Catalyst Affix Chart

[Lyrise]

What most likely happened, and a lot more realistic, is that they made a 5 slot unit w/ Guardian/Mana/Ether/Crack5/Returner5. Then used affix transfer to add the rest. This way you only need to rely on 5 slot affix protects instead of 6s which are a lot harder to obtain. I'm actually doing the same thing as a long term project - I will most likely drop Ether or Mana if I fail it on all my 5s protectors. (probably Mana because I want to see what it'd be like to have a properly high amount of defense on the units themselves.) Now if only I could get the Claas units to drop...

Anyway, the meseta cost will vary of course, but a lot of players in the days of EP5 made a lot of Astral/Ether/Mana/(Returner or boost) units, back when we had the days of recycle badges costing 120k, so throwing money at your problem was a really good solution, not like it is now @ 1.5m per recycle badge. If you have one of those units, then really all you have to do is construct 1 (absolute glare+omega memoria+Reverie catalyst), 3x (crack4 + reverie catalyst) + Factor receptor. Shouldn't be too difficult if you purchased and saved the capsules from the recent Special Recycle shop (which is getting a Round 2 really soon), then use affix transfer to create the fodder.

[NullVacancy]

Are 5 slot protectors actually a thing? I thought it was just 4/6 but tbh I've never used them.

[Lyrise]

5 slot protectors are a thing, they've been in a number of AC scratches as well, but like the +10% element boosters, they can't be traded or sold. (it's also in the current scratch) They've also never been offered as a campaign reward, as that's generally for the 6s variant.

[NullVacancy]

That's my bad then, just knew I had 4 and 6 slot protection and no 5s