Ever wondered what the world would be like if your all-time favorite Disney and Pixar characters teamed up to save the day? Kabam’s latest action RPG, Disney Mirrorverse, pits you against an impending threat known as the Fractured. But to succeed in your mission to save the Mirrorverse, you must be ready to break out your biggest guns by unleashing your Guardian dream team. Do you have what it takes to avert the crisis before your ideal world is destroyed?
To put an end to the Fractured, you’ll need to build a powerful team of Disney characters. But to do that, you’ll have to improve your resource management and carefully select which characters to invest in to build your strongest team of Guardians. Android Police is here to show you the best approach to forming your team while presenting a complete run-down on the battle basics that will help you clear the story mode.
Gameplay basics
Battle system
You can deploy up to three Guardians in battle. To swap your units, tap on their icons at the top left of the screen. Every unit is a unique class, each offering a special skill, with light/heavy attacks to round things out. You move your selected character in battle with a virtual joystick and tap on the corresponding buttons on the right side of the screen to perform a light attack or activate your special ability (which is on a cooldown timer). Tapping and holding down your basic attack will transform your light attack into a heavy attack. Even though you’ll use three Guardians in battle, it doesn’t matter which character you’re controlling; you’ll have access to every special attack for every unit.
The next battle mechanic you’ll need to master is dashing. Dashing is how you’ll evade devastating attacks against your character. Swipe in the direction you wish to dash to perform the move successfully. Dashing out of any visible attack rings is how you’ll get the most out of this ability.
Your units will offer a health and armor pool to determine in-battle survivability. Always watch out for how low your health drops, and take control of these low-health characters before they get knocked out. Units that hang out in the melee range are susceptible to taking a beating, so keep your eyes peeled and be ready to swap.
Story mode
Tapping on the Play button brings you to the game mode selection screen. Story mode is unlocked by default, and the subsequent chapters unlock as you complete a linear set of stages within each chapter. You can set the difficulty (unlocked after the tutorial) and chapter before playing through the story.
Stages are separated by quick dialogue events followed by battle sequences, and every stage costs energy points (1 point is recharged every 5 minutes) to initiate. Battles are usually completed in multiple waves, and you can occasionally select buffs between waves. Each stage offers a recommended power level, so it’s important to ensure your team’s power level meets or is above the recommended value to clear the stage. Always aim to clear stages with three stars; if you’re unable to, you can always try later when you level up more — three stars is the best way to earn premium rewards such as the orbs (used to acquire more characters).
Creating a team
Putting together your dream team requires a lot of time, effort, and some luck. Thankfully you’ll acquire a few units by grinding through the story, but you’ll still need to invest in the gacha system smartly to claim the character on their featured rate-up banner; some banners are only available for a limited time only.
Acquiring characters
As you play through the story’s early chapters, you’ll acquire starter Guardians. However, the primary method of procuring more characters is through the “Crystals” gacha system. Crystals are the currency needed to summon on a featured banner (rate-ups on individual characters). You’ll come across Crystals by playing and claiming rewards from objective completions. Note: Converting collected orbs into Crystals is a universal method to summon on any banner of your choice.
Roles
Your unit can be classified as a tank, melee, ranged, or support. The tank class excels at soaking up aggro and surviving against enemy attacks. Melee and ranged focus on dealing damage from close and long-range. In contrast, the support class prioritizes utility, healing, and buffing while in the backline.
Incorporating your team with a mixture of roles is recommended, depending on the content type you’re tackling. In story mode, having a tank that can soak up the majority of hits will help your team feel less squishy and prevent characters from being knocked out (a necessary goal when obtaining all three stars). You can opt-in for more damage by doubling up on roles by adding a melee and ranged character instead of a support, but this will force you to manage your units’ health by dodging attacks while gaining health back from external buff sources (which isn’t always reliable). A well-balanced team will be made up of a tank, an invested damage dealer, and a support.
Starting Guardians
As mentioned, you can’t commit to every unit since the spots on your team are limited, and resources are shared between units of the same type. Plus, at the beginning of the game, you’ll have access to more melee units than the other roles.
The first two characters guaranteed are Rapunzel and Merida. You’ll quickly want to drop Rapunzel for another melee unit since she doesn’t scale well after the early game. Merida is a decent choice to keep as she has one of the most straightforward playstyles when it comes to ranged combat, though it wouldn’t hurt to replace her towards mid-game.
Once you get the choice between Hercules, Mulan, and Ariel, these melee units are capable of replacing Rapunzel. Ariel comes out on top thanks to her flexibility on teams and the fact she has a chance to cleanse a debuff on herself while dealing respectable damage.
After a while, you’ll eventually unlock Sulley, a tank unit that will help your team from the beginning to mid-game. Tank units are indispensable for team-building as they can sustain more damage than the other unit types.
Powering up your units
Selecting your team is only one step in, and powering up your units is the next critical step. A star rating categorizes your Guardians; the lower the stars, the weaker your units start out. Not to worry, you’ll be able to raise your stars by acquiring character shards. Shards are collected by unlocking extra copies of the same character.
Increasing your Guardian level will bump your stats and combat power. Levels require (for manual increase) XP Motes from your class and can be obtained from quest rewards, supply runs, and dungeons. Otherwise, placing your units on your combat team will net XP points after defeating all the baddies. Note: Character levels reach a cap, and you’ll require rank-up materials to bypass that level cap.
Keeping your characters ranked and leveled is vital to your team’s growth. Not only do levels contribute to your team’s combat power, but they also provide personal growth to your Guardians. Essentially levels unlock talents for each unit, yielding several buffs and passives for your abilities. You’ll also reach milestones that grant bonuses and rewards to your account.
Disney Mirrorverse is a cinematic treat
Disney Mirrorverse offers a beautiful cinematic experience when it comes to the gameplay, compelling you to kick back and relax while watching your favorites duke it out. Kabam’s attention to detail and polish may push it up as a worthy contender as one of Android’s best games for 2022. So if you’re a Disney and Pixar fan, and character collecting/team building is your jam, you won’t want to miss out on Disney Mirrorverse.
