Kakania in Reverse 1999: Skills overview, best teammates, and more

Kakania in Reverse 1999 is an upcoming Plant Afflatus Arcanist. This 6-star serves as a Tank and Support character in a team. In addition to providing support, the Arcanist can deal Mental and Genesis damage with her skills. Upon reaching Insight I, she takes damage for her allies, helping her team survive longer to take down enemies. This Arcanist can also buff attack for a single enemy with her incantations.

Her banner, Observation into the Mirror, goes live on October 10, till October 31, 2024, in Reverse 1999 version 1.9 update, allowing players to summon her at a boosted drop rate. That said, below is the skills overview of Kakania in Reverse 1999, her best teammates, and whether she is worth pulling.

NOTE: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinion.

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Kakania in Reverse 1999: Skills and Insight Effects explained

Here is the skills overview of Kakania in Reverse 1999:

• Subconscious (Basic Skill 1): With Subconscious, she attacks a single target, dealing Mental and Genesis damage (based on her current Empathy).
• Association (Basic Skill 2): When Kakania casts the Association on herself, she restores a certain amount of HP. If she casts on an ally, they get the Solace status effect that buffs their attack based on Empathy.
• Id, Ego, and Superego (Ultimate Skill): She attacks one target, dealing Mental and Genesis damage (based on her current Empathy), and resets Empathy to zero. Then, she begins recording the damage taken by enemies for the round. Additionally, she deals Genesis damage to the enemy based on the amount of damage recorded.

Explanation of Kakania’s status effect

• Empathy: This effect records the damage Kakania receives from enemies.
• Solace: It grants attack buffs based on Kakania’s Empathy.

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Her Passive Skill or Inheritance is called Psychoanalysis and becomes available when she reaches Insight I. Psychoanalysis, at Insight I, causes Kakania to take damage taken by other allies. The damage she takes gets stored as Empathy (the maximum amount stored depends on her max HP). Kakania cannot store damage when her Empathy reaches the maximum.

The Passive’s effect at Insight II increases Kakania’s max HP when she enters the battle. When Empathy stores a certain amount of damage, it recovers HP for all allies based on Kakani’s max HP at Insight III. While being healed, This Plant Afflatus Arcanist attacks all enemies, dealing Genesis damage based on her current HP. The attack is not considered a follow-up attack.

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Best teammates for Kakania in Reverse 1999

Windsong is one of the best teammates for Kakania. (Image via Bluepoch)

Timekeepers can use Kakania in Reverse 1999 as a support character. For DPS, they can use Intelligence Afflatus Lucy, Star Afflatus Windsong, Plant Afflatus Marcus, Mineral Afflatus Kaalaa Baunaa, Beast Afflatus Melania, Plant Afflatus Druvis III, Star Afflatus Lilya, and Beast Afflatus Sweetheart.

Timekeepers can also use Mineral Afflatus Semmelweis as a DPS. They can use Plant Afflatus Vila and Star Afflatus Tooth Fairy. Besides these two, one can also use Mineral Afflatus Balloon Party and Star Afflatus Yenisei for healers.

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Is Kakania in Reverse 1999 worth pulling?

Kakania is worth pulling in Reverse 1999. (Image via Bluepoch)

Yes, one should pull Kakania in Reverse 1999. Her biggest strength is the attack buff she provides for her allies. She also prolongs the durability of the team by tanking; however, one might have to invest in her portraits to use her as a solo sustainer. Additionally, players must build her to increase her Empathy’s damage-storing capacity.

She deals Genesis damage and provides attack buffs based on her Empathy. Additionally, the Empathy’s cap depends on her max HP, so one must also focus on increasing her HP. Kakania fits most of the teams and works well in Mane’s Bulletin, Roguelike game mode, and other 4-man content.