Licht/Strategy
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[Speaker of the Roppongi Guild] Licht
【六本木の議長】リヒト
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[Pillager of Legacies] Licht
【遺産略奪】リヒト
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[At the Heart of the Blaze] Licht
【火照る胸の奥に】リヒト
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(This page is for Licht strategy guide. For the standard Licht page, click here.)
Overview
Adapted with permission from Kiraidi's Tier List
☆3/☆5 Licht
Licht is simple to understand, a fantastic CP battery support who can optimally fuel whoever is in front of him as well as some of his party if so desired, LB1 fuels allies’ CP in general every now and then, LB2 is the aforementioned CP fuel to whatever ally’s in front quite well with his attacks, LB3 brings it up a notch and also applies 
VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) along, an offensive buff that can bolster his and his party’s damage. He’s greatly favored towards allies who rely on their Charge skills or have excellent Charge skills, while probably giving them a push in damage, all simply by sitting and attacking, a trait that’s fairly rare among units. His only mediocre aspect s lie in his rather situational Charge, which is mostly useful for damage once LB3 is achieved, and that 5☆ is, funnily enough, just a little bit worse than 3☆ for LB3 applying at a less effective range, and being far more rare.
☆4 Valentine Licht
Valentine Licht roots a bit into his CP battery prowess and damage increasing fun from the original version with LB2 and LB3, but adds a different spice to his playstyle through Default's Concentration, a damage and proc rate buff that solidifies the rest of his kit very nicely, LB1 is rather fun to exploit given he’ll slap Weakness to whatever hits him, allowing for considerably painful counterattacks from him and his allies and with a very nice side-effect of dealing increased damage to enemies under Tenacity, a lot of the cast has a way to apply Tenacity to themselves and this side effect easily exploits that. He seals the deal with his magnificent Charge, Possession is a very rare ailment for players to use and it's a really good temporary shut down, with formidable range to boot and tremendous damage under Default+LB3 and perhaps even LB1. His only downside is the fact that sacrificing his originally Dark element for Fire is arguably bad since he's now weak to Water like a handful others. Sometimes LB2 won’t be fully approached since you might be trying to exploit LB3 more but play it smart and position him behind the ally who wants the most CP, he’ll do the rest by sitting and shooting things away.
Highlights
Adapted with permission from Kiraidi's Tier List
☆3/☆5 Licht
Class:Offensive Support, Glass Cannon
Gameplay Role:CP Battery, Damage Buffer
Pros
+ LB1 shares considerable CP in a huge effect range for his allies to approach.
+ LB2 serves greatly to steroid whatever ally he has in front with potentially huge amounts of CP.
+ LB3 packs him with even more CP and a damage buff for his allies, which also bolsters his damage.
Cons
- ☆5 is slightly worse for the fact LB3 applies in a far less effective range, with 3☆ being the cheaper and essentially more-efficient option.
- While his Default and LB3 CP affects him, his Charge is deemed mostly situational past potential damage, making Default kind of a waste.
- Exclusively a CP battery, damage buff is mostly a bonus and is a very common one, CP is important only to units with good Charges, limiting his viability.
☆4 Valentine Licht
Class: Glass Cannon, Offensive Support
Role: Damage Dealer, CP Battery, Damage Buffer
Pros
+ Boasts of increased proc rates and damage thanks to Default Concentration, which greatly helps the rest of his skill set.
+ LB1 helps pinpointing vulnerable targets whenever he’s hit, which allows him to counterattack with tremendous damage thanks to his other buffs.
+ LB2 serves greatly to steroid whatever ally he has in front with potentially huge amounts of CP, along with LB3 giving even more CP and a damage buff for his allies, which also bolsters his damage and stacks with Default and LB1.
+ Charge boasts of fantastic damage and can turn the tide of a fight thanks to Possessed turning enemy attack ranges around.
Cons
- Without Default, his performance sees a considerable drop in both damage and proc rates.
- While LB1 sounds great, he needs to be hit for it, having no way to reduce incoming damage by himself to exploit it.
- LB2 and partially LB3 rely on how good his allies’ Charge skills are in order to get maximum benefit out of them, gating him partially to party composition in that sense.
Gameplay Role
CP Battery
To understand Licht's utility, quantifying his CP boosts and comparing this to the boosts from other buffs is necessary. 
Acceleration+8CP/turn for 3 turns (Buff) boosts CP by ≥8 per turn, with a total of ≥24 over 3 turns; 
Arousal+10CP/turn for 1 turn (Buff) boosts CP by ≥10 at the end of the turn; 
ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) boosts CP by ≥5 per turn, with a total ≥10 over 2 turns; and 
Envy+5CP/turn for 3 turns (Irremovable Buff) boosts CP by ≥5 per turn, with a total of ≥15 over 3 turns. In comparison, Licht has several opportunities to boost ally CP in a single turn, as his skills activate once per enemy hit.
| Name of skill | Applicable rarity/variant (☆) | Activation chance (% at SLV1, 100) | Effect (SLV100) |
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| Artist | 3, 5 | 50, 100 | 16-19CP (mode = 18CP) to self |
| Ruler | 3, 5 | 45, 90 | 12-14CP (mode = 13CP) to allies within two horizontal and/or vertical total squares away |
| Agitator | 3, 4 (Valentine), 5 | 25, 50 | 14-16CP (mode = 15CP) to ally 1 square ahead |
| Frenzy Conductor | 5 | 35, 70 | 16-19CP (mode = 17CP) and VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) to self and allies within two squares ahead
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| Spreader of Lunacy | 3, 4 (Valentine) | 20, 40 | 14-16CP (mode = 15) and VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) to self and adjacent allies
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| (Attack CP bonus) | all | 100, 100 | 5-7 (mode = 5) to self |
| (Overkill CP bonus) | all | 100, 100 | 9-? (mode = ?) to self |
| (Struck CP bonus) | all | 100, 100 | 5-7 (mode = 5) to self |
Three relevant team formations can be used to quantify the gain in CP, listed below (assumes each skill succeeds in activating). These team formations assume the use of 5☆ Licht, but the positioning and scaling CP gains should roughly apply to other variants as well
| Ally CP boost and attack formation |
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| Enemy |
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Ally CP boost range: [14*2 + 16*2, 16*2 + 19*2] = [60, 70]
Expected ally CP boost: 15*2 + 17*2 = 64
Licht CP boost range: [16*2 + 5*2, 19*2 + 7*2] = [42, 52]
Expected Licht CP boost: 17*2 + 5*2 = 44
| Licht CP boost formation
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| Enemy |
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Licht CP boost range: [16*3 + 5*3, 19*3 + 7*3] = [63, 78]
Expected Licht CP boost: 17*3 + 5*3 = 66
| Nuke formation |
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| Enemy |
| Ally |
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Proximal ally boost range: [14 + 16, 16 + 19] = [30, 35]
Expected proximal ally CP boost: 15 + 17 = 32
Distal ally boost range: [16, 19]
Expected distal ally CP boost: 17
Licht CP boost range: [16 + 5, 19 + 7] = [21, 26]
Expected Licht CP boost: 17 + 5 = 22
In theory, his CP boosting potential can be bolstered even further with a 
ComboATK Down by 0.6x (excepting charge attacks), attack twice each turn for 2 turns (Buff) buff bestowed by 
Fire Mobster's 連携する者 skill or 
Volos's Sprouter skill, and enable consecutive CS activations from the same boosted ally. In practise, this may not be very rewarding because of (1) movement constraints, where coordinating 3 units in a column dynamically forces the Move action on the center unit; and (2) it necessitates Licht's team order number is larger to attack after the charge-attacking ally (Licht cannot pre-emptively CP boost a fully charged ally, and can only charge after they use their CS), where Licht cannot buff the charge-attacking unit with VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) in the same turn before they attack; and (3) Licht may not be able to activate his skills if the enemies are KOd before he strikes them (they only activate on hitting enemies with non-zero HP), and so KOing opponents with the first hit of a ComboATK Down by 0.6x (excepting charge attacks), attack twice each turn for 2 turns (Buff)-boosted attack would prevent the second round of CP boosting.
Damage Buffer
Besides Licht's CP boosting potential, the one buff VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) he bestows is one of the best in the game for its longevity (3 turns). This, along with the fact that it activates when attacking rather than when moving, makes stacking buffs much easier (more on this later). Its activation chance isn't too amazing in his 3☆ version (Spreader of Lunacy 40% at SLV100), but is better in his 5☆ version (Frenzy Conductor 70% at SLV100).
Stats and Seed Usage
| Rarity (☆) | Variant | Max HP (unseeded) | Max HP (seeded) | Max ATK (unseeded) | Max ATK (seeded) | Max normal ATK per square (unseeded) | Max normal ATK per square (seeded) | Max CS ATK per square (unseeded) | Max CS ATK per square (seeded, SALV1) |
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| 3 | Regular | 6421 | 8441 | 3752 | 5354 | 1689 | 2409 | 3377 | 4818 |
| 4 | Valentine | 6846 | 8790 | 4577 | 6224 | 2060 | 2801 | 4394 | 5975 |
| 5 | Regular | 8217 | 10175 | 4813 | 6395 | 2166 | 2878 | 8663 | 11510 |
Because of Licht's respectable damage output, investing ATK seeds in him is a good choice, although Licht reliably KOing enemies makes repeated attack-dependent skill activations harder (it's probably better to KO enemies as soon as possible before they can counter, though). Investing HP seeds is an okay decision, as Licht's demise often means the demise of the team that was carefully built around Licht. Increasing the reliability of Licht's skill activation for CP boosting is essential, so he would best benefit from Skill seeds. LV seeds are a good investment for the same reason as HP and ATK seeds are.
Team Synergy
Characters with good self-CP increase: Characters who can boost their own CP quickly can make up for the difference that Licht's CP boost misses to fill the charge gauge quickly.
Characters with non-Vigor attack buffs: VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff)'s main strength is its longevity, which allows for other attacks to be stacked with it. ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) is a perfect match because of its ability to increase both damage output and CP over two turns. Damage buffs that are bestowed at the start of phases are especially quite synergistic because of Licht's Ruler skill (boosts ally CP at the beginning of phase), which can ensure that the first move of the boosted unit would be a boosted charge strike.
Characters with good a CS: When Licht is used properly, the effects associated with CAs become as important if not more important to micromanage as base skills, so picking a unit with good effects can lead to the guaranteed activation of those skills several times in a match. Selecting a unit with wide range (magic, all) with CS debuffs is also ideal. Being able to affect all enemies with a constant stream of CS debuffs regardless of positioning can enable other certain strategies reliant on stalling (e.g. healing and CP building).
Characters who benefit from frontlining: Licht should almost always be behind someone. Naturally, the unit who he is supporting should be able to play the frontline role of taking slash, wide slash, and blow damage directly well.
All of the above: There is a particular strategy that can work only if the above situations are met that (with some luck) breaks the game. This is elaborated in the Teambuilding Options: Nuclear Clock.
Checks and Counters
Evasion and other defense buff bestowers
Evasion (and to a lesser extent other defense buffs) invalidates a successful board-wide nuke (see Teambuilding Options: Nuclear Clock), and leads to wasting the next nuke in the same board. Additionally, Licht works best when boosting allies and simultaneously KOing all enemies in range (perhaps with the final blow from nearby positioned allies), so as to prevent a counterattack from enemies with 
AETHER, some other damage boost, or otherwise some skill-sealing skill. Defense buffs prevent a decisive KO and let such situations arise.
CP reducers and CS blockers
Enemy skills that reduce the CP of allies by even a bit prevent the CP meter from ever completely filling, thus preventing CAs from ever happening. Licht's utility almost exclusively depends on CP boosting and CS activation, so even minor CP debuffs severely guts him. Skill sealers are often not a threat to Licht due to his ability to stay out of range, but he is similarly rendered near-useless if debuffed by either 
BindCannot activate skills, ATK Down by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 4 turns. CS effects still apply. (Debuff) or 
Skill LockCannot activate skills for 5 turns. (Debuff).
VALIANT-type enemies
For the above two counters, 
NETHER-resistant VALIANT enemies are especially problematic for Licht. Many available VALIANT units (
Seth, ☆5 Summer Festival variant 
Hogen, ☆5 
Horkeu Kamui, ☆5 Setsubun variant 
Oniwaka) also have a mixture of defense buffs and skill sealing debuffs.
Formation disruptors
After moving for your turn, Licht should ideally always be directly behind an ally, and should have an enemy in range to attack. Skills that prevent movement limits being able to dynamically adjust formation on the fly, and thus obstructs Licht from being in his ideal position. Skills that push him away or sideways may leave him out of range, possibly forcing suboptimal movements to reposition. Skills that pull him forward generally don't affect him, since he should be behind someone in most cases anyway (and thus stay neatly out of range for a followup from blow- and slash-type enemies).
Teambuilding Options
This section consists of user-submitted builds that may not necessarily be viable for high level quests.
Budget Damage Dealing Team (≥24 cost)
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This cost-saving team exploits most features of Licht. Melusine gains a friendship buff with Licht, which raises the proc rate of self-bestowing 
CritATK Up by 2x ~ 4x for 1 turn (Buff) from her Dragonborn and Excavator skills. Temujin can also self-bestow CritATK Up by 2x ~ 4x for 1 turn (Buff) from Marksmen along with Rage from Avenger. These attack buffs stack with Licht's feature Vigor-on-attack from Spreader of Lunacy or Frenzy Conductor. These three units would act as a backliners, while Marchosias would act as a frontliner that can protect the back by bestowing Tenacity to the units behind him with Tough-Winged Griffon. This Tenacity buff also covers Temujin's vulnerability from Rage.
Nuclear Clock (≥48 cost)
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The following assumes Licht, 
Gyumao, and 
Typhon are all LV70, SLV100, SALV1, and unseeded.
The ordering of the units is critical, as it is important to have Gyumao next to Licht turn 1 in order to optimize the next move for CP boosting. Licht would ideally go first, as explained in the end of section Overview: CP Battery describing Licht's interaction with ComboATK Down by 0.6x (excepting charge attacks), attack twice each turn for 2 turns (Buff). Licht can somewhat reliably boost ≥30CP each turn for one unit in a particular position (Licht in range to attack one enemy, with CP-boosted ally directly on square up), and can even potentially boost ≥60CP for one unit in the Ally CP boost and attack formation (see Overview).
This team specializes in clearing the board completely for every turn (hence the name Nuclear Clock), beginning with phase 2. The board clearers are 2 Gyumao (or 1 Gyumao and 1 Typhon), which will alternate in turns when using their All-range charge specials. Gyumao works best in boards 5 squares in length, in order to maximize the potential amount of units he can hit with his wide slash range and maximize his CP gain (he gains ≥8CP for every OHP enemy hit, ≥4CP for >0HP enemy hit). Gyumao also gains ≥20CP for every time he moves because of Hot-Blooded Mystical Demon. This coupled with ≥12CP Licht's Ruler makes it possible for you to time Gyumao's final CP boost that would fill his meter to 100, so that it coincides with the beginning of the next phase. Additionally, Typhon's Beach Hunter skill self-bestows ≥20CP, and combined with Licht's Ruler ability (and ignoring ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) or other CP boosting buffs on Typhon), Typhon will have his CS ready for the next phase if he has at least 70CP. SLV100 ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) provides an additional ≥5CP every turn for two turns.
As All range has a severe damage multiplier penalty, the key to restoring its lethality is stacking multiple buffs. Gyumao deals 1617 base damage per square with his CS, accounting for both CS multiplier bonus (4×) and all range multiplier penalty (0.1×). Similarly, Typhon's base CS damage per square is 2180. While Gyumao can self-bestow ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) during his CA, the buff would likely be only SLV1 (dependent on SALV); thus, it is ideal to bestow a SLV100 ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) with your other Support Gyumao by Hot-Blooded Mystical Demon, or bestow SLV100 
ConcentrationATK Up by 1.1x ~ 2.2x, skill activation rate +10% for 2 turns (Buff) with your Support Typhon by Band Bander. Typhon only has one CP self-boosting skill (on phase start), but his magic range would enable him to gain more CP bonus from attacking further-to-reach enemies. Typhon's CS should be boosted with SLV100 ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) through Gyumao. Coupled with SLV100 VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) from Licht, Gyumao would have three buffs total at the beginning of the next phase (SLV100 VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff), ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff)/ ConcentrationATK Up by 1.1x ~ 2.2x, skill activation rate +10% for 2 turns (Buff), and 
Crit+ATK Up by 2.5x ~ 5x for 1 turn (Buff) from Potter's Wheel Turner, for 1617×2.4×(2.4 or 2.2)×5 = 46567 or 42689 damage), and Typhon would have two buffs ( VigorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x for 3 turns (Buff) and ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff) on self for 2180×2.4×2.4 = 12557 damage). In either case, both should supply enough damage for a board clear for enemies at least up to level 50 (e.g. Elite dailies). Gyumao can continue gaining CP quickly because his CS effects include self-applying Acceleration+8CP/turn for 3 turns (Buff). Board wipes should be possible to keep up for at least three consecutive phases, before Licht gains enough CP for his own charge strike (and thus is unable to attack regularly to boost ally CP again).
In the case that a board-wipe fails, stalling strategies becomes an immediate option (if another board-wiping CS is not readied), as Gyumao's CS effects include applying 
FearCannot move at will, -10CP/turn for 5 turns (Debuff) and blow back one square, and Typhon applies 
ParalysisATK Down by 0.9x ~ 0.45x, cannot move at will for 5 turns (Debuff) and blow back one square. This extra stalling period can be used to position yourself up for a final blow that would CP-boost enough for the next board-wiping CA. It might be a good period of time too to willingly exhaust Licht's CA, to enable him to boost CP again.
While this team trivializes dailies and some challenge quests, keep in mind that it is still heavily dependent on the chance of skill activation.