Best Daiyan build in Girls’ Frontline 2: Abilities, team comp & weapons

Daiyan is an upcoming Elite Doll in Girls’ Frontline 2: Exilium, bringing new abilities, Keys, and a whole new best team comp.

While many GFL2 players are currently rolling on the Makiatto banner, that hasn’t stopped us from looking into one of the upcoming characters — Daiyan. This powerful SSR is known for her ability to remove enemy buffs and eliminate them before they can even attack.

So, if you’re wondering whether you should save your Collapse Pieces for her upcoming banner or just want to know everything about Daiyan, then our best build has you covered.

Daiyan release date

Daiyan will be released on January 16, 2025, and her limited banner will run until February 5, 2025. During this time, players will be able to spend their Targeted Access Permissions for a chance to add her to their team.

Daiyan banner

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During Daiyan’s banner release, the drop rate for her and the following SR characters will be greatly increased:

• Colphne: Support
• Nagant: Support

Aside from the characters listed above, weapons like the Heavy Strings, Type 95, .380 Curva, and Nagant M1895 will be increased in both the Targeted Procurement and Military Upgrade banners.

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Who is Daiyan?

Daiyan is an Elite Doll (SSR) who is a member of the Vanguard class. She uses an Assault Rifle (Type 95) to deal physical damage to her enemies. Her design features a traditional Chinese fan and Guzheng instrument, which has been woven into her abilities.

Daiyan abilities

Despite not being released on the global server, Prydwen has translated Daiyan’s abilities. The Vanguard uses her AR to deal physical damage to her enemies, while also debuffing them with her Active Skill — Perfect Tuning.

Her passive also gives her Tuning stacks, which increase her damage and give her the ability to intercept enemy attacks before receiving damage. You can read Daiyan’s full ability breakdown below:

Basic Attack

Active Skill

Active Skill

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Ultimate

Passive Skill

Keys

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• Resonance: While you have Tuning, gain one extra tile of movement.
• Ascending to the Heavens: At the start of battle, gain three points of Confectance Index.
• Smoke and Melody: For each additional tile of movement, increase critical hit rate by 10%.
• Melodious Heartfelt: If your movement is greater than the target’s, gain one stack of Tuning before performing an Active Skill.
• Shattering the Formation: For every three stacks of Tuning, when using the Active Skill Perfect Tuning, additionally dispel one buff.
• Flowing Fragrance: After using the Active Skill Qing Shang Harmony, if a kill is made during this turn, restore 20% of your maximum health and two points of Stability Index.

Common Key

Stone and Silk Split: At the start of action, gain Movement Boost I, lasting one turn. Cooldown one turn.

Best Daiyan weapon

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The best Daiyan weapon is the Heavy Chord rifle. This signature weapon gives Daiyan one random buff whenever she has full health at the start of each action. If that wasn’t enough, Heavy Chord also has the chance to Dispel one buff from the target before attacking.

This synergizes incredibly well with her Perfect Tuning ability, which also debuffs the target. This is incredibly useful during boss fights and where the target often ramps up their defense or damage.

Failing that, you can also use the Golden Melody, Planeta, and Type 95 – the latter being a great option for F2P and limited-spend accounts. You can read all the traits and effects for each weapon in the table below:

Best Daiyan team comp

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While Daiyan isn’t currently available, we have formulated a team comp based on the current global synergies within the game. While this list may change upon her release, we currently recommend using the following team comp to get the best results:

• Daiyan (DPS/Debuffer)
• Makiatto (DPS)
• Suomi (Healer)
• Qiongjiu (DPS)

This team has amazing damage output thanks to the two best single-target damage dealers — Makiatto and Qionjiu. In fact, with both, of these characters you’ll be constantly triggering support attacks and interception, both of which will enable you to damage your foes before they land a hit.

Even if your enemy does manage to make it through your firing squad, Suomi’s shield will keep your DPS units out of harm’s way. This pint-sized healer also lowers the defense units with her Freeze debuff, which makes them even weaker toMakiatto’s long-range shots.

Now that you know what the best Daiyan weapons and team comp are, be sure to check out our codes page to get some free items you can use on the game’s current banner.