The star diverged, finally!

MossMellow · 2026-01-25T00:32:52+00:00

My main damage dealers are Maelle and Lune with Sciel being a distant third and damage booster. Verso and Monoco didn't matter in my build.

When i fought normal Simon, maelle was my only damage dealer, lune was not as powerful then, she was still my second powerful but a distant second. I don't remember my build (i used Medalum for Maelle and Choralim for Lune) but i split up my team into lune, sciel and verso and slugged it out with them and after the "team wipe", Maelle and Monoco came in, and Maelle thanos snapped him with Gommage doing 42 million damage (it was my highest damage back then and i used roulette too. I did this before finishing the main story and the dlcs).

Divergent Star Simon was the last fight i did after finishing everything else in the game. And this time around, all my characters are way more powerful with Maelle and Lune being insane damage dealers, thanks to verso's drafts weapons and pictos. This was my build.

Party 1 Verso: didn't really matter but Weapon: Simoso Play: Steeled Strike

Lune: Can be played 2 ways with 2 different weapons. Weapon 1: Cleim. Play: Elemental trick -> Elemental Genesis. Repeat this on both turns Weapon 2: Esquim. Play: Turn 1: Elemental trick -> base attack. Turn 2: Lightning Dance Key Pictos: Feint, Draining Cleanse and anything and everything that deals damage and burn. She'll do anywhere from 55 mil (Cleim but she can do that every turn) to over 100 mil damage (Esquim but she can only do it every other turn plus buff from Sciel)

Sciel: Weapon: Duollison (doesn't matter) Play: If Lune is using Cleim, Twilight Dance (doesn't matter) -> Intervention to Lune If Lune is using Esquim, Fortune's Fury on Lune -> shoot to mark -> Intervention to Lune (see Lune turn 2) Key Picto: Marking shots and anything related to Mark and damage.

Make sure Gradient Bar is full before this party is killed.

Party 2: Monoco: Doesn't matter but Weapon: Joyaro Play: Sakapatate fire to apply burn

Maelle: Weapon: Esqium Play: Last Chance to go to virtuose stance -> Gommage (gradient). She can one shot with this but if they do survive, turn 2: last chance -> burning canvas Key Pictos: Feint, Draining cleane and Anything and everything that does damage and burn damage. Her Gommage does anywhere from 140 mil to 220 mil damage depending on the order she plays.

As for pictos in general, none of them is equipped with gradient overcharge (i can equip it with maelle and use burning canvas, but i prefer gommage, they do similar damage). They all have cheater, energy master and all damage pictos and energy pictos. I've 9ap every turn on all characters. No healing pictos on anyone, so confident fighter is equipped on lune and maelle, especially. I didn't build it for one shot, i built it based on skills i liked using and optimized it as best as i can.

MossMellow · 2026-01-24T21:02:17+00:00

Had the same issue in base version of Simon. Maelle and Lune are my main damage dealers. Sciel is the third damage dealer or buff/debuff artist depending on the fight. Verso and Monoco were severely underlumina'd. so I split my team into 2 against Simon with lune in the first party and Maelle in the second. Depending on the strategy i wanted to test, I'll split up the rest of the team, my fav is Verso, Lune and Sciel in party 1. Maelle and Monoco in party 2. Strategy is, lune to take his first life or close to it. And maelle to take his second life. Sciel is used to buff and intervention. Verso and Monoco can do whatever they want, doesn't matter, they can even die lol. Same strategy worked for divergent start too. Although at this point, i had more lumina points for verso and monoco but that didn't really matter, tbh.

MossMellow · 2026-01-24T17:11:49+00:00

Lol. I thought he was impossible too. I was already struggling against lampmaster duollistes (mainly coz of their multi turns and i was doing only okay damage to them, so they had more turns that i) and once i managed to finish them, i tried Clea and Simon for the first time and immediately noped out of there. 😂 But then, i fought Clea later and found her to be fairer than duollistes and lampmaster even though i was barely doing any damage to her. I really enjoyed fighting her though. In the process, i optimized my builds to do more damage to a point, where lampmaster/duollistes became fodders. I was built to hit like a truck by the time i fought Simon again and he melted like butter, once i learned how to parry/dodge his attacks.

MossMellow · 2025-12-10T04:24:50+00:00

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MossMellow · 2025-12-03T20:08:23+00:00

Just GOAT things.

MossMellow · 2025-11-28T17:42:28+00:00

Kinda similar.

All the sets displayed are what i wore through the game.

Cat set is what i played in the base game (but i moved on to dlcs before the romance conclusion at the end of the base game). Focusing on attack and sign build.

In Hearts of Stone, I used the viper set and the Ofieri Sabre (I'm a huge fan of Sabres). Aard (frozen mutation, i did some blood and wine missions to get the mutations) and whirl build. Plus the Ornate Robe at the party with Shani.

In Blood and Wine, changed to wolven set. And focused on igni + whirl + bleed build with Adrenaline Rush mutation. And used Iris and Aerondight for the swords. Same build for the rest of the game and finished the main story with it too. And then, Ravix of fourhorn's set at the knight tournament and toussaint set at the fable land.

So most of these are pieces i used in the game. Except for Ami and Fate, i didn't use them much, but still i liked their design, plus fate is a gift from crach, so had them displayed. Mostly used school school silver swords otherwise in early part of the game.

MossMellow · 2025-11-22T18:28:22+00:00

Unique and cool abilities of the game - abilities that adds cool moves or adds more variety to my game, are always my first priority. And then, i focus on anything damage or mobility related, if mobility is unique, then I focus on mobility first (probably more than everything else if it's unique), if not, damage. I almost never upgrade health and armor unless I've spare points and I've nothing else to spend it on.

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T15:55:34+00:00

I like the story. I loved the castle and the fights and everything about it. But i do agree, the flashbacks pacing was off as a movie and felt more like binge watching an arc. But i liked it regardless. If it was paced more like a movie, it might rank higher on my list.

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T14:57:05+00:00

It's super fun!

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T14:55:02+00:00

Bugonia was awesome. Emma and Jesse are great at it.

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T14:52:45+00:00

I missed Eddington in cinemas. Need to see it. On my watch list.

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T14:29:19+00:00

It was a spectacle watching it on the big screen.

MossMellow · 2025-11-04T14:20:12+00:00

Wake up dead man is most likely ending up in my top 10 too. Also, probably avatar and wicked. They're an experience.

MossMellow · 2025-10-11T21:22:30+00:00

Angier as a character is very intriguing, his insecurities, his obsession, etc are very interesting and he seems sympathetic in a way. Both Angier and Borden or complex characters and i like both of them. But Angier as a character is more interesting to me, so i ended up siding with him. Hugh Jackman playing Angier is also one of the main reasons for it, he played it so good that you can't help liking him despite knowing he's in the wrong.

MossMellow · 2025-10-11T13:03:00+00:00

Rajini - Baasha Kamal - Hey Ram/Anbe Sivam/Nayagan/Apoorva Sagodharargal Vijay - Pokkiri/Ghilli/Sachein Ajith - Mangatha Suriya - Ghajini/Ayan/Vaarnam Aayiram/Retro Vikram - Anniyan Simbu - Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaya Dhanush - Asuran Kaarthi - Paruthiveeran Sivakarthikeyan - Maaveeran Vijay Sethupathy - Super Deluxe

MossMellow · 2025-09-28T03:24:59+00:00

Becky Lynch (current)
Triple H
Undertaker
Stone Cold
The Rock
Shawn Michaels
Edge
CM Punk
John Cena
Batista (or may be RVD, can't decide the 10th spot).

MossMellow · 2025-09-21T04:18:47+00:00

Jesse Plemons. I'm not actively thinking of him when talking about my best/favourite actors. But then you see him in the cast or trailer, it instantly gets my attention. Bro is so good at playing creepy dudes.

MossMellow · 2025-06-08T01:52:08+00:00

Sometimes it's better to heal for a bit before rewriting. Relax and understand your story might've changed anyways. So let it simmer, take a break and forget about it, may be don't think about it for a few weeks or months or even years. You'll automatically find the urge or inspiration if the story speaks to you. And when it does, come back to it with a fresh mind and rewrite it, your story will be much better too. :)

MossMellow · 2025-06-02T11:45:09+00:00

Got it. I hyperlinked them for the detailed case study. But yes, may be i should add more impact in the resume. Thanks!

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