Aniimo Starters: Helion vs Lunara, Fennelun Explained

Which Aniimo starter is best for you?

Choose Helion for a close-range fighting style, or Lunara for ranged magic and attacks that use marks. This is a playstyle recommendation, not a measured damage ranking. The current official index names both Helion and Lunara, resolving the older page-title ambiguity that affected this guide.

PC and console versions are live according to the September 16 official launch announcement. This guide combines current official descriptions with attributed walkthrough reports; it is not our own live-server test.

Comparison	Helion	Lunara
Combat preference	Close-range physical attacks	Ranged magic
Main loop	Basic attacks prepare an enhanced skill	Skills prepare enhanced basic attacks
Useful mechanic	Holy Storm pulls enemies together	Lumin Bolts marks enemies to reduce Light resistance
Energy recovery	Sun-Kissed restores 20 EP, plus 5 when enhanced	Moon-Washed restores 20 EP
Practical starting point	Pick if you enjoy positioning close to enemies	Pick if you prefer distance and weaving basics between skills

Helion — Close-range attacks — Official index artwork · identification reference, not a gameplay screenshot.

Lunara — Ranged attacks — Official index artwork · identification reference, not a gameplay screenshot.

Where do you choose your starter?

Jessica Orr’s September 15 walkthrough places the Helion/Lunara choice in the prologue quest The Mysterious Cavern. Her sequence then covers the Summoned Helgon and Summoned Infergon encounters and introduces battle transformation in that tutorial section.

This is a published walkthrough with screenshots, not an official unlock table. Its client build is unspecified. Follow the quest prompts rather than assuming a particular player level, elapsed time or that every skill listed below is already unlocked.

Kacee Fay’s September 15 Destructoid guide provides a second check: its selection-screen screenshot names Helion and Lunara and contrasts close combat with ranged area attacks. The screenshot does not identify the client build.

Are Sol and Lun different starters?

No. The two selectable starters are Helion and Lunara. Sol and Lun describe the story identities or blessings associated with them, not two additional creatures. A version-1.0 game-text transcription describes Helion as the embodiment of Sol, associated with courage and light, and Lunara as the embodiment of Lun, associated with harmony and wisdom. Aniimo.guide character transcription.

That is why players may describe the opening decision as Sol or Lun, Sun or Moon, or Helion or Lunara. For creature names, indexes and build advice, use Helion and Lunara. According to the same story transcription, the chosen creature Twines with the Pathfinder while the unchosen one returns to sleep in the ruins mural. That explains the immediate story outcome; it does not prove that the other starter can never be obtained in a later update.

Current official starter stats

The two official entries checked September 18 list identical base attributes:

HP	BREAK	ATK	P.DEF	M.DEF	REGEN
100	64	116	72	72	90

Both Solar Grace and Lunar Power describe a 30% final-damage increase when not attacking with an advantageous element. That shared condition and equal base stats do not establish equal damage in every encounter: skill use, positioning and available upgrades still differ. Sources: Helion, Lunara.

Helion: prepare the next skill with basic attacks

Solar Grace grants Solar Halo after four basic attacks. Choose which skill receives the enhancement: Sun-Kissed provides additional EP, while Holy Storm groups targets and adds a one-second stun on its enhanced final hit. Holy Roar can apply its three Light-damage buff stacks together when enhanced. Official Helion skills.

Our practical reading is to use the enhancement for the problem in front of you: energy recovery, grouping or a damage buff. This is a kit-based starting point, not a tested optimal rotation. The page does not establish opening skill availability or whether a missed basic attack counts toward the four attacks.

Simple Helion sequence

A post-launch creator walkthrough demonstrates Helios' Judgment → Light Bombardment. The Ultimate transforms Helion into Soleon, increases damage for the rest of combat and grants Ring of the Golden Sun; Light Bombardment then receives its listed enhancement. This sequence matches the official skill descriptions, but the video does not establish that it is the highest-damage rotation for every encounter. Launch walkthrough, 02:40–03:04.

Lunara: distinguish your attack stacks from enemy marks

The current Lunara entry describes two separate mechanics:

Silver Moon Mark: casting a skill or Ultimate provides four stacks. A basic-attack hit consumes one for extra damage and 0.5% HP recovery.
Fox Mark: Lumin Bolts applies a Light-resistance reduction to targets hit, stacking up to three times for ten seconds. Its projectiles prioritize different enemies; one cast is not a guarantee of three stacks on one target.

Our recommendation is to weave basic attacks between skills to use the first resource, while checking which enemies actually received the second. The small recovery per marked hit should not be treated as a substitute for avoiding damage.

Simple Lunara sequence

The same launch walkthrough demonstrates Lumin Bolts → Moon Impact. Lumin Bolts applies Fox Mark and reduces Light resistance before Moon Impact checks for the mark and deals its additional small-area damage. Against one target, confirm how many missiles actually hit before assuming the maximum three resistance-reduction stacks. This is a readable starter sequence, not a complete endgame rotation. Launch walkthrough, 04:24–05:04.

How do Fennelun and Soleon fit in?

The current official entries identify Lunara (No.99996) and Helion (No.99998) as the base forms. Fennelun is Lunara's combat transformation, not a third starter choice.

Base form	Official skill	Transformation and listed effect
Lunara	Selene's Judgment	Transforms into Fennelun, grants four Silver Moon Mark stacks and increases damage by 15% until combat ends
Helion	Helios' Judgment	Transforms into Soleon, grants Ring of the Golden Sun and increases damage by 15% until leaving combat

These descriptions were checked in the Innate tab of the official Lunara page and official Helion page on September 18. The transformation relationship is now supported by official skill text, rather than only the older beta analysis.

How long does Fennelun last? The skill explicitly ties its 15% damage increase to the end of combat. It does not publish a fixed seconds-based form timer or explain manual exit controls and every mode's behavior. We have not run a launch-client test of those details. For a focused explanation, see Fennelun and Lunara's transformation.

Keep combat transformation separate from ordinary Lumin, Gamma and Nova progression. The skill is not evidence of an evolution-stone recipe or a permanent form unlock.

Can you change your starter or obtain the other one?

We have not verified a launch method to reverse the opening choice or obtain the other starter later. Choose the combat style you want to keep using. A missing acquisition route is not proof that obtaining both will remain impossible, and historical discussion of future trading is not a confirmed current method.

Destructoid’s September 15 guide reports that both cannot be held in the roster at its time of writing. That supports choosing carefully, but remains a dated author report rather than an official promise about future availability.

A September 17 guide notes dialogue about an Ancient Prism that might awaken the other power, but it does not establish that players can currently obtain or use such an item. We therefore treat the unchosen starter returning to the mural as the current story outcome, while leaving future acquisition unresolved. The Phrasemaker's starter-choice discussion.

Training resets do not reset the starter choice

The September 3 developer letter announces resets for Capability Awakening below level 60 with its training items returned, plus Capafruit transfer during inheritance. These specific training changes do not promise refunds for every resource or a new starter-selection decision.

What should you add to your team next?

Look for the role your available team lacks: healing, BREAK or energy recovery. Our utility and support comparison includes current official habitats and a published early-story lead for Flutternym. For friends, read the co-op party limits and server rules.

The historical tier-list comparison records differing opinions about Helion; those letters are not evidence that one starter wins every launch encounter. Start with range and rotation comfort, then compare performance with the skills you actually have.

Sources & verification

Reviewed September 20, 2026. Starter links use the current numbered official pages, whose Innate tabs confirm the transformations. The Sol/Lun explanation comes from a version-1.0 game-text transcription, while the practical sequences are supported by post-launch creator footage and official skill text. None of these sources confirms a current method to reverse the opening choice or obtain the other starter.