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TEAM · Other · Intermediate / advanced

Whistles Team

WhistlesLustN Corp.General◎Short battles〇Long battles△

GUIDETeam Building and Rotation

At a Glance

Build around The One Who Grips Faust's Whistles combat passive and Identities with Lust skills. This is a less powerful foundation than other team archetypes and is included as a supplementary option.

Strengths

  • At 4 Lust Resonance, Whistles restores 15 SP to the 2 lowest-SP allies at Combat Start. This accelerates the opening in story and other battles starting at 0 SP.
  • Also restores SP lost after using E.G.O.
  • The One Who Grips pairs strongly with The Ring Pointillist Student Yi Sang. Nails, Gaze, and Bleed from her S2 are negative effects, helping guarantee his S2 reuse.

N Corp. synergy

  • Whistles also grants Fanatic when healing N Corp. Fanatics. The One Who Grips's Nails create more opportunities for Fanatic to activate, making her compatible with them.
  • N Corp. Mittelhammer Don Quixote has Lust S1 and defense, making Whistles easy to trigger. She gains bonuses from Fanatic but cannot gain it alone, so Whistles fits her well.
  • N Corp. Mittelhammer Rodion excels at gaining Fanatic. At Uptie Ⅳ in an N Corp. team, The One Who Shall Grip Sinclair grants allies a +10% damage buff.
  • N Corp. Großhammer Meursault has no Lust and cannot contribute to Whistles, so choose him or Mittelhammer Don Quixote when focusing on Lust.
  • Benched N Corp. Kleinhammer Heathcliff increases the fastest ally's Nails application by 1. Has no effect unless The One Who Grips is fastest.
  • Together, N Corp.'s Fell Bullet Yi Sang and Contempt, Awe Ryōshū let Fell Bullet deal damage without killing allies.

Building the team

  • Ideally, more than half the team has Lust skills. Having 2 Identities with both Lust attacks and Lust defense makes Resonance easier to form.
  • Lust defense can connect Lust Resonance even without a Lust attack available. Prioritize Uptie Ⅳ for Identities whose defense becomes Lust at that stage.
  • The One Who Grips can activate Whistles in any Lust-heavy team. House of Spiders teams have many Lust S1 users, including Blade of the House of Spiders Ryōshū and The Index Proxy Don Quixote. The Bloodfiend Bleed variant already includes her.

Rotation

  • During the opening, evading to activate Whistles often contributes more than forcing The One Who Grips to attack.
  • Gaze from her S2 increases damage taken from Pierce and Blunt skills by 20%. Pair her with those attack types.
  • Healing mainly comes from Faust's Fluid Sac. The One Who Grips supplies Lust and Envy, so use other Sinners to cover Gloom.

Weaknesses and answers

  • SP builds quickly, but the team is not especially suited to long battles.

A guide based on the team members' effects.(Update date: 2026-10-29)

Team Builds

Example lineups: 7 deployed Sinners

N Corp. (Fanatic lineup)

Whistles also grants Fanatic when its healing targets an N Corp. Fanatic. Fill the team with N Corp. Identities and use The One Who Grips's Nails to enable Fanatic more often. Fell Bullet Yi Sang and Contempt, Awe Ryōshū can also be paired here.

  1. The One Who GripsFaust · Season 1

    The core unit: Whistles supplies SP and Fanatic, while Nails create more opportunities for Fanatic to activate.

  2. N Corp. MittelhammerRodion · Season 1

    Excels at gaining Fanatic and has many damage bonuses. Clash Power is relatively low.

  3. N Corp. MittelhammerDon Quixote · Season 1

    Lust S1 and defense make Whistles easy to trigger. Enhanced by Fanatic, but cannot gain it independently.

  4. The One Who Shall GripSinclair · Season 1

    A Blunt attacker using negative Coins on every skill. At Uptie Ⅳ in an N Corp. team, grants allies a +10% damage buff.

  5. N Corp. KleinhammerHeathcliff · Season 1

    Lust S3 helps Whistles, while Gloom helps fuel Fluid Sac.

  6. N Corp. E.G.O:: Fell BulletYi Sang · Season 6

    A Pierce attacker that kills allies to unleash powerful attacks. With Contempt, Awe, can deal damage without killing allies.

  7. N Corp. E.G.O:: Contempt, AweRyōshū · Season 6

    Converts Gaze into Contempt and fires enhanced S3, enabling Fell Bullet Yi Sang's damage.

E.G.O

Pairs and trios

Groups that work well together through affiliations and other synergies

The One Who Grips + Ring Pointillist Student

Nails, Gaze, and Bleed from The One Who Grips's S2 alone help guarantee the Ring Pointillist Student's S2 reuse. Both have Lust attacks and defense, making Whistles Resonance easy to form.

N Corp. Fanatics

Whistles grants Fanatic when healing an N Corp. Fanatic, while The One Who Grips's Nails create more opportunities for it to activate. Großhammer Meursault has no Lust and cannot contribute to Whistles, so choose him or Mittelhammer Don Quixote when focusing on Lust.

Priority picks

The team's core: include these Identities where possible
  • The One Who GripsFaust · Season 1

    Whistles, the combat passive at 4 Lust Resonance, restores 15 SP to the 2 lowest-SP allies at Combat Start. Enables a fast opening in battles starting at 0 SP. Early on, evading to activate Whistles can often contribute more than attacking.

  • The Ring Pointillist StudentYi Sang · Standard

    Lust S2 and defense easily contribute to Whistles. The One Who Grips's Nails and Gaze count as negative effects, helping guarantee S2 reuse, while Gaze also raises Pierce damage.

Flexible slots

Candidates for slots left after the priority picks

Alternatives

Replacements for missing Identities

Bench

Identities kept on the bench for their support passives
  • N Corp. KleinhammerHeathcliff · Season 1

    The support passive increases the fastest ally's Nails application by 1. Has no effect unless The One Who Grips is fastest.

Find more bench options in the support passive list →

Resources from priority picks

Total copies of attack skills
Lust 4Gloom 3Envy 3Sloth 1Pride 1

Compatible E.G.O

  • Fluid SacFaust · HE · Gloom

    Restores HP and SP to all allies. The One Who Grips supplies Lust and Envy; other Sinners must cover Gloom.

  • Hex NailFaust · TETH · Envy

    Inflicts Envy Fragility and Pierce Fragility. Fast-acting The One Who Grips can use it to benefit the same turn's attacks.

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