Mei Lin Maxing - Rising Dragon Spire

Mei Lin can either be 2/3 or 3/2 Rising Dragon Spire / Unity of Attack and Defense.

3 Rising Dragon Spire is the highest hit count and damage but you lose 2 AP economy between the cost and losing 1 AP from Unity epiphany.

unless you get unlucky with eyed popper being at the bottom of your deck you should be able to complete a minimum of 2 quest a turn and that is if your really not paying attention, which for most fights you wont have to.

Assuming you are using the O-Cost quest which is recommended for this strat.

From Turn 2 onwards you will consistently draw your whole deck if you play your cards right and be able to maximize your damage, weave Mei Lin's strikes between cassius's and Veronica's draw to complete your quest and you will be able to complete an average of 4 quest.

For Mei Lin's Persona card if you are past turn 1 you can discard 2 of Cassius quest cards for the discard bonus of 120% additive damage which is equal to 6 moral

Cassius provides 8 moral from DD and 3 from DT, quest completion should result in 4-5 moral and fortitude for a total of 15-16 moral every turn

Make sure Veronica or Cassius has TORTURE TOOLBOX to Proc the 50% ACTION COUNT Lux Engraving for both characters, if you are lucky you can have 2-3 of these lux engravings for both characters resulting in a passive 200%-300% additive damage every turn just for existing, be warned farming 2-3 of each can be a long grind.

Putting the 50% damage ACTION COUNT Lux engraving on Mei Lin does not buff her damage(TESTED), the 7 or more Graveyard Umbral engraving is still going to be BIS for her gear, followed by the Umbral Engraving with 15 or more cards in grave being the only other useful upgrade.

Farm Season 3 Swamp for Mei Lins Deck and Farm Season 3 Theatre for Cassius/Veronica

Veronica can be swapped for another support like Nia or Triphera for similar draw/AP but you lose out on the passion damage bonus for Spirit of the Aromata and Veronica being a passion character, they are only good alternatives if you dont have veronica.

Down below is some math that may or may not be helpful to understanding the math behind the deck

all the math is based on 2/3 RDS/Unity which i personally use.

AP Cost

Cassius

1 DD

1 Persona

=

2 AP per turn

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Mei Lin

1 strike

1 strike

1 Flame Dragons Jewel

1 Rising Dragon Spire

1 Rising Dragon Spire

1 SotA

1 Persona

=

7 AP turn 1 - 1 upgrade

6 AP turn 2+

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Veronica

1 Firing Prep

1 Sir Kowalski

=

2 AP turn 1 - 1 upgrade

1 AP turn 2+

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Turn 1

2 + 7 + 2 = 11 AP cost

Turn 2

2 + 6 + 1 = 9 AP Cost

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AP Generation

Turn start + Cassius + Mei Lin + Veronica

3 + 0 + 3 + 4 = 10 AP Per Turn

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Deck Size

Cassius + Mei Lin + Veronica

7 + 10 + 6 = 23 Turn 1 - 3 Upgrade cards

6 + 9 + 5 = 20 Turn 2

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Draw Per Turn / Total Cards

Cassius

4 4x Dice devil

2~6 1x Pop Eyed Popper - Quest completion

=

6-10 draw Per Turn

Veronica

8 4x Repose - other combatants cards only

2 1x Sir Kowalski

=

17-20 draw per turn

5 card starting hand

18-22 of 23 cards drawn turn 1

18-22 of 20 cards drawn turn 2+

23/23 if Strike cards are not drawn in starting hand and moved by Unity first

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Cassius/Veronica's Damage Breakdown for Mei Lin

160% 8 moral 4x DD

60% 3 moral 1x DT

150% 1x Persona - 5 Lux engravings

80% 4x quest completion

200% Lux Engravings ACTION COUNT INCREASE Cassius/Veronica

650% Additive

16% More 2x Tentacles of Ruined Age