Piercing Pillar

Piercing Pillar is a Negative psych. There are two distinct activations of Piercing Pillar. The first, known as Piercing Pillar S, requires the player to slash up or diagonally up on an empty space or enemy. The second, known as Piercing Pillar R, requires the player to quickly tap at least six times on an empty space or enemy. Piercing Pillar S pins are categorized under A class, while Piercing Pillar R pins are categorized under Reaper class. Therefore, it is possible to have both a Piercing Pillar S pin and a Piercing Pillar R pin in the same deck.

Analysis

This psych is one of the most confusing to players who are not familiar with psych efficiency. Piercing Pillar S pins have low ATK, but because they have 100% efficiency, their damage is as good or better than pins with high pin ATK but low efficiency. Piercing Pillar S is mainly used as a Puck passer, also serving as an effective juggle starter.

Piercing Pillar S vs. Piercing Pillar R

This is the standard skill test for The World Ends with You players. Many people assume that Piercing Pillar R is superior because their pins have higher pin ATK and more uses. Unfortunately, its 50% efficiency, longer activation time, and abysmal reboot times doom Piercing Pillar R to unplayable status. Always use Piercing Pillar S over Piercing Pillar R.

However, bear in mind that the three-attack activation of Piercing Pillar R allows for some fairly impressive juggling compared to that of Piercing Pillar S, especially against multiple enemies with its slightly larger hit radius.

Black Uranus (planet set)

At 300% efficiency, Black Uranus is the most powerful pin in the Darklit Planets set, which also makes it one of the best pins in the game. Only Anguis or a fully charged Dope Line deal more damage. It is one of the few pins capable of dealing four digits of damage with a 5x puck on Ultimate difficulty.

Black Uranus (alone) vs. Ice Risers

Black Uranus is also an excellent pin when used by itself, though it cannot be obtained in the maingame except via mingle shop. All three Ice Risers icicles will hit for 100% efficiency, but it is not a clear-cut winner. Some people prefer Black Uranus because it provides a slightly longer juggling window, which in the hands of a skilled player, may result in more damage than two additional icicles. If the player cannot take advantage of this, Ice Risers is the pin of choice.

Note that it is possible to control the spawn direction of Ice Risers' icicles. By slashing up-left, the icicles will appear from right to left. By slashing up-right, the icicles will appear from left to right. This can possibly help when you need control of where the noise goes during juggling, but could also mess the juggle up if not used effectively.

Icon	#	Name	Brand	Cls	Psych	Spec	Power	Eff	ATK200	Lasts	Boot	Reboot	Info
	001	Ice Blow		A	Piercing Pillar	Attack	27	100	227	1 use	0	5.5	Slash vertically up on empty space to form an icicle. Inflicts damage on contact.
	002	Ice Risers		A	Piercing Pillar	Attack	43	100	243	1 use	0	5.9	Slash vertically up on empty space to form three icicles. Inflicts damage on contact.
	003	Frozen Cool		R	Piercing Pillar	Attack	66	50	133	3 uses	0	16.5	Rapidly tap empty space to form an icicle. Inflicts damage on contact.
	004	Blizzard Cool		R	Piercing Pillar	Attack	72	50	136	3 uses	0	16.5	Rapidly tap empty space to form three icicles. Inflicts damage on contact.
	215	Black Uranus		A	Piercing Pillar	Attack	60	100	260	1 use	0	3	Slash vertically up on empty space to form an icicle. Inflicts damage on contact. The pin says: "When six darklit planets align..."
	243	Tin Pin Shiva	Unbranded	R	Piercing Pillar	Attack	98	50	149	2 uses	5	20	A powerful, top-class Tin Pin with a cool design worthy of its namesake, the Ice Queen. Rapidly tap empty space to activate her psych.
	280 281	Tigris (Pin)	Unbranded	R	Piercing Pillar	Attack	117	50	159	5 uses	0	17	Rapidly tap empty space to form three icicles. Inflicts damage on contact.
	310	Great Physical Power	Unbranded	A	Piercing Pillar	Attack	52	100	252	6.4s	0	6.4	Slash vertically up on empty space to cause multiple swords to appear and damage any enemies they touch.