Reverse 1999 Marcus build guide: Skills, best Psychubes, Insight Materials, and team

Marcus is the latest 6-star rarity Arcanist, who debuted in the Reverse 1999 version 1.7 update. She belongs to the Plant Afflatus and inflicts mental damage upon enemies with her skill. The Arcanist has Burst Damage and DPS tags and can debuff enemies using his skill, From the Lantern. Her kit makes her one of the best DPS characters for Plant-type teams and against Raid bosses in Mane’s Bulletin.

That said, this article gives the skills explanation, recommended Psychubes, Insight Materials, and team, for the best Marcus build in Reverse 1999.

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Reverse 1999 Marcus build guide: Skills explanation

Here is the skills overview of this Plant Afflatus Reverse 1999 Arcanist:

• Reading Class (Basic Skills 1): It deals 200%/330%/450% damage to a single enemy with one/two/three-star cards. She also gains a 30% Penetration Rate while using a three-star card.
• From The Lantern (Basic Skills 2): It inflicts 130%/200%/300% damage to two enemies. She deals 30%/40%/75% additional damage to enemies under the Annotate status with one/two/three-star rank cards. Additionally, she can inflict one stack of Weakness effects with two and three-star rank cards.
• Next Chapter (Ultimate Skill): Her Ultimate Skill, Next Chapter, deals 250% damage to all enemies on the battlefield. She deals 200% extra damage to enemies under the Annotate status. Additionally, she gains 1 stack of Preparation status and 2 Eureka.

Explanation of Status effects

• Annotate: The Annotate status effect grants one Eureka; it can trigger up to three times every round.
• Weakness: The enemies inflicted with the Weakness status get their damage bonus reduced by 25%. (-1 stack after trigger).
• Preparation: This status effect produces a rank one Precast Incantation of her Reading Class Basic Skill. She can generate the Precast Incantation only once every round.

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Reverse 1999 Marcus build guide: Best Psychubes

Recommended Psychubes (Image via Bluepoch)

Here are the recommended Psychubes in Reverse 1999 for the best Marcus build:

• Another Story: She deals 1%/2% additional damage (can stack up to 8%) while casting two/three-star rank cards. If she consumes two or more Eureka in a round, her Incantation Might buffs by 10% till the round ends (At Level 1 Amplification).
• Blasphemer of Night: If the enemy she attacks has two or more negative statuses, she deals 12% additional damage (At Level 1 Amplification).
• His Bounden Duty: It adds HP equal to 60% of her attack to Max HP every time she defeats an enemy (At Level 1 Amplification).

The best Psychube for this 6-star is Another Story. It allows her to deal massive damage with her Basic Skills. Timekeepers can also use Blasphemer of Night if they don’t have Another Story; it also boosts her DPS capability. Players who want survivability can use His Bounden Duty.

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Reverse 1999 Marcus build guide: Insight Materials

Marcus's Insight effect (Image via Bluepoch)

Marcus's Inheritance is Read the Page, which unlocks after he upgrades to Insight I. Here are the effects of Read the Page at all Insight levels and materials required to upgrade:

Insight I: Her Max Eureka count increases by one. If there are no enemies under the Annotate effect, she applies the effect, prioritizing bosses. If she has two or more Eureka, he uses two to upgrade one-star rank cards to two-star rank and three to upgrade two-star rank to three-star rank cards (she prioritizes lower ranked cards).

• Sharpodonty ✕ 18000
• Page of Plantal Vimen ✕ 6
• Trembling Tooth ✕ 5
• Cicada Wings ✕ 6

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Insight II: Her attack buffs by 5% while entering the battle.

• Sharpodonty ✕ 40000
• Scroll of Plantal Vimen ✕ 10
• Solidus ✕ 3
• Prophetic Birds ✕ 6

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Insight III: She gains one Eureka while entering the battle and one at the start of the round. If there are three or more Plant, Spirit, and/or Intelligence Afflatus teammates, he gains the Perusal status. That said, note that it gets removed whenever the requirements aren't met.

• Sharpodonty ✕ 200000
• Tome of Plantal Vimen ✕ 16
• Golden Compass ✕ 5
• Fruit of Good and Evil ✕ 3

Explanation of the status effect

• Perusal: It grants one Moxie to Marcus (undispellable) when casting two and three-star rank cards.

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Reverse 1999 Marcus build guide: Best team

6 in Reverse 1999 (Image via Bluepoch)

Marcus in Reverse 1999 takes the role of a DPS character in a team. She synergizes excellently with Intelligence, Spirit, and Plant Afflatus allies. Here is the list of some of the best teammates for her:

• 6 (Intelligence)
• Druvis III (Plant)
• Isolde (Spirit)
• An-An Lee (Plant)

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