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Spiral Abyss 7.1 Floor 12: High-Investment Vodyanitsa and Sandrone Teams

Two heavily invested four-character teams clear Floor 12 for full stars, then benchmark damage against a Level 100 Ruin Guard.

Two heavily invested four-character teams clear Floor 12 for full stars, then benchmark damage against a Level 100 Ruin Guard.

A pair of maxed-out four-character teams tears through Spiral Abyss Floor 12 in a custom 7.1 setup, scoring 9 out of 9 stars across all three chambers before moving on to a controlled damage test. The first team pairs the Hydro support Vodyanitsa with Kamisato Ayato, Durin, and Nicole. The second fields Alyosha, Diona, Odette, and Sandrone. Both are built for speed, and both finish each chamber with enormous time to spare.

Quick answer: Team 1 (Vodyanitsa, Ayato, Durin, Nicole) handles every first half, Team 2 (Alyosha, Diona, Odette, Sandrone) handles every second half, and together they clear Floor 12 for a full 9/9 stars.

This runs in a custom Spiral Abyss environment with private-server character builds and modified kits, so the numbers reflect an idealized test rather than standard live-server play.


The two Floor 12 teams

Each chamber in Spiral Abyss splits into a first half and a second half, and the run assigns one team to each side. That division lets both squads specialize instead of trying to cover every enemy type.

TeamRole in each chamberMembers
Team 1First halfVodyanitsa, Kamisato Ayato, Durin, Nicole
Team 2Second halfAlyosha, Diona, Odette, Sandrone

Team 1 leans on Vodyanitsa’s Hydro and Cryo resistance shred to amplify Ayato’s on-field Hydro damage, with Durin and Nicole rounding out support. Team 2 combines Alyosha, Diona, Odette, and Sandrone for the multi-wave second halves, where crowd damage matters more than single-target burst.


Floor 12 chamber-by-chamber clear

Chamber 1

The first half opens with a Benediction of the Abyss card, then Vodyanitsa, Ayato, Durin, and Nicole take down the Battle-Hardened Chimeric Burrowbeast in roughly 25 seconds. The second half sends Alyosha, Diona, Odette, and Sandrone against a group of 10 enemies, including a Battle-Hardened Fireblade Shock Trooper, finishing with more than 8 minutes and 58 seconds left on the clock.

Floor 12 Chamber 1 First Half00:20Floor 12 Chamber 1 First Half
The first-half team opens Floor 12 Chamber 1 against the Battle-Hardened Chimeric Burrowbeast. Shown at 00:20 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Chamber 2

In Chamber 2, the selected card grants characters 8% CRIT Rate and 15% CRIT DMG. Team 1 uses the buff to defeat the Immortal Construct in under 15 seconds. Team 2 takes out five foes, including the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares, with about 9 minutes and 25 seconds remaining.

Floor 12 Chamber 2 Buff Selection01:11Floor 12 Chamber 2 Buff Selection
The Chamber 2 benediction grants a CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG boost before the fight begins. Shown at 01:11 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Chamber 3

In the final chamber, Team 1 eliminates the Battle-Hardened Domovoy Sculptor with about 9 minutes and 49 seconds left. Team 2 closes out the run by defeating the Battle-Hardened Lightkeeper with roughly 9 minutes and 30 seconds remaining, locking in the clean three-star finish.

Floor 12 Chamber 1 Second Half00:54Floor 12 Chamber 1 Second Half
Alyosha, Diona, Odette, and Sandrone confront the Battle-Hardened Fireblade Shock Trooper among Chamber 1’s second-half enemies. Shown at 00:54 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

The result screen confirms the outcome, showing 9/9 stars on Floors 9, 10, 11, and 12. That full-star tally on the summary is how you verify a complete clear.

Spiral Abyss Result Screen02:38Spiral Abyss Result Screen
The Spiral Abyss summary confirms full stars across Floors 9 through 12. Shown at 02:38 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Ruin Guard damage benchmarks

After the Abyss clear, both teams run continuous rotations against a Level 100 Ruin Guard in a custom training arena with a live DPS and reaction tracker. The gap between the two lineups is wide, which reflects Team 1’s single-target focus versus Team 2’s broader kit.

TeamSustained DPSTotal damageDuration
Team 1617,000+35,397,000+57.3s
Team 2304,000+20,313,000+66.7s
DPS Testing Arena (Team 2)04:36DPS Testing Arena (Team 2)
Team 2 runs its rotation on the Level 100 Ruin Guard while the live tracker records damage. Shown at 04:36 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Character builds behind the run

The build cards spell out why the clears are so fast. Vodyanitsa runs her signature catalyst Hymn of the Maelstrom at R3 with a four-piece Tenacity of the Millelith set, level 90, and about 125.9% Energy Recharge, sitting at 73.8% CRIT Rate and 83.4% CRIT DMG. As a Hydro support who wants stacked HP, she leans on the healing and resistance shred rather than personal damage.

Character Build Card: Vodyanitsa05:03Character Build Card: Vodyanitsa
Vodyanitsa's build card: Level 90, Hymn of the Maelstrom R3, and four-piece Tenacity of the Millelith. Shown at 05:03 in I Play What I Love | Danny’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Team 1 loadouts

CharacterWeaponArtifactsCRIT (Rate / DMG)
Vodyanitsa (Lv90)Hymn of the Maelstrom R3Tenacity of the Millelith73.8% / 83.4%
Kamisato Ayato (Lv95)Primordial Jade Cutter R3Heart of Depth91.9% / 228.3%
Durin (Lv100)Athame Artis R2Noblesse Oblige96.4% / 131.1%
Nicole (Lv100)Angelos’ Heptades R5Celestial Gift18.2% / 57.8%

Ayato carries the team’s damage with 2,274 ATK, 61.6% Hydro DMG Bonus, and a huge 228.3% CRIT DMG. Durin sits at 2,582 ATK with 171.9% Energy Recharge, and Nicole functions as a high-ATK, high-recharge support at 4,405 ATK and 178.3% ER.

Team 2 loadouts

CharacterWeaponArtifactsCRIT (Rate / DMG)
Alyosha (Lv80)Favonius Lance R5Heart of the Furnace67.6% / 50.0%
Diona (Lv80)Breezeborne Refrain R5Noblesse Oblige30.1% / 74.9%
Odette (Lv90)Light of Foliar Incision R1Disenchantment in Deep Shadow70.4% / 261.3%
Sandrone (Lv90)A Thousand Blazing Suns R2Disenchantment in Deep Shadow72.9% / 196.9%

The second squad tilts toward recharge and reaction support on Alyosha (257.7% ER) and Diona, who is built on HP at 24,148 with 279.9% ER. Odette and Sandrone provide the damage, both on the Disenchantment in Deep Shadow set with heavy CRIT DMG at 261.3% and 196.9% respectively.

Taken together, the run is less about a repeatable meta strategy and more a demonstration of what fully invested versions of these units can do when the resistance shred, healing, and CRIT stats all line up. The Floor 12 clears are quick, and the Ruin Guard test makes the damage difference between an Ayato-led first-half team and a wider second-half team plain to see.