When competing at the same Challenge star level, Travelers with shorter total clear time will achieve higher ranks in the Universe Expedition. This guide, designed for Travelers aiming for the top spots, shares high-performing speedrunning compositions for various stages and provides detailed setup recommendations.

AoE Speedrun Compositions

Overview: Activating the Steady Advance Talent with a Rally team significantly speeds up ultimate skill usage. When paired with Philto, a hero known for his powerful ultimate skill burst, some stages can be cleared in around 6 seconds.
Recommended Stages: Universe Expedition-1, 4, 6, and 8, as well as other stages with multiple Common enemies.
●Team Aura/Familiar
Use Lorentheel's Crit Damage Aura to boost the team's damage output. For your Familiar, the Tressym is the standard choice for increasing AOE Damage. For speedrunning, you can also use the Mimic. Its short initial spell recharge time allows it to quickly inflict a Recharging Speed Penalty on enemies, improving your team's survivability.
●Recommended Skill Timing
Manually time Philto's ultimate skill, casting it immediately after Lorentheel uses his. The other heroes can be left on auto-cast.●Important Notes
1. As Sagomir charges the enemy with the highest Attack after using his battle skill, it's best to position other heroes to take damage so that Sagomir doesn't pull enemies out of the AoE of Philto's ultimate skill.
2. Deploy Philto first to get the Ultimate Energy bonus from Sagomir's passive skill. For the other heroes, focus on stacking as much Skill Haste as possible.
3. For stages where enemies are spread out (like Universe Expedition-9), or if your Philto isn't strong enough to one-shot all enemies, substitute Sagomir with Huberg or Thelendor. Use them as a secondary damage dealer to eliminate targets outside the AoE of Philto's ultimate skill.
 
●Hero Replacement Options

Recommended Build

●Key Stat Requirements
Journ and Lorentheel: Skill Haste > 120; Journ and Gladys: Accuracy > 300.
When equipped with the Gem's Inspiration set, Journ's Enlightenment must be > 400.
When Sagomir is equipped with the Dawn Pipe Organ, his Attack needs to be stacked as high as possible.
●Recommended Loadout●Recommended Talents

Single-Target Speedrun Composition

Overview: This Wild team composition has extremely strong single-target burst damage. Combined with Journ's passive skill that restores Ultimate Energy to nearby allies, the team can rapidly cast ultimate skills to defeat enemies.
Recommended Stages: Universe Expedition-3, 7, 10, and 16, as well as other stages with Dungeon Bosses.
●Team Aura/Familiar
We recommend using Flora's Attack Aura to increase the team's damage output. For your Familiar, the Mimic is recommended to delay enemy skills and relieve survival pressure on your team.
●Recommended Skill Timing
Ultimate skills for a Wild composition can be left on auto-cast. For increased burst damage, consider manually casting Flora's ultimate skill before the ultimates of your other Damage Dealers.●Important Notes
1. As speedrunning compositions do not use support heroes that provide Healing or Shields, you may struggle to survive against consecutive Bosses. If so, consider taking on the challenge with a team featuring several support heroes paired with a duo like Beldelle and Shinnah, who can provide sufficient damage output on their own. See the reference composition and loadout below:●Hero Replacement Options

Recommended Build

●Key Stat Requirements
Journ: Skill Haste > 120; Journ and Felicity: Accuracy > 300.
Felicity: Crit Rate ≥ 100%; Skill Haste as high as possible.
Chorak: Proficiency > 400, then stack Attack as high as possible.
●Recommended Loadout
If you have sufficient Premium-quality equipment, you can also replace Caspar's Dawn of the Snowpeak set with Damage Bonus Mythic equipment like Bloodshade Mark and Bloodmoon's Gaze to increase the hero's damage output.●Recommended Talents