[LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder] Yi Sang

Sometimes you look at certain Identities, and they make you wonder: What was going on in the Designer’s head? After so many powerful and interesting Identities in Season 7, we are now at such a moment with mediocrity incarnate, the new charge Rupture Identity [LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder Yi Sang].

Let's look at the new effects, passives, and skills first to get a broader picture.

• Dimensional Castaway - A status that gives Yi Sang a shield before he is hit. It is mostly for Yi Sang to follow up after an ally’s attack with his Skill 1.

• Quadricolor Dimensions - This buff might as well be called poor man’s shin. Yi Sang gains 1 stack after a follow-up attack, evade, and after using either Skill 3-1 or Skill 3-2. Ordered by the number of stacks, it is a simple 1 Offense Level, 2 Defense Level, +1 Charge Count from skills, and a meager 20% dmg buff is all that Quadricolor Dimensions does. Compared to effects we got on Identities in Season 7 alone, it is really a sad effect to look at. 

Both of those effects are part of the “Open Alley” passive, which allows for Charge Potency gain after consuming a cumulative 10 Charge Count and allows for follow-ups to occur, consuming 1 Dimensional Castaway stack to gain 1 Quadricolor Dimensions.

The next passive is VelocityAndCoordinatesAndVelocity. Another max 20% dmg boost based on speed difference and Haste Gain based on Charge Potency. And that is all for passives AND damage buffs in Yi Sang’s kit. A 40% overall damage boost in the whole kit, in this day and age? It feels just wrong.

Next is the support passive, which is a simple 1 Haste for the fastest unit that consumes Charge Count. Now, for the skills.

• Skill 1 - Dimensional Slice - 1 Coin - Base Roll 13 - Max Roll 17 (Reuse on damage 25) - Rupture count negative skill that, even with reuse of coin (which consumes 1 Dimensional Castaway without giving any Quadricolor Dimensions), does barely any damage due to lack of damage modifiers.

• Skill 2 - Consecutive Dimensional Slice - 2 Coins - Base Roll 16 - Max Roll 25 - Same situation as with skill one: Rupture count negative skill with barely any damage potential. Applying 1 Dimensional Rift status, which equals 1 Rupture Count next turn, is laughable and impractical.

• Skill 3-1 - Rip Space - 3 Coins - Base Roll 17 - Max Roll 27 - It is just skill 2 with 1 more coin and 1 more Dimensional Rift infliction. The saddest Rip Space in game.

• Skill 3-2 - Four-dimensional Refraction Time Series Severance - 4 Coins - Base Roll 17 - Max Roll 29 (Reuse on damage 34) - For such a cool name, this skill is disappointing. No damage modifiers in Skill 3-2, combined with the lack of Rupture Count infliction, feels surreal, and to top it all off, it's an unfocused volley skill. High rolls alone are not enough for serious damage nowadays. The only thing this skill has going for it is maxing out Quadricolor Dimensions status, and making sure Yi Sang has it maxed next turn if it is already maxed the turn it is used.

• Defensive Skill - Evade - Sidestep - Min roll and Max Roll 14 - If it were not for Charge Barrier turning into Charge Count next turn, this skill would be questionable. A 14-rolling evade that is used mainly for stacking Yi Sang’s Dimensional Castaway and Quardricolor Dimensions effects and gaining Charge Count. Essentially, he consumes his own HP to raise his Charge Count to 7. Aside from that, it can also grant Yi Sang Haste and heals, but it is only if he has more than 15 Charge Count, consuming the surplus Charge Count. When combined with his 2nd passive, it can make him among the fastest in a team, but sadly, with no Rupture Count in a kit, he will eat count before anybody else in a team can act, potentially sabotaging Rupture Count.

Now, after seeing the whole kit of [LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder Yi Sang], let's talk about the biggest issue of this Identity, which is the existence of [W Corp. L3 Cleanup Agent Yi Sang]. Even when W Corp. Yi Sang rolls lower and has no damage modifiers, he not only applies way more Rupture Count, which in turn makes him do more damage and provide more damage in a team, but he also has better synergy with Yi Sang’s Dimension Shredder E.G.O. Those 2 aspects alone turn [LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder Yi Sang] into the biggest disappointment of Season 7.

Overall, [LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder Yi Sang] is among the most middling releases in Limbus Company, and if anybody asks if they should get this Identity, they should be pointed out to get [W Corp. L3 Cleanup Agent Yi Sang] instead.

ID/Team Synergies:

• [LCE E.G.O::AEDD Gregor] - If you want to use [LCE E.G.O::Dimension Shredder Yi Sang], you need Gregor, as he allows Yi Sang to ramp up faster and boost his damage a little bit.

E.G.O Synergies:

• Dimension Shredder - MANDATORY for fixing Rupture Count negativity and getting him more Charge Count.