Aurena is a Melee Support Traveler in Shape of Dreams who specializes in battlefield healing, shielding, and passive support through high uptime abilities. As a sage exiled from the Lunar Conclave, Aurena manipulates forbidden magic that uses her own life force to protect and empower allies.
- How to Unlock Aurena
- Base Stats
- Memory Skill
- Best Aurena Build – Modular Support Core
- Sub-Build 1: Golden Burst + Clemency + Spiral + Guidance
- Weaknesses:
- Sub-Build 2: Starfall + Paranoia + Flow + Protection
- Sub-Build 3: Ice Shield + Virtue + Glaciation
- Sub-Build 4: Glacial Core + Divine Faith + Predation
- Memory and Essence Setup
- Optional Memory Swap
Aurena’s unique design allows her to scale into endgame through modular sub-builds, which are built to work independently or synergize when fully assembled. This guide walks you through each of these sub-builds, explains her memory and essence selection, and outlines best practices to maximize her healing potential.
How to Unlock Aurena
To unlock Aurena:
- Complete the achievement “Horns, Feathers, and Gold”
- Heal yourself or allies for a total of 25,000 HP across runs
Base Stats
| Attribute | Base Value | Growth per Level |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 250 | +30% |
| Armor | 5 | +2 |
| Attack Damage | 28 | +2 |
| Ability Power | 36 | +2 |
| Attack Speed | 1.05 | — |
| Memory Haste | 0 | — |
| Critical Strike | 0 | — |
| Movement Speed | 500 | — |
Aurena’s scaling is focused around survivability, healing output, and hybrid ability power, making her the strongest sustain unit in co-op and a high-tier solo support when built correctly.
Memory Skill
Aurena’s memory kit focuses on healing, burst effects, and damage mitigation:
- Dangerous Theory – Empowers next basic attack. Can be used to trigger life gain and procs.
- Golden Burst – Deals Light Damage and heals allies. Her primary group healing tool.
- Disintegrating Claw – Deals damage and restores health via life steal.
- Feathery Dash – A shielded dash that also knocks back enemies.
These skills make her ideal for frontline support—able to shield allies, dive into danger, or retreat while healing the party.
Best Aurena Build – Modular Support Core
Aurena’s “Modular” build is flexible, scalable, and effective even when partially completed. You can build her in parts depending on the essences available, and each sub-build can carry runs on its own.
Sub-Build 1: Golden Burst + Clemency + Spiral + Guidance
Core Role: Damage-based healing and shield generation
- Spiral: Auto-fires fireballs that deal chip damage to enemies
- Clemency: Converts a portion of damage into healing
- Guidance: Increases healing done and converts overhealing into shields
This combo allows Golden Burst to deal damage, apply healing, and stack defensive shields. The downside is that shield uptime depends on enemy presence—if no enemies are around, shield decay can leave you exposed.
Weaknesses:
- Vulnerable during lulls in combat
- Healing debuffs can cripple performance early on
Sub-Build 2: Starfall + Paranoia + Flow + Protection
Core Role: Cooldown manipulation and reactive damage
- Starfall: Auto-activates after taking damage
- Paranoia: Reduces cooldowns and auto-fires Starfall on damage taken
- Flow: Further reduces cooldowns of Starfall and Protection
- Protection: Reduces incoming damage and provides CC immunity
Synergy Tip:
Use Golden Burst to intentionally take controlled damage, triggering Paranoia, which fires Starfall and refreshes cooldowns. When not in high-threat zones, swap Protection with Wealth to gain gold generation benefits.
Sub-Build 3: Ice Shield + Virtue + Glaciation
Core Role: Emergency defense and burst retaliation
- Ice Shield: Manual shield generation
- Virtue: Lets you cast Ice Shield multiple times
- Glaciation: Adds AoE cold burst on shield cast
This is your panic button build. When your shields from Spiral + Guidance expire, use Ice Shield to buy time and retaliate with Glaciation’s AoE. Especially effective against enemies who breach your main healing loop.
Sub-Build 4: Glacial Core + Divine Faith + Predation
Core Role: Late-game scaling and infinite sustain
- Glacial Core: Fires ice shards when healing is received
- Divine Faith: Boosts healing, max health, and damage on kills
- Predation: Increases stats on boss/Hunter kills
This build enables endless scaling through passive healing and kill triggers. Pairing with Spiral and Golden Burst ensures Glacial Core triggers frequently. Works even better in zones with high mob density or boss chains.
Memory and Essence Setup
| Memory | Suggested Essences |
|---|---|
| Golden Burst | Essence of Clemency, Essence of Spiral, Essence of Guidance |
| Starfall | Essence of Paranoia, Essence of Flow, Essence of Protection |
| Ice Shield | Essence of Virtue, Essence of Glaciation, Essence of Wealth |
| Glacial Core | Essence of Divine Faith, Essence of Predation |
| Winter Dive | Optional mobility tool, pairs well with cold scaling |
Optional Memory Swap
Aurena’s modular nature allows her to fit into nearly any team composition. Whether you’re looking to be a self-sustaining support in solo runs or an anchor in co-op play, her multi-layered builds provide both stability and flexibility.
Each sub-build contributes its own strength—some mitigate healing debuffs, others add AoE damage or panic shields. Once combined, they create one of the most powerful support kits in the game.
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