Best Build for Fay in AFK Journey (Best Team + Artifacts)

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Fay is an A-Level Support from the Lightbearer faction. She is the first healer you will get when you start the game. She is serviceable as a support until you get a better healer from the gacha. She is not completely useless but has problems with the kit that makes her really frustrating to use.
On her kit, she has heals from all of her skills but it's mediocre in one way or another. Her ult, 'Vibrant Dance'; she heals allies in an arc with good scaling and increases their ATK for a decent amount of time. The problem with this is that the arc is like a diamond shape so it can miss allies completely, healing only maybe 1 or even 2 - and the skill upgrades rather than increasing the range, just make the heal stronger.
'Healing Gemstones' heals the weakest hero for a low amount of scaling for a few seconds and it has a long cooldown. Upgrades on the skill just give a little bit more scaling to the heal itself. 'Blinding Light' damages an enemy and heals allies within 5 tiles of her. Yet again with the long cooldown, the scaling is nice and once you reach level 3, you will also get some additional DEF / MDEF shred based on the enemy type.
'Hero Focus' gives her more HP which is pretty much useless on a support cause you want them to have either more ATK or haste buffing either themselves or their allies as well. In the chance that you actually witnessed Mythic+ Fay, it doesn't make her more tolerable but gives you a reminder of how disappointing Vibrant Dance and Healing Gemstones are.
In short, you will forget that she exists after the first minutes of the game or earlier if you get a better healer after the tutorial summons are over. Don't bother with this hero. Why are you still here?

Best Lineup For

Thoran
Tanker

Temesia
Tanker

Fay
Support

Cecilia
DPS

Marilee
DPS

Thoran - Tanker

Thoran is a tank character who can absorb damage from enemy attacks and convert it into energy to increase his own strength. The more attacks he takes, the stronger Thoran's counterattacks become.

Temesia - Tanker

Temesia's defensive power comes from her abundant health combined with her solid armor. In addition, her self-healing and damage reduction mechanisms are integrated to increase her survivability, allowing Temesia to maintain her resistance and prolong her combat time. Her powerful offensive skills allow her to actively attack, put pressure on, and disrupt the enemy's formation. Temesia has the ability to infiltrate enemy ranks, causing significant damage while disrupting enemy tactics.

Fay - Support

Rowan's superior energy supply ability frees his teammates from the worry of energy depletion, allowing them to confidently use their skills effectively. Rowan also possesses significant health regeneration. This ability allows Rowan to intervene promptly and save teammates in danger.

Cecia - DPS

Cecia is a character with a unique summoning ability that allows her to call upon the aid of Sir Carlyle, a thorny creature with formidable attack power. Sir Carlyle's presence on the battlefield brings many tactical advantages to Cecia's team. Sir Carlyle increases the direct combat force, contributing to the numerical advantage. Sir Carlyle's presence has a synergistic effect, significantly increasing the power of Cecia's normal attacks.

Marilee - DPS

Marilee stands out with her outstanding mobility, specially designed for the role of chasing and destroying single targets. The key factor that creates flexibility in Marilee's gameplay is the ability to jump to a designated location within a range of 2-3 cells . Therefore, Marilee avoids high damage skills from enemies, increasing the ability to survive in combat. Marilee can quickly approach the target, shorten the distance to optimize damage.

Recommended Artifacts

Confining Spell

After entering combat, periodically deal magic damage over time to enemies, rendering them unable to move or act.
This lineup will rely on the damage dealing ability of the 2 Main DPS, so the Imprisonment Spell will control the enemy to help the DPS safely use their skills.

How to play Fay 

"Silver Dance" is Fay's core ability, defining her role as a comprehensive support. This ability affects a cone-shaped area of effect with a radius of 3 cells forward, simultaneously providing two key effects to allies within the area: restoring lost health and increasing attack power. These beneficial effects contribute to improving the overall combat effectiveness of the formation, maintaining stamina and optimizing damage output.
Fay's strengths are not limited to healing and damage buffing . Fay can also create an explosion that damages enemies and heals allies, while also activating armor or magic resistance reduction effects based on the type of damage the target causes. This flexible adaptation mechanism indirectly supports the team's attack, as it increases the amount of damage dealt to enemies.
Despite her versatile support kit, Fay does have some limitations. As a support champion, Fay has relatively low defense and base health, making her vulnerable to enemy attacks.
The effectiveness of the skill "Silver Dance" depends largely on the position of Fay and her allies on the battlefield. If not properly arranged, this skill may not achieve optimal effectiveness, or even "miss" completely, causing teammates to not receive support. Fay's healing ability is only average, worse than other support characters specializing in healing. This makes it difficult for Fay to maintain stability for the formation when facing formations with a lot of damage. [/tintuc]