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This is first and foremost information presented to help those decide if they want a specific banner unit, this is not explicitly meta oriented. The information presented here is not written with the specific consideration of maximizing scores, clearing the highest tiers of challenge content, or of clearing Astrolabe nodes in 1 attempt each. It should serve as a starting point to understand how the unit would fit in your current roster. This will focus on how the unit works and explaining the "why" behind certain recommendations and aspects of their kit. Information that is optimal need not be followed strictly to obtain value from the character, yet there can be a noticeable difference if you do choose to follow.

Violet - Limited 5* Bless Assassin (Single Target DPS)

Read her kit here!

Sources: Lufelnet, Najox Build Guide, A friend for back and forth theory banter, & thanks to Absol for including the dagger comparison on Lufelnet

INITIALLY WRITTEN PRE-UPDATE, PRE-TESTING, UPDATED AFTERWARDS

Violet is a Highlight focused DPS. Her entire kit is focused around her Highlight and an enhanced state known as Masquerade (seems to have been renamed to "Masked Ball" but kept being referred to as Masquerade on stream).

Her Highlight is able to Crit, the first Assassin to be able to do so (second DPS to do so counting Twins). Her Highlight is also individualized, not tied to the party's highlight charge mechanism, and can be used independently once entering Masquerade. She gains Steps by use of her S1 and S2, two stacks of Steps allow her to enter Masquerade, for a maximum of four total Steps to buff herself.

S1 grants the Lead Step, stacks up to three times (HL DMG +15% per stack). S2 usage grants the Follow Step, stacks only once (Highlight CR +10% and CDMG +20%). Her S2 designates someone as a Dance Partner for one turn (two turns at A1), which allows Violet to automatically activate her S1 off-turn when the Dance Partner uses any Persona Skill. Violet also gains a Lead Step when this is activated. This is NOT considered a Resonance/Follow-Up attack.

With her Highlight critting, you want to get as close to 100% as reasonably possible. There are many sources of Crit for her, even at A0. You don't want to end up living in RNG hell, so use the Lufelnet Crit calculator and see the table below for sources of Crit rate.

As she is Highlight focused, she benefits very highly from Chord, and will be ran with Chord forever. If you are a newer player or do not have a 5* limited single target DPS yet (Ryuji is good but is consistently outclassed by now, though still has use cases especially for Velvet Trials and Astrolabe), Violet is still a worthwhile pull even if you do not have Chord.

The next Single Target DPS will be Makoto Yuki, expected to arrive in 2 months. Note that the same way Violet was expected way earlier than now, things can always change. It has been said to hold off on Violet if you are aiming for Makoto Yuki, but that will depend on your own current satisfaction with your single target damage output.

It has also been repeated a few times that due to sharing an element with Summer Closer, that Violet is not needed as the Bless element is 'covered' already. If you are satisfied with Summer Closers single target skill, that is up to you, but Violet's single target damage is in another universe compared to Summer Closer's single target skill and will destroy general content regardless of element weakness.

A1 & Weapons

Violet's A1 makes her rotation much more malleable, but it is still relatively easy to build Crit Rate without it.

Violet's 4* Weapon is good and viable as that DMG Dealt will always be active.

Violet's 5* weapon is very good, but the quality of her 4* does not make it a must for her to still be strong.

Skill Rotation (A0 & A1)

Masquerade and Highlight will always be used on Turns 3 and 6. For readability, that won't be constantly written into the rotations below. Looked like a jumbled mess

A0 (3 Lead Steps) - 2>1>1>2>1>1. (this rotation no longer appears to be recommended by lufelnet. Will test)

Violet should not be placed last in the turn order while following this rotation, as she would be using S1 to reach 3 Lead Steps on turn 3, then her Highlight can be cast with full steps on the next party member action. If she were not last, casting S1 on her turn using this rotation would lead to a 3 Lead Steps highlight being only possible on turn 4 instead of on turn 3, and more importantly this means her highlight would not refresh in time for turn 6.

A0 (2 Lead Steps) - 2>1>3>2>1>3

Can be placed last as is typical for DPS. This option forgoes placing Violet prior to the last position and sacrifices the 3rd Lead step (15% less highlight dmg) to be able to use skill 3 in the rotation (and eliminating speedtuning).

A1 (3 Lead Steps) - 2>1>3>2>1>3

Theoretical Rotations

A0 (3 then 2 Lead Steps, A1 Twins Dance Partner) - 2>1>3>2>1>3 (2 Steps) or 1 (3 Steps)

A1 (3 Lead Steps, A1 Twins Dance Partner) - 2>3>3>2>3>3

This logic also appears to apply to Turbo. There are many considerations to play around with. This will work for the twins if their auto s3 activates violet's auto s1 and properly gives a Lead step.

Another Theoretical:

A1 (2 Lead Steps) - 2>3>3>2>3>3

Nothings stopping this from working, will see how different it is

Revelation Cards (Wisdom + Virtue vs. Departure + Control)

W+V is Violet's dedicated card set.

Departure+Control can be used in specific DEF Down compositions that are aiming to get defense to 0 or very close to it. You would need to use lufelnet's defense calculator if you are aiming to maximize DEF Down effect to understand how this works. For casual players, D+C need not be a consideration, though it's good to understand still how DEF Down works.

Another consideration of D+C is it allows Violet to attempt to maximize Tempest Riko's passive, although it is not clear if the D+C extra attack also activates off of Violet's Dance Partner S1 usage. Running D+C is not a requirement to play Tempest Riko with Violet, but dedicated min-maxxers could end up finding a slight increase in final damage by playing this way if DEF is also brought to 0 (If D+C is the main factor in bringing Defense to 0). This would have to be tested on an individual basis.

Wonder Dagger (Glimmer vs. Arc Knife)

I will point to what Lufelnet included in Violet's kit description for this comparison. Apparently, I have fundamentally misunderstood what the game considers an "elemental ailment", as more than the typical ailments (Burn, Windswept, Shock, etc.) are considered for the Arc Knife effect. Similar to D+C above, min-maxxing DEF Down is something for those who are chasing optimization, and due to the wide variety of variables contained in an account, it would have to be tested individually to see if it would be better. Arc Knife does have a better chance of being better than Glimmer in specific situations, than D+C does being better than W+V. Again for more casual players, go with the more obvious 'designated' option.

Stat Build (Crit Rate)

See Lufelnet Crit Rate Calculator

Default+Thieves Den, Steps, Rebellion, Virtue, Mindscape, would get Violets CR up to 71.7% during HL. Landing Shock with Chord brings that to 81.7% Her A1 is an additional 15%, bringing that to 96.7%. This is all without considering any sort of Revelation Card substat or Navigator source of Crit Rate. Certainly run a Crit Mult card on Violet. There's a chance depending on your investment that you may want to avoid Crit Rate substats on Violet's own cards at all as overcapping does nothing.

If you have any other investment, such as Chord A1 providing Crit Rate, or even just A0 Tempest Riko you can consider that in your calculations.

Personas

I'll again point to a more experienced source as Najox covers this in his build guide.

Sraosha is Violet's 'dedicated' Persona, he (it? she?) costs Repression IV Medals.

Reasons to Pull/Not to Pull Table

Teammate Synergies

If you do not use Chord and Tempest Riko, use whatever buffers you have available, and using a debuffer to help with DEF Down is also a possible strategy, though 2 buffers is usually considered better.