Arcanist

Lorentz Butterfly

★★★★★★

/Intellect/Support Lingering Glow DPS Rewrite

Introduction

Lorentz Butterfly is a 6-star Intellect character in Reverse: 1999. Lorentz Butterfly's role is Support Lingering Glow DPS Rewrite. Damage type: Mental.

On the combined Reverse: 1999 tier list Lorentz Butterfly is S tier, 17th of the 129 characters ranked, from where 2 community tier lists put Lorentz Butterfly.

Other Intellect characters in Reverse: 1999: 6, Aleph, Beryl, Corvus, Door, Enigma and 6 more.

What Lorentz Butterfly does

A Lingering Glow support who also hits hard: The Primer's Flutter deals 800% Mental, applies 3 Burn first, and then echoes a share of all the damage allied incantations did to that target this round. Her Ultimate copies one basic incantation into 3 precast duplicates for the next round, and her basic incantations rank up when you queue matching ones together.

Profile

An arcanist's work. Exhibited in the 1990s for 24 years. Completed in autumn, on September 19. First exhibited in France, later toured all over the world. Currently archived in Institutum Lorentz.

Dimensions: 69 1/4 × 34 3/8 × 18 1/8 in.

Medium: Chaos

Fragrance Notes: Woody - Chaotic Particles, Blood, Cedar, Incense, Lily, Sandalwood

Afflatus: Disordered Flutter [Intellect] Chaos Researcher

Lorentz Butterfly's birthday is September 19.

Stories

Additive Manufacturing Device

A Demonic Scale-based additive manufacturing machine, powered by tens of thousands of arcane skills operating simultaneously.

Every arcane skill within the printer is interconnected. Even the slightest deviation in initial conditions can lead to drastically different results.

According to the interviewee, the device can provide whatever help is needed—whether it's a sniper rifle or a toaster.

"Antenna"

A weighty metal ornament, set with gemstones, its tip trembling faintly like an insect's antenna. The interviewer learned that the interviewee helped design this hairpiece herself.

"Sensing its surroundings, relaying information, even tracking a target? No—it's simply a decorative piece inspired by a tuning peg."

Liquid Metal-Coated "Glove"

A pair of gloves with a metallic sheen, shimmering like the scales on a butterfly's wings.

Though the interviewee described them as the arms of an Awakened, we know they are simply the latest product of the LSCC—refined, of course, by Institutum Lorentz.

Deadly Cello

A cello and bow of distinctive design. Like any musician who cherishes their instrument, the interviewee holds them dear.

The interviewer accepted the interviewee's offer of an impromptu performance—the deep, resonant tone was enchanting. "Just a bit of technique," the interviewee said with a smile, setting the bow aside. "It's a beautiful instrument. Would you like to try it?"

"ID"

She can be Ms. Jones, Special Investigator of the St. Pavlov Foundation, or Marguerite, researcher of the Laplace Scientific Computing Center. Any identity will do, as long as it opens the right doors.

"A String of Notes"

A string of notes, a fragment of melody. Made from the same metal as her hairpiece, it's the perfect finishing touch on the interviewee's gown.

Smooth, cold, and as light as the flutter of a butterfly's wings. When her target's life fades along with the final note, that is all they will ever feel.

The Beginning of Chaos

Eras bounce like marbles—backward, forward, backward again. Mostly backward, right?

She learned what 1999's Cambridge had to teach her. Her gift allows her to pick up on patterns intuitively, but her nature ensures she will always be a skeptic. And here lies the paradox that the rise and fall of eras brings—one that traps everyone who still remembers, who still thinks: Are we moving forward or backward? What can we hold on to?

Yes, the storms of an era are always more interesting than still water. Rather than clinging to a single foothold, she would rather leap with the times, joining in the dangerous game of takeoffs and landings.

So where is the butterfly that first fluttered its wings?

If you want to hide a leaf, the best place is a forest. If you want to hide a brilliant mind, the best place is Laplace. Yes, it is the temple of science—but the science it commands cannot answer the great questions of its era. That alone can trigger a collapse of faith. Fortunately, she was never attached to any of it.

When neat theories crumble with the era, a butterfly stirs its wings among the rubble, flying into endless chaos.

Additive Manufacture Designs

"Good-Job Badge"

A tracker designed for Eagle.

Better come up with a reason to give it to her—wouldn't want this excellent remote assistant getting lost in the "Storm." Then again, when has a scout ever turned down a badge?

"Tower of Babel" Translation Box

A multilingual collision translator, Critter-speech included. Give it enough raw material and it'll invent a new language.

The initial version has been sent to Comala Prison in Ushuaia. The all-knowing advisor within is currently verifying the validity of the new language.

Auto-Playing Rifle

Follows the beat automatically—no musical training required. Elegant rhythm, full of beauty.

Detachable, equipped with an Incantation Radiance tracking system.

I know you'll see this note, Timekeeper. Sneaking into concerts is something of a tradition at Institutum Lorentz. Perhaps you'd like a ticket?

Sense of Humor

Pandora Wilson: "Killer." Genius researcher from Institutum Lorentz. The woman behind the cases. What can I say? Every magazine loves a label that gets people talking.

Lorentz Butterfly: Perhaps, as Ms. Recoleta suggests, these labels give UTTU a touch of counterculture.

Pandora Wilson: Ms. Butterfly, has anyone ever told you that you have a very unique sense of humor?

Lorentz Butterfly: Comedy is just one of my little hobbies. "It's just a joke" has served me rather well over the years.

Lorentz Butterfly: Deny a comedian like me her jokes, and the consequences could be severe.

Pandora Wilson: Such as?

Lorentz Butterfly: When a sense of humor has nowhere to go, misery piles up. And eventually ... the joke falls on you.

Stats

HP77th of 1326,072
ATK47th of 1321,120
Reality DEF77th of 132492
Mental DEF71st of 132492
Technique8th of 132610
Crit Rate8th of 13220.3%
Crit DMG8th of 132160.5%

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 and levelHPATKReality DEFMental DEFTechniqueCrit RateCrit DMG

Insight 0, level 30HP: 2,064ATK: 381Reality DEF: 168Mental DEF: 168Technique: 436Crit Rate: 14.5%Crit DMG: 151.8%
Insight I, level 40HP: 3,461ATK: 639Reality DEF: 281Mental DEF: 281Technique: 494Crit Rate: 16.5%Crit DMG: 154.7%
Insight II, level 50HP: 5,161ATK: 952Reality DEF: 419Mental DEF: 419Technique: 552Crit Rate: 18.4%Crit DMG: 157.6%
Insight III, level 60HP: 6,072ATK: 1,120Reality DEF: 492Mental DEF: 492Technique: 610Crit Rate: 20.3%Crit DMG: 160.5%

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

Teams

Psychubes

The Fluttering Moment6-star Psychube

The game's goals for Lorentz Butterfly: Insight I level 40, then Insight II level 50, then Insight III level 60, then Resonance 5, 10, 13 and 15.

Skills

The Primer's Flutter
Incantation 1
1-target attack. Deals 800% Mental DMG. Before attacking, inflicts 3 stacks of [Burn] on the target. After hitting the target, deals an additional (DMG dealt by allied incantations to the target this round x6%) [Static Genesis DMG], increased by 1% for every 100 points of Lingering Glow, counting up to 600 points (triggers up to 10 times per round).
Burn 60 milligrams of primer, trigger the flutter of a butterfly's wings, and the future is forever changed.
Stars
Chaos Criteria
Incantation 2
Mass buff. Gains [The Igniting Wingbeat] for 3 rounds and grants the same effect to all other [Lingering Glow] allies.
When period-doubling bifurcation occurs, the system loses order and begins its descent into chaos.
Stars
The Unstable Dynamical System
Ultimate
Self buff. Gains [Continuous Action I] for 1 round. Before casting, selects 1 basic incantation in the Spelldock to print. After casting, prints 3 [Precast Incantation] duplicates, which are generated and rewritten with [Fractal Dimension] at the start of the next round.
Perhaps chaos is the most natural interpretation and resistance to fate.

Insight passives

Nonperiodic Flow
Passive
Accumulates [Lingering Glow] (mutually exclusive with [Bloodtithe]) whenever an enemy is inflicted with [Burn] or [Halo].
Nonperiodic Flow
Insight I
Right before the AP Area resolves, each of Lorentz Butterfly's basic incantations gains rank +1 for every other basic incantation of the same type in the AP Area.
Nonperiodic Flow II
Insight II
Critical Rate +10% when entering battle.
Nonperiodic Flow III
Insight III
When entering battle, gains Moxie +2. At the end of the round, [Lingering Glow] allies who did not cast an Ultimate this round gain Moxie +1 (Lorentz Butterfly gains an additional Moxie +1). [Lingering Glow] allies' Ultimates do not take up the allied Incantation Draw Limit. All enemies' [Burn] stack limits increase by 5. When at least 3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present, the Burn stack limits additionally increase by 15. When 1/2/3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present: at the start of the round, for every 100 points of [Lingering Glow] (counting up to 600 points), grants DMG Bonus +2.5%/5%/15% and Incantation Might +1%/2%/6% to all allies for 1 round.

Portraits

P1The Unstable Dynamical System: [Continuous Action I] now lasts 2 rounds. Nonperiodic Flow: Lorentz Butterfly now gains an additional Moxie +2 at the end of the round if she did not cast an Ultimate this round. Nonperiodic Flow: When 1/2/3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present, Lorentz Butterfly now grants Incantation Might +3%/4%/8% to all allies for every 100 points of [Lingering Glow] at the start of the round. The Primer's Flutter now deals an additional 0.6%/1.2% [Static Genesis DMG] at rank 2/3 for every 100 points of Lingering Glow.
P2The Unstable Dynamical System now prints 4 [Precast Incantation] duplicates. Nonperiodic Flow: When 1/2/3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present, Lorentz Butterfly now grants DMG Bonus +5.5%/8%/18% to all allies for every 100 points of [Lingering Glow] at the start of the round.
P3Chaos Criteria: At rank 1/2/3, [The Igniting Wingbeat] now lasts 3/3/4 rounds. Nonperiodic Flow: When 1/2/3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present, Lorentz Butterfly now grants Incantation Might +5%/6%/10% to all allies for every 100 points of [Lingering Glow] at the start of the round.
P4Nonperiodic Flow: When 1/2/3 [Lingering Glow] allies are present, Lorentz Butterfly now grants DMG Bonus +8.5%/11%/21% to all allies for every 100 points of [Lingering Glow] at the start of the round.
P5The Unstable Dynamical System now prints 5 [Precast Incantation] duplicates. The Primer's Flutter now deals an additional 0.7%/1.4% [Static Genesis DMG] at rank 2/3 for every 100 points of Lingering Glow.

Each duplicate of Lorentz Butterfly gives one Artifice, and each Artifice unlocks the next Portrait, up to five.

Resonance patterns

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 Lorentz Butterfly's board in the Resonance builder.

Terms in this kit

Halo: Healing Taken -25% (unstackable). At the end of the round, takes (the inflicter's ATK x4%) Genesis DMG (stackable up to 40 times, multiple stacks of Halo are regarded as 1 [Neg Status], removes 50% of the stacks when triggered).
Fractal Dimension: Rewrites the incantation's surface. When the incantation is played, it does not cost AP and does not grant Moxie. The incantation cannot be merged. (Does not stack with other effects that rewrite the incantation's surface.)
Static Genesis DMG: This type of Genesis DMG is not affected by relevant stat bonuses.
Continuous Action I: AP +1.
Precast Incantation: A [Precast Incantation] is regarded as an incantation of the same name. At the end of the round, all unused [Precast Incantation] are removed.
The Igniting Wingbeat: When attacking, additionally inflicts 1 stack of [Burn].

Upgrade costs

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Insight

Insight ISharpodonty ×18,000Page of Mineral Wealth ×3Page of Starlit Ascent ×3Shattered Bones ×6Sharp Needle ×5
Insight IISharpodonty ×40,000Scroll of Mineral Wealth ×5Scroll of Starlit Ascent ×5Fox Tail ×5Holy Silver ×5
Insight IIISharpodonty ×200,000Tome of Mineral Wealth ×8Tome of Starlit Ascent ×8Bogeyman ×5Golden Fleece ×3

Levels

Insight 0, level 1 to 30Sharpodonty ×15,080Dust ×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 2Moment of Dissonance ×5
Level 3Moment of Dissonance ×5Magnesia Crystal ×4
Level 4Moment of Dissonance ×5Spell of Banishing ×6Solidus ×3
Level 5Brief Cacophony ×5Esoteric Bones ×3Luminite Ore ×3
Level 6Sharpodonty ×30,000Brief Cacophony ×5Golden Beetle ×3
Level 7Brief Cacophony ×6Golden Grass Incense ×5
Level 8Brief Cacophony ×6Biting Box ×4Perpetual Cog ×4
Level 9Brief Cacophony ×8Holy Silver ×6Cicada Wings ×6
Level 10Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×5Jeweled Egg ×8Bifurcated Skeleton ×8
Level 11Interlaced Shudder ×1Sharpodonty ×120,000Sonorous Knell ×5Golden Compass ×4
Level 12Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6Emerald Slate ×4Winged Key ×5
Level 13Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6Silver Bullet ×5Goose Neck ×5
Level 14Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8Fruit of Good and Evil ×2Goldbell Spirit Bottle ×4
Level 15Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8Walking Terror ×3Bogeyman ×4

Costumes

Lorentz Butterfly
Introduce a little obstacle into their chain of logic.
Lorentz Butterfly
The world itself is a synthesis of chaos.
Finale in Silver
When the death knell tolls at the crescendo, a dying wail is but a single discordant note.

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