Best Ash Echoes teams and Memory Traces for every element
While building Ash Echoes teams, players can include up to eight Echomancers. One is the team’s leader, whose Tactical Engravings grant passive skill and stats bonuses to the entire team. Players can obtain Tactical Engravings by upgrading Memory Traces in Echoing Nexus game mode in Ash Echoes. One can select Echomancers, wielding unique elements from various classes.
That said, this article lists the best teams in Ash Echoes for every element.
Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer’s opinion.
List of best Ash Echoes teams and Memory Traces for all elements
There are some crucial things one must consider while building their Ash Echoes teams. First is the elemental reaction; some Echomancers’ elements can react with each other, triggering various buffs and debuffs on the battlefield. So, one must consider using Echomancers of different elements in their team. Players can choose Echomancers from seven elements: Ice, Physical, Water, Lighting, Fire, Ice, Wind, and Corrosion.
Additionally, players must keep in mind the type of enemies they will face in certain stages and use Echomancers suitable for tackling them. For instance, if a stage offers more airborne units, using Echomancers from the Skirmisher Ash Echoes class becomes more effective. The Skirmisher class Echomancers attack airborne with a top-most priority.
After choosing the characters to use, one must select a leader and obtain Tactical Engravings from the Echoing Nexus. Then, they must use the leader and select the other six Echomancers. One can use an extra Aiding Echomancer, borrowing from other global players.
Players can only use four Echomancers actively in battles, while the remaining four act as backups. They can swap an active character at any time or when defeated from the one in the backup pool. After swapping an Echomancer, it will go into a cooldown period. One can swap the same character only after its cooldown period ends.
That said, below are the best Ash Echoes teams and Memory Traces for every element:
1) Corrosion element team
The table below lists characters that players can use in their Corrosion element Ash Echoes teams:
Below are the best alternatives for the Corrosion team:
Here are the suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (MST) Hidden Blade
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (TRM) Growth
- (ATK) Muscle Building
- (ATK) Emptiness
- (ATK) Beneath The Deception
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (VIT) Behind The Curtains
- (DEF) Double Attraction
- (TRM) The Sun Never Ends
- (TRM) Secret Melody
Team explanation: The Corrosion element Ash Echoes team uses the Terminal to deal damage on the battlefield. Corrosion-type Ash Echoes Echomancers can generate Terminal Corrosion Accumulation, and upon reaching 100 points, the Terminal deals damage to enemies based on the enemy’s current HP percentage. The Corrosion element can’t react with others and generate reactions.
2) Lightning element team
The table below shows the characters that players can use in the Lightning Ash Echoes teams:
Below are the best alternatives for the Lightning element team:
Here are the suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (DEF) My Vision Is Clear! (Top-priority)
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (MST) Separation
- (ATK) Remaining Friends
- (ATK) Muscle Building
- (VIT) Behind The Curtains
- (VIT) Company
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (ATK) Beneath The Deception
- (VIT) Lectures On Arcane Theories
Team explanation: The Lightning team uses Electroconduct elemental reaction. Lighting damage from Yuqi and Lydia in the Water Zone created by Furay & Furney can apply the Paralyze effect on enemies, making them briefly immovable.
3) Ice element team
The table below shows a list of Echomancers that players can use in their Ice element Ash Echoes teams:
Here are the best alternatives for the Lightning team:
Here is the list of suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (ATK) Emptiness
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (DEF) Hello, Visier
- (DEF) Lightchaser
- (MST) Traces In The Museum
- (ATK) Beneath The Deception
- (VIT) Lectures On Arcane Theories
- (VIT) Behind The Curtains
- (TRM) Strongest Summoner
- (TRM) Growth
Team explanation: After creating a water zone on the battlefield with Sambheka and Freda, Ice damage from Ivana and Begonia can continuously freeze enemies. Additionally, players have an opportunity to kill the enemies instantly with Frostbreak stacks.
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4) Physical element team
The table below shows the Echomancers that players can use in their Physical element Ash Echoes teams:
Below are the best alternatives for the Physical team:
Here is the list of suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (ATK) Beneath The Deception
- (VIT) Behind The Curtains
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (MST) Bad Soil Bloom
- (DEF) Karma
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (MST) Racing Night (with Luke)
- (DEF) Dawn
- (ATK) Codename Diversity
- (TRM) Wish In The Rain
Team explanation: Physical element Echomancers don’t react with other elements or have an inherent buff. However, they can take advantage of other elemental reactions. The characters can also summon units on the battlefield with their skills. These summoned units can engage enemies, overwhelm them, and help manage waves.
For instance, Luke can summon an Isolation Device that can become a High Strength Spherical Barrier that defends from enemy projectiles. He can also summon packages that intercept projectiles.
5) Fire element team
The table below includes the Echomancers that players can use in their Fire element Ash Echoes teams:
Below are the best alternatives for the Fire element team:
Here is the list of suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (ATK) Into A Paper Crane
- (VIT) Dusk Radiance
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (DEF) Lightchaser
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (ATK) Beneath The Deception
- (DEF) Dawn
- (ATK) Codename Diversity
- (TRM) Wish In The Rain
Team explanation: The Fire-type Echomancers can create Fire Zones that can deal additional Fire damage to the enemies. Cyros can generate Fire Zones with his Regular Skill, Daybreak - Bloodline Mark. He can also deal massive damage to enemies with his attacks.
Mo Hongxiu can also create Fire Zones with her Seed Skill, Lion’s Divide. Additionally, including her in the team helps players meet the prerequisite of enabling Inspire Skills, which requires two Fire-type Echomancers in the team.
6) Wind team
The table below shows the Echomancers players can use in their Ash Echoes teams:
Below is the list of alternatives for the Wind team:
Here is the list of suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- ATK) Blood Ruvia - Secret
- (VIT) Dusk Radiance
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (DEF) Nightmare (with Tian Ruo or Longqing)
- (DEF) Karma
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (VIT) Behind The Curtains
- (DEF) Dawn
- (ATK) Emptiness
- (TRM) Growth
Team explanation: The Wind-type Echomancers can crowd-control enemies, counter air-borne enemy units, and boast high attack speed. They also possess robust crowd-control abilities and are flexible enough to fit in any Ash Echo team.
7) Explosion team
The table below shows the characters players can use in their Explosion Ash Echoes teams:
Below are the alternatives for the Explosion team:
Here is the list of suitable Memory Traces for the leader:
- (ATK) Elegy At Dusk
- (ATK) Deadline
- (MST) Born From Ashes
- (VIT) Dusk Radiance
- (DEF) Lightchaser
- (DEF) Karma
- (MST) Happy Hours
- (MST) Shadows Of The Alley
- (DEF) Dawn
- (ATK) Codename Diversity
- (ATK) Muscle Building
- (TRM) Blows? Bonds?
Team explanation: The Explosion Ash Echoes team can create an Explosion elemental reaction when enemies take Lightning damage from Lydia inside the Fire Zones of Cyros and Mo Hongxiu. This team can inflict high burst damage, eliminating ground enemy units within a short period. If players face airborne enemy units, they can switch to Sambheka to counter them.
There is no Ash Echoes team dedicated to the Water element in the above list. It is because the Water-type Echomancers work better when used with characters of other elements due to the robust elemental reactions they generate.
If one uses only water-type, they can create water zones, inside which the enemies take increased water damage. On the other hand, players can generate Vaporization elemental reactions when using water-type Echomancers with Fire elements. The Vaporization reaction reduces the damage Echomancers receive by 50%.
Similarly, using water-type Ash Echoes characters with Ice elements can freeze enemies and instantly kill them with the Frostbreak effect. Including water-type and lightning-type characters generates an Electroconduct reaction.