Ms. Stranger

Arcanist

Ms. Stranger

★★★★★★

/Mineral/DPS Ritual

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Introduction

Ms. Stranger is a 6-star Mineral character in Reverse: 1999. Ms. Stranger's role is DPS Ritual. Damage type: Mental.

On the combined Reverse: 1999 tier list Ms. Stranger is S tier, 28th of the 129 characters ranked, from where 2 community tier lists put Ms. Stranger.

Other Mineral characters in Reverse: 1999: Balloon Party, Bette, Brimley, Coppélia, Cornerstone, Cristallo and 20 more.

What Ms. Stranger does

A Mental DPS built around Spelldock position. Cocoon Breaker deals 500% extra when it sits to the left of A Moth to a Flame and builds Last Piece of Herself when it sits to the right.

Phototactic Instinct hits every enemy for 450% and inflicts Self-Deception, and her incantations draw on both Incantation Might and Ultimate Might in full.

Profile

An arcanist's work. Exhibited in the 20th century for 19 years. Completed in spring, on April 13. Originally displayed in Iceland, it was later secretly relocated to St. Pavlov Foundation. Once briefly exhibited in Manus Vindictae.

Dimensions: 70 5/64 x 34 1/4 x 25 19/32 in.

Medium: Phototaxis

Fragrance note: Woody - Black Pepper, Heliotrope, Honey, Sandalwood, Smoke

Afflatus: Dusted Scales [Mineral] Agent

Ms. Stranger's birthday is April 13.

Stories

6
Token of Identity

While working, the interviewee always wears something moth-shaped that hints at her true identity—sometimes a pattern or print, sometimes a piece of jewelry. It's said to help her reveal who she really is when necessary. She never worries that this will draw unwanted attention. Few people can tell one insect from another.

Graceful Disguise

The fan from the interviewee's time undercover among upper-class circles. A steady wave was enough to pull focus during a conversation, giving her an edge when reading people. Now it helps her manage her own expressions. She seems to have lost her precise control over every expression since retiring. A development that she finds delightful.

Klein Blue Ribbon

A ribbon suited to the interviewee's former working environment. She picked it out herself at a clothing store, just an ordinary item off the rack. When asked if the look meant anything, she said it was group culture, something to build a sense of unity.

A War over Loyalty

That Manus Vindictae possesses some means of securing its members' loyalty is a hypothesis that has long circulated.

"Otherwise, how could a bunch of slogan-shouting nobodies steal our supporters?"

And so a competition began—a test of unwavering loyalty. A considerable number of classified techniques were thrown into the fight.

"This is a safeguard for special circumstances. A backup in case the first line of defense falls."

The competition ended with loyalty brought under total control. A byproduct of the Loop Laboratory's experiments had made the Phototaxis a reality.

Yet a competition built on hypothesis could never prove its own worth. The plan was permanently erased.

Today, only a handful of traces remain, their very existence proof that this conflict in the shadows once took place.

Her Special Way of Processing Secret Files

The finance officer stands in a public phone booth, watching his building burn. The black smoke is thickest right where his office was. Three minutes ago he had been in there, working late on some critical documents.

"Who are you?! You tricked me into coming out here, and now look what's happened!"

"It's for your own good." A young woman's voice comes through on the other end. "Forget about today. Your transfer order will arrive tomorrow. You'll have an easy, well-paid job."

The line goes dead.

"My orders didn't include doing that financier any favors."

"He has no memory of the misplaced files. All traces have been removed."

In the black-and-white checkered room, the girl watches the moth resting in her palm and answers her guardian's question.

Based on a True Story

Pandora Wilson: You seem excited for this interview.

Ms. Stranger: Yes. This is the first time I've ever spoken to the press as my true self.

Pandora Wilson: Does it feel like stepping into the light?

Ms. Stranger: In a way, yes. Avoiding journalists and cameras used to be an ironclad rule for me.

Pandora Wilson: A lot of undercover agents find that years of staying hidden leave them with few outlets for self-expression.

Pandora Wilson: And that isolation makes it hard for them to express themselves, so they turn to something like novels instead.

Ms. Stranger: I don't think that's quite the case for me.

Pandora Wilson: You have your own thoughts on that.

Ms. Stranger: Take me as an example ... If I wanted to run a serial in your magazine ...

Pandora Wilson: It would sell. You could have your own column—we're open to any format.

Ms. Stranger: So, would you rather the first issue catch Manus Vindictae's attention, or expose the Foundation's secrets?

Pandora Wilson: I see. When you put it that way, it does seem a little dramatic.

Ms. Stranger: You need a little drama to say anything worth saying, ma'am.

Stats

  • HP49th6,402
  • ATK4th1,262
  • Reality DEF46th525
  • Mental DEF36th538
  • Technique21st515
  • Crit Rate21st17.2%
  • Crit DMG21st155.8%

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: 2,177ATK: 430Reality DEF: 180Mental DEF: 183Technique: 368Crit Rate: 12.3%Crit DMG: 148.4%
  • Insight I, level 40HP: 3,649ATK: 720Reality DEF: 300Mental DEF: 307Technique: 417Crit Rate: 13.9%Crit DMG: 150.9%
  • Insight II, level 50HP: 5,442ATK: 1,073Reality DEF: 447Mental DEF: 458Technique: 466Crit Rate: 15.5%Crit DMG: 153.3%
  • Insight III, level 60HP: 6,402ATK: 1,262Reality DEF: 525Mental DEF: 538Technique: 515Crit Rate: 17.2%Crit DMG: 155.8%

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

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

Skills

3
  • Cocoon Breaker

    Incantation 1

    1-target attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG to 1 enemy. If this incantation was to the right of [A Moth to a Flame] in the Spelldock before casting, gains 2 stacks of [Last Piece of Herself] after attacking. If this incantation was to the left of [A Moth to a Flame] in the Spelldock before casting, this attack deals an additional 500% Mental DMG.

    Densely woven silk, torn thread by thread, until she emerges anew.

    Stars
  • Phototactic Instinct

    Incantation 2

    Mass attack. Deals 450% Mental DMG to all enemies. Inflicts [Self-Deception] on the targets hit for 3 rounds.

    The bulb shines as she flits toward the light, illuminating her vacant body.

    Stars
  • Implanted Memories

    Ultimate

    Self buff. Dispels all [Stats Down] and [Neg Status] effects from self, gains [New Life] for 2 rounds, and gains 1 stack of [Silent Flutter].

    They settle into the most crowded coffin together.

Insight passives

4
  • Precognition

    Passive

    When entering battle or at the start of the next round after losing [A Moth to a Flame], generates 1 [A Moth to a Flame] in the leftmost position of the Spelldock (but no further than the 9th position from the right). [A Moth to a Flame] starts locked and cannot be used or moved. At the start of the round, if [A Moth to a Flame] is in the rightmost position of the Spelldock, dispels all [Control] effects from Ms. Stranger and unlocks [A Moth to a Flame], which becomes usable.

  • A Lady's Mask

    Insight I

    Ultimate does not take up the allied Incantation Draw Limit. When [A Moth to a Flame] unlocks, Ms. Stranger gains Moxie +3. Ms. Stranger's incantations simultaneously benefit from Incantation Might at a 100% rate and Ultimate Might at a 100% rate.

  • A Lady's Mask II

    Insight II

    DMG Dealt +8% when entering battle.

  • A Lady's Mask III

    Insight III

    When entering battle, the first generated [A Moth to a Flame] immediately moves 8 positions to the right and gains enhancements 16 times (prioritizing enhancements with the fewest stacks). Whenever an enemy's Afflatus Guard is reduced to 0, Ms. Stranger gains 1 stack of [Last Piece of Herself].

Portraits

5
  1. P1Precognition: Ms. Stranger now gains 2 stacks of [Last Piece of Herself] whenever an enemy's Afflatus Guard is broken. Implanted Memories: [A Moth to a Flame] cast via [Silent Flutter] now gains 3 stacks of each of the 4 enhancements.
  2. P2Implanted Memories: [New Life] now grants Penetration Rate +30% to [A Moth to a Flame] and grants DMG Bonus +60%. [A Moth to a Flame] cast via [Silent Flutter] now gains 4 stacks of each of the 4 enhancements.
  3. P3Phototactic Instinct: [Self-Deception] now inflicts DMG Taken Reduction -30% and grants Critical Rate +20% and Critical DMG +40% to [A Moth to a Flame].
  4. P4Precognition: Ms. Stranger's incantations now benefit from Incantation Might at a 120% rate and Ultimate Might at a 120% rate.
  5. P5Precognition: [A Moth to a Flame] now deals 560% Mental DMG, and its enhancements become stronger: [Type 1]: This attack now deals an additional 140% Mental DMG, plus an additional 560% Mental DMG to the main target. [Type 2]: This attack now deals an additional 420% Mental DMG. [Type 3]: This attack gains Critical Rate +10% and Ultimate Might +15%. [Type 4]: This attack gains Critical DMG +15% and Incantation Might +15%.

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

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 Ms. Stranger's board in the Resonance builder.

Terms in this kit

6
Control
Statuses that limit characters' actions: Daze, Petrify, Nightmare, Freeze, Disarm, Silence, Seal.
New Life
DMG Taken Reduction +20%, DMG Bonus +60%, [A Moth to a Flame]'s Penetration Rate +30% (gaining this status again extends its duration, undispellable).
Self-Deception
DMG Taken Reduction -30%. When attacked by [A Moth to a Flame], grants an additional Critical Rate +20% and Critical DMG +40% to [A Moth to a Flame] (gaining this status again refreshes its duration).
Silent Flutter
After Ms. Stranger actively attacks with any incantation, consumes 1 stack of [Silent Flutter] to cast [A Moth to a Flame] 1 additional time; this attack has 4 stacks of each of the 4 enhancements and does not count as an extra action (stackable up to 10 times, undispellable).
A Moth to a Flame
1-target attack. Deals 560% Mental DMG to 1 enemy (does not consume AP; this incantation is a [Sovereign Incantation] and counts as an Ultimate). Based on the types of incantations/Ultimates actively cast by allies in the AP Area, [A Moth to a Flame] will gain 4 types of enhancements, with each type stacking up to 4 times. When actively casting [A Moth to a Flame], for each stack of each enhancement type, this attack gains the following effects: [Type 1: 1-Target Attack/Debuff]: This attack deals an additional 140% Mental DMG, plus an additional 560% Mental DMG to the main target. [Type 2: Mass Attack/Debuff]: This attack deals an additional 420% Mental DMG and attacks 1 additional target. [Type 3: Buff/Counter]: This attack gains Critical Rate +10% and Ultimate Might +15%. [Type 4: Heal/Channel]: This attack gains Critical DMG +15% and Incantation Might +15%.
Last Piece of Herself
When gaining [A Moth to a Flame], consumes up to 4 stacks to move [A Moth to a Flame] an equal number of positions right on the Spelldock and grant (number of consumed stacks x2) enhancements to [A Moth to a Flame] (prioritizes types of enhancements with the fewest stacks, stackable up to 10 times, undispellable).

Upgrade costs

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Insight

  • Insight ISharpodonty ×18,000Page of Mineral Wealth ×6Magnesia Crystal ×6Esoteric Bones ×5
  • Insight IISharpodonty ×40,000Scroll of Mineral Wealth ×10Fox Tail ×6Golden Beetle ×6
  • Insight IIISharpodonty ×200,000Tome of Mineral Wealth ×16Emerald Slate ×6Rheingold ×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 ×5Shattered Bones ×4Solidus ×3
  • Level 5Brief Cacophony ×5Liquefied Terror ×3Rough Silver Ingot ×4
  • Level 6Sharpodonty ×30,000Brief Cacophony ×5Clawed Pendulum ×3
  • Level 7Brief Cacophony ×6Prophetic Bird ×5
  • Level 8Brief Cacophony ×6Holy Silver ×4Cicada Wings ×5
  • Level 9Brief Cacophony ×8Biting Box ×4Perpetual Cog ×4
  • Level 10Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×5Bifurcated Skeleton ×8Red Lacquer Slab ×6
  • Level 11Interlaced Shudder ×1Sharpodonty ×120,000Sonorous Knell ×5Platinum Ouija ×4
  • Level 12Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6Emerald Slate ×4Golden Grass Incense ×5
  • Level 13Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×6Silver Bullet ×5Winged Key ×6
  • Level 14Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8Mistilteinn ×2Watch Core ×4
  • Level 15Interlaced Shudder ×1Sonorous Knell ×8Rheingold ×3Bogeyman ×4

Costumes

2
  • Ms. Stranger

    Turn off the lights and listen: her wings crack in the dark.

  • Ms. Stranger in Ms. Stranger

    Ms. Stranger

    She still walks that same dark path, but for the first time, she makes her own decisions along the way.

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