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An Exceptional Stage

Effect: Chase [50%] & Endure [100%] (Self / 1 Turn)

Effect Definitions:

Chase will cause the equipped character to follow an ally’s attack with their own attack onto the same target. Chase will ignore evade.

Endure will let your character survive one otherwise fatal attack, leaving the character with 1 HP.

TLDR: “An Exceptional Stage” has two effects that don’t enhance each other, and are rare to want at the same time. You’re probably better off using anything else, but Endure memoria are rare so you also might want to keep it around. ...Just, throw it in the Memoria Vault Jail for now. This memoria was part of a Login Bonus associated with Halloween events.

Review: The effects for “An Exceptional Stage” don’t exactly combine to make a really good memoria-- they’re mostly there for flavor, as that is what Shizuku (Chase) and Ayaka (Endure) can be associated with. 

Truthfully, the effects are almost opposed in a way-- it’s not very likely you’ll be in a situation where you want to use both of them at once (it’s possible, but it won’t be often). 

Endure is a good “oh-shit” button. If your character is getting low, you can activate this memoria to keep them alive, potentially-- the issue is that it only protects your character from one attack, and it doesn’t have an additional effect that will help keep your character alive if they face even more attacks.

Meanwhile, Chase has some potential uses. Chase will ignore Evade, so it can be used as a way of getting extra damage on an enemy. However, this memoria doesn’t come with an effect that boosts damage, making the Chase’s hits feel lackluster.

See the issue? These effects don’t combine to make it really effective.

Now, it’s possible some folks will want to keep “An Exceptional Stage” around. It’s the highest active Chase chance available for NA Refugees:

(Limited 4*) “An Exceptional Stage” Chase [50%] & Endure (Self / 1 Turn)

(Limited 3*) “Heart of Sincerity” Chase [30%] (Self / 1 turn)

(4*) “To Continue Living in This World” Chase [21%] (Self / 3 Turns) & Defense Down [12.5%] (All / 3 Turns)

It’s also one of two memoria that NA Refugees will have regarding Endure:

(Limited 4*) “Mami of the Land of Sweets” Endure & Anti-Counter [100%] & Attack Up [30%] (Self / 1 turn)

(Limited 4*) “An Exceptional Stage” Endure & Chase [50%] & (Self / 1 Turn)

In particular, Endure can only be found on limited memoria, so it’s worth keeping for that alone (potentially).

But when you consider all the memoria in the game, “An Exceptional Stage” comes across as really lackluster. There are way better memoria out there for increasing damage and dealing with Evades, and there are way better memoria for protecting a character-- in fact, the low HP and DEF stats on “An Exceptional Stage” can make your character even more likely to need that Endure than if you used something else!

Overall, you may want to keep this memoria since it’s Limited and Endure is rare to get. But no one could blame you if you threw it into the Memoria Vault Jail.

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Hopes Combined

Obtainability: Limited to the “Rebel From a Dawnless Land” event.

Effect: Endure / HP Regen [16%] (Self for one turn)

TLDR: This is a good memoria to help keep a unit alive in dire situations. You probably won’t want to use it for Mirrors or on your supports, but it is fine to use in PVE.

Thoughts: The “Endure” effect will allow your unit to survive one otherwise fatal attack and leave your unit with 1 HP. This is different from the effect “Survive,” which will let your unit survive any number of attacks while active and offer HP Regen. (Corrected here thanks to a helpful anon!)

Luckily, this memoria offers HP Regen in addition to it’s Endure effect. This effect is akin to having an Ultimate Madoka’s connect on demand, which gives survive with 20% healing regen. The HP offered here is worse, but hopefully this gives one a good guideline on what to expect when using “Hopes Combined.”

This memoria is most useful when saved for critical moments in battle, where you may expect a unit to die in the next turn. The HP regen, while high, may not be enough to keep a character living long enough into the next turn, but could give you time to build up to a healing connect. This makes it a useful memoria for tanks and squishy characters alike.

However, keep in mind that using this active memoria means to forgo a different active memoria that could increase a unit’s damage or give taunt to a tank. Furthermore, while this memoria is good at keeping units alive in critical circumstances, one might be able to avoid such circumstances altogether with more proactive memoria such as “For the Ones I Love.” However, “Hopes Combined” is still useful and good to have on hand.

An additional note is that this memoria can be used in Accomplish events, where your HP carries over between fights. By having this as an active, one can keep important units alive and also have a powerful heal if needed.

The cooldown for this memoria is too long for Mirrors, and it doesn’t have high enough Defense stats to be useful as a stat stick.

As for supports, you’re probably better off using an offensive active memoria than this. However, given that it’s a free 4* memoria, it’s fine to use for f2p players.

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Mami of the Land of Sweets

Effect: Anti-Counter [100%] & Attack Up [30%] & Endure [100%] (Self / 1 turn)

TLDR: A great boon for Free-to-Play players, this free memoria is very versatile in what it offers for players who don’t have much. “Mami of the Land of Sweets” combines somewhat opposing effects into one memoria, letting players have some choices and versatility for their Active. “Mami of the Land of Sweets” will pair with fragile attackers. This memoria is also very good for its Anti-Counter. This memoria is exclusive to the The Mirror World Chocolatier event.

Review: For Free-to-Play Players, rejoice! This is an excellent freebie memoria. Now, it does have its own issues, but overall “Mami of the Land of Sweets” is pretty sweet for what it offers. As always, let’s summarize its effects:

Attack Up will increase the unit’s base attack stats, making it superior to the effects Damage Up / Increase Damage, as those two effects will effect the actual damage output. Endure will let your character survive one otherwise fatal attack and be left with 1 HP. Anti-Counter will negate the effects of Counter. Counter is a granted effect that will cause the unit, when damaged by an enemy attack, to immediately attack that same enemy. This doesn’t give MP to either the attacker or receiver, does not apply any on-hit effects, and will ignore evade. 

So, you might have noticed that this memoria doesn’t synergize very well. The times you want to use Attack Up are probably not the same times when you want to use Endure-- although luckily Anti-Counter and Attack Up do synergize rather well. However, otherwise when using this memoria you have a question: when do you use it? Do you save it for the Endure effect, or use it on demand for the Attack Up?

However, in my opinion, this is one of the strengths of “Mami of the Land of Sweets.” For Free-to-Play players especially, who don’t have access to a lot of Attack Up or Endure memoria, this one will give you access to both-- it won’t excel at either like other memoria might, but it trades being focused for having versatility.

Endure memoria often pairs well with tanks, but “Mami of the Land of Sweets” is probably better for a fragile attacker. It doesn’t come with a heal, but the Attack Up paired with the Endure (and even the Anti-Counter) means that a very squishy attacker will be protected from death (and any counter damage) for at least a turn. This could buy you time for better disks, for a healing magia, or any other sort of uses.

Lastly, there are certain situations where “Mami of the Land of Sweets” will excel at, including the raid event it was given away from: players faced Charlotte herself, and would be hit hard with Counter. The Attack Up and Endure would ensure that units would stay alive in the fight long enough to kill Charlotte herself. While the raid was not rerun, this memoria can still be useful in other scenarios where Counter is a problem, such as against PVE Kirikas or Kokoros in EX-Challenges.

It’s unfortunate that this memoria lasts for only one turn, but it is what it is. There are other unlimited memoria in the game that will give 30% Attack Up for three turns, such as

(4*) “Even if I Take a Wrong Path” Attack Up [35%] & Anti-Counter [80%] (Self / 3 Turns)

(4*) “Formally Deciding” Attack Up [30%] & Status Ailment Resistance Up [50%] (Self / 3 Turns)

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

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

(3*) “She'll Definitely Be Happy” Attack Up [40%] & Defense Up [52.5%] (Self / 1 Turn)

So if you have any of these, then they may prove more helpful. But still, again, “Mami of the Land of Sweets” is great for Free-to-Play or new players who might not have these, or may not have them max awakened. Whales will have better options.

This will be fine for Support. Squishier attackers will benefit from this more than more balanced characters in the stat department.

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Following in Father’s Footsteps

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of the unit’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave.

Effect: Endure (Self for three turns)

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Our Thoughts As One

Effect: Endure & Regenerate HP [16%] (Self / 1 turn)

Effect Definitions:

Endure will let your character survive one otherwise fatal attack, leaving the character with 1 HP.

Regenerate HP will cause the equipped character to regenerate a percentage of their HP for the number of listed turns. The regen will occur at the end of the turn (note: the end of the enemy’s turn). Regenerate HP can stack.

TLDR: “Our Thoughts As One” is really good for an event reward-- it can act as an “Oh Shit” button, letting you keep a character alive from the possibility of death, and sadly there aren’t any other memoria in the game similar to it. This memoria is exclusive to completing the “Rebels from the Land of Everlasting Night” event.

Review: It’s unlikely that the event associated with this memoria will get a rerun, but let’s review it as if NA Refugees have access to it anyway. 

“Our Thoughts As One” is a really decent event reward memoria. It’s essentially a very helpful oh-shit button that allows you to save a character close to death.

The endure as noted above will prevent the character from dying from one attack. It’s not the same as Survive, which will prevent a character from dying an entire round, but Endure is still pretty damn useful. The Regenerate HP means that not only will the character be safe from dying, but that they can heal themselves for a bit at the end of the round to hold on for a little longer. The effects synchronize very well.

One thing to keep in mind is that this memoria is good for different circumstances than other memoria. For example, it might be better to prevent death altogether with more defensive, preventive memoria such as “I Won't Stray From This Path” or “For My Treasured Ones” which could prevent the need for an Endure through their defensive Damage Cut or Defense Up.

However, there is value in having an “Oh-shit” button. For example, some bosses, such as AI, might have several rounds where they don’t attack with much force, but one round where they buff themselves with Critical, Defense Pierce, and other nasty things to delete your character instantly. In a case like this, “Our Thoughts As One” is extremely useful at keeping a character safe until the next round.

At a seven turn cooldown, this memoria is also low enough it’s possible to use more than once in a long fight as well.

Overall it’s a really good event reward, and there aren’t any memoria in the game that can do the same thing. It’s absolutely worth keeping if you have it.

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Masquerade

Single Effect: Endure & Evade [25%] (Self / 1 turn)

MLB Effect: Endure & Evade [30%] (Self / 1 turn)

Effect Definitions:

Endure will let your character survive one otherwise fatal attack, leaving the character with 1 HP.

Evade is an effect that will let a character dodge attacks for the turn it is active. It is a granted effect. Characters with Status Ailments cannot evade, and attacks such as Chase, Counter, Magia, and Doppels also cannot be evaded. Evade does not stack, with the highest percentage being used.

TLDR: This memoria is enhancement fodder.

Review: This is a personal memoria for Lapin.

Lapin is a Defense-type character, or a tank, so her personal memoria being one that can protect her is a good thing. However, just how good is “Masquerade” going to be when it comes to protecting Lapin?

The first thing to note is that “Masquerade” will serve as a panic button. It’s not for generically protecting her-- that Evade chance and Endure are for when Lapin is about to die, not for the start of a fight.

In that regard, it’s kind of a waste. Lapin already has a Spirit Enhancement active that gives her Survive, which is far superior than what “Masquerade” has to offer-- after all, it’s still possible for Lapin in the to die in the activated turn if the evades are ignored and the she’s hit more than once (using up the endure in the process). Survive meanwhile will keep her alive, no matter what, for the entire turn and give her 10% of her health back too, meaning that she won’t just survive, but she’ll come out of it with a little bit of health to further protect her. 

In addition, Lapin also has a passive Endure from her Spirit Enhancement! In fact, you’ll want to be careful when using “Masquerade.” Make sure you know if Lapin’s passive Endure has already been used up or not. It only works in PVE though, so for content like Mirrors you should be safe.

And with that... you really don’t need three panic buttons. Instead of expecting an absolute worst case scenario, one can try to actually prevent them with active and passive memoria that will keep Lapin healthy no matter how close to death she is. In addition, outside of Lapin’s 15% chance to Provoke the enemy, you might want to consider active memoria that draw aggro to herself too.

Maybe you don’t want to play conventionally though. Maybe you want to keep her at the brink of death for lore reasons, or for fun (if not weird) strategies. Maybe you want to make use of your max awakened “Love Kyun-ly Maid-san” for some reason. Then sure, go ahead and keeps this I guess.

But overall? Equipping something else is a better plan. Use this for enhancement fodder.

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Hanetsuki Game

Single Effect: Endure & Regenerate HP [2%] (Self / 3 Turns)

MLB Effect: Endure & Regenerate HP [3%] (Self / 3 Turns)

TLDR: This memoria doesn’t really suit Haregi Madoka’s playstyle and can be used as enhancement fodder.

Review: This is a personal memoria for Madoka Kaname (Haregi ver). This memoria isn’t too great for how Haregi Madoka Kaname plays. A quick note on its effects:

Endure will allow the character to survive one fatal attack and be left with 1 HP. It can be compared with the effect of Survive, which will allow a character to survive an entire turn and regenerate HP. Regenerate HP will have the character regenerate a percentage of their HP for the number of listed turns. The regen will occur at the end of the turn (note: the end of the enemy’s turn).

This would be nice on a tank or a Defense type that is likely to be taking hard hits and in need of a panic button, but Haregi Madoka is more of a support. She doesn’t really have the passive stats to be used as a tank either, although memoria could help with that-- but even then, why try to use Haregi Madoka when you could use an actual defense-type?

One possible use of this memoria is that if you’re using Haregi Madoka, it’s unlikely you’ll have another healer on the team-- and you could use this as an emergency heal if needed. But even with that, the HP Regen here is so low that you’ll be better off looking for something that gives a bit more.

You can use this one as enhancement fodder if you want. There are better memoria out there to equip. 

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Inherited Will

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of Asuka’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave.

Effect: Endure (Self for three turns)