#monopolize draw

Today Is the Way You Eat

Single Effect: Monopolize Draw

MLB Effect: Monopolize Draw

Effect Definitions:

Monopolize Draw will replace that turns’ current discs with the equipped character’s own discs.

TLDR: “Today Is the Way You Eat” is okay. It’s worth keeping being able to setup a puella combo is always useful, but there are also better memoria in the game to equip according to your Final Oriko’s needs.

Review: This is a personal memoria for Oriko Mikuni (Final ver.). “Today Is the Way You Eat” is okay. It doesn’t define Final Oriko’s gameplay and you don’t need to have it equipped for her to be useful, but it’s not terrible to have on hand either.

Final Oriko is very similar to Vampire Kanagi in that she’s an excellent solo-fighter. She can spend her first two turns with 100% passive Evade and then keeping Evading after that with careful usage of her Doppel and Magia. This makes her very powerful and a good candidate for battles where you can feasibly use one character (for example, Witches’ Paradox, Mirrors, and perhaps the Battle Museum). 

In these cases, “Today Is the Way You Eat” is completely useless. You don’t need to draw her discs because you’ll never have anything but her discs, so this memoria does nothing for you.

Of course, the majority of the game isn’t spent using one character, so how about outside of that? Well, being able to use Final Oriko’s discs on demand is useful as it will help her gain MP (using Accele - Charge - Accele discs), and her damage output is great enough that using this memoria might help you murder some enemies quickly. Additionally, her personal can help set up powerful puella combos, especially when one considers that it gives Attack Up and Critical Hit.

But is this the best memoria to use over others? Despite having passive MP Regen, Final Oriko’s MP generation is poor. A memoria like “Like This Since When” might be more helpful instead-- or what if you want to increase Final Oriko’s damage when she uses her Doppel? You may feel compelled to equip “Melancholy with Daybreak” as opposed to her personal.

Of course, if your Final Oriko is four-slotted, you’ll have room for two actives. But while “Today Is the Way You Eat” can be useful, it’s not arguably the best memoria to equip in most situations. Again though-- it’s not bad. It’s just not a must-use.

Ephemeral Rest

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of Mami’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave.

Junkie Girl's Companion

Single Effect: Monopolize Draw

MLB Effect: Monopolize Draw

Effect Definitions:

Monopolize Draw will replace that turns’ current disks with the equipped character’s own disks. This is useful for setting up puella combos, and on characters with three types of one disk, it can be useful for setting up specific disk combos.

TLDR: “Junkie Girl's Companion” is an extremely good memoria and is excellent for Jun’s kit. It functions as a Charge Draw in addition to Monopolize Draw while also having a fabulous cooldown.

Review: This is a personal memoria for Jun Kazari. “Junkie Girl's Companion” in effect acts as a Charge Draw in addition to Monopolize Draw thanks to Jun Kazari’s three Charge disks. This makes Jun a good addition to any Charge team, not only because of her already good charge-boosting capabilities, but because she can easily add to charge combos.

Factor this in with her Spirit Enhancement which gives her “ Charge Combo Charge Count Up (+3),” Jun can give a Charge combo of +8 in one turn. This lets her absolutely fill out the “Support” portion of her typing.

However, let’s also take into account the completely ridiculous amount of Charge Disk Damage Up Jun has from her Spirit Enhancement as well:

With her maximum ATK stat of 10,414, Jun Kazari can also use her Monopolize Draw to completely wreck whatever it is she sets her gaze on. In effect, this memoria is good for making Charge combos, for setting up Connects, and for increasing damage overall.

And that’s not even taking into account that the cooldown is FOUR TURNS. In fact, using your Over-Limiters on this memoria is up to you, but it will reduce the cooldown from five into four-- and we have to consider that Jun Kazari has a passive Spirit Enhancement of Skill Quicken, making it even possible she could re-use this memoria on turn three!

Final Piece: Alina’s Nine Phases

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of the unit’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave. Usable by Alina Gray only.

Tsukuyo’s Treasure

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of the unit’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave. Usable by Tsukuyo Amane only.

Moving Melody

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of the unit’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave. Usable by Sayaka Miki only.

Getting Help to be My Best

Obtainability: You can get one copy from completing all three of the unit’s MSS, and the rest can be rolled from the Support Fate Weave. Usable by Riko Chiaki only.

Effect: Draw this Magical Girl’s Discs

TLDR: Text

Thoughts: This memoria will replace all discs with Riko Chiaki’s discs. With a short cooldown and the ability to set up a connect, this memoria isn’t so bad until one considers the unit it works for. As a support with three charge discs, Riko isn’t exactly a character one wants to pull more than one would have to.

Forever Cutting Through the Wind

Single Effect: Monopolize Draw

MLB Effect: Monopolize Draw

Effect Definitions:

Monopolize Draw will replace that turns’ current discs with the equipped character’s own discs.

TLDR: “Forever Cutting Through the Wind” is a good addition to Miyuri’s gameplay and can act as a Charge Draw.

Review: This is a Personal Memoria for Miyuri Yukari.

To talk about this personal, we need to talk about Miyuri. Miyuri is the unlimited version of Tanabata Yachiyo. Both are Attack-types with a growth of Attack, both gain Charge Conservation for two turns when they use their Doppel, and both have some form of Aqua Attack Up. Miyuri’s personal memoria “Forever Cutting Through the Wind” further adds to the comparison as Tanabata Yachiyo has Charge draw for her Spirit Enhancement Active, while Miyuri Monopolize Draw (aka it can act as a Charge Draw just for her) for her personal memoria.

There are upsides and downsides to this. When max awakened, “Forever Cutting Through the Wind” has a shorter cooldown than Tanabata Yachiyo’s SE Active. Additionally, Miyuri having this as her personal memoria as opposed to an SE Active means that her SE Active is free to be an offensive buff for herself and her allies, while Tanabata Yachiyo is “stuck” with her Charge Draw. Lastly, “Forever Cutting Through the Wind” being Monopolize Draw instead of Charge Draw means you are guaranteed to get her discs for a puella combo, while you have no such guarantee for Tanabata Yachiyo.

Unfortunately, Tanabata Yachiyo is far more useful in content such as Mirrors because SE Actives can be used on turn one, while memoria can at best be used on turn three (that’s assuming there are no Skill Quicken shenanigans afoot). Additionally, the same principal applies to Tanabata Yachiyo with memoria-- having the Charge Draw as a part of her SE Active means she’s free to equip very good active memoria, while Miyuri needs to sacrifice a memoria slot in order to use her own Charge Draw. Lastly, clever teambuilding can ensure you get a puella combo when using Tanabata Yachiyo’s Charge Draw. 

When it comes down to it, Tanabata Yachiyo is the superior unit. But that doesn’t mean Miyuri is bad. You can still field her in battle and she has very high ATK stats, only 300 less than Tanabata Yachiyo does.

With all of that said, “Forever Cutting Through the Wind” is a good memoria for setting up Charge combos and puella combos alike. It compliments her gameplay well and the low cooldown means you can continually draw her discs as often as you need.