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Adler
February 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Full rewrite with sourced skill data, Sunya summons, Incantation attribute, awakening details, and shop role
Adler is an A-rank playable character in Neverness to Everness. His official title is "Golden Edge Butler." He fights with a cane sword (a walking stick concealing a blade) and summons entities called Sunyas. His attribute is Incantation, one of the game's six combat attributes. He works at the Eibon Antique Shop as both a staff member and a capable fighter.
The Gamer described his weapon as "quite the fitting accessory — a gentleman's weapon." He maintains an impeccable appearance even in combat. His design philosophy, as stated in his official bio: "The butler's first lesson is to maintain an impeccable appearance."
Adler occupies a hybrid role. He builds stacks through basic attacks, converts them into amplified skill damage, shields the team with his skill, and deals heavy burst damage with his ultimate. He is not a pure tank or pure DPS, but something in between.
A five-hit combo with his cane sword. Each hit that lands grants one stack of Karma, up to a maximum of 20 stacks. The combo includes hold-aim and plunge variants. The stacks feed directly into his skill damage.
Summons a Sunya into the target, dealing Incantation damage to an area and applying a damage-over-time effect. At the same time, the skill generates a team-wide shield called "Blessing" that protects all four party members.
The skill consumes all accumulated Karma stacks. Each stack consumed grants Adler +2% Skill damage. At maximum stacks (20), that is a +40% damage bonus. This means you want to build full Karma stacks before casting, but the shield application is immediate regardless of stacks.
Summons five named Sunyas: Rupa, Vedana, Sanna, Sankhara, and Vinnana. They strike all enemies on the field, dealing five instances of Incantation damage to each target.
When only one enemy remains, the Sunyas strike twice, totaling ten instances of Incantation damage. This makes the ultimate particularly effective against single bosses.
Fires a compressed round at the target, dealing area Incantation damage on hit. Triggered during character swap sequences.
Adler's summons are collectively called Sunya. The five individual Sunyas summoned during his ultimate are named after the Buddhist Five Aggregates (Skandhas):
Rupa — Form / Matter
Vedana — Sensation / Feeling
Sanna — Perception
Sankhara — Mental Formations
Vinnana — Consciousness
The word "Sunya" itself comes from Sanskrit "Sunyata," meaning emptiness or void. According to his character profile: "The folks at Eibon like to guess the names of Adler's Sunyas. When they guessed right, they would get handmade desserts from Adler."
Temperance (Scorch Enhancement) — When a target affected by Scorch dies, the Scorch status transfers to a random nearby enemy with refreshed duration. Creates a chain-DoT effect across groups.
Righteous Heart — Grants +20% DEF passively. Reinforces his survivability.
Adler's six-level Awakening system progressively improves his Blessing shield. Higher levels extend the shield's duration (up to 20 seconds at maximum), increase damage absorption, and add offensive bonuses. At full Awakening, the team gains +15% Incantation damage while protected by Blessing, turning his defensive ability into an offensive multiplier.
Adler's Incantation attribute places him adjacent to Anima and Chaos in the Esper Cycle. This means he triggers:
Hexed — Anima + Incantation duo synergy.
Scorch — Incantation + Chaos duo synergy.
His Temperance passive specifically enhances the Scorch synergy by letting the DoT spread on kill. Pairing Adler with a Chaos character creates a damage loop: trigger Scorch, kill one enemy, Scorch transfers to the next.
Adler is calm, meticulous, and protective. His character line: "Stay safe, I'll handle everything else." He handles many of the Eibon Antique Shop's day-to-day operations and frequently accompanies the player character on Anomaly hunting missions.
Outside of combat, he is skilled at making desserts and coffee. His life skill, "Coffee Master," provides shop benefits including automatic coffee preparation. This domestic side contrasts with his effectiveness in a fight.
His birthday is September 25.
Adler works best in teams that value sustained fighting. The Blessing shield lets fragile DPS characters stay aggressive without retreating. His Karma mechanic rewards patient play: build stacks with basic attacks, then dump them into a high-damage skill that also shields the team.
For players who want a character that does everything competently rather than one thing perfectly, Adler fills that role. He shields, he does respectable damage, and his Scorch spreading passive adds value in multi-target fights. See Combat System for how synergy reactions work.
