MarcusBuild and Guide

Marcus is a 6-star character from the Plant Afflatus, a Mental Damage dealer. Her mechanic revolves around the new [Annotate] mechanic and its gain of [Eureka]. To give a simple explanation of [Annotate] first: it’s an ability you’ll need to inflict on your enemy, in this case through your passive. At the start of the round, if no enemies have the [Annotate] status, it’ll be inflicted on an enemy, prioritizing a boss. Every time they take an action, you, the caster, will gain one [Eureka], up to 3 times. It’s not the only way you gain [Eureka]; you also get it from your Ultimate. If you have more than 2 [Eureka], you will spend all of it to randomly enhance your own incantations. It’s also worth noting that the enemy with [Annotate] will take more damage, as almost all of your skills and your Ultimate deal extra damage to enemies with [Annotate].

Her general damage is already really high, and with the consistent upgrades to her own incantations and boss-like killer gameplay thanks to [Annotate], she’s one of the best characters available for raids, especially of the Plant afflatus. She also possesses great synergy with Plant, Spirit, and Intellect arcanists thanks to her third passive, giving her [Perusal] if you have 3 or more of the teammates with those Afflatuses. It gives you 1 Moxie to yourself when you cast a rank 2 or 3 incantation, which you will be doing a lot. To round out the review, we'll take a quick overview of all her skills in specific. Her ultimate, “Next Chapter”, is a mass attack ultimate that deals a lot of damage, extra to enemies with [Annotate] and it even grants yourself +2 Eureka. Another thing it does that I haven't mentioned is you gain a stack of [Preparation - Marcus], which will give you an extra card that can be used or mixed similar to Spathodea. Reading Class is a basic single target damage skill. From the Lantern is a mass attack that does additional damage to enemies with [Annotate] status and inflicts weakness. Marcus is a high-damage dealer who prioritizes inflicting [Annotate] on one enemy to deal extra damage, typically the boss, to also enhance her damage to the next level through self-buffing herself via incantation rank ups.