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Team: Necrologist (R10 / P5), Mondlicht (Maxed Out + Elucidation), Tennant (R10 + Elucidation / P5), Leilani (Maxed Out), Bette (Level 1 lol), X (R10 / P5), Poltergeist (Insight 1), White Rum (Insight 2)

Our last fight for Phototaxis 2.6 is actually kinda tough (for lower rarities). Boss Razor's gimmick is that he changes stances whenever he's hit with an Ult. These stances grant him effects like "no-selling any non-Mineral attacks", "becoming Immune to all debuffs" and "inflicting Daze on whoever he targets".

The debuff immunity is the most annoying for obvious reasons (no CC), though the "inflicting Daze" stance is pretty troublesome too. You can throw out an invincible Poltergeist, no sell Razor's attack and Poltergeist STILL ends up Dazed (which is bad because Poltergeist loses her Taunt when Dazed).

Razor being in Daze stance and Razor using his Ult are the main dangers for our party. If he's outside of Daze stance, Poltergeist can no sell all enemy attacks, while the Ult can be controlled with characters like X and White Rum (as long as we're not using WR's Ult while he's Immune). You have to find a balance between hitting Razor with Ults, when to let Poltergeist tank attacks, when to use CC Ults while also building Moxie for Poltergiest and being aware of what stance Razor in.

It's kinda demanding, especially trying to clear in a "short" amount of rounds, but it was very satisfying overall. As for the team:

-Necrologist: I ended up running Necro rather than Bunny Bunny, just because I can apply Prayer in any situation while Bunny Bunny has to be aware of Razor's stances. I just needed to reduce the mental stack of running this party lol

-Mondlicht: My only low rarity Mineral DPS, though if it wasn't obvious from the Mondlicht Raid video, I like Mondlicht ("Red Riding Hood with a gun" is my favorite character type lol)

-Tennant: I'm starting to realize how absolutely cracked Tennant is in this mode. All of her mechanics get refreshed when she's swapped in (like her two free shields, her two Diamond Bullets after using an Ult etc.), this is arguably Tennant's best mode

-Leilani: Another character who is really good in Phototaxis. This was inarguably her best mode but with Recoleta in Global she's surprisingly useful in Lucidscape too (in a "we have Euphoria Melania at home" sort of way)

-Bette: She added the least to this party, but I wanted to use her after her anecdote this patch

-White Rum: Should I build White Rum for real? Because Phototaxis is starting to convince me that she's actually unironically good.

-Poltergeist / AliEn T: This was a very good Phototaxis patch for both characters, especially Alien T. Unlike White Rum, I'm under no delusions that these two would be good outside Phototaxis, but it was so fun using them this patch.