[Jeong's Office Rep] Ishmael

Jeong Office Ishmael is an ID that heavily rewards the player by paying attention to her gimmicks. The gimmick, although quite simple, is very effective.

Starting with her Passive, Koi-Koi, she gains Bright at the start of every turn if she does not have it. Bright is split between Potency and Count, Potency being what you stack up, and Count essentially being a timer that resets Bright Potency every 3 turns. For every Bright Potency you have, Ishmael will also gain 1 Offense Level Up. 1 Bright Potency is also gained whenever Ishmael uses her Skill 3 or an EGO Skill.

The main gimmick of Jeong Office Ishmael lies in her 3 Suits and a general process called “Forming a Hand.” The color of the Suits corresponds with the 3 Skills that Ishmael has, and they will add a buff for the skill that the Suit is matching. To give an example, the Suit “Hand - Pine Crane Suit” is Red, and adds +2 Base Power to Ishmael’s Skill 1. When Ishmael uses a Wrath skill or EGO Skill, it’ll activate the “forming a Hand” effects on the Koi-Koi passive. A good indicator of what skill to use is the glow of Ishmael’s blade while in combat. If Ishmael’s sword is yellow, that means to use a Sloth skill or EGO, and if Ishmael’s sword is blue, that means to use a Gloom skill or EGO. Additionally, at the start of combat, the current Suit Ishmael has will change next turn, corresponding to the Skill’s sin used in this combat phase,

With that being said, let’s explain what “Forming a Hand” actually means. When a Hand is “formed,” Ishmael will gain 1 Bright Potency. If she formed a Hand last turn and this turn in succession, she will also gain an additional 1 Bright Potency. The skill used to form a Hand will also trigger “Tremor Burst,” which will then reduce the target’s Tremor Count by 1. Finally, at a 25% chance, you will gain 1 EGO Resource based on the skill used to form a Hand.

The reward for successfully playing the gimmick is that when you have 5 Bright Potency, or you’ve run out of time and Bright’s Count goes down to 0, Ishmael will use her alternate Skill 3, Kozan, immediately after the end of her currently used skill. Explaining Kozan:

• Skill 3-2 - Kozan - Base Roll 9 - Final Roll 30 -  At less than 3 Bright Potency, this skill will be cancelled and Ishmael will get 2 Attack Power Up next turn; however, at 3+ Bright Potency, this skill will gain effects based on Potency. Kozan will deal +10% damage per 1 Bright Potency. At 4+ Potency, Kozan will gain +1 Base Power, and at 5 Potency, the final reused coin of this skill will trigger Tremor Burst twice, then reduce the target’s Tremor Count by 1. This skill will have its coin reused up to 4 times based on the amount of Bright Potency Ishmael has when it is used, and if the target were to die before all the coins are reused, you’ll have your Bright Potency refunded. This skill also doesn’t trigger Defense Skills.

With the main gimmick covered, let’s go over Ishmael’s skills:

• Skill 1 - Tsuru-giri - Base Roll 12, Max Roll 18 - If the other skill in the same Skill Slot is a different Skill, this Skill will Discard that skill. This makes “forming a Hand” more consistent and easier to do. All of the other skills have this effect as well. This skill will also gain 1 Coin Power for every 6 Tremor and/or Sinking on the target, maxing out at 2.

• Skill 2 - Suzuki Misdirection - Base Roll 16 - Max Roll 23 - This skill will also gain 1 Coin Power for every 6 Tremor and/or Sinking on the target, maxing out at 2.

• Skill 3 - Sakura-sen - Base Roll 17 - Max Roll 27 - This skill does +10% additional damage for every Bright Potency that Ishmael has, and it also gains 1 Coin Power for every 6 Tremor and/or Sinking on the target, maxing out at 2. The final coin of this skill will deal +48% additional damage if the target is in either Amplitude Conversion or Amplitude Entanglement states; however, if the target isn’t in an Amplitude Conversion state, it will trigger Amplitude Conversion into Tremor - Decay.

• Clashable Counter - Shuffle Hands - Floral Deck - Base Roll 13 - Max Roll 17 - This skill is mainly used to discard 2 Skills of the lowest rank in all of Ishmael’s Skill Slots and essentially change the current Suit that Ishmael has, the Suit being changed into a random one that corresponds to one of the skills Ishmael has next turn. Do note that the Suit changed cannot be the same Suit that Ishmael already has when the Counter is used. This skill also has a 50% chance to gain 1 Bright Potency.

Jeong Ishmael’s gameplay loop is essentially to just match the color. You have many different resources to consistently be able to stack up Bright and deal a lot of burst damage with Kozan.

No Notable Team/ID Synergies

No Notable E.G.O Synergies