My apologies if this has been asked before, but I've been experimenting with a full (as possible) Heishou team that's fully leveled and uptied for a bit and I've been wondering one thing:
How does Bad End Hong Lu exactly choose the ally to combo with during S3 if there are no units who have gotten Exalted Command yet?
From what I understand, the skill description says that, in essence, he would choose a Heishou ally that can act and has comboed with him the least amount of times and combo with that ally (after which selected ally chases with S3 and then they combo if there are enemies left). My first Mirror run had him consistently choose Faust, even twice during battle and the fights after that, in the same run. My second run had him consistently choose Ryoushuu, which makes me think that this is not random. Besides, if he triggers a second S3 due to the Rusty Commemorative Coin, he would always trigger Lonesome Stand instead of a duo attack, even if all Heishou were alive, which is, as far as I understand, due to him only being able to grant Exalted Command once a turn.
I haven't seen any in-depth analysis of this (as I'm too hesitant to dive into PMHC for this) but I'd like to know what mechanics are behind this.
This would be much simpler if you had replies turned on for this message... It's whatever Heishou is first in deployment order.



















