Aether Gazer – Oceanus Guide

Guide to Oceanus

By Enma

Foreword

Are you tired of having partially slow gameplay modifiers?

Well you’re in luck because Oceanus is just what you need! an extremely fast paced dodge-centric Rushdown modifier that is practically MADE for speed demons.

Now this is a guide for S to SSS rank Oceanus, as I don’t have SSS nor Omega rank Oceanus yet.

General Cycle and Best Aether Codes

Undoubtly, Oceanus’s best aether code set is yellow as it reduces water res of enemies, increase water dmg for Oceanus, increases S3’s dmg boost by an insane amount, but it overall is a generally good Aether code set to keep his Tributary ghosts alive as Yellow2 makes them trigger passive once when Oceanus crits.

So with that in mind, the general Cycle of his is the first few basics before he does the cloak spin, which is 4 Basics to close distance -> skill one -> 6 Basics -> Skill 1 (preferably dodge in between this starter cycle followup for the third tributary ghosts) -> Skill 2 -> dash forward Skill 3 to absorb all three tributary ghosts for more than 36% total dmg boost on Oceanus -> Skill one and repeat the cycle from there, this is the general cycle of Oceanus.

Note: If normal ult is ready, use it right after you trigger skill 3’s absorption effect, absorb at least 1 ghost then trigger it, if it’s Ult chain, then no need to trigger it after skill three as it doesn’t stop his momentum and you can keep going with the cycle.

Team Comp and Functors

As Oceanus is a partially flexible rushdown dps, standard universal Supports like Lingguang or PD Hera works for him, PD works for him a bit better since they have genzone. Problem is he rushes them so quick the enemy gets moved away and he can’t burst them all down in one cycle and has to split targets, so that’s where Shackle comes in, Of course you can go Oceanus with Comet R4y Zenkibo for the base Shackle if you want to keep base ult, but Enlil is where he unlocks even more potential as his ult chain with Enlil both shackles Enemies AND boosts skill dmg of all allies by 50% for 12s. Which is a massive boost

So team comp would be Oceanus – Enlil (Enlil at any rank works, but maybe SSS for better sub dps dmg) – Universal Support.

Functors for Oceanus would definitely be his signature Functor as it gives him a 10% crit rate and boosting his dmg up AND giving him a temporary tributary ghost on 20 combo that does not take up a slot on the tributary ghost limit. Other than that use the Skill dmg boost on Extremity dodge Functor for f2p.

Sigils and Position

Sigils and position of Sigils are extremely important as Everyone has said, So his sigils from S to SSS is:

• 1 – 3 – 5 slots for Mermaid’s Tear as it boosts his water dmg and decrease water res on enemies
• 2 – 4 – 6 slots for Decree of the Waves as it boosts his crit dmg, his trace gain to activate secondary effect of Skill 2, and overall dmg

Now for Omega Oceanus, it would go:

• 1 – 3 slots for Mermaid’s Tear.
• 2 – 4 slots for Decree of the Waves.
• 5 – 6 slots for Anything that is dependant on how you like his gameplay, want more crit? Swordsman’s Cree since you’re dodging a lot. Want more basic attack and skill dmg? use Owl set for that! want more consistent uptime on ults? use Nibel set for that on Oceanus or Enlil or both depending on if you’re running just Oceanus or Oceanus Enlil comp.

Sigil Enchants are generally basic, you want the 8886 combo of the usual, 8 attack, 8 crit rate, 8 CritDmg/Skill dmg, 6 Water Blessing, that’s what you want mainly, but do keep in mind to try and get all red enchants for the dmg ups, maybe a bit of Ult dmg up if you’re running Nibel.

Warps for Oceanus

As warps are still very much importsnt for any dps modifier, Oceanus needs warps to make his cycle more consistent, quicker and deal more damage!

For Warp slots 1 and 2, you can go Skill 1 lvl up/Melee dmg up + Skill 1 cooldown reduction for Slot 1 and Melee/Skill 1 lvl up + Skill 1 cooldown reduction for Slot two.

Warp slots 3 and 4 you want to go Skill 2 lvl up and Skill 2 Cooldown reduction on both 3 and 4, but if you can dodge well enough, you can replace one of the skill 2 level ups with EM flux, but I don’t recommend it as it doesn’t give too much of a dmg boost.

Warp slots 5 and 6 is where it’s dependant on your playstyle: First off get Skill 3 lvl up on Slot 5 and Skill 3 cooldown reduction on slot 6, after that with the leftover warp levels you csn invest in different ways, want more ult chain dmg? go ultimate equation on both slots for 90% ult chain dmg up, or if you want base ult, go ultimate lvl up on both the empty slots, if you don’t wanna rely on ult, then use Skill 3 cooldown reduction on slot 5 and Skill 3 lvl up on slot 6! It still all depends on how you wanna cook with Oceanus (like he can cook at all).

Anyhow! That is basically it for the Oceanus guide!