Song of Days Past offers a unique approach to enhancing healer utility by turning healing into damage, but its effectiveness is very composition-dependent. If you need visual aids or more strategic advice on using this set, I can offer to generate images or delve deeper into gameplay strategies.
Set Effects:
•2-Piece Set: Increases Healing Bonus by 15%.
•4-Piece Set: When the equipping character heals a party member, the Yearning effect is created for 6 seconds, recording the total amount of healing provided (including overflow healing). Once this duration expires, the Yearning effect transforms into the "Waves of Days Past" effect:
•Waves of Days Past: Increases the damage of the active party member's Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Plunging Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst by 8% of the total healing amount recorded by the Yearning effect. This effect disappears after it has been triggered 5 times or after 10 seconds.
Location:
•Domain: This artifact set can be obtained from the Waterfall Wen domain, located in the East Slopes of Mont Automnequi in the Belleau Region of Fontaine.
Best Characters:
Healers with High Healing Output:
•Kokomi: Her consistent healing from both her Elemental Skill and Burst makes her an excellent candidate for this set.
•Baizhu: Although Deepwood Memories is often preferred for him in Dendro teams, Song of Days Past can enhance his healing and provide a damage buff.
•Barbara: While not ideal due to her long skill cooldowns, she can still benefit from the set if built for maximum healing.
•Yaoyao: Her ability to provide healing through her Elemental Skill and Burst makes her a good match for this set.
•Qiqi: She can accumulate healing stacks easily, though her effectiveness with this set depends on team composition and playstyle.
•Charlotte, Mika, Chevreuse, Dori: These characters have been discussed in community forums as potentially viable with this set, though often with caveats regarding team synergy or the need for specific builds.
Mechanics:
•Yearning and Waves of Days Past: The key to maximizing this set is ensuring constant healing, as the damage buff scales with healing output. However, the 6-second window for recording healing and the 5-hit limit for the damage buff mean players need to optimize their rotations and team play to make the most of it.
Community Feedback:
•Utility vs. Other Sets: There's a consensus that while Song of Days Past can be potent for specific team compositions, particularly those with a healer that doesn't rely on ATK scaling, sets like Ocean-Hued Clam or Noblesse Oblige might offer more consistent benefits due to their broader applicability or instant team-wide buffs.
•Farming: Players often mention the challenge of farming this set, especially when seeking ideal substats since it drops alongside another set, Nighttime Whispers in the Echoing Woods, which might not be as desirable for all players.
Practical Considerations:
•Team Composition: This set shines in teams where the healer supports a high-impact DPS or where the damage increase from healing can be strategically utilized. It's less effective in teams where ATK buffs or other elemental supports are more beneficial.
•Artifact Stats: Prioritize Healing Bonus for the 2-piece effect, but for the 4-piece, consider stats like HP% for healer scaling or Elemental Mastery for reaction-based teams.
