
ManufacturerTetra
SquadCooking Oil
Release date2025-04-10

Tiers by mode

Campaign
B
Boss
B
PvP
C

Source: prydwen.gg tier list

Skills

Grill and Boil

Passive

Activates when attacking with Full Charge and self is in Maillard status, Affects all allies. Maillard Duration ▲ 2.5 sec. Activates when attacking with Full Charge and self is in Blanching status. Affects all allies. Blanching Duration ▲ 2.5 sec. Activates after landing 3 normal attack(s) without Full Charge. Affects all allies. Maillard: ATK ▲ 10% of caster's ATK for 10 sec. Removes Blanching. Activates after landing 3 Full Charge attack(s) for more than 1 sec. Affects all allies. Blanching: ATK ▲ 10% of caster's ATK for 10 sec. Removes Maillard.

Reliable Cooking

Passive

Activates after landing 3 normal attack(s) without Full Charge. Affects all allies not in Reliable Cooking status. Reliable Cooking: DEF ▲ 10% of the caster's DEF for 10 sec. Dispels 1 debuff. Activates after landing 3 Full Charge attack(s) for more than 1 sec. Affects all allies not in Reliable Cooking status. Reliable Cooking: DEF ▲ 10% of the caster's DEF for 10 sec. Dispels 1 debuff. Activates when entering Full Burst. Affects all targets in Maillard or Blanching status. ATK ▲ 20% of caster's ATK for 10 sec.

True Flavor

Active · Cooldown 20s

Affects all allies. Attack Damage ▲ 20% for 10 sec. Affects all allies when in Maillard status. Distributed Damage ▲ 60% for 10 sec. Affects all allies when in Blanching status. Sustained Damage ▲ 10% for 10 sec.

Skill descriptions are the official in-game text (global server).

Investment & usage

Totem usage: Burst 2, 20s cooldown. [Based on the skill text] Most of her kit runs outside the Burst. Skill 1 "Grill and Boil" grants all allies ATK ▲ 5.9% (scaling off the caster's ATK) every 3 normal attacks (Maillard) or every 3 full-charge shots (Blanching), and Skill 2 "Reliable Cooking" grants all allies DEF ▲ 5.91% and **clears one debuff** on the same conditions. On top of that, entering Full Burst adds ATK ▲ 11.81% to Maillard/Blanching targets. All of it is driven by normal and full-charge attacks, so nothing is cut off when a character such as Crown covers Burst 2. (Basis: scripts/findTotems.mjs tier-2 detection — repeatedly fielded while losing the burst rotation in 3 or more guide-recommended teams. Approved in user review on 2026-08-09.)

Appears in 7 teams

Showing 6 representative teams.

Tetra Tribe Tower Team #2

Tower

Ludmilla: Winter Owner· Rouge· Alice· Crust· Bready

[Source: prydwen.gg Team Database] With the release of Crust and Bready, we can now run them together for a very decent and constant AoE blast. Bready requires Crust to trigger her Distribute Damage, else she will have no skill. Crust requires you to fast tap her 3 times from the very start to trigger her buff, else on auto she also has 0 skill. This team is such a hassle to play, but it's indeed strong. Substitutions: You can replace Xlud with Blanc for a more comfortable gameplay but weaker damage output.

Anti-Heavy Metal or Anti-Thermite

Boss

Rapi: Red Hood· Crown· Scarlet: Black Shadow· Alice· Crust

[Source: prydwen.gg character page] Here Crust acts as either an alternate B2 buffer or as an Off-Burst B2, providing nearly permanent ▲30% caster's ATK as well as Hit Rate debuff cleanse. Since this Boss has a Core, cleansing the Hit Rate debuff will allow you to land Core shots more consistently, increasing damage dealt. If invested, you can choose to use Crust's Burst Skill to buff Scarlet Black Shadow's Burst Skill during her rotation. However, please do mock/check total damage before confirming as using Crown might still be better. If you don't use Scarlet Black Shadow or any other Distributed Damage Dealers, Crust can be fully relegated to the Off-Burst position. Substitutions: Liter can be used instead of Rapi: Red Hood. Grave can be used instead of Crown. Asuka: WIlle can be used over Alice. (Element: Wind)

Anti-Obelisk (Fire Weak)

Boss

Rapi: Red Hood· Crown· Alice· Asuka Shikinami Langley· Crust

[Source: prydwen.gg character page] Like Heavy Metal, Obelisk also debuffs your team's Hit Rate. Dispelling that debuff will allow your team to land shots more consistently against this Boss, which has a thin body. Since this UR Boss is normally Fire Weak, we use Fire DPS whenever possible. One variant of this team includes Rapi: Red Hood B1 with Asuka/Alice/Rei B3. The other variant has Liter/D: Killer Wife B1 with Rapi: Red Hood B3. Substitutions: Liter can be used instead of Rapi: Red Hood. Grave can be used instead of Crown. Rapi: Red Hood can be used over Asuka. Asuka or Rei Ayanami can be used over Alice. (Element: Fire)

Cleanse Comp

Boss

Rapi: Red Hood· Crown· Crust

[Source: prydwen.gg character page] There are plenty of Bosses that Crust can be used against. Bosses like Chatterbox pose a great threat to beginners who don't have access to shields or cannot kill missiles consistently, due to no access to Crown, Tia, or built Piercers. Crust, with her debuff cleansing, can allow your team to soak more damage without the fear of instant death due to debuff stacking. In this example, we use generic B1-B2-B3, but you know exactly what to do if you don't have some. Basically any Boss that has a debuff, Crust can be used to cleanse it so that your units deal damage normally! Substitutions: Liter can be used instead of Rapi: Red Hood. Grave,

BREADing in Tetra Tower

Tower

Rouge· Bready· Crust

[Source: prydwen.gg character page] In this comp, we use Crust to activate Bready's skills and launch her to decimate Tetra Tower. While not optimal, Bready still has good AoE capabilities and single-target damage, especially with her massive built-in ATK buff. The FLEXES of this comp can be other B3, like Alice, Anis: Sparkling Summer, Ludmilla Winter Owner, or Noir — or if you fancy — another alternate in-Burst B2 like Blanc. Since Bready's Modes last 50 seconds, you can go 2~3 rotations without using Crust's Burst Skill.

Anti-Crystal Chamber

Boss

Cinderella· Rouge· Anis: Sparkling Summer· Crown· Crust

[Source: prydwen.gg character page] A copium team for those who can't break its hitcount rock. In this example, we intentionally remove Crown because Crown is usually enough to kill the rock. Simply put, Crust here acts as either an Off-Burst B2 who allows you to take Crystal Chamber's debuff route and dispel its debuff rather than taking the hitcount side. (Element: Electric)

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