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Alice Margatroid (Skilled Droid Engineer)

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Skilled Droid Engineer

Stats

Element Type Chart

Shimo Bashira
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Shimo Bashira (a Touhou LW original) refers to small pillars of ice that form when capillary action causes water particles below the ground to rise up in below-freezing conditions. This is the temperament of the puppeteer Alice, who's become a lowly engineer, albeit one capable of creating any item. Her temperament was reformed by exchanging magical principles for the laws of physics.

This temperament is specialized to solely resist Moon Essence.
sun_neutral
Sun
moon_weak
Moon
fire_neutral
Fire
water_neutral
Water
wood_neutral
Wood
metal_neutral
Metal
earth_neutral
Earth
star_neutral
Star

Character Shots

The Spread Shot of Alice Margatroid, the mechanical engineer (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with her gas-welding doll. Alice simply calls this gas welding, but, in fact, it's an engineering process of the far future that involves welding vaporized circuit particles, which are a type of meta-material. It's similar to printing circuit boards. This technique, which allows intricate circuit boards to be made freely and instantaneously, is made possible by Alice's doll magic.
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AND-Circuit Particle
x10 Yang
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OR-Circuit Particle
x3 Yin 1
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NOT-Circuit Particle
x2 Yin 1
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XOR-Circuit Particle
x2 Yang 2
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NAND-Circuit Particle
x2 Yang 2
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NOR-Circuit Particle
x2 Yin 3
The Focus Shot of Alice Margatroid, the mechanical engineer (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with her arc-welding doll. Alice simply calls this arc welding, but, in fact, it's an engineering process of the far future that involves building a structure by adjusting the parameters of variable-material filaments, which are a type of meta-material. It's similar to 3D printing. This technique, which allows for the production of items of any shape and with any number of properties, is made possible by Alice's doll magic.
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Electromagnetic Meta-Filament
x8 Yang
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Thermodynamic Meta-Filament
x2 Yang 1
Solo
Acoustic Meta-Filament
x1 Yang 1
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Physical Meta-Filament
x1 Yin 2
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Quantum Meta-Filament
x1 Yin 2
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Liquid Meta-Filament
x1 Yin 3

Character Spell Cards

Available
Available
Limit Break 1
Limit Break 2
Limit Break 3
A Spell Card of Alice Margatroid, the mechanical engineer. She launches an attack by manipulating her dolls. As a magician, Alice is proficient in all types of magic, but doll magic is by far her favorite kind to use. That holds true for this Alice, who comes from an alternate future. She can manipulate several human-shaped mechanical dolls at the same time. You might think anyone could do the same given they had the controller, but you'd most likely be wrong.
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
Own Evasion 4 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Party's CRIT ATK 2 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Paralyze to all targets (2 turns).
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Mechanical Marionette - Model One
x16 Yang
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Mechanical Marionette - Model Two
x4 Yin 1
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Mechanical Marionette - Model Three
x4 Yang 2
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Mechanical Marionette - Alternative Model
x4 Yin 2
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Mechanical Marionette - Reference Model
x4 Yang 2
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Mechanical Marionette - Variant Model
x4 Yin 3
A Spell Card of Alice Margatroid, the mechanical engineer. She launches an attack by manipulating her dolls. This and Alice's other Spell Card must have existed in our world too. However, there are extraordinarily few historical documents available. You can read up on Spell Cards in the handful of grimoires and the like that still exist. But even in the grimoires, you'll find nothing written about this Alice's Spell Cards.
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Yang ATK 2 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Spirit Power 0.75 UP.
Inflicts 3 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to target (3 turns).
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Mechanical Puppet - Auxiliary Design
x17 Yang
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Mechanical Puppet - Alternative Design
x4 Yang 1
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Mechanical Puppet - New Design
x4 Yang 2
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Mechanical Puppet - Fixed Design
x4 Yang 2
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Mechanical Puppet - Design One
x4 Yang 3
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Mechanical Puppet - Design Two
x4 Yang 3
The Last Word of Alice Margatroid, the mechanical engineer (a Touhou LW original). She launches an attack using her magical mechanical workshop. What is magic when compared to science and technology? The boundary between them may be far more complex yet obvious than you imagine. Come to think of it, a famous science fiction writer once said something similar... For now, at least, it seems you'd do well to rid yourself of the notion that magic and science are opposed to one another and that they cannot coexist. That applies especially to the alternate future, in which it wouldn't be strange for the meanings of ''magic'' and ''science,'' as well as all their connotations, to have changed drastically. This is no different from the way words from the past are used differently in the present. Even the pronunciation of some words may change over time. All of the above applies to humans, so it must surely apply to dolls too...
*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.
Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Yang ATK 3 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Party's Yang DEF 4 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Party's CRIT ATK 4 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Post-Attack Spell Card Effects
Party's Spirit Power 2.00 UP.
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Controller Puppet
x21 Yang
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Meta-Material Puppet A
x4 Yang 1
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Gas-Welding Puppet
x4 Yang 2
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Meta-Material Puppet B
x4 Yang 2
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Arc-Welding Puppet
x4 Yang 3
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Meta-Material Puppet C
x4 Yang 3

Character Ability

Capable of handling dolls (Concealed)
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The ability of the secret Alice Margatroid (a Touhou LW original). Alice's original ability became this one when it was concealed by the system of the Capital. However, due to miscellaneous adjustments and the construction of alternate functions, Alice's doll-handling capabilities are unchanged.

The prediction that this world's Alice would work in the Capital as an engineer was made by the Capital itself. However, that didn't come to pass. Instead, she was chased out of the Capital. Where she fled to differs from parallel world to parallel world, even between those in the same universe. In one such world, she became a member of the underground organization, Xanadu, who she works for as an expert engineer under the name the Puppeteer. In another world, she joined the rebellion, and makes specialized military outfits for humans. However, in some worlds, she is a member of both Xanadu and the rebellion.

There is another important factor which determines Alice's fate in a given world, and that's what becomes of magic. In worlds where magic is totally lost, she is fated to become an Archive like all the other youkai. In worlds where magic gets weaker, Alice entrusts her knowledge of it to the humans, and slowly morphs into an Archive. In worlds where magic remains, Alice uses it to create specialized military outfits. Whatever the case, Alice is unable to achieve her goals alone, and must depend on the strength of her and her allies' bonds.

Thanks to Alice, information about certain youkai in similar positions to herself has come to light. Yuyuko Saigyouji specialized in acquiring Archive data. Remilia Scarlet specialized in creating meta-materials. Yukari Yakumo specialized in creating blueprints based on Archives.
Immune to Barrier Status: Burn & Paralyze. When attacked with Burn or Paralyze, recovers 5% of own HP.
When using Boost, party's Yang ATK 1 level UP (1 turn).
When using Graze, party's Yang ATK 1 level UP (1 turn).

Character Skills

CD 2
Party's Accuracy 3 level(s) UP (3 turns).
Own Spirit Power 0.60 UP.
Grants Quick to self.
Info
A puppet in the same attire as Alice. Its movements are slick. So much so that some believe it to be autonomous.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Accuracy Level Up
Value 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3
Rate 0 20 40 60 80 0 20 60 60 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
Spirit Power Up
Value 0.25 0.25 0.3 0.3 0.35 0.35 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Quick
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CD 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2
CD 5
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Paralyze to all targets (3 turns). [Additional effect +1 with success rate 50%.]
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Paralyze to party (1 turn).
Adds 2 layer(s) to party's Barrier.
Info
The doll with the seemingly calm attitude is Alice's Hourai doll. However, Alice is controlling them both.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Barrier Paralyze
Value 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Rate 50 60 70 80 90 0 10 20 30 50
Add 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Barrier Paralyze
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Adds Layer to Barrier
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
CD 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
CD 5
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to all targets (3 turns). [Additional effect +1 with success rate 50%.]
Inflicts 2 layer(s) of Barrier Status: Burn to party (1 turn).
Party's Spirit Power 1.20 UP.
Info
All the future dolls do their best. (This one is Alice's Shanghai doll.) So long as this doll is with Alice, it's happy as can be.
Skill Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Barrier Burn
Value 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Rate 50 60 70 80 90 0 10 20 30 50
Add 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
Barrier Burn
Value 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Rate 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0
Add 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Spirit Power Up
Value 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.2
Rate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
CD 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Character Characteristics

Droid Engineer
When attacked, DMG from Metal Element 35% DOWN. [Success rate 100%.]
The Puppeteer
After being attacked, own Yang ATK 1 level UP (3 turns). [Success rate 70%.]
Meta-Material Recycling
When turn starts, recovers 20% of own HP. [Success rate 100%.]

Character Change Effect

Power Link
When switching places with a rear-guard unit, other unit's Spirit Power UP.
When switching places with a front-guard unit, front guard's Spirit Power UP.

Upgrade Costs

Rank Coins Materials
0 -> 1 1000
1 -> 2 2,000
2 -> 3 5,000
3 -> 4 10,000
4 -> 5 15,000

Character Analysis

Alice Margatroid (Skilled Droid Engineer) was released on May 19th 2023 in "Ultra Festival Prayer: Cyberpunk Puppeteer." For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the Discord Official Discord Server.

Another Alice, another Wonderland…or Cyberland? It’s one thing to be the puppeteer we all know her for, but to also be skilled at crafting military outfits is quite impressive too. Not only do we know her as the Seven Colored Puppeteer, but it turns out that title couldn’t be more accurate when she has to bring the artillery of her own, and despite straying the furthest from Gensokyo of the current variants of Alice Margatroid, know what she doesn’t have her tail between her legs because she will do what she does best, whether it be engineering at the atelier or bringing herself (and her dolls) to the forefront.

B5 Alice Margatroid is a Support-Class Friend who keeps the team going with Spirit Power, Yang ATK, CRIT ATK, Yang DEF and Accuracy buffs.

As a Supporter

  • Provides the team a lot of Spirit Power via Skill 3, Second Spell Card and Last Word.
  • Yang ATK buffs from Boosting, Grazing, Second Spell Card and Last Word.
  • Team-wide Barriers from Skill 2.
  • Accuracy buffs from Skill 1, having a 2 Turn Cooldown yet lasts for 3 Turns.
  • Yang DEF buffs for the team via Last Word.

As a Tank

  • Will gain 5% HP when hit with a Burn or Paralyze anomaly. This can be achieved via Skills 2 and 3 as well as on some Spell Card/Last Word bullet lines.
  • Passive 3 allows her to heal her own HP by 20% every turn.
  • Takes 35% less damage from Metal elemental bullets via Passive 1.

As an Attacker

  • Has Killers including Soul, Lunar Capital, Machine and Moon Rabbit.
  • Has access to both Hard and Slice scaling.

As a Utility

  • Can inflict and break Paralyze anomalies; inflictions are done via Skill 2 and First Spell Card. Are broken via Spread Shot, First Spell Card and Last Word.
  • Can inflict and break Burn anomalies; inflictions are done via Skill 3 and Second Spell Card. Can be broken via Second Spell Card and Last Word.
  • Due to having Specular on all Second Spell Card and Last Word bullets, she also benefits from Yin DEF debuffing on enemies, which some do appear on her Last Word bullet lines.

Story Card Recommendations

(Card recommendations last updated on December 24, 2023)

Spell Card

B5 Alice will want to have Spirit Power and Yang ATK UP cards to get the most out of her. For Spirit Power, The Witch of Scarlet Dreams never fails in terms of what it sets out to do, and that includes here, but if you want to double down on Spirit Power support, Myouren Temple Anniversary works very well too, also having a small Metal boost. Next we have cards like How Irrational, Ordinary Magician and Kasen’s Senkai. The first of the bunch also has a slight Boost in Sharp bullets which will have its benefits too, but Nameless Adventurers will help B5 Alice double down on Yang ATK buffs if necessary. Lastly, for pure damage, cards like I’m Alright! or Sporadically Margaret are also great for their Sharp bullet buffs by 50%, with the former also giving her an extra Barrier.

Last Word

Another Alice with Sharp in her Last Word means that B5 Alice will also see great benefit from Sporadically Margaret, due to the 50% Sharp effect it entails. The 1 line of Wood B5 Alice also has is all the difference that was needed to put it firmly above the still useful I’m Alright! Story Card, with a Barrier effect if that can see some use. Next up, despite not being available as of this moment, Disillusion is surprisingly not a bad choice due to 3 lines of her Last Word getting a 50% boost due to being Metal. There is also a slight team Yang ATK buff as a result of the card’s additional Support-exclusive effect too. If any of the above aren’t available to you, cards like The Heat of my Fingertips, How Irrational…, Myouren Temple Anniversary and Dancing With Butterflies.

Character Skill Level Up Recommendations

Since Spirit Power is important, we can start with the last Skill, Gas-Welding Puppet as it boosts the team’s whole Spirit Power count by 1.20. Next up is the first Skill, Controller Puppet. Additional Spirit Power for B5 Alice as well as even more effective team Accuracy helps a lot. Lastly is the situational second skill, Arc-Welding Puppet which is rather situational due to the team-wide Paralyze anomalies onto her team, but Barriers for them as well as Paralyze anomalies also on her foes can be useful.

Character Strengths

Very Helpful Support

B5 Alice comes with all kinds of high-tech support to help the team. These include Barriers, Yang DEF, Yang ATK, CRIT ATK, a good amount of Spirit Power, and even Accuracy buffs that can be stacked up! This can be achieved via her Skill 1 which has a cooldown rate (2 turns) lower than the duration of this effect (3 turns) meaning it’s definitely possible to max out this stat if you give this engineer long enough to perfect the team’s aim!

Atelier of Anomalies

There is a lot that B5 Alice can do with Burn and Paralyze anomalies. She could use them to inflict and break barriers on enemies, using them to heal her own HP by 5% as per her ability, or even subject allies to it, which the correct ones will definitely appreciate if they benefit from it. With Spell Cards providing an accessible way to both inflict and break an anomaly at once, you’ll definitely find a benefit in that field.

Character Weaknesses

Limited Killers

B5 Alice generally struggles with dealing damage, as her Killer range isn’t very good (Soul, Lunar Capital, Lunarian, Moon Rabbit, Machine, etc) meaning she can’t capitalize on her CRIT ATK she can build up. That said, having both Hard and Slice scaling to work with, and both being used in her Last Word will help a bit at least.

Alice in Rainbowland (Cyber Edition)

Granted, this Alice variant isn’t the most excessive when it comes to how rainbow-themed her bullet line elements are, especially since there is a clear emphasis towards Metal overall, but even then, she cannot take advantage of that specific element as much as some other units due to other elements getting in the way.