NTE Iroi Best Build: Arcs, Consoles, Modules, Teams and Skill Priority

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Latest status: Iroi is live until August 19, 2026. The community build consensus is locked: The Wrong Gate Arc, Speedy Hedgehog console, four Type III modules focused on ATK%, and Ultimate-first skill leveling. This matches the recommendations published by the major NTE wikis after her release.

Iroi is a support-first unit, which means her build rules are different from a DPS: her healing and most of her buffs scale with her ATK and HP, not with CRIT. That single fact drives every decision below. Build her for survival and team damage, not for personal damage — unless you specifically want the hybrid CRIT build at the end of this guide.

Iroi Build at a Glance

Best Arc for Iroi

The Wrong Gate (Signature)

The Wrong Gate is Iroi's signature S-Rank Liquid Arc and the clear best-in-slot. At max level it carries a huge Base ATK stat (570) with an ATK% substat (up to 30%) — both feeding directly into her healing and buff formulas. Its passive, Reverie Gate, raises ATK by 16% and, whenever Iroi performs a heal, boosts her Anima DMG by 30% and all allies' DMG by 15% for 20 seconds. The effect refreshes on every heal, so in practice the team damage buff is up for nearly the whole fight. Refinement scales both halves: at max refinement the ATK bonus reaches 32%, the Anima DMG boost 60%, and the ally buff 30%.

The Arc is pulled from the Dreamgate Special Arc Research Program, running July 29 to August 19 (1,600 Annulith per multi, hard guarantee at 8 multis = 12,800 Annulith). It is the largest single damage upgrade in her kit, but optional — see the alternatives below.

Best Alternatives

If you skip the signature, these mainstream-recommended substitutes cover the same support job:

GameWith's Iroi build guide recommends the signature Arc once you have her, but all four alternatives let her fulfill her healing and buffing role without the 12,800 Annulith investment.

Best Console (Cartridge) for Iroi

Speedy Hedgehog

The default console for Iroi is Speedy Hedgehog:

• 2-piece (Epic): Charge Efficiency +12% — her Ultimate comes back faster.

• 4-piece (Legendary): after the wearer uses their Ultimate, all allies gain +15% ATK for 20 seconds (does not stack across a team).

The 2-piece accelerates her Ultimate, which is her biggest heal and her revive trigger, and the 4-piece stacks a second team ATK buff on top of her skill buff and the Wrong Gate's damage buff. It is the strongest all-round option because it supports and buffs simultaneously.

Other Console Options

• Thea's Night Tavern: trades the team ATK buff for a pure Healing Bonus — pick it only for a max-survival build.

• Fireflies and the Forest: stacks CRIT DMG from team Anima hits — the damage-leaning option for hybrid Iroi.

Stick with Speedy Hedgehog for almost every team; it is what the wikis recommend as the default.

Module Layout and Stats

Type III Module Setup

Iroi gains +10% ATK for each Type III Module equipped, and the Speedy Hedgehog 4-piece set occupies four Type III slots. That is a free 40% ATK from the set alone, and adding further Type III pieces in the remaining slots pushes the total toward 60% ATK — the single most important stat for her healing output.

Main Stats and Substats

• Main stats: ATK% > Anima DMG Bonus > Healing Bonus > Cycle Intensity (for Ultimate uptime). CRIT Rate/DMG only if you run the hybrid damage build.

• Substats: ATK% > Flat ATK > Universal DMG > CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG > Cycle Intensity.

Because her heals and buffs scale off ATK, ATK% is never wrong. GameWith's stat sheet also lists HP Bonus as a strong defensive main stat for survivability-focused accounts — her heals also benefit from the HP scaling in her kit.

Skill Priority and Rotation

Skill Leveling Order

1. Ultimate — the highest return: team healing, AoE damage and the revive.

1. Skill — her primary heal and ATK buff source.

1. QTE / Support Skill — secondary damage and Imagination building.

1. Basic Attack — lowest priority; mostly an Imagination generator.

If resources are tight and Iroi is played purely as a support, the skill and basic attack levels barely affect her buffing, so you can upgrade them slowly. One nuance worth knowing: her QTE (Support Skill, Bang!) is the cheapest way to build Imagination without spending field time, so even at low levels it earns its slot in the rotation — level it after the Ultimate and Skill are done.

Rotation in Combat

Her rotation is deliberately short because she is an off-field support:

1. Enter with her tap Skill to heal the team and apply the ATK buff.

1. If the Ultimate is ready, cast it for the team-wide heal or the enhanced revive version.

1. Swap to the main DPS. Her lambs keep attacking and grouping enemies while she is off-field.

1. Build Imagination with a quick basic-attack chain or the Support Skill when she rotates back in.

The one rule: tap the skill, do not hold it unless you deliberately want Regression. Holding forces allies into the dream state, which can lock them out of their own kits for the fight.

Best Teams for Iroi

Shinku Charge Team

Her strongest composition is a Charge team led by Shinku (Cosmos DPS), with Hathor and Esper Zero alongside Iroi. Iroi's HP-scaling heals let Shinku stay aggressive through her long attack rotations, the Wrong Gate's damage buff amplifies every Charge reaction, and her DEF-ignore passive adds another multiplier. This is the highest-value team of Version 1.2 and the reason most players pull her.

Blossom Team

A Blossom variant uses Nanally, Hotori, Esper Zero and Iroi. The fast Instant Cycle and Cosmos rotations trigger Blossom reactions continuously, and Iroi's Vitabud duplicate extends the reaction window while her heals cover incoming damage. This is the best team if your main carry is Nanally instead of Shinku.

Free-to-Play Team

The fully farmable lineup is Esper Zero, Skia, Edgar and Iroi. It trades top-tier damage for extreme durability and is the team most new accounts can actually field — a solid entry point while you farm modules for the premium comps.

Awakening Priority

If you pull duplicate copies, the recommended unlock order from the build wikis is A2 (Strategy: Tit for Tat) first for off-field healing and utility, then A1 / Forgiving for the revive mechanic, followed by the cooperative healing boost and the Imagination regeneration traits. The NTE build database at GenshinBuilds suggests A5 > A2 > A1 > A4 > A6 > A3 as the full priority list. In plain terms: get the off-field sustain and revive traits before the personal damage ones.

Leveling Iroi: Ascension and Materials

Iroi is a character-heavy investment — every ascension bracket consumes Beetle Coins, the basic upgrade currency, plus the standard Esper materials you farm from Anomaly Pilgrimage and commission rewards. A full 1-to-80 build on her signature Arc alone runs about 420,000 Beetle Coins plus Appleseed and Silhouette materials, and the character herself costs a similar stack. Practical advice from the community:

• Farm Fons Rush (Aug 10-17) for double Fons while it is live — the event exists exactly for builds like this.

• Run Pixel Surge (Aug 3-10) to double your Character Pixel efficiency; those Pixels convert directly into the materials Iroi consumes.

• Spend the free Anomaly Pilgrimage attempts (three per week) on her boss material starting the day she releases, so the bottleneck is never her talent books.

• Do not over-invest in basic attack levels on a pure support build — the community consensus is that Ultimate and Skill levels give the real returns, and the saved Beetle Coins fund better modules.

Playstyle Tips: Managing Imagination

Iroi's rotation is short, but managing her resource takes a little practice:

1. Build Imagination before the fight turns ugly. A quick basic-attack chain or the Support Skill (Bang!) at fight start means your Ultimate is ready in its enhanced form when the team takes its first big hit.

1. Tap the skill by default. The tap version (Self-Identity Extension) heals and buffs; the hold version forces Regression. Mis-holding is the single most common Iroi mistake, and it is why players describe her as having a real learning curve.

1. Let the lambs do the grouping. You do not need to be on field for her grouping to work — swap to the DPS and the lambs keep pulling enemies into the pile while her heals tick.

1. Keep the Ultimate for the revive, not the damage. In hard content the enhanced Ivory Gate is a wipe-saver; using it purely for AoE damage leaves you with no comeback tool when an ally drops.

Console Comparison Table

If you are deciding between consoles, here is the full trade-off at a glance:

Stick with Speedy Hedgehog unless you have a specific reason to pivot — it is the recommendation every major wiki lands on, because it accelerates the Ultimate (her heal and revive trigger) while stacking a second team ATK buff on top of her kit.

Budget Builds That Work

• Complete F2P build: Clear Skies (A-Rank Arc) + Speedy Hedgehog + four Type III modules with ATK% mains. This runs about 80% of the signature build's team value for zero pulls on the Arc banner.

• Max-survival build: Call of the Twisted City + Thea's Night Tavern + HP Bonus main stats. Heals as hard as possible, lower team buffs.

• Hybrid damage build: Fluff of Fleetness + Fireflies and the Forest + CRIT mains. Iroi contributes real personal damage, but the team buffs shrink — only for players who already have a second support.

Whichever route you take, the gear grind itself is the same: modules and cartridges come from the standard farming nodes, and the double-reward events running through mid-August (Pixel Surge and Fons Rush) are the fastest way to finish a build before the patch ends. If you need extra currency to speed the grind along, a Neverness to Everness top-up on Topuplist through the official Topuplist storefront converts Riftcrystal 1:1 into Annulith with fast delivery — Annulith fuels stamina refreshes, which fuel modules.

FAQ

What is Iroi's best Arc?
The Wrong Gate, her signature S-Rank Liquid Arc. Its Reverie Gate passive raises ATK by 16% and gives her 30% Anima DMG and all allies 15% DMG for 20s on every heal. Budget picks: Youthful Fantasy (S) or Clear Skies (A).

What console should Iroi use?
Speedy Hedgehog: 12% Charge Efficiency for her Ultimate and a team-wide 15% ATK buff after casting it. Thea's Night Tavern is the healing-focused alternative.

What modules and stats does Iroi need?
Four Type III modules for +40% ATK (up to 60% with extras). Main stats: ATK% > Anima DMG > Healing Bonus; substats: ATK% > Flat ATK > Universal DMG > CRIT.

What skill order should I level for Iroi?
Ultimate first, then Skill, then QTE/Support, then Basic Attack. As a pure support, skill and basic levels matter less for her buffs.

What are Iroi's best teams?
Shinku, Hathor, Esper Zero, Iroi (Charge); Nanally, Hotori, Esper Zero, Iroi (Blossom); and the F2P lineup Esper Zero, Skia, Edgar, Iroi.

Where can I top up to build Iroi?
Use the Neverness to Everness top-up page on Topuplist through the official Topuplist storefront for fast Riftcrystal delivery that converts 1:1 into Annulith.