Charlie
Charlie is a 5★ Star Arcanist in Reverse: 1999. Below are the exact Insight materials needed to ascend them, plus other Star Arcanists to build alongside.
Data updated: 2026-07-11
Charlie — Review & Analysis
Charlie is a Star-afflatus 5-star Mental DPS. Both single-target incantations deal Mental DMG with conditional bonuses — Lightning adds more while she carries a buff, Storm adds more once her HP drops below the threshold — while her Ultimate is an AoE that dispels every [Attribute Buff][Status Buff][Counter] on all enemies before striking. Her standout trait is the strip-then-nuke combo, strong against buff-reliant foes.
- Her Ultimate dispels every [Attribute Buff][Status Buff][Counter] on all enemies before its AoE Mental hit — a hard counter to buff-stacking or counter-reliant lineups.
- Star afflatus: deals +30% DMG against Beast enemies.
- Self-scaling damage: Storm rewards sitting below the HP threshold (below 80% after Insight III) while Insight III adds +20% DMG when above 50% — hold a mid-HP window to stack both; Insight I cuts damage taken by 20% and raises Crit DEF at low HP for survivability.
- Star is restrained by Plant — against Plant enemies she takes extra damage and loses her offensive edge.
- Damage is heavily conditional: Lightning only unlocks its high multiplier while she carries a buff (needs a buffer teammate), and she must micro-manage a mid-HP window to optimize — fiddly to pilot, and her D-tier output lags behind newer DPS units.
Prioritize leveling both Incantations (Lightning, Storm) and the Ultimate first to scale her damage; Insight III is also worth rushing since it loosens Storm's condition to below 80% HP, far easier to trigger. As an ATK-and-Mental-DMG DPS, pick offensive Psychubes (ATK / Crit / DMG amplification). Because Lightning needs a buff on herself to fully deliver, pairing a buffer teammate or a buff-granting Psychube is ideal; meanwhile hold a mid-HP window to enjoy Storm's bonus while keeping Insight III's +20% DMG.
Overview
Base Stats (max level)
| Base Stats (max level) | Lv.1 | Lv.30 | Insight 1 · Lv.40 | Insight 2 · Lv.50 | Insight 3 · Lv.60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 1,312 | 1,992 | 3,339 | 4,979 | 5,857 |
| ATK | 264 | 401 | 673 | 1,003 | 1,179 |
| Reality DEF | 109 | 166 | 277 | 413 | 486 |
| Mental DEF | 92 | 140 | 234 | 348 | 410 |
| Crit Rate | 4.3% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 6.0% |
| Crit DMG | 136.5% | 136.5% | 137.3% | 138.2% | 139% |
Charlie — Skills & Incantations
I Grant You Lightning!
Incantation “Insight II: 1-target attack. Deals 450% Mental DMG. If the caster is in 【Stats Up】 or 【Pos Status】 statuses, this attack deals 100% more Mental DMG.”
I Give You Storm!
Incantation “Insight II: 1-target attack. Deals 450% Mental DMG. If the caster's HP is below 50%, then deals 150% more Mental DMG.”
Ritual Till The End — I Stand Alone Above the Theater
Ultimate “Insight II: Mass attack. Dispels all 【Stats Up】, 【Pos Status】, and 【Counter】 statuses from all enemies and then deals 425% Mental DMG to them.”
Insight Legacy — Troupe Leader
Incantation “Insight III: At the start of the round, if own HP is above 50%, gain DMG Dealt +20% for 1 round.”
Skill Quotes
“I'm prepared to change.”
“I'm prepared to change. Wait, hold on.”
“I'm prepared to change. Wait, hold on. This is just the preparation, right?”
“I decided to toss them away.”
“I decided to toss these cowardly things away.”
“I decided to toss these cowardly things away... Whoa!”
“More serious, more dazzling, more breathtaking, more ...”
Insight Materials
Insight 1
Insight 2
Insight 3
Resonance Materials
All 14 Resonance levels
Recommended Psychubes
Where to Get
Teams with Charlie
Lorelei, Mercuria and Shamane all tap into Crit — combining it across three kits at once outperforms any single carry doing it alone. Sonetto keeps the line-up alive with Shield so that payoff has time to land.
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Baby Blue, Pavia and Bunny Bunny all tap into Crit — combining it across three kits at once outperforms any single carry doing it alone. Charlie keeps the line-up alive with Shield so that payoff has time to land.
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