Does one takes priority over the other? Is it the most recent one that's used? These are important questions we need answers to

For those unfamiliar with what mirror life is, most compounds and molecules in life have chirality, or handedness if you will; there being left and right hand (mirrored) versions of each other.

Most life follows only one of the possible arrangements, and mirror life is the idea that life could exist using the exact same molecules but with the opposite chirality that normal life has.

There's fears that mirror life could take over if it were to be created as it goes against everything that makes normal life work. There are things for example known as prions which are misfolded proteins that causes other proteins to misfold; there are no known cures for prion diseases and they're 100% fatal.

When you look at the most recent chapter and how Starless want to replace their originals, there are parallels that can be drawn with the modern day idea of mirror life.

Since Robin Summeretto has a memosprite, but also can't take any action while her song is up, what happens when the memosprite dies?

You would think that e2 giving yet another assist skill should make Decimation that much stronger, but I see the general consensus is that Verdict is much stronger for e2, so I'm curious as to where this consensus is coming from.

Himeko shouldn't be overcapping on energy with the extra assists so it's not like you're getting more ult activations off relative to assist skill usage.

Low key surprised I was actually able to do it, and with some dmg to spare too. No Global passives either, just a clean 5 cost clear.

One of the most interesting things about this run is that you can actually clear the 1st wave a whole lot faster, but doing so means you won't have Welt's ult up for the start of Graphia, which actually ends up making the run take significantly longer. Holding onto Welt's ult to use at the start of the 2nd wave saves around 50-100 AV which is nuts

What substat is generally speaking more important for Himeko Nova? In most cases Crit Dmg would triumph over Atk, but Himeko gets a massive 200% crit dmg from Decimation. In fact, between her light cone and base kit the only stats she doesn't get is crit rate and atk.

So what should be our sub-stat priority after crit rate?

Foreword:

When I say quick and dirty, I mean quick and dirty. The main goal is to really just introduce people to the fight so they have an idea of what to expect since I've seen some truly idiotic things in pubs.

- Phase 1

The general strategy is as follows: Left Arm, Tail, Right Arm. Proceeding in this manner makes the fight overall easier to deal with.

When attacking from the front it's much easier to see incoming attacks, which reduces the odds of getting blindsided.

After the 1st arm breaks, the tail will proceed to try and nuke the field. During this time Solus will not move, making it much easier to destroy the tail since you're not constantly chasing it down, or dealing with Solus's back attacks.

During Phase 1 there will be 2-3 red squares circling the map. They always move in a clockwise manner. There will be a yellow ring falling in each square and when that ring reaches the bottom it'll unleash unblockable rain that can outright kill you. It has no hitstun so you can run out of it / PB / MARS if need be.

The fight will start with 2 squares and then add a 3rd one after breaking the 1st arm.

Outside of this Phase 1 is pretty much the same as the previous Solus fight.

- Phase 2

Phase 2 will always start with Solus summoning unblockable pillars randomly before raising an unblockable wave that coveres the ground. There will be an audio queue for the wave with a ticking sound followed by a higher pitched sound for the actual attack. You can dash jump over the wave to dodge it.

The big spinning wall in Phase 2 has been upgraded into a Blender, with each blade spinning in the opposite direction. Best way to dodge is to go to one of the 4 corners on the map. If you think of the stage like a grid, the walls will overlap each other on the two coordinate axis, meaining you will have no room to avoid the blades there. By being in a corner it'll give you the most time to jump over the blades as that is when they're farthest apart. One dash jump is enough to jump over the lower blade. Remember to be mindful of the orbs that will spawn on your location throughout this pattern. If you get an orb to spawn where the staff will be when Solus comes back on stage you can abuse it for big dmg (as dodge-type counters will not pop the bubble, allowing you to get multiple counters off).

The slow big wall with gaps has been changed. You'll hear a high pitch audio queue as solus flies to the opposite side of the stage, before unleashing 3 walls. The first two walls cover the entire stage but can be dodged / guarded against. The last wall is unblockable but has larger gaps you can jump through. Getting hit by any wall will stun you (the last unblockable wall can also still move you even if you're in special i-frames like PB, you won't take dmg but your model will be shoved).

The stab pattern has been upgraded to have a much larger AoE and stun the player if they get hit. It'll do 1-3 slow stabs before doing a series of faster stabs. The final stab of the pattern will have an unblockable center area but a blockable outer area. This is one of the best patterns for dealing dmg.

The line AoE attacks into the center bomb pattern is mostly still the same, except the center bomb now has suction.

Solus throwing his staff into the center of the stage to release shockwaves is mostly the same, except the floor is lava. Seriously, the floor is lava. The entire ground is an unblockable zone that will periodically do dmg to you if you're touching it. The ceiling during this is also much lower so you can't jump too high or you'll get blasted. As long as you're not touching the ground you're safe.

Solus's off-field sweeps are still here, but now feature an afterimage attack. The afterimage attack is indicated on the field by a purple zone, and once the ring in that zone reaches the perimeter it attacks. The afterimage attacks are sometimes disjointed from the mainbody attack so be mindful of positioning and i-frames.

Bullet hell Pattern:

At some point in Phase 2 when Solus's HP hits a specific threshold it will fly off stage and then launch an unblockable spear in the center of the stage, followed by unblockable pillars. The spear throw will leave 4 cubes that can summon walls, which are needed as Solus will then circle around the field shooting cubes before culminating in a massive laser (it'll fake out the attack by charging on one side before warping to the opposite side to fire the laser).

The cubes that summon the wall spawns with one cube closer to each wall. When placing the cubes throw them in the direction of the wall they're closest to. This'll make it much easier to cover all sides, as Solus's attacks only comes from the cardinal directions.

This pattern is not over yet though as after the laser Solus will then launch an unblockable covering the entire field, save one safe spot. The safe cube will be in one of the 4 corners of the map. There's enough time to run from the center to one of the safe spots, but you do have to be quick.

- Phase 3

This is the 3x3 grid. Solus will use some of the patterns from Phase 2 in this phase, such as the walls. During this phase unblockable rain will fall on random Cores every so often (you'll see the area covered in red when they're being targeted).

SAVE THE CENTER CORE FOR LAST

When you destroy the center core it'll start doing the suction bomb move from Phase 2, which results in some very bad situations (e.g. getting dragged into an unblockable). This can straight up end runs if you get unlucky. It is worth reiterating again:

SAVE THE CENTER CORE FOR LAST

Aside from this, Solus will also do some rain drops that can be countered, as well as targeted mini-shots that can also be countered.

- Phase 4

Alongside the usual slow explosion from the previous Solus fight, Solus also now drops bricks on you. The bricks are evenly spaced out, happening 3 at a time. Everything can be countered.

Afterword:

DO NOT USE MARS. Seriously, just don't. MARS does have niche use as a full restore when you're trapped in an unblockable, but if you're using it for damage you're straight up griefing your team. MARS does not have the dps necessary to clear the dps check in Phase 1, and if it doesn't have enough dps for that it straight up does not have enough dps period.

Regarding subclasses, Bo is your best bet here. The Arms and Tail count as destructable parts which allows you to max out the passive, giving you 3% pot and 6% dmg reduction. The extra down factor is also useful as lvl 120 enemies require more down factor accumulation than lvl 100.

Te sub can be a niche option as well, but this will heavily depend on your build and team comp. For some teams and builds Te sub can allow you to squeeze out an extra PB which can be quite strong.

You only need around 51k dps average across the team to clear in time, this is quite lenient all things considered. Damage is generally not a concern, rather not dying is. This fight punishes poor positioning hard, so the focus should be more on not dying rather than maximizing dmg output.

This quick and dirty turned out to not be all that quick in hindsight, but hopefully this'll help people and make pubs a tad bit more bearable.

If anyone has anything they think is worth adding or changing just let me know.

1. Increases Air Polution, which negatively impacts both short-term and long-term health

2. Contributes to Climate Change

3. Disturbs the peace, especially at night when people are trying to sleep/rest

4. Causes injury to people and damage to property

Personally I want her Verdict / Decimate to bleed over for a turn into the other mode. Would make her two different modes feel so much better to use if the buffs lingered for a turn after switching.