Arcanist
Hissabeth
★★★★★★
/Plant/DPS Ritual Control
Introduction
Hissabeth is a 6-star Plant character in Reverse: 1999. Hissabeth's role is DPS Ritual Control. Damage type: Mental.
On the combined Reverse: 1999 tier list Hissabeth is A tier, 37th of the 129 characters ranked, from where 4 community tier lists put Hissabeth.
Other Plant characters in Reverse: 1999: An-an Lee, Argus, Avgust, Bkornblume, Buddy Fairchild, Diggers and 20 more.
What Hissabeth does
Generates copies of Hiss! from Snake's Den stacks, and they don't count toward the Incantation Limit. Enemies carrying Serpentine Scales take 150% extra from 
Ouroboros, and the 500% Ultimate raises the Genesis DMG each Scales stack deals that round from 20% to 70% before turning the Scales into more Hiss!.
Profile
An Arcanist's Artwork. Exhibited during the 1980s for 19 years. Completed in winter, on the 23rd of December.
First displayed in Lusignan, Vienne, Fifth Republic of France, later transferred to the United States and archived at the LSCC.
Dimensions: 68 1/2 x 22 53/64 x 16 17/32 in.
Medium: Pursuit
Fragrance Note: Fruity Aromatic, Embers, Cherry, Melilot, Bitter Orange, Frankincense.
Afflatus: Speculation Among the Branches [Plant], Nine in One
Hissabeth's birthday is December 23.
Stories
12Special-Made Insulated Coat
A practical garment balancing functionality and aesthetics, capable of providing a comfortable temperature for ectothermic snake species.
According to the interviewee, she and her colleagues won first prize at Laplace's annual "Creature-Friendly Invention" competition—though it should be noted there were only two competing teams.
"Local Fashions"
A golden fruit shimmering with an arcane glow. The interviewee readily admits it comes from Laplace's arcane materials warehouse.
"Oui, it's actually a Fruit of Good and Evil. I painted it together with my siblings. If it looks familiar to you—that's right, I modeled it after the images in the archives.
It's my new project: myth interpretation!"
Mugwort Bouquet
A bouquet with a strong fragrance. Through the humid, sweltering height of summer, a bundle of mugwort like this can clear the air. During an Eastern festival, households hang mugwort and calamus above their doors to ward off evil and protect the home.
"My siblings and I are quite fond of this bundle, especially the scent ... Wait, some people believe it can drive off snakes?"
Serpentine Scales
Clear-textured, smooth-edged, small handmade decorations crafted in her spare time. She can identify every detail of the serpentine material used, recognizing which experiment each strata of the design came from. Although the stitching is somewhat rough, it remains a precious and unique record of their work.
"The Immortal Coil"
An ancient crown discovered by the interviewee amid some ruins on the Petrified Islands. Her siblings adorned it with the fresh leaves of spring.
Wearing an unidentified relic—especially one suspected of carrying the traces of arcane skill—might seem reckless. Yet when speaking about it, the interviewee and her siblings express disappointment: the crown feels as if it was calling out, adapting itself to its new owner when she put it on, but aside from its unusually perfect size, there seemed to be no other effects.
Tinkling Jades
Advance with a bow, withdraw with a rise—and only then shall the jade ring clear.
A pendant made up of several jade and gemstone pieces—jade huang, hanging pendants, a dragon-shaped charm, agate tubes, and turquoise beads. Legend holds that shamans once wore jade huang in rites to the gods—perhaps a detail that could serve the interviewee's research into myth.
"It's heavy ..." While talking about this piece, the interviewee was busy chewing on a honey-drizzled rice delicacy called zongzi. "And it jingles at the slightest movement!"
"Family Member"
One of her eight siblings. Occasionally quarrels with the interviewee, often holds different opinions, but always faces the world together.
As the world before them transforms anew, their eyes watch on with curiosity.
Primavera Robe
A soft, iridescent gown crafted by the skilled women of Lesbos and Chios.
The history of the Gorgon may be as long as these islands themselves. To explore the subtopic "Origins of Myth," the interviewee and her siblings spent a long time traveling around the region. She admits that convincing the local Daughters of Artemis to lay down their bows was the hardest part of the research.
"But it was worth it—I witnessed a rare ritual. Be sure to read my new paper!"
Misty Gauze
An exquisite gauze robe, light as mist, thin as cloud. When the interviewee wears it, shifting light plays across the fabric with every movement, as though she were draped in a pool of clear water.
"It's cool and slippery to the touch. I bet someone would be interested in this kind of weaving technique. It feels just like a snake! Yes, a snake!"
Binary Dust
Look closely—this is the 20th century!
It burst through the door before anyone could react, rushing in at full speed. Humanity barely had time to take to the skies before it was already reaching for the surface of the moon.
Silicon chips began to gleam across new fields, gradually revealing an extraordinary vision. Screens and data streams built a new world shaped by new desires, like an ouroboros shedding its skin.
The LSCC maintained its cutting-edge spirit. Employees turned offices into gaming arcades; bookshelves were crammed with the Global Catalog, Tumbling Stone, and neatly printed cognitive enhancement research papers.
Laboratories in Palo Alto were lit all night, bright enough to dull the stars overhead. What did it matter? Compared to those great advances of the era, everything else was just dust in the wind.
In a small apartment, nine pairs of eyes fixated on the scrolling numbers. The machines, the theories, the roaring processors, and glowing monitors never commented on themselves, nor did they incite any religious awe. When parents spoke about personal computers, they praised them for making communication easier, weaving the world closer together.
Yes, this was the reality she and her siblings chose to pursue.
Project Draft: Fun Facts About Arcanum
▪ Program Name: Fun Facts About Arcanum
▪ Program Objectives:
To provide easy-to-understand, popular science content that help viewers deepen their understanding of arcanum while familiarizing them with related scientific theories. The program encourages and promotes the integration and application of arcanum and technology.
Not sure if this sounds formal enough. Anyway, delete this line before submitting to Madam Lucy for review!
▪ Program Format:
Leave blank for now. If we can find a suitable spot inside the suitcase, we can film there.
▪ Preliminary Collaborator Notes:
Director: Noire, Blonney
Cameraman: Loggerhead, Click
Host: ONiON, TTT, Centurion, Desert Flannel, Us
Miss Eternity is interested in investing—great! Also, consider consulting X and John Titor. Stage setup can be handled by Druvis III and Charlie. Would Recoleta be willing to write for us? I can reserve a ten-minute column for her! Name Day can provide materials and help verify expenses. Gosh, thanks to Vertin, the staffing issues were resolved so quickly!
Fair Trade
Hissabeth: What an interesting arcane skill you have! If it ever gets widely adopted, it'll certainly be way more convenient than walkie-talkies or phones ... for starters, you wouldn't have to deal with people putting their devices on silent.
Hissabeth: Could you eat with this mouth? Does the food you consume somehow get turned into real nutrition? Attend—wait, I've got another question—
Pandora Wilson: Regretfully, I have to cut you off. I doubt my readers expect UTTU to turn into a cookbook or a journal on tech innovations.
Hissabeth: Yeah, I guess not. Maybe I should give your magazine a read first.
Hissabeth: If you have a digital version, that'd be way easier for me. The problem with physical print is you've got to put it somewhere, and whenever I go into the storeroom, there's always the risk one of my siblings will go after a rat or spider—and then it becomes a whole ordeal trying to get them to spit it back out.
Pandora Wilson: We can talk about that after the interview. A good editor should listen to any and all feedback about the tone of the magazine, but personally, I find woven words a lot more charming than cold pixels on a screen.
Hissabeth: That's a whole other topic. Anyway, let's start. You interviewed me first—and now it's my turn to interview you. Donnant-donnant!
Stats
- HP59th of 1326,270
- ATK17th of 1321,163
- Reality DEF55th of 132515
- Mental DEF56th of 132515
- Technique33rd of 132456
- Crit Rate33rd of 13215.2%
- Crit DMG33rd of 132152.8%
At Insight III level 60, before Psychube, Resonance and Euphoria. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Reverse: 1999 roster, and the place is out of every character with that stat.
At each Insight's level cap
- Insight 0, level 30HP: 2,132ATK: 396Reality DEF: 176Mental DEF: 176Technique: 327Crit Rate: 10.9%Crit DMG: 146.4%
- Insight I, level 40HP: 3,574ATK: 664Reality DEF: 294Mental DEF: 294Technique: 370Crit Rate: 12.3%Crit DMG: 148.5%
- Insight II, level 50HP: 5,329ATK: 989Reality DEF: 438Mental DEF: 438Technique: 413Crit Rate: 13.8%Crit DMG: 150.6%
- Insight III, level 60HP: 6,270ATK: 1,163Reality DEF: 515Mental DEF: 515Technique: 456Crit Rate: 15.2%Crit DMG: 152.8%
Base values before Psychube, Resonance and Euphoria. Each Insight also adds a share of the level 1 stats, which is counted here.
Recommended by the game
Team
Psychubes
The game's goals for Hissabeth: Insight I level 40, then Insight II level 50, then Insight III level 60, then Resonance 5, 10, 13 and 15.
Skills
3Ouroboros
Incantation 1Mass attack. Deals 300% Mental DMG to 2 enemies, and deals an additional 150% Mental DMG to targets holding the [Serpentine Scales] status.
An ancient symbol of the infinite pursuit of truth and the endless quest for progress.
Stars
Infinite Recursion
Incantation 2Self buff. Consume 4 stacks of [Snake's Den]. At the end of the round, generate four copies of rank 1 [Hiss!] that do not take up the allied Incantation Limit; if there aren't enough stacks of [Snake's Den], gain 3 additional Moxie.
A mind-blowing idea, a gravity-defying trick, and a raisin cake—each born to please!
Stars
Experimental Rocketry
UltimateMass Attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG to all enemies; on hitting a target, the Genesis DMG taken by that target at the end of this round from each stack of [Serpentine Scales] is increased from 20% to 70%, and at the end of the round, convert all [Serpentine Scales] into an equivalent number of copies of rank 1 [Hiss!].
Ready to be blasted into outer space? Initiating countdown ...
Insight passives
3Eternally Inquisitive
Insight IWhen entering battle, gain 8 stacks of [Snake's Den]. At the start of the round, if holding at least 1 stack of [Snake's Den] on self, consume 1 stack of [Snake's Den] and generate a copy of rank 1 [Hiss!]; this effect can trigger up to 1 time per round. [Hiss!] and this unit's ultimates do not take up the allied Incantation Limit.
Eternally Inquisitive
Insight IIDMG Dealt +8% when entering battle.
Eternally Inquisitive
Insight IIIWhen attacking an enemy that's holding [Serpentine Scales], Hissabeth inflicts [Rigidity] on the target and gains 1 additional Moxie (triggers up to 1 time per round).
Portraits
5- P1Eternally Inquisitive: At the start of the round, if holding at least 1 stack of [Snake's Den] on self, consume 1 stack of [Snake's Den] and generate a copy of rank 1 [Hiss!]; this effect can now trigger up to 2 times per round. [Hiss!]'s Mental DMG is increased to 75%/150%/375%.
- P2Eternally Inquisitive: When attacking an enemy that's holding [Serpentine Scales], Hissabeth inflicts [Rigidity] on the enemy and gains 1 additional Moxie; this effect can now trigger up to 2 times per round.
- P3After casting Experimental Rocketry, the Genesis DMG taken from each stack of [Serpentine Scales] resolved at the end of the same round is increased to 100%.
- P4Experimental Rocketry's effect changes to: deals 750% Mental DMG.
- P5After casting Experimental Rocketry, the Genesis DMG taken from each stack of [Serpentine Scales] resolved at the end of the same round is increased to 130%.
Each duplicate of Hissabeth gives one Artifice, and each Artifice unlocks the next Portrait, up to five.
Euphoria
1A Universe Unbound Beyond the Mind
- Level 1▩0%s Effects Enhanced: At the start of the round, if holding at least 1 stack of [Snake's Den], gains Moxie +1, consumes 1 stack of [Snake's Den], and generates a copy of [Hiss!].
- Level 2▩1%s New Effects Added: After attacking, inflicts 1 random effect from [Collection of Debuffs] on all enemies. ▩2%s New Effects Added: After casting, grants [Stream of Consciousness] to all allies for 3 rounds. ▩0%s Effects Enhanced: When attacking an enemy that's holding [Serpentine Scales], after Hissabeth gains Moxie and inflicts [Rigidity] on the target, she additionally inflicts 2 random effects from [Collection of Debuffs] on the target for 2 rounds.
- Level 3[Hiss!] now deals an additional (base Mental DMG x100%) Mental DMG and benefits from Ultimate Might at a +30%/60%/100% rate at rank 1/2/3.
- Level 4▩3%s now deals an additional (base Mental DMG x20%) Mental DMG for each type of [Neg Status] on the targets (counting up to 10 types); if there are at least 5 types, this attack gains Penetration Rate +20% and benefits from Ultimate Might at a +60% rate.
Resonance patterns
6- Placidity
- From the start · Default
- Elucidation
- Resonance 10 · Ultimate Might, Critical Rate, ATK
- Genuinity
- Resonance 10 · Incantation Might, Critical Rate, ATK
- Stupefaction
- Resonance 10 · HP, Critical Rate, ATK
- Aspirational
- Resonance 10 · Critical DMG, ATK
- Hyperphrenia
- Resonance 10 · Generalized
Resonance goes up to level 15. Each pattern swaps some Ideas for tuned ones that favour the stats listed beside it. Lay out Hissabeth's board in the Resonance builder.
Terms in this kit
6- Hiss!
- 1-target attack. Deals Mental DMG. Inflicts 1/2/4 stacks of [Serpentine Scales] and gains Moxie +0/1/2. This incantation counts as an Ultimate, does not consume AP, and benefits from Ultimate Might at a +30%/60%/100% rate. This incantation is a [Sovereign Incantation].
- Rigidity
- When there are 2 stacks, turns into Petrify status or extends the duration of existing Petrify status for 1 round.
- Snake's Den
- A place where the siblings nestle. This status can stack up to 8 times and is undispellable. At the start of the round, this unit adjusts the stacks of [Snake's Den] on self so that the combined total of [Snake's Den], [Serpentine Scales], and [Hiss!] on the field equals 8.
- Serpentine Scales
- At the end of the round, takes ((50% + (number of stacks x20)%) x Hissabeth's ATK) Genesis DMG. This effect can critically hit and benefits from Ultimate Might bonuses. After each trigger of this effect, 1 stack of Serpentine Scales is converted into 1 stack of [Snake's Den] and granted to Hissabeth. When the holder of this status is defeated, the remaining stacks of [Serpentine Scales] are transferred onto the ally with the highest ATK. This status can stack up to 8 times and is undispellable.
- Collection of Debuffs
- There are 6 effects: [Blind], [Mis-aim], [Fracture I], [Confusion], [Gash], and [Pollution]. Prioritizes effects not yet applied.
- Stream of Consciousness
- Ultimate Might +30%. When attacking, for each type of [Neg Status] on the target, gains an additional Ultimate Might +3%, up to 30%.
Upgrade costs
Open in the plannerInsight
- Insight I
Sharpodonty ×18,000
Page of Plantal Vimen ×6
Magnesia Crystal ×6
Liquefied Terror ×5 - Insight IISharpodonty ×40,000
Scroll of Plantal Vimen ×10
Esoteric Bones ×6
Goose Neck ×5 - Insight IIISharpodonty ×200,000
Tome of Plantal Vimen ×16
Goldbell Spirit Bottle ×6
Serpent Scepter ×3
Levels
- Insight 0, level 1 to 30Sharpodonty ×15,080
Dust ×27,700 - Insight I, level 1 to 40Sharpodonty ×53,250Dust ×100,500
- Insight II, level 1 to 50Sharpodonty ×137,500Dust ×407,500
- Insight III, level 1 to 60Sharpodonty ×403,000Dust ×816,400
Resonance
- Level 2
Moment of Dissonance ×5 - Level 3Moment of Dissonance ×5
Shattered Bones ×4 - Level 4Moment of Dissonance ×5
Trembling Tooth ×4
Solidus ×3 - Level 5
Brief Cacophony ×5
Cicada Wings ×4
Rough Silver Ingot ×4 - Level 6Sharpodonty ×30,000Brief Cacophony ×5
Golden Beetle ×3 - Level 7Brief Cacophony ×6
Prophetic Bird ×5 - Level 8Brief Cacophony ×6Goose Neck ×4
Luminite Ore ×5 - Level 9Brief Cacophony ×8
Holy Silver ×6
Fox Tail ×4 - Level 10
Interlaced Shudder ×1
Sonorous Knell ×5
Bifurcated Skeleton ×8
Biting Box ×6 - Level 11Interlaced Shudder ×1Sharpodonty ×120,000Sonorous Knell ×5
Golden Compass ×4 - Level 12Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6
Wyrmling Skeleton ×4
Winged Key ×5 - Level 13Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6
Watch Core ×5
Red Lacquer Slab ×6 - Level 14Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8
Rheingold ×2
Bogeyman ×4 - Level 15Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8
Golden Fleece ×3
Murmur of Insanity ×4
Euphoria
- A Universe Unbound Beyond the Mind
Key of Thought ×12
Sprout of Fantasy ×40
Seed of Inspiration ×200Rheingold ×3
Costumes
4
Original
Scenes shift. Ideas cycle.
Digital Jungle
Have a taste while it's still fresh.
Serpentine Primavera
When she opens her eyes, even the joy of spring may be turned to stone.
Verses to Heaven
Piercing through the Milky Way, the dragon's path is made. To touch the stars in the Nine Heavens, she reaches the celestial gate.
