Reverse: 1999 Best Teams

Team comps and Arcanist pairings that work together.

Each team below is built from the game's own skill data: the mechanic tags (Burn, Poison, Moxie, Crit…) are read straight out of each Arcanist's kit, so the reason a team works is something you can check yourself on the character pages. Teams marked "No Euphoria needed" contain no member whose ranking depends on an unlocked Euphoria.

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Team type

Afflatus

Playstyle

Poison Tide

Meta (needs Euphoria)

Poison

6★

Jessica DPS

Her Mournful Face

Plant · Reality DMG · Poison — main Poison carry, Euphoria (E2) required for full value.

6★

Willow Sub-DPS

Blasphemer of Night

Plant · Mental DMG · Poison — second Poison stack, Euphoria (E1) required.

6★

Sotheby Sub-DPS

Melodies Old and New

Plant · Mixed DMG · Poison — third Poison stack, Euphoria (E1) required.

6★

Fatutu Healer

That Inquisitive Dear

Mineral · no listed damage type — team-wide healer keeping the three Poison stacks alive to tick out.

Why this team works

Jessica, Willow and Sotheby all carry the Poison tag — three independent Poison stacks compound into a DoT that keeps ticking through a fight without needing to re-cast skills every turn. Fatutu keeps the team topped up so the Poison window is never cut short by a death.

Flex slot — swap in any of these

Eternity

Rabies

Poison Decay Line

No Euphoria needed

Poison

4★

Rabies DPS

Yearning Desire

Plant · Reality DMG · Poison — main Poison carry.

6★

Eternity DPS

Night After Night

Mineral · Reality DMG · Poison + Bleed + Heal — second Poison source.

5★

Kanjira DPS

Your Friendly Exorcist

Plant · Mixed DMG · Ultimate + Poison + Confusion — third Poison stack, no Euphoria required.

4★

Cristallo Debuffer

Take the Hard Journey

Mineral · Mixed DMG · Sturdy + Heal — support core, feeds Heal to the team.

Why this team works

Rabies, Eternity and Kanjira all tap into Poison — combining it across three kits at once outperforms any single carry doing it alone. Cristallo keeps the line-up alive with Heal so that payoff has time to land.

Flex slot — swap in any of these

Sotheby

Willow

Bloodtithe Sacrifice Loop

Meta (needs Euphoria)

Bloodtithe

6★

Nautika DPS

Embrace the Past

Spirit · Reality DMG · Riposte + self-HP-cost — trades her own Current HP for AoE Reality DMG plus a bonus HP-cost follow-up hit, Euphoria (E1) required.

6★

Semmelweis Buffer

From the Depths

Mineral · Reality DMG · Array + Moxie + team-HP-cost — Ultimate costs all allies 20% Current HP to place 【Blood Domain】, Euphoria (E1) required.

6★

Sentinel Buffer

Homecoming Lament

Mineral · Reality DMG · Bullet + Crit + Bloodtithe — passive converts any ally's HP loss into shared Bloodtithe, then spends it on 【Dread Bullet】 bursts, no Euphoria required.

6★

Rubuska Healer

The Wandering Improviser

Mineral · no fixed DMG type · Heal + Crit + Moxie + Bloodtithe — same ally-HP-loss-to-Bloodtithe passive as Sentinel, and her heals offset the HP the other three spend, no Euphoria required.

Why this team works

Nautika and Semmelweis both spend HP as a resource instead of hoarding it — Nautika's Incantations trade her own Current HP for extra Reality DMG, and Semmelweis's Ultimate costs every ally 20% Current HP to drop the 【Blood Domain】 Array. Sentinel and Rubuska both carry the same passive that turns any ally's HP loss into shared 【Bloodtithe】, so every point the front two spend feeds the Bloodtithe that Sentinel cashes in on 【Dread Bullet】 bursts and Rubuska turns back into team healing.

Flex slot — swap in any of these

Eternity

Getian

Team building — quick answers

What is the best team in Reverse: 1999?

There is no single best team — the game rewards matching your damage dealer to the stage. In practice the strongest builds stack one mechanic (Burn, Poison, Crit) from several Arcanists at once, then add one Survival unit so the damage-over-time has time to land. Pick the team above whose damage dealer you already own.

Can I clear the game without Euphoria?

Yes. Every team marked "No Euphoria needed" on this page is fielded entirely by Arcanists whose ranking does not assume an unlocked Euphoria, so a free-to-play account can build it as-is at Insight III.

How many Arcanists does a team need?

Four slots, but only three do the work in most fights: a damage dealer, a support that amplifies them, and a Survival or second support. The fourth slot is a substitute — use it to raise bond, or swap in one of the flex picks listed under each team.

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Reverse: 1999 Best Teams

Poison Tide

Poison Decay Line

Bloodtithe Sacrifice Loop

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