PicklesBuild and Guide

Introduction

Pickles is a 6✦ rarity character from the Mineral afflatus who deals Mental damage and belongs to the Support class.

Pickles is the best boy Support. He has an incredibly AP-generous playstyle, being allowed to essentially AFK every other turn without losing any value. His skills do decent damage while in his special state and his Ultimate is a powerful +DMG Dealt buff for his allies. Plus he's an actual dog.

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Last updated

Pickles profile was last updated on July 18th, 2025.

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Profile

Review

Stats & Build

Synergy & Teams

Lore

Specialties

DPS

Support

Dispeller

Skills

Thus Spoke Pickles

1-target attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG. After that, DMG Dealt +30% for all allies for 2 rounds. If in the [Clarified Topic] status, the duration of this DMG Dealt buff +1 round.

"Ф At least I have never wasted one day in this life."

Clarified Topic:

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Nihilism Abuse

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 200% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 50% more Mental DMG.

"Ф Nihilism ends here."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 300% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 75% more Mental DMG.

"Ф Nihilism ends here. No one is running away from the ultimate question this time."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 500% Mental DMG. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, deals 125% more Mental DMG.

"Ф Nihilism ends here. Get your bag packed, even though we own nothing but countless questions."

Clarified Topic:

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Hedonism Implement

✦✧✧

[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 150% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

"Ф A smooth, spherical thing."

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[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 150% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. Dispels all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter].If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

"Ф A smooth, spherical thing. He once questioned himself."

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[Attack]

Mass attack. Deals 300% Mental DMG to 2 enemies. Dispels all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter].If the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, this attack has +25% Penetration Rate.

"Ф A smooth, spherical thing. He struggled his way out of the swamp of tricky thoughts and let his five senses lead his way."

Clarified Topic:

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Inheritance

Proposition

Insight I

When no action is taken this round, gives the caster 1 stack of [Clarified Topic]. Every time [Clarified Topic] is triggered, Moxie +1 for the caster.

Materials

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Page of Mineral Wealthx6
Silver Orex6
Spell of Fortunex6

Proposition

Insight II

DMG Dealt +8% when the caster enters battle.

Materials

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Scroll of Mineral Wealthx10
Solidusx3
Biting Boxx4

Proposition

Insight III

Gains 2 stacks of [Clarified Topic] immediately upon entering battle.

Materials

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Tome of Mineral Wealthx16
Incorrupt Monkeypawx6
Mistilteinnx3

Special effects

Clarified Topic:

Enhances Pickles' next Incantation or Ultimate (stack -1 after trigger).

Euphoria

Pickles has one or more Euphoria upgrades available that amplify their base skills.

The Dog Thinks, Therefore the Dog Exists

Euphoria upgrade

Tier I

At the start of the round, grants a random effect from [Collection of Buffs] to the adjacent ally in front for 2 rounds; if the adjacent ally is of the Mineral afflatus, grants 2 random effects instead.
- [Collection of Buffs]: There are 4 effects: Penetration Rate +20%, Critical Rate +15%, Critical DMG +30%, Leech Rate +15%.
If the adjacent ally in is of the Mineral afflatus, after any ally takes an action, Pickles casts an additional rank 2 [Hedonism Implement] to attack the enemy with the highest HP percentage (triggers up to 1 time per round).

Tier II

After casting [Hedonism Implement], grant an additional 1 stack of [Rousing Morale] to the adjacent ally in front.

Tier III

At the start of the round, gain 1 stack of [Clarified Topic].

Tier IV

After casting [Thus Spoke Pickles], grants extra action DMG Dealt +15% to the adjacent ally in front for 2 rounds; if the ally has the same afflatus as Pickles, the DMG Dealt is increased to +30%.

Portray

Pickles Portray

Portray details

Lv. 1:

Thus Spoke Pickles: Mental DMG is raised to 575%

Lv. 2:

Thus Spoke Pickles's effect changes to: DMG Dealt +40% to all allies.

Lv. 3:

Nihilism Abuse's effect changes to: at 1/2/3 stars, if the caster is in [Clarified Topic] status, additional Mental DMG dealt is increased to 80/120/200%.

Lv. 4:

Hedonism Implement's effect changes to: at 1/2/3 stars, Mental DMG dealt is increased to 165/170/325%.

Lv. 5:

Thus Spoke Pickles's effect changes to: deals 650% Mental DMG.

Gallery

Insight 0

Insight 2

Review

Pickles is one of the most versatile characters in the game, holding a great balance of utility while dealing significant damage himself. Similar to Regulus, he's one of those characters who, thanks to his passive ability, “Proposition”, only needs to act every other round. If he has not acted in a particular round, he gains 1 stack of [Clarified Topic] which enhances his next normal Skill and Ultimate, and when this is triggered it gives him moxie for free.

This makes the Puppy incredibly AP generous while building up his own ultimate “Thus Spoke Pickles”, a single target ultimate that deals ST-damage while boosting all allies damage by 30% for 2 rounds. If you still have [Clarified Topic] active when you cast the ultimate, this buff gets extended to 3 rounds.

By boosting all types of damage, and being a very AP-generous character, you can pair Pickles with even the greediest of teammates. Plus, his skill kit in itself all deal pretty decent damage. Additionally, his 2nd skill, “Hedonism Implement,” is able to dispel all [Stats Up], [Pos Status], and [Counter] from up to 2 enemies starting on skill rank 2. There's almost no situation in which a team wouldn't benefit from a good boy like Pickles.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Pickles is one of the most versatile characters in the whole game. He deals good damage himself, while providing a significant damage boost to any damage type for his entire team with his Ultimate.
[Clarified Topic] is incredibly easy to gain by simply acting every other turn, additionally he starts with 2 stacks of it upon battle arrival once his Insight is invested enough.
He is AP Generous, as he skips acting every other turn, which works well with more greedy teammates.
He can dispel both buffs and counters with a single skill.

Cons

The majority of his abilities depend on being in [Clarified Topic] state, so they won't be as effective without it. However, it's easy to obtain, so this shouldn't be an issue.
Newer support characters offer a wider and more effective range of utility options.

Ratings

A+

Overall

Resonance Builds

Build 1 - Pickles – Euphoria Crit FUA

Level

R10 - Genuinity (Incantation Might/DMG Bonus)

Code

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Prioritizes Critical Rate and Critical DMG. As Pickles’ best-in-slot psychube changes to Knock on the Door after his Euphoria buff turns him into an AFK follow-up dispeller, Pickles can be built for crit to maximize the psychube’s substat (and post-Euphoria Melania’s [Fixed Plan] buff). However, his pre-Euphoria resonance plan also works well. In Recoleta teams, he can use Elucidation (Ultimate Might/DMG Bonus) instead.

If you don’t have Resonance Patterns unlocked, try this build with Placidity:

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Build 2 - Pickles – Pre-Euphoria Support

Level

R10 - Genuinity (Incantation Might/DMG Bonus)

Code

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Prioritizes ATK and DMG Bonus.

If you don’t have Resonance Patterns unlocked, try this build with Placidity:

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Psychubes

Knock on the Door

Luxurious Leisure

Brave New World

The Carat of a Heart

Comments

After his Euphoria buff, Pickles' constant FUAs make "Knock on the Door" a great option for him.

“Luxurious Leisure” is Pickles' signature and best option before his Euphoria buff. Since he wants to cast his Ultimate every 2–3 rounds to reapply his DMG buff and he also has terrific Moxie generation, Pickles can stack up “Luxurious Leisure”'s passive DMG buff pretty easily.

With his [Clarified Topic]'s rapid Moxie generation, Pickles can proc “The Carat of a Heart”'s passive to great effect, turning his Ultimate into a great source of burst damage.

Stats

STAT

Base

Level 1

Level 30

Insight 1

Level 1

Level 40

Insight 2

Level 1

Level 50

Insight 3