CN team fundamentals · roster-first advice
Start with role coverage instead of copying a fixed ranking: choose one reliable damage source, add enough survival for the target content, then use support or utility to solve the fight you are actually losing.
This guide describes the current CN progression and role model. Global balance, names, party unlocks and skill values may change. Example templates are jobs—not promises that any named lineup clears every encounter.
The short rule
Start with a crewmate you own and can realistically invest in. Do not split early materials equally across every damage option.
That may be an amplifier, debuffer, follow-up enabler, damage-over-time enabler, energy support or secondary damage source.
Use healing, shielding, mitigation or control when survival—not damage—is the actual blocker.
When a fourth slot is available, add a second damage job or encounter-specific utility rather than the highest-rarity spare.
Party size
Before Golden Fruit level 4, the CN progression uses three party positions. Make the core loop work before preparing a full four-member lineup.
The fourth slot is flexibility, not an automatic fourth damage dealer. Adjust it when encounter pressure changes.
Role glossary
The primary damage source and usually the first investment priority. The rest of the team should help this role act, scale or survive.
Adds meaningful damage without consuming every resource or action needed by the main core.
Improves team output through buffs, debuffs, energy, action support or a mechanic-specific trigger.
Keeps the team functional through healing, shields, mitigation, protection or recovery.
Solves a specific encounter with cleanse, control, break support, area damage or another specialist job.
Makes a core mechanic work consistently, such as follow-up actions or damage-over-time application and payoff.
Diagnose the blocker
Add sustain, protection or control. More damage is not the first fix.
Invest in the main damage dealer, then check amplification, debuffs and mechanic uptime.
Check whether the team has the correct enabler, energy flow and turn order before replacing the main carry.
Reduce the number of competing cores. Characters sharing a primary attribute can compete for the same profession materials during a voyage.
Replace the job and interaction, not the ticket colour alone. Recheck the detailed skill before calling two roles equivalent.
Use your account
Open Characters & Crewmates and identify owned Main DPS, Support and Sustain options.
Use the Team Builder to check role coverage for three- or four-member scenarios.
If the builder reports a missing role, inspect candidates by job before assuming you need the newest featured crewmate.
If recruitment is still necessary, read the Gacha Guide and model the target with your actual pity.
Common questions
Start with one invested main damage dealer, one support or secondary damage role, and one sustain option. When the fourth slot unlocks, add the job your current encounters expose as missing.
No. More damage slots do not help if the team cannot survive, enable its core mechanic or maintain resources. Reserve room for support and sustain when the encounter requires them.
Replace the missing job and mechanic first: healing for healing, protection for burst survival, an amplifier for damage support, or the correct enabler for a follow-up or damage-over-time core.
No. It checks current CN role coverage and documented synergy. It does not rank every crewmate or model your equipment, investment and execution.
CN team rules and role model reviewed August 21, 2026.