Secretary of The Quartz Net
Bentham is a five-star Secretary confirmed through Elementa's official Facebook character drip for Dichotomy Beta. She serves the UMI Board Office under the codename The Quartz Net—an ambitious string-puller behind Silvernia industry with Outlaw Identity and Resonance DPS Combat Style. Community beta reads place her on Glacies affinity; treat element details as provisional until more official kit footage consolidates.
Bentham ranks A-tier on our tier list for resonance-focused Glacies pressure teams. Her narrative ties to corporate intrigue complement Black Knights' Tango antagonist threads—though the trailer's Lady Bentham confrontation may reference a related faction figure rather than this playable Secretary outright.
Combat Profile
- Combat Style: Resonance DPS — converts team Silverdrip stacks into sustained Glacies output.
- Identity: Outlaw — narrative archetype independent of mechanical role.
- Element: Glacies (community read; pending full official confirmation).
- Role fantasy: Backroom strategist who fights with calculated resonance chains rather than raw stagger burst.
Pair Bentham with the Detective for Gravitas mark setup, then swap during resonance surge windows documented in our Silverdrip guide. Compare against Rex (also Resonance DPS, Hero Identity) on the character compare tool—Bentham's Outlaw Identity may unlock distinct story bonuses even when combat numbers overlap.
Team Building
Resonance DPS partners excel when the Detective maintains consistent mark uptime and parry rhythm. Avoid stacking Bentham with Rex unless encounter design demands double Glacies resonance—mixed-element teams handle resistances better per team-building principles. For freeze-lock setups, Argos offers safer Combat Support while Bentham delivers higher personal resonance conversion.
See the full Identity versus Combat Style matrix on our Identity & Combat Styles guide alongside all fourteen documented roster units.