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Passing Dreams

MLB Effect: Attack Down [10%] & Damage Down [10%] (One / 3 Turns)

Effect Definitions:

Attack Down will decrease the target’s base attack. 

Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage on attacks. 

TLDR: “Passing Dreams” is a worse version of other memoria in the game, though this might be more accessible for NA Refugees. Still, the long cooldown coupled with the low effects make it only useful for really new (or really unlucky) players-- this ultimately belongs in Memoria Vault Jail. This memoria is a limited gacha memoria from the event shop “Only Dreamers.” This is event memoria and should be kept in the case of a rerun.

Review: “Passing Dreams” is very similar to another event shop memoria, “Overlapping Strategies.” In fact, both have the same effects with the same percentages-- the two differences would be:

“Passing Dreams” has slightly better stats.

“Overlapping Strategies” has a shorter cooldown (8 turns versus 10 turns).

Unfortunately, stats aren’t that important when it’s a three-star memoria and to a lesser extent, when it’s an active one. That means that “Overlapping Strategies” is pretty much superior to “Passing Dreams.” However, for NA Refugees this doesn’t matter because was an event memoria for “Crimson Resolve,” an event that NA Refugees never got the chance to do, so this memoria is new for them.

Amusingly, “Overlapping Strategies” itself can be considered a worse version of the limited memoria “For This Fine Day” which also has Attack Down and Damage Down. However, for comparison’s sake, “Passing Dreams”  and “Overlapping Strategies” last for three turns while “For This Fine Day” only lasts for one. 

With all of this in mind, what is important to know is that “Passing Dreams” will be decent for slightly lowering an enemy’s offensive power for a few turns. This isn’t going to make them drastically lower the power of their attacks because the percentages ultimately don’t do that much, but it might be useful for Magia Stall teams if you’re missing good memoria to use on them. Unfortunately the long, long cooldown combined with the lackluster effects make this memoria range from “eh” to “terrible.”

Don’t get rid of this memoria in case the event is ever rerun, but most players will end up chucking it into the Memoria Vault.

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Let's Eat Together

Single Effect: Damage Down [35%] (All / 1 Turn)

MLB Effect: Damage Down [40%] (All / 1 Turn)

Effect Definitions:

Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage on attacks. One of the perks of Attack Down is that the equipped character is not the only one to benefit from its effects as this is an effect applied to an enemy target-- meaning that it will protect the entire party from that enemy target. It can be considered worse than Attack Down.

TLDR: “Let's Eat Together” has issues, but it should be fine to use for easy to medium level play. But for harder content, you’ll want to use a source of Attack Down instead. 

Review: “Let's Eat Together” is alright, but it does have some issues. For regular play (main story, some event challenges, ect) it can be perfectly serviceable as a way to protect your team from some damage, but in general Attack Down is just way better to use as an effect.

(Limited 4*) “The True Gift Was the Smile” Attack Down [65%] & Dazzle [100%] (One / 1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “For This Fine Day” Attack Down [50%] & Damage Down [45%] (One / 1 Turn)

(4*) “The Way Home after the Rain (Mito)” Attack Down [50%] & Defense Down [45%] (All / 1 Turn)

(4*) “Hiding the Real Me” Attack Down [50%] (One / 1 Turn) & Skill Quicken [100%] (Self / 1 Turn)

(3*) “The Way Home after the Rain (Leila)” Attack Down [35%] (One / 1 Turn) & Darkness [100%]

(4*) “An Inhabitant from Another World” Attack Down [30%] & Charm [42.5%] (All / 1 turn)

These will all be better to equip on a character. Some are limited, but the others aren’t and hopefully a player has at least one of them.

Of course, one very valid way of playing is to keep your team stocked up on Attack Down/Defense Down memoria so that you can layer the enemy in debuffs for each turn, making sure your team stays safe. In that case, keeping “Let's Eat Together” around isn’t such a bad idea-- even if it’s not the best, you can use it while the other better memoria are on cooldown.

However it’s also worth considering if a more proactive offense-oriented memoria could be better to use instead.

Probably the best use for “Let's Eat Together” is if you don’t have a copy of “The Way Home after the Rain (Mito)” or “An Inhabitant from Another World” yet and you want a the enemy team to hit less hard. But once you have a few Mito Rains, holding onto “Let's Eat Together” becomes way less useful.

So overall, this memoria can be good, but it also can be considered Enhancement Fodder.

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Overlapping Strategies

Effect: Attack Down [10%] & Damage Down [10%] (One / 3 Turns)

TLDR: “Overlapping Strategies” is pretty good for an event shop memoria, and will protect your team from a single enemy target. It’s a worse version of a four-star limited memoria, but the tradeoff is how long it lasts. This memoria is exclusive to the "Crimson Resolve” event shop. This is event memoria and should be kept in the case of a rerun.

Review: This memoria can be considered a worse version of the limited memoria “For This Fine Day” which also has Attack Down and Damage Down, though for comparison’s sake, “Overlapping Strategies” lasts for three turns as opposed to “For This Fine Day” lasting for one. On the other hand, “For This Fine Day” has 50% Attack Down and 45% Damage Down. But let’s quickly go into what these effects mean, then describe what “Overlapping Strategies” is good for.

Attack Down will decrease the target’s base attack. One of the perks of Attack Down is that the equipped character is not the only one to benefit from its effects as this is an effect applied to an enemy target-- meaning that it will protect the entire party from that enemy target. You can compare this to effects such as Damage Cut/Defense Up, which will buff only one character instead. Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage on attacks. 

“Overlapping Strategies” is going to be great for shutting down a single enemy’s offensive capability for a small amount. The Attack Down and Damage Down combined will help protect your characters without needing to necessarily use Damage Cut or Defense Cut. 10% for both is a little small, but every bit counts, and “Overlapping Strategies” can be used to layer debuffs on the enemy so that you can use different active memoria each turn to better protect your team.

Other memoria to consider would be:

(4*) “The Way Home After Rain (Mito)” Attack Down [50%] & Defense Down [45%] (All / 1 Turn)

(4*) “An Inhabitant from Another World” Attack Down [30%] & Charm [42.5%] (All / 1 turn)

(4*) “Reliable Negotiator” Damage Down [50%] (All / 1 Turn) & Status Ailment Resistance Up [60%] (Self / 1 Turn)

(3*) “The Way Home after the Rain (Leila)“ Attack Down [35%] & Darkness [100%] (One / 1 Turn)

(3*) “Let's Eat Together” Damage Down [40%] (All / 1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “The True Gift Was the Smile” Attack Down [65%] & Dazzle [100%] (One / 1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “For This Fine Day” Attack Down [50%] & Damage Down [45%] (One / 1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “The Light to Move Forward Without Hesitation” Attack Down [17.5%] & Status Ailment Resistance Down [7.5%] (All / 3 Turns)

For Magia Stall teams on battles such as the Hundred Calamities, “Overlapping Strategies” is going to be a good choice to help protect your characters. The cooldown is a little long at 8, but this is offset for how long it lasts at three turns.

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Reliable Negotiator

Single Effect: Damage Down [45%] (All / 1 Turn) & Status Ailment Resistance Up [55%] (Self / 1 Turn)

MLB Effect: Damage Down [50%] (All / 1 Turn) & Status Ailment Resistance Up [60%] (Self / 1 Turn)

TLDR: A decent memoria for keeping a team alive, “Reliable Negotiator” won’t be increasing your team’s damage but it will protect them in fights. Be sure to use this on a character who needs the extra resistance. This is event memoria for And So the Azaleas Bloom and should be kept in the case of a rerun.

Review: This isn’t a bad memoria for keeping helping keep a party alive for one turn. “Reliable Negotiator” will target the entire enemy team for one turn to decrease their damage, while raising the status ailment resistance for the one character who used it. 

A quick explanation of the effects: Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage down on attacks, making it useful for helping a character survive the enemy’s turn. The effect Attack Down is superior. Status AIlment Resistance Up will decrease the chance of the Buffed target to be affected by a Status Ailment. Note that even at 100%, it is still possible for a character to be hit by a status ailment. Also of note is that this effect can stack. 

Together, this is a nice memoria for protecting a team and character. It won’t offer any kind of offensive boost, but it will provide an excellent defensive one. It should prove to be very useful for EX-Challenge Quests and the Hundred Calamities Challenges. It’s best to equip this on a character who needs extra status ailment resistance, or a character who you can’t afford to get hit by a status ailment.

Comparable memoria include:

(Limited) “For This Fine Day” Attack Down [50%] & Damage Down [45%] (One / 1 Turn) Unlimited 4*: “

The Way Home After Rain (Mito) ” Attack Down [50%] & Defense Down [45%] (All / 1 Turn)

Overall, this is a good memoria to have. It doesn't’ quite make the cut for Whale Tier, but that’s mostly due to its unlimited and non-offensive status. It should otherwise prove very useful. Because this memoria doesn’t have an offensive application, it doesn’t quite make the cut for Supports either, where you usually want a way to increase a unit’s damage instead. But if you don’t have anything better, it should be fine to use.

Lastly, “Reliable Negotiator” has good enough passive DEF to qualify as a stat stick for Mirrors.

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For This Fine Day

Single Effect: Attack Down [45%] & Damage Down [40%] (One / 1 Turn)

MLB Effect: Attack Down [50%] & Damage Down [45%] (One / 1 Turn)

TLDR: This is an extremely good memoria at what it does; lowering the target’s attack and damage by a significant amount, and will be especially useful for EX-Challenges and Hundred Calamities Challenges. However, since it is so specialized, it suffers from not being useful for any sort of damage increase. That doesn't’ stop it from being good, it just means its usage is more limited in comparison to other memoria. “For This Fine Day” is exclusive to the Happy New Year at the Mizuna Shrine gacha. This can potentially be used as event memoria and should be saved in the case of a rerun.

Review: “For This Fine Day” is extremely good at what it does, but suffers in any other kind of situation. Against a single enemy whose attacks you want to severely nerf into the ground for one turn, this is an excellent memoria. A quick summary of its two effects:

Attack Down will decrease the target’s base attack, and Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage down on attacks. Both are good debuffs to lower an enemy’s damage, but together this will make the target do very little on their attacks. Note that this will be good for lowering damage on general attacks and on incoming magia/doppels.

This makes this memoria excellent for Challenges, EX-Challenges, and Hundred Calamities Challenges. Furthermore, the cooldown at 8 (or 9, if not max awakened) is low-ish enough that you could get more than once use out of it. 

However, this memoria does have some drawbacks. First, one needs to be able to predict the enemy’s movements for this to be useful-- it only lasts for one turn after all, and you don’t want to waste it on a round where the target doesn’t actually attack. Following that, this memoria will only apply to one target, while there are some memoria in the game that will give Attack Down to multiple ones.

But additionally, this memoria isn’t useful if you’re looking for any sort of increase to your team’s damage. It’s extremely specialized for one job-- and it does that job well-- but it will be useless in any other situation.

That’s not to say this memoria is bad of course. It’s very good. It’s just limited in what it can do.

This memoria qualifies as Whale Tier. The situation is more iffy regarding supports-- it technically does, though for most support situations you’ll want a straight-up increase to Attack or Damage instead. However, against a very difficult event boss, or on a Support-type/Heal-Type character, this is more acceptable.

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Grandma's Strawberry Risotto

Single Effect: Damage Down [45%] (One / 1 Turn)

MLB Effect: Damage Down [50%] (One / 1 Turn)

TLDR: "Grandma’s Strawberry Risotto” is kind of an odd choice for Kazumi, as she is very offensive-oriented. It’s not bad, having a very high percentage for its effect, but you can probably do better with other memoria in the game.

Review: This is a personal memoria for Kazumi. "Grandma’s Strawberry Risotto” offers one of the highest sources of Damage Down in the game, the other being the unlimited “Reliable Negotiator.” Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage down on attacks, making it useful for helping a character survive the enemy’s turn. The effect Attack Down is superior. 

Kazumi is a very offensively-oriented character, making this personal memoria an odd choice to pair her wish-- you’ll probably want to be using something that increases her Attack Up, or Damage Up, or something along those lines instead.

But as a free way to lower a single target damage, it’s not bad. Of course, you’ll probably want to be having a fully slotted Kazumi for this memoria to be of utmost use. 

Overall, it’s good for helping you survive against one enemy-- especially with its low cooldown-- but you’re probably better off using something else. 

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Lovely Akira Room

Obtainability: Unlimited.

Single Effect: Damage Down [25%] (Target / 1 Turn)

MLB Effect: Damage Down [30%] (Target / 1 Turn)

Effect Definitions:

Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage on attacks.

TLDR: This memoria is Enhancement Fodder.

Review: “Lovely Akira Room” is ultimately Enhancement Fodder. There are many other better memoria to use in the game-- this stems from how weak Damage Down is in comparison to Attack Down, to how easy it is to get better memoria, to the fact that “Lovely Akira Room” effects only one target for only one turn.

If you are looking for free-to-play friendly options to lower a target’s offensive capabilities, consider these memoria instead:

(3*) “The Way Home after the Rain (Leila)” Attack Down [35%] (One / 1 Turn) & Darkness [100%]

(Limited Welfare 3*) “A Place of Ease” Attack Down [30%] (All / 1 Turn)

(2*) “Busy After School” Attack Down [30%] (One / 1 Turn)

(2*) “Towards the End” Attack Down [20%] (Target / 3 Turns)

(3*) “Let's Eat Together” Damage Down [40%] (All / 1 Turn)

(3*) “Forever in Me” Damage Down [20%] (One / 1 Turn) & Defense Up [22.5%] (Self / 1 Turn)

Overall, this memoria is Enhancement Fodder.

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Now After Having Fun Playing...

MLB Effect: Damage Down [35%] (One / 3 Turns) & Defense Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns)

Effect Definitions:

Damage Down will decrease the target’s damage on attacks. One of the perks of Damage Down is that the equipped character is not the only one to benefit from its effects as this is an effect applied to an enemy target-- meaning that it will protect the entire party from that enemy target. It can be considered worse than Attack Down.

Defense Up will increase the target’s base defense stats. It can be considered superior to the effect Damage Cut, as Defense Up’s effect calculations will be considered before any damage goes out, while Damage Cut’s calculations will be considered after.

TLDR: “Now After Having Fun Playing” is good for Magia Stall Strategies. It does have some flaws-- Damage Down isn’t as good an effect as Attack Down, it offers slightly less of a percentage when compared to other memoria, and the fact that it only targets one enemy is limiting. However, it’s still a good boon for Free-to-Play players and should be a decent source of protective active memoria worth keeping around. This is an event reward memoria for completing the event: “Moon Viewing Pajama Party.”

Review: “Now After Having Fun Playing” is pretty decent for a free event memoria. It will especially be helpful for Stall teams, or for players who don’t have access to some Whale-tier memoria. It does have some flaws, which we’ll go over, but for most Free-to-Play players and for some Dolphins, this is something you’ll definitely want to keep around.

First, let’s discuss Damage Down. Damage Down is not nearly as good an effect as Attack Down-- it doesn’t reduce as much damage the enemy can do with their attack. However, it can do at least something and perhaps that something is enough to protect your units. Next up, we have to consider how much Damage Down this memoria provides:

(Limited 4*) “For This Fine Day” Damage Down [45%] & Attack Down [50%] (One / 1 Turn)

(4*) “Reliable Negotiator” Damage Down [45%] (All / 1 Turn) & Status Ailment Resistance Up [55%] (Self / 1 Turn)

(3*) “Let's Eat Together” Damage Down [40%] (All / 1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “Now After Having Fun Playing...” Damage Down [35%] (One / 3 Turns) & Defense Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns)

(2*) “Lovely Akira Room” Damage Down [30%] (One / 1 Turn)

There are several memoria in the game that provide more of the effect, but note that all of these memoria also only last for one turn. That means “Now After Having Fun Playing” is unique in that it provides less coverage for more turns. That means you might want to use memoria such as “For This Fine Day” to protect your team from one devastating attack, but use “Now After Having Fun Playing” for when you need to keep damage low over time.

Perhaps you’re fighting the One Hundred Evils and are struggling with several enemies-- you need to kill one enemy first (perhaps a healer, maybe they have Guardian or Taunt) but another enemy is hitting your team very hard. You can use “Now After Having Fun Playing” on the hard-hitter to protect your team while you deal with the other characters first. Or, maybe you need time to generate MP for a Magia/Doppel and use this memoria to keep your units alive. 

It’s a little unfortunate that this memoria only applies to one target instead of all of the ones on the field, but it is what it is.

The second thing to note is that this memoria also provides Defense Up to the equipped target. The Defense Up is pretty standard when compared to other memoria:

(4*) “I Won't Stray From This Path” Defense Up [37.5%] & Attack Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns)

(4*) “Survival Date on a Deserted Island” Defense Up [37.5%] & Anti-Debuff [2 Debuffs] & Attack Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns)

(Limited 4*) “How About Delicious Chocolate?” Defense Up [30%] & Attack Up [25%] & Regenerate HP [6%] (Self / 3 turns)

(Limited 4*) “Mischievous Duo” Defense Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns) & HP Restore [30%] (Lowest HP Ally)

(Limited 4*) “Now After Having Fun Playing...” Defense Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns) & Damage Down [35%] (One / 3 Turns)

(2*) “Putting Sugar in Bitter Black Tea” Defense Up [30%] (Self / 3 Turns)

(Limited 4*) “Like This Since When” Defense Up [22.5%] & MP Gain Up [12.5%] (Self / 3 Turns)

Many memoria in the game give 30% Defense Up for three turns, so “Now After Having Fun Playing” isn’t like other free event memoria that give you less of an effect in that regard at least.

This makes the memoria very defensive, obviously. Not only will you protect your team, but you can provide extra protection for one character in particular. But who do you choose? If you’re using a tank, they might be the first choice you think of, but the long cooldown makes it less advisable. If you’re fielding a tank, they benefit more from Taunt/Guardian memoria that they can use often or memoria like “For My Treasured Ones” that provide on-demand heals and protection with a small cooldown.

Damage-Dealers can be a good choice, especially if they’re squishy, but it means forgoing a possible offensive memoria in exchange-- this may or may not be worth it for you. The best answer is probably a Support, especially one who has a passive Skill Quicken chance to make that cooldown slightly smaller. If your tank has a connect that gives Taunt, then using this memoria at the same time you use the connect is a good way to protect the connected character.

So overall? A decent boon for Free-to-Play players who want to use Magia Stall strategies. “Now After Having Fun Playing” does have some flaws that make it not as desirable, but it’s still pretty good and is a great addition to any Magia Stall player’s team.