Should You Pull?
Only if you’re a Tier 3 Subscriber. Last week was a chill time with the Eldest Memory Leaker Sister, and this time, the next Memory Leaker Sister is here to get people hyped up with the Hype Hacker Harmonies Ultra Festival Prayer. She has those cool cat headphones you may have seen before if you are familiar enough with streamers on the interwebs. So what does B5 Merlin Prsmriver’s kit bring in an attempt to increase her viewership?
Well to start things off, her Skills of this Speed-Class Friend are very spammable, especially her first one, constantly giving herself 1-2 layers of Paralyze, as well as Accuracy and Agility for the team, with Agility lasting longer than the Skill’s cooldown rate which makes it incredibly easy to max out this stat for the team. She also has other ways of increasing Spirit Power for herself and for the team (Skills, Spell Cards), and on top of that, she has a good amount of Metal and Water breaks to go around. When it comes to anomalies, B5 Merlin can take advantage of Burn and Paralyze anomalies inflicted on herself, with Burn increasing her Spirit Power and Paralyze increasing her Agility, Accuracy and Evasion. While it is a shame she can’t break Paralyze anomalies on multiple enemies barring her Last Word, she can still break a bunch of Paralyze anomalies on a single enemy, like with her Spell Card 1. These aren’t the biggest of issues though.
Now for things holding B5 Merlin back…if B5 Lunasa was anything to go off of, yes, B5 Merlin has the same Killers which aren’t outstanding unfortunately. With Human, Soul, Thunder, Musician, Machine, Engineer, Capital, Lunar Capital and Phantom, she can’t land those sweet CRITs on all her enemies sadly. On top of this, her CRIT ATK is very much lacking for when it can kit, as it can’t be located in her kit anywhere that isn’t her Last Word. Her Yang ATK could be a bit better, even though it is mitigated a little with the Yang DEF debuffs that do appear in her kit.
Now like B5 Lunasa’s Prayer, this one will also have a 50% discount on the first God Crystal Prayer (300 on the first Prayer, then 600 God Crystals after), but also like before, that’s it for extra tidbits. Ultimately, this Prayer is mainly going to be for those who really like Merlin as a character, as sadly she can’t quite stand out from the rest of the competition. Needless to say she isn’t quite as strong as B5 Lunasa too. That said, maybe she has something you need in a Friend, like all those Metal breaks for example.
And with that said, for those who are hyped up for B5 Merlin’s arrival, best of luck to those who wish to have their LostWord experience more streamlined!
Quick Overview
B5 Merlin Prismriver is a Speed-Class Friend who uses Metal and Water breaks, Burn and Paralyze anomaly utility to power herself up, and some team support via Agility, Accuracy and even Spirit Power.
Eurobeat-esque Team Buffs
B5 Merlin is going so many miles an hour that it’s like she is listening to Eurobeat while providing all her Agility buffs! Skills 1 and 2 add 6 stages, Grazing takes it further and both Spell Card 2 and Last Word can help max it out! On top of that, Skill 2 has a 2 turn cooldown rate, which is less turns than its Agility buff duration. Aside from that though, Skills 2 and 3 last for 4 and 3 turns respectively, she can also do a solid job supporting with Accuracy, and there are even bits of Spirit Power buffs snuck in too.
High-Voltage Streamer
To accompany her common Metal and Water breaks (the former being more common), B5 Merlin has some ways of breaking those barriers by both inflicting and breaking Paralyze anomalies. While her only way of breaking them on all allies is done via Last Word, her other methods can be good when focusing on a specific enemy, especially as her Spell Card 1 can inflict 4 layers of it, then break it after 2 boosts. Aside from just breaking, B5 Merlin also boosts her own Agility, Accuracy and Evasion when inflicted with Paralyze anomalies of her own. She can also increase her own Spirit Power via Burn anomalies too.
Spell Card 1’s Team Burn
This could be good, or it could be bad, but when using this card, it is worth being mindful of if you have any Yin Friends that don’t benefit from Burn anomalies. Otherwise, this is a positive thing for other allies, such as those close to B5 Merlin such as B5 variants of Alice, Medicine and her sister, Lunasa.
Killer Range is a Little Lacking
While you may be able to find enemies susceptible to B5 Merlin’s Killers, such as Human, Soul, Machine, Musician, Thunder and more, these don’t cover a whole bunch of the cast sadly. If you want to capitalize on them though, try and see if your enemies have any of the corresponding tags before bringing her for pure damage.
Needs Donations via Yang ATK and CRIT ATK
While her limited Yang ATK buffs are mitigated by the Yang DEF debuff she can bring to the table, it still might need more of it to thrive. CRIT ATK however, is something that B5 Merlin very much lacks in, aside from her Last Word of course.
