#hong lu lcb

[blue-e-dove]

if faust hates hohenheimand zilu hates zigongand if zilu faust existtherfore, zigong hohenheim also exists

[xichunshoebill]

Woaw pretty

didnt talk about this ID cause I couldnt find the motivation but it looks cool. Anyway kit above yap below the cut. I've had these posts be called analysis by some people and I appreciate it but I think thats very generous when im borderline incoherent sometimes lol

So all of this ID's skills have a reuse if you have a certain amount of Nerve Strike - Hong Lu which is pretty cool. Nerve strike is gained whenever hong lu hits someone and unlike with don:

Its on an always active this time. Complained about this 2 days ago and it seems like my prayers were answered. The passive also mentions Witnessed - Eastern Cinq so what is that?

More Poise potency and count depending on how many cinq ID's are in back up. Whats the problem? If you're playing mono burn you have magic bullet Outis, a Meursault ID and a Sinclair ID so that only leaves Don. If youre playing Scorch you're running Thumb Meur and likely Dawnclair leaving another slot for cinq outis but you arent running this ID in scorch. Finally if you're playing the ID in a dedicated Poise team it mostly depends on the numbers but you are also running Bl Meursault, pinky Sinclair and Index Don.

So essentially this may be in contention for most useless passive going unless you mangle a team to run Cinq ID's for some reason- oh? Whats that? The lei heng reflectrial needs cinq ID's? Well that explains it then. Anyway the ID is going to need this passive to be Poise positive so its over already but lets keep going.

One thing I like about this ID that I didn't mention about skill 1 is that it gets Final Power and clash power based on Burn and Poise. It makes Don feel really inconsistent cause she doesn't but Hong Lu does so that's nice. I also like the ramp up with needing Nerve Strike to get Poise... Kind of. Here's the problem. Lets read Nerve Strike as a general effect.

All version of Nerve Strike are the same just with a different name afterwards. See it yet?

So to be clear you want to play this ID in a team with other Cinq ID's. The only content in this game that you need to actually strategize and team build for is boss fights. Most boss fights in modern limbus are mono part. You are never triggering the second clash win effect on skill 2 with cinq Don on the team. Truly baffling design decision. It's fixed by the passive but this is what happens when you design yourself into a corner with the wording on a 2 year old ID. Also it means it's not active for the first few turns.

I think Burn is mentioned more in this skill than in Cinq Don's whole kit. It's a skill 3, nothing more to say really. Defense level down is nice I guess. It's a bit different than just: [On Crit] Inflict [Main Status] so thats something. Idk I'm stretching for something to talk about.

Basically the same as Cinq Don's since passive. Haste probably caps at 2. Yeah.

The ID is fine kit wise I guess. Don't see a time you'd ever use it really but maybe the numbers will be cracked or something.

Post is late again cause work sucks. Got Monday's off again though so next one should be around when the ID drops again. I'm in a sour mood when I can't talk about my favourite game on time every week as dumb as that is so it will be nice to fix that. Anyway yeah, best part of this ID is how Hong Lu is dressed I mean damn I though cinq Don looked good but- *gets shot*

[hongclairs]

Dawn Office Fixer Sinclair [ID]/K Corp. Class 3 Excision Staff Hong Lu [ID] [Both Uptied]

[hongclairs]

Hong Lu and Emil Sinclair handholding edits

[gygesiv]

perhaps i was too generous in my assessment of cinq lu’s trailer

[hongclairs]

Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair [ID]/Fanghunt Office Fixer Hong Lu [ID]

[soupitercentury]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

this has taken me so unimaginably long but i did it!! a translation of the most incredible and beautiful and heart wrenching lcb16 (whats the shorthand for this dynamic specifically lol) is finally done!!! please give the original work all the love, i still cry every time i read it, it's so lovely...

[hongclairs]

i always thought hong lu was absolutely miserable in his base ego bc from a distance u cant see hes smiling