Status effects
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Many items put a status on the Mymic they hit. Shadowscript Brush applies 10 stacks of Inked, Arachnid Claws 3 stacks of Poison, and Staff of Incandescence applies Blinded, Starstruck and Unbalanced all at once. Each status has a short rule in the game's effect glossary, quoted below exactly as the game words it.
Statuses only matter in raids. In PvP and alliance wars, an item's effect line does nothing. See Item effects for how trigger words like "On hit" and "once per floor" work.
1 Stacks#
Most statuses come in stacks. Some lose a stack each time they are used, so more stacks last longer. Others grow stronger with each stack. The text of each status says which: Overgrowth reads "On hit: Remove 1 stack", while Nailed reads "Takes 10% bonus damage per stack."
2 Statuses that make a Mymic take more damage#
- Inked: "Take 50% increased damage on the next attacks." Shadowscript Brush applies 10 stacks, Inkstained Pages 3, Safari Hat and Rainbowstroke Brush 2, and Inkpoint Pen and Inkbloom Vial 1. Blue-Gem Paintbrush and Amberstroke Brush apply it too.
- Starstruck: "Takes 20% increased damage from the next attack, triple it if the attack type is Light or Shadow." Windeluft applies 10 stacks, Cosmic Glacialis 5, and Eclipse Band 2. Divine Starcore, Heartpiercer, Astral Scythe, Loca Plush and Starlink Core apply it on hit.
- Poison: "Takes 1% bonus damage per stack on each hit." Arachnid Claws applies 3 stacks.
- Brittle: "Super Effective hits deal 10% bonus damage per stack." Frosty Earings applies 10 stacks. Wool Scarf applies it on hit, and General's Cap and Energy Blade have a 50% chance to.
- Nailed: "Takes 10% bonus damage per stack." Rusty Nail applies it, and Scrap Hammer reads "Deal triple damage to enemies with Nailed".
- Overgrowth: "On hit: Remove 1 stack. At 1 stack, take double damage." Woodland Crown applies 5 stacks, Safari Hat and Druid Staff 4, Crown of the Grove 3 and Flowercaller 2. Dewthorn Grandis puts 3 stacks on every Mymic on the floor, once per floor.
- Storm Drain: "Take 5% increased damage per stack. After getting hit, add 1 stack." Perfect Plunger applies 4 stacks to all Mymics on attack.
- Palette: "Takes 5% more damage per stack (max 10). Gains a stack when hit by a Type it hasn't been hit by yet." Vibrant Paintbrush applies 5 stacks and Colorburst Papers 2.
- Unbalanced: "Takes 20% increased damage from Balance attacks". Fractal Scarf applies 5 stacks and Hwando of Steel 2, and Enchanted Petals applies it on hit.
- Cursed: "This Mymic takes 3× damage from Resonance attacks." Cursed Halo and Phantom Blade apply it.
- Mapper: "Gain a stack when hit by a ball from a unique continent. Take 15% more damage per stack." Navigator's Compass and Bandunian Passport apply it.
- Rarity Collector: "Gain a stack when hit by a ball with a unique Rarity. Take 15% more damage per stack." Antimatter Channeler applies it.
- Aristocrat: "Takes 200% damage from Rare and Epic balls." Royal Mantle applies it.
3 Statuses that change the type matchup#
- Drowned: "The next attack becomes super effective, and Water attacks deal double damage." Hookfin Skeleton applies 5 stacks. Admiral's Hat, Deep Sea Trident, Dizzlet, Sailor's Anchor and Surge Striker apply it too.
- Blinded: "Can't resist attacks." Daylight Bracelet, Torn Eyepatch, Metal Shuriken and Atomic Disk apply it, as does Staff of Incandescence.
- Snared: "Resonance is always Super Effective". Barbshot applies it.
- Unstable: "The next attack has inverted type advantage. On hit: Apply Stable." Stable in turn reads "On hit: Apply Unstable." Alchemist's Brew and Antimatter Channeler apply it.
- Airborne: "This Mymic takes 2× damage from Wind attacks and is Immune to Mountain attacks." Duskfeather applies it.
- Extreme Instability: "On attack: Change my type randomly." Atomic Disk applies it.
4 Statuses that add damage#
- Burn: "On hit: Consume 1 stack to deal an additional 500 damage. Increases to 1500 on Fire-type attacks." Burned Scarf applies 5 stacks, Flowery Earings 4, and Burning Cheese Cannon and Warlord's Brew 3. Coelash's Comet Staff has a 50% chance to apply 1.
- Blaze: "Take 30% increase damage for every stack of Blaze. When I take Fire damage I gain a stack of blaze." Dragon Plush, a Fire-only item, applies 1 stack.
- Updraft: "When I take Cosmic or Wind damage, remove 1 stack to deal 70% bonus damage." Heavenly Feathers applies 3 stacks.
- Oil Slick: "On hit: If the attack type is Oil, gain a stack of Oil Slick. If the attack type is Fire, it deals 20% bonus damage per stack and consumes all stacks." Blackoil Pipes applies it.
- Salty: "On hit: If I would take Water type damage, convert it to Storm type dealing 25% bonus damage and consume 1 stack." Salt Shakers applies 3 stacks.
- Splinter: "The next attack strikes a second time for 50% damage." Sultan's Relic and Divine Halo apply it, Neon Chainaxe 2 stacks, Fragile Chair 1, and Parasol of the Dragon puts it on every Mymic when its ball attacks.
- Keel Down: "On attack: Loses 1 stack. When the last stack is lost, becomes Capsized." Capsized reads "Takes 50% more damage from the next attack, then becomes Keel Down." Fleet Captain's Hat applies 2 stacks of Keel Down.
- Rally: "Takes 10% more damage per stack. When attacked by a new player: Stacks double (max 8). Once every player has attacked: Loses all stacks." Naval Ensign applies 1 stack, which rewards a party where several players attack the same Mymic.
- Doom: "On Multiattack: Apply 1 stack of Shatterpoint. On hit: Gain 1 stack of Universal Weakness for every 10000 damage." Chaos Blade applies it.
- Sabre Training: "When above 50% health: Take 50% bonus damage from primary hits. When below 50% health: Take 75% bonus damage from Resonance." Legacy Blade applies it.
5 Statuses that unexhaust your balls#
- Light Seeker: "On hit by a Light attack: add 1 stack. When the 3rd stack would be added, drop stacks to 0 and unexhaust a random ball in the raid." Angelic Blade applies 2 stacks, once per floor.
- Corruption: "On hit: Remove 1 stack. When dropped to 0 stacks, unexhaust 1 random ball." Blade of Corruption applies 10 stacks, Astral Sigil and Cosmic Shield 4, and Void Crystal 3.
- Heal: "On hit, consumes 1 stack to unexhaust the attacker." Despite the name, Heal on a Mymic helps you. Elixir of the Grove applies it once per floor, and Flower Hearts and Snow Hearts 1 stack once per floor.
- Double Heal: "On hit, do not exhaust the ball that is attacking, then additionally unexhaust 1 random ball. Remove 1 stack." Loveburst applies 3 stacks and Radiant Lotus 2, each once per floor.
- Matrix: "The next attack deals 10% damage but does not exhaust the attacker. On attack: Loses 1 stack." Digital Soul applies 5 stacks. Matrix trades damage for free attacks, and it was half of the Tapioca exploit; see Arachnid Claws and Tapioca exploit.
6 Shutting down a Mymic's traits#
Hushed reads "I can't gain or grow my own Traits. Status Effects your Polbies apply still land. On hit: Remove 1 stack." It stops a Mymic's own traits from building while your statuses keep landing. Fractal Scarf applies 5 stacks after it strips the Mymic's stackable traits, and Bloompetal applies 3.
7 Statuses that work against you#
A few items apply something that protects the Mymic.
- Thaw: "Take 5% reduced damage per stack. On hit: lose 1 stack." Snow Hearts applies 2 stacks alongside its Heal.
- Preservation: "Cannot gain new status effects, and existing ones don't lose stacks. Shields still block without being spent; Heal and Rebirth don't trigger. Each time I'm attacked: remove 1 stack of Preservation." Captain's Bottle applies 10 stacks, Antique Teacup 5 and Antique Camera 1. It freezes the statuses already on the Mymic and blocks new ones.
- Type Shield: "Blocks the next attacks of a specific type." Flower Hearts, a Fire or Ice item, applies 1 stack of Type Shield Fire along with its Heal.
8 On polbielytics#
Each Mymic page lists its own traits with their full text, and each item page shows its effect line. Start from Raids or Items.