Grain Market Economy Team Guide — NTE
Grain Market Economy
Neverness to Everness team guide for Grain Market Economy: composition, Esper reactions, key synergies, rotation tips, pros and cons, and substitutes.
Grain Market Economy
A free-to-play team built around Chiz's Grain Market. Chiz is given out for free and can reach full Awakening without pulls. The Cosmos+Anima+Lakshana top-trio fires Blossom, Remora and Charge, and Charge refills Chiz's Ultimate while she is on the field.
Cosmos
Anima
Lakshana
Team Composition
Economy rhythm DPS. Zero-Sum Game (Ultimate) opens a 7s Grain Market and grants a Grain Loan. Hanahaki Disease grants the active character 4 extra Ultimate Energy on every Charge. Hoarding: +20% Charge Efficiency while she is on the field.
Lakshana anchor closing the Cosmos+Anima+Lakshana top-trio. Delay Warning extends Remora to 12s and grants +10% Crit Rate on Remora-marked targets. Express Delivery Power stacks feed her own Cyclone Strike burst, not the team's meter.
Substitutes
Budget Lakshana anchor. Maintains the top-trio and Charge triple-cycle. Loses Delay Warning's Remora extension and its team-wide Crit Rate buff. Suppression passive chains free Remora procs via Fang Thrust.
Anima anchor completing the trio. Seize the Moment raises Vita Bud cap to 6 for maximum Blossom output. Intel Hunter clusters enemies. Works off-field.
Substitutes
F2P Anima anchor. Transform! Super Mint! expands Vita Pistil AoE on hit, and keeps the top-trio for Blossom and Charge.
Raises the team's ATK with her Skill and Ultimate, and swaps between her and Hathor trigger Stain.
Substitutes
Instant Cycle for Blossom and Remora on demand, and Appraiser heals the active character whenever Charge gives it energy.
Cosmos element match for the top-trio if Chiz needs coverage. Gentle Edge grants 120 Ultimate Energy when Charge fires via Support Skill — extremely valuable for Chiz's energy economy. However his static healing zone is a liability in mobile fights.
Esper Reactions
Triple Cycle
Cosmos
Anima
Lakshana
Grants the active character 10 additional Ultimate Energy when Vita Pistils hit targets affected by Remora.
Resonance
Appraiser
Creation Enhancement: Each "Creation Flower" will split into 2 flowers that fly together towards the target within range and explode.
Gentle Edge
Charge Enhancement: Grants 120 Ultimate Energy instantly when a character triggers Charge using a Support Skill. Disables Ultimate Energy gain from Vita Pistils when hitting Slowed targets afterward. Cooldown: 30s.
Lone Stride
Charge Enhancement: Grants off-field characters the same amount of Charge when the active character gains Ultimate Energy. While Shinku is active and in Charge state, each trigger deals AoE DMG equal to 400% of ATK (scales with Basic Attack level, reaching 863.6% at level 11), and increases her ATK by 5% for 30s, up to 10 stacks. Cooldown: 1s.
In this team: Grants 10 Ultimate Energy when Vita Pistils hit Remora-marked targets. Chiz's Hanahaki Disease passive adds 4 extra energy per Charge proc — 14 total. Essential for fueling Chiz's expensive Zero-Sum Game Ultimate.
Duo Cycles
Cosmos
Anima
Generates 1 Vita Bud near the target after triggering Esper Cycle, which blossoms 5 Vita Pistils.
Vita Pistils then fly toward targets within range, exploding every 2s and dealing DMG to an area.
Up to 3 Vita Buds can exist on the field at once.
Resonance
More Than Passionate
Blossom Enhancement: Fires 10 Vita Pistils with Vita Bud, reducing the interval between each shot to 1s.
Ghost Orchid Crest
Blossom Enhancement: Prevents Vita Bud attacks from pausing during Time Stop.
Seize the Moment
Blossom Enhancement: Spawns 1 additional Vita Bud and increases Vita Bud limit on field to 6.
Mirror Image
Blossom Enhancement: Generates a Vita Bud Copy when the current Vita Bud has existed for 3s. This copy cannot duplicate and does not count toward the Vita Bud limit. The copy produces 20 Copied Vita Pistils. Every 0.5s, one Copied Vita Pistil flies toward a target within range and explodes, dealing 37.5% of the original Vita Pistil's DMG.
Triggered by: Chiz → Jiuyuan swap
In this team: Spawns Vita Buds. Jiuyuan's Seize the Moment extends the Bud cap to 6.
Lakshana
Cosmos
The target enters Remora for 5s after triggering Esper Cycle, slowing their movement and attack speed. The effect decays over time, and will have a shorter duration if repeatedly applied.
Resonance
Suppression
Remora Enhancement: Inflicts an additional Remora on a target when Fang Thrust locks onto them in Remora state.
Delay Warning
Remora Enhancement: Extends the target's Remora duration to 12s and increases Crit Rate by 10% when allies attacking a target affected by Remora.
Justice in Time
Remora Enhancement: Deals Lakshana DMG equal to 800% of ATK to the target when Remora ends, based on Remora's duration. Each second beyond the base 5s duration increases total DMG by 45%, up to 300%. Resets Remora's duration when reapplied.
Perfect Pitch
Remora Enhancement: Grants Akane Rin an enhancement that lasts until she leaves combat after the team triggers Remora for the first time. Applies Remora to the target affected by Overtone and to all enemies within Reverb Field every Xs. Deals Lakshana DMG equal to X% of Akane Rin's ATK whenever the team reapplies Remora to an affected target. Increases this DMG by X% for each 1s of Remora duration remaining on the target, up to X%. Calculates each target's remaining Remora duration independently. Triggers this DMG no more than once per target every Xs.
Triggered by: Hathor → Chiz swap
In this team: Hathor's Delay Warning extends Remora to 12s and grants team +10% Crit Rate on marked targets.
Psyche
Lakshana
Increases the target's Psyche and Lakshana DMG taken by 20% for 12s after triggering Esper Cycle.
Resonance
Thrushsong
Stain Enhancement: Increases Stain's base DMG Bonus to 30% and extends its duration to 20s. Nova Enhancement: When Nova ends, deals additional Mental DMG equal to 20% of the actual total DMG taken by the target while Nova was active (excluding DMG dealt by the Support Skill that triggered Nova and by Nova itself), up to 1,000× Blackbird's Base ATK. This additional DMG is not affected by any other DMG Buffs or Debuffs. Inflicts Nova on the target once afterward. Prevents Nova inflicted by this effect from triggering the Nova reapplication effect again.
Triggered by: Haniel ↔ Hathor swap
In this team: Raises the target's Psyche and Lakshana DMG taken by 20% for 12s.
Why It Works
Chiz's Zero-Sum Game is expensive, and the Charge triple-cycle (Cosmos+Anima+Lakshana) pays for it: every Pistil that hits a Remora target gives the active character 14 Ultimate Energy with Chiz on the team, and Jiuyuan keeps up to 6 Vita Buds firing.
Key Synergies
Hanahaki Disease + Charge Energy Loop
Chiz's passive grants 4 extra Ultimate Energy per Charge proc on top of the base 10 from Vita Pistil hits on Remora targets, all of it to the active character. With Jiuyuan's 6 Vita Buds, Chiz refills Zero-Sum Game quickly while she holds the field.
Grain Market Timing
Chiz's 7s Grain Market converts her remaining Grain Loans into Grains when it ends, so build the swap rotation around the Market's natural expiration rather than forcing early exits.
Hathor + Remora Uptime
Hathor's Delay Warning extends Remora to 12s, so more Vita Pistils land on marked targets and generate Charge energy.
Rotation Tips
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CRITICAL: Never swap out of Chiz mid-Market unless forced — always let the 7s window expire naturally or time the swap precisely after repaying Loans
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Initiate Grain Settlement only when market price fluctuations peak for maximum Profit conversion
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Open rotation with Hathor Skill (build Express Delivery Power + apply Remora) → Jiuyuan Skill (cluster enemies) → Chiz Skill + Ultimate (enter Grain Market with Remora active for maximum Charge energy)
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Off-field characters (Jiuyuan, Hathor) should have their Esper Meters pre-filled via parrying before Chiz's Market window begins
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Chiz is free and can reach full Awakening without pulls
- Low rotation friction once Grain Market timing is learned — straightforward if you respect the Market window
- Charge keeps refilling the active character's Ultimate
Cons
- Complex Grain Market mechanics punish early swaps — requires discipline to exit at the right time
- Weaker vs. single targets where Vita Buds have fewer targets to proc Charge energy on
- The Skia version loses the Remora extension and the Crit Rate bonus