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Limbus Company: Deep Dive Review of Middle Meursault Ishmael 💥
This video is a review of Limbus Company's new identity, Middle Don Quixote Ishmael. It analyzes Ishmael's skills, characteristics, usage, and synergy with other Middle identities. It covers the strengths and limitations of the identity as a burn and bleed dual keyword identity in detail, and evaluates its role in overall deck composition.
✅ The key is to utilize the counter with the 2nd resonance. Damage dealing is also possible using Blood Mist EGO. Consider synergy with allies through blunt attribute.
✅ Can be utilized in a G2 bleed deck.
✅ Index Donkey is treated as a normal agent, Index Pressure identity is expected to be a zero-trust system.
1. ✨ Introducing Middle Don Quixote Ishmael: Key Features and Mechanics
- ✅ Burn and Bleed Dual Keyword Identity
- ✅ Gains Heat Sink buff when attacking 2 or more enemies
- ✅ Heat Sink enhances burn infliction of 3rd skill and restores sanity
- ✅ Inflicts Mangled Target debuff on the enemy that dealt the most damage to allies
- ✅ Increased damage dealing through Middle Grudge buff (increased effect upon Jealousy resonance)
- ✅ Can consume Grudge stacks with 3rd skill or G2 600-person counter
| Buff/Debuff | Effect |
|---|---|
| Heat Sink | Enhances 3rd skill burn infliction, restores sanity |
| Mangled Target | Damage increase debuff |
| Middle Grudge | Damage dealing increase buff (increased effect upon Jealousy resonance) |
| Middle-Style Enhanced Tattoo | Spec enhancement buff |
00:05 - 01:20
1. ✨ Introducing Middle Don Quixote Ishmael: Key Features and Mechanics
- ✅ Burn and Bleed Dual Keyword Identity
- ✅ Gains Heat Sink buff when attacking 2 or more enemies
- ✅ Heat Sink enhances burn infliction of 3rd skill and restores sanity
- ✅ Inflicts Mangled Target debuff on the enemy that dealt the most damage to allies
- ✅ Increased damage dealing through Middle Grudge buff (increased effect upon Jealousy resonance)
- ✅ Can consume Grudge stacks with 3rd skill or G2 600-person counter
| Buff/Debuff | Effect |
|---|---|
| Heat Sink | Enhances 3rd skill burn infliction, restores sanity |
| Mangled Target | Damage increase debuff |
| Middle Grudge | Damage dealing increase buff (increased effect upon Jealousy resonance) |
| Middle-Style Enhanced Tattoo | Spec enhancement buff |
01:25 - 02:42
2. ⚔️ Skill Analysis: Resonance, Counter, and Damage Dealing Mechanics
- ✅ 2nd and 3rd skills increase attack level in proportion to resonance
- ✅ Additional effect upon complete resonance
- ✅ Counter activates with 3rd skill, Violet Break Slam, upon resonance
- ✅ Sanity restoration upon using 1st skill
- ✅ 2nd skill inflicts bleed and burn, paralysis/bind upon Middle-Style Enhanced Tattoo
- ✅ 3rd skill consumes Grudge stacks, increased potency and additional cleave damage in proportion to stacks
| Skill | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1st skill | Sanity restoration |
| 2nd skill | Inflicts bleed, burn (paralysis/bind upon Enhanced Tattoo) |
| 3rd skill | Consumes Grudge, increased potency, additional cleave damage |
| Counter | Activates with 3rd skill (Violet Break Slam) |
✅ The key is to utilize the counter with the 2nd resonance. Damage dealing is also possible using Blood Mist EGO. Consider synergy with allies through blunt attribute.
02:45 - 03:36
3. ⚖️ Performance Evaluation: Role and Limitations in a Middle Deck
- ⚠️ Middle Don Quixote Ishmael is not a core identity in a Middle deck
- ⚠️ Simple structure of a Part A identity
- ⚠️ Most powerful of the latest identities, but burn/bleed synergy is limited
- ⚠️ Low dependence on dual keywords
- ⚠️ Somewhat disappointing match with the Middle counter concept
✅ Can be utilized in a G2 bleed deck.
03:37 - 04:56
4. 🔮 Future Prospects: Development Potential and Story Analysis of Middle Decks
- ⚠️ Limitations of the counter mechanism exist in high floors
- ✅ Expect synergy effects upon future addition of Middle identities
- ✅ Utilize Middle-exclusive EGO gifts such as Blunt Satire, Midnight Cleanup Pack
- ✅ Increased possibility of practical deck composition upon addition of Middle Pressure identity Otis
- ✅ Analysis of spider web origin setting based on identity story
✅ Index Donkey is treated as a normal agent, Index Pressure identity is expected to be a zero-trust system.
04:57 - 05:20
5. 🤔 City's Strongest Fixer Debate: Red Mist vs. Old Man in a Cane?
- 🤔 Brief mention of the City's Strongest Fixer debate
- 🤔 Red Mist, Old Man in a Cane, Athos, O'Kellin, etc. are mentioned
- 🤔 Suggestion that Ziegfried is difficult to include in the debate