Reverse 1999 Brume build guide: Skills, best Psychubes, Insight materials, and teammates

Brume is a new 6-star Beast character in Reverse 1999 who will be released during the second half of the 3.2 update, on February 12, 2026. She is a great Main and Sub-DPS unit that can fit into many Corvus and Euphoria Anjo Nala team compositions. She is also one of the highest-damage dealers usable in various teams.

On that note, let’s take a look at the best Psychubes, teammates, skills, and Insight materials for Brume in Reverse 1999.

Reverse 1999 Brume build guide: Skills explanation

Here are all of Brume’s skills in Reverse 1999:

• Testing Flame (Buff): Brume gains 10/15/20 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion, and also grants the Truth Tempered buff to all party members for two rounds. Furthermore, when a character with this buff attacks, she adds a special debuff, Disguise Disolved, on enemies that take damage from this character. She inflicts two additional stacks when it is an extra action.
• Calculated Path (Channel): Brume enters the Prismatic Power status for one round and obtains 10/15/20 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion.
• Improvised Detour (Attack): Brume deals 200%/300%/500% single-target Mental DMG to enemies, and gains the Crystalline Discharge effect for three rounds.
• Thrown Into Heroics (Ultimate Skill): Brume deals 750% single-target Mental DMG to opponents and gains 10 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion. Furthermore, she also increases the duration of the Truth Tempered buff by one round, and she inflicts Freeloader and 10 stacks of Burn on the enemy for one round, after her attack.

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Explanation of status effects and other abilities:

Here is the explanation of all of Brume’s effects in R1999:

• Pulsing Field Level 1: During the start of a round, the Pulsing Field upgrades with the number of Dynamo stacks transferred to it. At 50/120 stacks transferred, she can generate the Level 2 and Level 3 Pulsing Field, respectively. All Dynamo stacks transferred to it will be cleared when the Pulsing Field is cleared. All team members get a 15% DMG Bonus for three rounds.
• Pulsing Field Level 2: All team members get a 25% boost to their Incantation Might, and 15% DMG Bonus for three rounds.
• Pulsing Field Level 3: All team members get a 35% boost to their Ultimate Might, 25% boost to their Incantation Might, and 15% DMG Bonus for two rounds.
• Amplified Surge: Brume gains 20 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion after she activates a Level 3 Pulsing Field, and the Crystalline Discharge effect lasts for an additional round. Furthermore, the Cost of the Roadside View deals 400% additional Mental DMG.
• Thermoelectric Conversion: Special stacks that can be consumed for some status skills.
• Crystalline Discharge: Cost of the Roadside View and End of the Ride abilities deal an additional 100%/200% Mental DMG.
• Prismatic Power: When characters are under this effect at the end of the rounds, Brume consumes all Thermoelectric Conversion stacks and casts Cost of the Roadside View once. For every 10 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion, the Cost of the Roadside View deals 100% additional Mental DMG. Furthermore, for every 20 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion consumed, she deals an additional instance of Cost of the Roadside View, and up to 60 stacks can be consumed in this way. Lastly, the Cost of the Roadside View attack can be triggered twice, and each attack can get up to 200% additional Mental DMG.
• End of the Ride: Brume deals 600% Mental DMG to all enemies on the field, and also inflicts five stacks of Burn on them. This attack counts as an extra action, and it can be enhanced by 100% Ultimate Might.
• Cost of the Roadside View: Brume deals 200% single-target Mental DMG that inflicts three Burn stacks on the enemy, and counts as an extra action. Furthermore, this special attack can be enhanced with 100% Ultimate Might.
• Truth Tempered: Team members’ DMG bonus is increased by 20%, and their Incantation Might is increased by 10%. If the team has Mental DMG characters, then they gain an additional 10% Incantation Might and 40% Ultimate Might.
• Disguise Dissolved: Decreases the enemies’ Critical Resist Rate by 1%, and Critical DEF by 3%. This effect can have a maximum of 20 stacks.
• Freeloader: The targeted enemy will now be prioritized when Brume casts Cost of the Roadside View.

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Reverse 1999 Brume build guide: Best Psychubes

The best Psychube for Brume in Reverse 1999 is Her Willful Leap. Do note that the values mentioned below are at Level 1, and these values will increase after upgrading the weapon.

• Her Willful Leap (6-star Psychube): When the equipped character casts a Channel Incantation, and their afflatus status is Beast, an 8% DMG boost is given to all team members for one round. Furthermore, if the user triggers an Extra Action, then they gain 4% Ultimate Might for one round, and this effect can have a maximum of 3 stacks.

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Reverse 1999 Brume build guide: Inheritance effects and Insight materials

Brume’s passive skills, also known as Inheritance effects, are called The Unfated Hand. Here are the details of all materials required to upgrade her Insight skills, and their effects:

Insight I

Brume gains Amplified Surge, and when entering battle, she gains 10 stacks of Dynamo. Furthermore, during the start of every round, she deploys a Level 1 Pulsing Field if she isn’t under one. At the end of each round, she gains five Dynamo stacks and transfers 15 Dynamo stacks to the Pulsing Field. Lastly, her Ultimate does not use the allied Incantation Draw Limit.

Brume also gains five stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion at the start of the round, and for every 20 Dynamo stacks the team transfers, she gains five more stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion. She also gains two more stacks of the same when three stacks of Burn are triggered on enemies.

Materials required to upgrade it:

• Sharpodonty x18,000
• Page of Beastly Thirst x6
• Shattered Bones x6
• Spell of Fortune x6

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Insight II

Brume gains an 8% DMG boost to her skill after entering combat.

Materials required to upgrade it:

• Sharpodonty x40,000
• Scroll of Beastly Thirst x10
• Perpetual Cog x5
• Holy Silver x5

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Insight III

Brume gains Crystalline Discharge for three rounds. She gains five Dynamo stacks and one Moxie with every 15 stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion gained. Furthermore, if at least 40 of these stacks are consumed during her Prismatic Power ability, she uses her skill, End of the Ride, one more time.

Furthermore, the End of the Ride ability deals an additional 200% Mental DMG for every 10 excess stacks of Thermoelectric Conversion, and she can only get a maximum of 400% Mental DMG buff with this effect.

Materials required to upgrade it:

• Sharpodonty x200,000
• Tome of Beastly Thirst x16
• Bogeyman x5
• Mistilteinn x3

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Best teammates for Brume

Here are some great characters that you can pair with Brume in Reverse 1999:

• Corvus (6-star Intellect DPS)
• Charon (6-star Spirit Support)
• Ezra (6-star Star Support and Shielder)
• Beryl (6-star Intellect DPS)
• Isolde (6-star Spirit Support and DPS)
• Fatutu (6-star Mineral Healer)

Charon is one of the best teammates for Brume, as the latter increases the damage of Dynamo teams by a considerable amount. Furthermore, she has excellent synergy with other characters like Corvus, as she also provides better buffs than Ulrich.

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