April 7, 2018

Honkai Impact 3 - Raiden Mei: Crimson Impulse Character Guide

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Raiden Mei is a 17 year old Valkyrie and also a student of St. Freya High School like Kiana Kaslana. Raiden Mei excels in combat art Tachi. Mei's Crimson Impulse excels in melee slash attacks and displacement skills. It has also a stable AoE damage within a small radius. You don't need to collect fragments to unlock Mei's Crimson Impulse, you can unlock her for free after finishing some missions in the beginning. Crimson Impulse is a Creature type variation of Raiden Mei, it is strong against Psychic types and weak against Mecha types.

Skills Guide

Leader Skill
Whenever Crimson Impulse Mei is designated as the squad leader, the whole squad receives the buff Spirit of Loyalty.
    • Spirit of Loyalty: At max level, increases the team's physical damage by 18% when a 20-hit or more combo is hit.
Passive Skill
Crimson Impulse Mei's passive skill makes her receive boost automatically from Blade Puncutre.
    • Blade Puncture: At max level, Blade Puncture increases Critical Rate by 20% and Critical Damage by 30% when enemy's Elite Shield is broken.
Evasion Skills: Phantom Blade
Crimson Impulse Mei's evasion skill makes her teleport quickly to evade enemy attacks. Every successfully executed Ultimate Evasion, Time Fracture triggers and all enemies will be slowed down for 3 seconds. Time Fracture has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
    • Instant Dash: Instant Dash is triggered by tapping the attack button upon a successful evasion. When Time Fracture is triggered by a successful evasion, Instant Dash deals additional 150% of Attack as physical damage at max level. Instant Dash has a cooldown of 2 seconds and can be charged up to 3 times.
    • Inner Shade: At max level, increases Attack Speed by 20% during Time Fracture.
    • Sharp Cutter: At max level, decreases cooldown of Time Fracture by 4.0 seconds.
Basic Attack: Gotamashiki
Crimson Impulse Mei's basic attack uses combat art Tachi to unleash swift penta-slash. The first slash deals physical damage equal to 100% of Attack. The seconds slash deals physical damage equal to 120% of Attack. The third slash deals physical damage equal to 75% of Attack. Then, the fourth slash deals physical damage equal to 80% of Attack. And finally, the fifth slash deals AoE physical damage equal to 250% of Mei's Attack.
    • Relentless Slash: At max level, increases Attack Speed by 15% upon generating a 20-hit or more combo.
    • Blood Sakura: At max level, basic attacks have a 20% chance of bleeding enemies, dealing 32.0 physical damage every 0.5 second for 5.0 seconds.
    • Night Sakura: The last strike of basic attacks increases the damage of combo attacks by 10% for 3.0 seconds.
Ultimate: Amaterasu
Crimson Impulse Mei's ultimate executes targets in the front using Valkyrie's energy burst. Amaterasu deals physical damage up to 1,150% of Mei's Attack. Amaterasu consumes 50 points of SP.
    • Soul Power: At max level, each strike of Amaterasu deals an additional 79 fire damage. Soul Power can be triggered up to 17 times.
    • Spirit Blade: At max level, increases maximum SP by 15. Enters the Valkyrie state by increasing SP cost of Amaterasu by 20, boosting all attacks for 5.0 seconds.
    • Sakura no Haku: At max level, enhances Blade in the Valkyrie state, each strike deals additional physical damage equal to 20% of Mei's Attack.
Special Attack: Combo Skill - Sakura Rise
Crimson Impulse Mei's combo skill attacks and sends surrounding enemies floating with a whirling slash. Whirling Slash deals AoE physical damage equal to 60% of Mei's Attack.
    • QTE - Iaido Whirlwind: At max level, triggers Instant Dash upon entering battle. Triggers QTE and enters the battle when enemy is knocked airborne. Unleashes a whirlwind attack, dealing 225% plus 400% of Attack as physical damage.
    • Airborne Whirlwind MAX: Triggers a combo attack by tapping and holding the attack button during any basic attack.
    • Double Whirlwind: At max level, attacks one additional time by tapping the Attack button during combo attacks, dealing damage equal to 100% of the combo attack's first strike.
Weapons Guide

The following values of weapon physical damage, elemental damage, percentage and time values are the maximum values attainable when the respective weapons are upgraded to their maximum star and level.

Early Game
Lightning Soul and Thunderstorms are both highly recommended at early game. Lightning Soul provides bonus lightning damage which is good at using continuous combo strikes. Thunderstorms provide lightning damage as well but can also paralyze enemies which is good for Mei's successive combo strikes. Personally I recommend Thunderstorms over Lightning Soul.
    • Lightning Soul: A saber designed especially for Valkyries by the St. 7308 Research Center. A huge number of Honkai particles are attached to the surface of the blade. The blade is in a unique shape, not to enhance its performance but to represent the designer's deep longing and feelings of loss. Lightning Soul comes with the skill Lightning Strike which deals additional 43 lightning damage upon hitting the target.
    • Thunderstorms:  Through counter-analysis of the forging technique of the Sky Breaker, the Schicsial was able to create this sword. Who knows why ancient sword forging crafts contain mysterious technical modules that even modern technology cannot decipher? Thunderstorms comes with the skill Thunderstorms, which throws a lightning ball, dealing 750 lightning damage to enemies in a small area and paralyzing them for 2 seconds. This skill consumes 10 points of SP and has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
Late Game
Void Blade or Fairy Sword Silven, either one of these two weapons comes highly recommended for late game. Void Blade creates a slowed space-time that gives the wielder increased Critical Rate and also increases the damage as the wielder consumes SP. Fairy Sword Silven gives emphasis on boosting Movement and Attack Speed and damage as well. Personally I prefer the Void Blade over the Fairy Sworn Silven.
    • Void Blade: A katana designed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. It is shaped like two snakes biting each other's tail, forming the symbol of eternity. This katana comes with the skills The Ouroboros and Energy Devourer. The Ouroboros generates a sphere of slowed space-time that moves with the caster. It lasts for 6.00 seconds, during hich time, the Critical Rate of basic attacks including combo and charge attacks is increased by 30%. Casting The Ouroboros consumes 15 points of SP and has a cooldown of 20 seconds. The effect of Energy Devourer is, upon consuming at least 10, 40 or 70 SP at once, physical daage is increased by 15%, 30% and 45% respectively. This effect is not stackable and lasts for 8 seconds.
    • Fairy Sword Silven: Part of the "Gods" weapon series, produced by the Schicsal using "Soul Steel". It controls the flow of the surrounding air and increases the speed of the user, while also giving them stronger powers. It's almost like the wielder is under the protection of the King of the Fairies. This katana comes with the skills Enchantment of Wind and Power of Wind. Enchantment of Wind creates an enchantment that boosts all allies within it, increasing their Attack Speed by 25%, Movement Speed by 20% and damage by 10% for 20 seconds. Casting Enchantment of Wind consumes 17 points of SP and has a cooldown of 38 seconds. Power of Wind increases character's damage based on their Movement Speed, 10% Movement Speed brings 5.0% to all damage and can be increased up to 50% as the Movement Speed increases. Power of Wind also increases Movement Speed by 30%.
Stigmata Guide

Early Game
The following Stigmata set is recommended for early game. The set grants two bonus skills, the Creature Master 2 Sets and Feedback 3 Sets. Creature Master 2 Sets increases melee physical damage by 20%. It also increases maximum SP during battle by an additional 10% when equipped on Creature type characters. Feedback 3 Sets gives 10% chance of recovering 3% HP upon hitting a target. Feedback 3 Sets has a 2 seconds cooldown.
    • Elizabeth Bathory (T): A powerful attack-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Vampire Countess set. A four star, level 35 Elizabeth Bathory (M) comes with the skill Shields of Blessings which increases Defense by 31% when HP is 80% or more.
    • Elizabeth Bathory (M): A powerful defense-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Vampire Counter set. A four star, level 35 Elizabeth Bathory (M) comes with the skill Sword of Blessings which increases physical damage by 20% when HP is 80% or more.
    • Elizabeth Bathory (B): A powerful hybrid-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Vampire Countess set. A four star, level 35 Elizabeth Bathory (B) comes with the skill Wind of Blessings. Wind of Blessings increases Movement Speed by 41% when HP is 80% or more.
Late Game
The following Stigmata set is recommended for late game. The set grants two bonus skills, the Space Erosion 2 Sets and the Territory 3 Sets. The Space Erosion 2 Sets increases the next  attack's Critical Rate by 3% (caps at 15%) and Critical Damage by 8% (caps at 40%) when attacking the same target repeatedly (target resets if no attacks happen in 2.5 seconds). Space Erosion 2 Sets only takes effect if the Stigma set is equipped on Mei or Yae Sakura. The Territory 3 Sets decreases all enemies' damage by 15% and increases their damage taken by 10% when the wielder has more than 60% HP. This effect is non stackable.
    • Celine (T): An ultimate attack-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Herrscher of the Void set. A five star, level 50 Celine (T) comes with the Dimension Cleave skill which increases the wielder's melee physical damage by 25% and deals an additional 20% damage to floating enemies.
    • Celine (M): An ultimate defense-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Herrscher of the Void set. A five star, level 50 Celine (M) comes with the Void Wall skill which decreases elemental damage taken by 30% and 20% chance of removing negative effects.
    • Celine (B): An ultimate hybrid-type Stigma. Can be assembled to form the Herrscher of the Void set. A five star, level 50 Cleopatra (B) comes with the skill Shining Blade which makes the wielder receive an energy charge upon an Ultimate Evasion. Then, within 5 seconds of the next attack, increases damage by 35%. Shining Blade has a cooldown of 1.5 seconds.

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