Pickles

Pickles

6
Mineral
Mineral
S

Overall

Profile

Personal information
Name
Pickles
Combat information
Rarity
6
Afflatus
Mineral
Damage Type
Mental
Release information
Release date (CN)
July 6th, 2023
Release date (GBL)
October 26th, 2023
Tags
DPS
Support
Dispeller

Skills

Thus Spoke Pickles
Skill

1-target attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG. After that, DMG Dealt +30% for all allies for 2 rounds. If in the [Clarified Topic] status, the duration of this DMG Dealt buff +1 round.

At least I have never wasted one day in this life."

Clarified Topic

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Nihilism Abuse
Skill

✧✧

[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 200% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 50% more Mental DMG.

Nihilism ends here."

✦✦

[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 300% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 75% more Mental DMG.

Nihilism ends here. No one is running away from the ultimate question this time."

✦✦✦

[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 125% more Mental DMG.

Nihilism ends here. Get your bag packed, even though we own nothing but countless questions."

Clarified Topic

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Hedonism Implement
Skill

✧✧

[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 150% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

A smooth, spherical thing."

✦✦

[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 150% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. Dispels all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter].If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

A smooth, spherical thing. He once questioned himself."

✦✦✦

[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 300% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. Dispels all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter].If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

A smooth, spherical thing. He struggled his way out of the swamp of tricky thoughts and let his five senses lead his way."

Clarified Topic

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Inheritance

Insight 1
Proposition
Insight I

When no action is taken this round, gives the caster 1 stack of [Clarified Topic]. Every time [Clarified Topic] is triggered, Moxie +1 for the caster.

Materials
  • Sharpodonty
    Sharpodontyx18000
  • Page of Mineral Wealth
    Page of Mineral Wealthx6
  • Silver Ore
    Silver Orex6
  • Spell of Fortune
    Spell of Fortunex6
Insight 1
Proposition
Insight II

DMG Dealt +8% when the caster enters battle.

Materials
  • Sharpodonty
    Sharpodontyx40000
  • Scroll of Mineral Wealth
    Scroll of Mineral Wealthx10
  • Solidus
    Solidusx3
  • Biting Box
    Biting Boxx4
Insight 1
Proposition
Insight III

Gains 2 stacks of [Clarified Topic] immediately upon entering battle.

Materials
  • Sharpodonty
    Sharpodontyx200000
  • Tome of Mineral Wealth
    Tome of Mineral Wealthx16
  • Incorrupt Monkeypaw
    Incorrupt Monkeypawx6
  • Mistilteinn
    Mistilteinnx3
Special effects

Clarified Topic

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Portray

Pickles Portray
Portray details

Lv. 1

Thus Spoke Pickles: Mental DMG is raised to 575%

Lv. 2

Thus Spoke Pickles's effect changes to: DMG Dealt +40% to all allies.

Lv. 3

Nihilism Abuse's effect changes to: at 1/2/3 stars, if the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, additional Mental DMG dealt is increased to 80/120/200%.

Lv. 4

Hedonism Implement's effect changes to: at 1/2/3 stars, Mental DMG dealt is increased to 165/170/325%.

Lv. 5

Thus Spoke Pickles's effect changes to: deals 650% Mental DMG.

Psychubes

Stats

STAT

Base

Level 1

Level 30

Insight 1

Level 1

Level 40

Insight 2

Level 1

Level 50

Insight 3

Level 1

Level 60

ATK
ATK

251

381

419

639

677

952

987

1120

ATK
HP

1449

2199

2425

3687

3912

5498

5704

6468

ATK
Reality DEF

118

180

197

300

317

447

463

525

ATK
Mental DEF

133

202

221

338

357

503

521

592

ATK
Critical Technique

218

218

247

247

276

276

305

305

ATK
Critical Rate

7.3%

7.3%

8.26%

8.26%

9.23%

9.23%

10.2%

10.2%

ATK
Critical DMG

140.9%

140.9%

142.35%

142.35%

143.8%

143.8%

145.25%

145.25%

Review

Review

Pickles is one of the most versatile characters in the game, holding a great balance of utility while dealing significant damage himself. Similar to Regulus, he's one of those characters who, thanks to his passive ability, “Preposition”, only needs to act every other round. If he has not acted in a particular round, he gains 1 stack of [Clarified Topic] which enhances his next normal Skill and Ultimate, and when this is triggered it gives him moxie for free.

This makes the Puppy incredibly AP generous while building up his own ultimate “Thus Spoke Pickles”, a single target ultimate that deals ST-damage while boosting all allies damage by 30% for 2 rounds. If you still have [Clarified Topic] active when you cast the ultimate, this buff gets extended to 3 rounds.

By boosting all types of damage, and being a very AP-generous character, you can pair Pickles with even the greediest of teammates. Plus, his skill kit in itself all deal pretty decent damage. Additionally, his 2nd skill, “Hedonism Implement,” is able to dispel all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter] from up to 2 enemies starting on skill rank 2. There's almost no situation in which a team wouldn't benefit from a good boy like Pickles.

Pros & Cons
Pros

  • Pickles is one of the most versatile characters in the whole game. He deals good damage himself, while providing a significant damage boost to any damage type for his entire team with his Ultimate.

  • [Clarified Topic] is incredibly easy to gain by simply acting every other turn, additionally he starts with 2 stacks of it upon battle arrival once his Insight is invested enough.

  • He is AP Generous, as he skips acting every other turn, which works well with more greedy teammates. 

  • He can also dispel enemy stat buffs and counters.

Cons

  • The majority of his abilities depend on being in [Clarified Topic] state, so they won't be as effective without it. However, it's easy to obtain, so this shouldn't be an issue.

Ratings
S

Overall

S

Standard (GLB)

S

Standard (CN)

S

Mane (GLB)

A+

Mane (CN)

Pickles is the best boy Support. He has an incredibly AP-generous playstyle, being allowed to essentially AFK every other turn without losing any value. His skills do decent damage while in his special state and his Ultimate is a powerful +DMG Dealt buff for his allies. Plus he's an actual dog.

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