SPEED | ORIGINAL A | SUSTAINED SINGLE-TARGET DPS
Manual PvE: a major boss specialist if the engine and combo are maintained. Short waves and invulnerable transitions can waste his ramp-up. Arena/AI: do not transfer the PvE 200% loop into a universal tier judgment. [S07, S34]
Talents
TR > BR in the older sheet. A budget path prioritizes TR and the useful early BR node. [S03]
Cards and build
Ectoplasm/Nomu are supported normal-attack options; Cold Shot or a developed crit card can complement them. Crit/penetration choices should be compared against his actual true-damage contribution rather than chosen by BP alone. Use Speed and offensive chip rolls. [S05, S07]
Manual play
Build the engine bar with W/normals. Activate special only with a filled bar, then use Q to raise boost while preserving the resource and combo. Toggle special off before depletion where the loop allows it. Reach 200%, use E for its damage window, rebuild quickly with the filled-bar/special/Q cycle and continue rapid normals. Protect the combo through boss downtime. [S07, S34]
Investment
The 2021 mini-guide suggests E into ultimate at 200%; replies dispute this during a sustained fight because normals can do more over the animation. R is commonly reserved for a finish or scoring-window end. The title claiming undisputed best single-target damage is opinion, not an equal-build benchmark. [S07, S34]
Practice tips
Hold 200% across a full minute without losing the combo. Then compare E-rebuild-normals to E-R, using the same duration and target.