How to Momo?

[Sicko]

My dumbass doesn't get this character. If soneone has a guide on how to play well please let me know.

[Koumori]

Oh, Momo's my new favorite character! Here's my preferred way to play him:

Ink build:

• Try to get "Surge Ink" and "Continuous Design" as soon as possible, but every ascension from the "Incarnate Ink" tree is useful.
  
• Outside of the "Incarnate Ink" tree, "Breathing Rhythm" is useful for a variety of reasons, "Pause and Turn" is a good defense boost if you already have "Ink and Blank, Yin and Yang" and/or "Breathing Rhythm," and "Quick Sketch" is a decent boost to both speed and damage if you already have "Breathing Rhythm."
  
• Try to stay within close range to enemies so that your Ink Domain aura whittles down enemy HP, and use Ink Form frequently.
  
• In Ink Form you want to pick up the Ink Orbs that spawned (which will give you a significant speed boost and increase your Ink Rhythm, i.e. the number of attacks you can perform in Ink Form before reverting), then dart between clusters of enemies and, if they aren't so weak that they get killed from exposure to your Ink Domain, use your tail whip attack to take out the whole group at once.
  
• Ink Form can't be brought below 1 HP, so you can also use it as a defensive tactic, e.g. when reviving an ally.
  
• Ending Ink Form when you still have Ink Rhythm remaining (either by pressing the skill button again or by the timer running out) will give Momo a speed boost based on how much Ink Rhythm you had left.
  
• Prioritize +skill damage Occult Scrolls.
  
• Best weapon choices are those that have some form of autonomous attack: Cloud Weaver, Star Ring, Phoenix Roar, or Starfly.

And here's the gist of how to use him if you'd rather shoot than run around as a tiny ink creature:

Gun build:

• You really need to stay in his Blank Domain (the white trails from his secondary ability) as often as possible. Basically all of his boosts to gun damage come from either actively being in Blank Domain, or by having Ink Shade active... which comes from spending time in Blank Domain.
  
• You gain 2 stacks of Ink Rhythm per second while standing in Blank Domain, and Ink Shade activates when you have 15+ stacks of Ink Rhythm. By default, Ink Shade gives you +25% fire rate and +25% reload speed. You lose 2 stacks of Ink Rhythm per second while outside of Blank Domain.
  
• Momo's secondary ability blocks projectiles it comes into contact with, allowing you to somewhat compensate for your limited mobility as you try to stay within a Blank Domain zone.
  
• Momo's secondary ability travels further the more movement speed you have, thereby generating longer Blank Domain zones, so movement speed bonuses are moderately helpful if you feel like you aren't getting enough Blank Domain to move around in.
  
• "Shade Drawing" and "Geometry Art" are his best Ascensions for DPS with guns, providing fire rate/reload speed and damage/lucky shot chance, respectively. (But again, remember not to stray from your Blank Domain zones too often or you won't be getting the full benefits.)
  
• "Leaving Blank" is extremely helpful in allowing you to step outside of your Blank Domain zones for a while without incurring penalties.
  
• Momo uses weapon skills extremely well. "Shade Drawing" greatly empowers weapon skills, and "Grinding Ink" allows him to spam them while gaining bonus damage to everything. Optimal Weapon choice is therefore something with a skill, such as Deafening Mortar or Rainbow Arch (or indeed, any of the four new weapons from the Realm of Frost and Inkwash). You can still use a weapon without a skill, though; just don't take "Grinding Ink."

Edit: cleaned up and expanded upon the gun build.

[Toxi The Vagrant]

Some tips!
Early on, Momo's secondary has the main utility of both blocking bullets and giving you ink stacks and movement speed.
During fights, Momo is generating a hazardous mist that can quickly sweep weaker enemies and steadily sap at the stronger ones
Surge Ink benefits both of Momo's Skills AND the aforementioned mist
"Beating Rhythm","Quick Sketch", and "Ink and Blank, Yin and Yang" are all single level ascensions which benefit him regardless of if you're building into weapons or ink form, I personally would prioritize these if you see them to remove them from the pool and just because they're pretty strong effects imo.

[Koumori]

Originally posted by Toxi The Vagrant:

Surge Ink benefits both of Momo's Skills AND the aforementioned mist

Quick correction: Momo's secondary ability deals normal damage rather than ink damage, so it doesn't benefit from Surge Ink.

[Toxi The Vagrant]

Originally posted by Koumori:

Originally posted by Toxi The Vagrant:

Surge Ink benefits both of Momo's Skills AND the aforementioned mist

Quick correction: Momo's secondary ability deals normal damage rather than ink damage, so it doesn't benefit from Surge Ink.

The numbers from direct hits with it are same dark grey as splash on my end though?

[Koumori]

Originally posted by Toxi The Vagrant:

Originally posted by Koumori:

Quick correction: Momo's secondary ability deals normal damage rather than ink damage, so it doesn't benefit from Surge Ink.

The numbers from direct hits with it are same dark grey as splash on my end though?

I'll confess that I haven't directly tested if ink damage bonuses work on it; I'm getting my information from the fact that the description for Drawing Come True lists its damage as normal damage ("Unleash an Ink Scroll forward for 15 meters, blocking enemy projectiles, dealing 500 normal DMG, and knocking back normal enemies within 5 meters. Generate Blank Domain along its path, last for 10s. Movement Speed will affect Ink Scroll speed."), whereas Ink Domain and Ink Splash have their damage type listed specifically as ink damage. It very well could be an erroneous description, though.

I just tested it.
Drawing Comes True damage without Surge Ink and no other modifiers vs. standard Crossbowman: 750
Drawing Comes True damage with Surge Ink and no other modifiers vs. standard Crossbowman: 750

Confirming that Surge Ink does not affect it.