It's time to defend the Stellar Mirror with the all-star cast of Disney Mirrorverse Guardians in Kabam's latest action RPG, Disney Mirrorverse. The Fractured are after the Stellar Mirror, the source of all Stellar Magic and the manifestation of all that is good and just, and now Mickey Mouse is leaving it in your hands to put a stop to these wicked plans.

To put an end to the Fractured, you'll need to build a powerful team and manage your resources sufficiently, which is why Android Police has delivered a starter's guide to steer everyone toward the best approach for team building, all while offering a complete run-down on the battle basics to clear the game's the story mode on your favorite Android tablet or phone.

Gameplay basics

Battle system

Control up to three Guardians in battle. To swap your units, tap on their icons at the top left of the screen. Every unit has a unique class tied to the character and class archetype, offers a special skill, and has light and heavy attacks to round things out.

In battle, you can move your selected character using a virtual joystick and perform light attacks and the special ability by tapping the corresponding buttons on the right side of the screen. Tapping and holding down your basic attack will transform your light attack into a heavy attack.

It doesn't matter which character you're controlling; you'll have access to every special attack for each unit. It only matters with the order of how you prefer to chain your attacks.

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.

Expect stages to have dialogue events followed by battle sequences. Completing stages requires energy points (1 point is recharged every 5 minutes); you cannot initiate the stage if you have insufficient points.

Before entering a stage, check the recommended power level, and ensure your team's power level meets or is above the recommended value to clear that stage. Battles are completed in multiple waves, and between waves, you select buffs that benefit your team.

Clearing stages and working toward 3-star completion

After clearing a stage, you'll receive a rating based on the number of objectives you've completed. You can earn up to three stars and always want to earn the maximum number of stars. Essentially the more stats you earn, the more rewards you'll acquire, such as the orbs needed to obtain more characters. If you cannot get the maximum number of stars, you can always return later once your team grows stronger!

To earn even more rewards and stars, you have the option to replay stages at a higher difficulty. The default is normal, but you can select hard and expert. You'll unlock greater difficulties for earlier stages as you've cleared more chapter stages on the lower difficulty.

Events

It's a common gacha element to include ways to acquire special prizes within limited-time events. Events play out like story chapters and require energy points to participate. The difficulty spike may sneak up as you play through event stages, so it's strongly recommended to prioritize spending most of your energy points playing through the first few story chapters to power up your Guardians before tackling events!

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 — how to navigate the Crystals gacha system

As you play through the story's early chapters, you recruit starter Guardians naturally. However, the primary method of procuring more characters is through the "Crystals" gacha system.

How to get Crystals

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.

You can convert collected orbs into Crystals to summon on any banner of your choice. We recommend holding onto these collected orbs until ready to pull on a banner.

Roles and how they fit your team

Each unit has a role, split into tanks, melee, ranged, and support. Role specializations become determined through skills and passives. Generally, your tanks are in charge of the frontline, grabbing the enemy's attention to soak up the aggro for other units. Melee and ranged class units deal devastating damage by spamming skills and attacks up close or in the backline. Finally, the support class units hang in the back while prioritizing healing and buffs to enable the team.

In Disney Mirrorverse, there's no rule of thumb on who makes your team, but we strongly recommend incorporating a mixture of roles. For example, while you're 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; ensuring no one gets knocked out means you'll have an easier time scoring all three stars for story completion rewards.

In other cases, you can opt for more damage by doubling up on damage-dealing roles by substituting a support for a melee and ranged character. However, this will force you to manage and monitor your units' health, requiring more manual play. The safest bet is aiming for a well-balanced team composed of a sturdy tank, an invested damage dealer, and synergistic support.

Stats and attributes

Why should you care about your stats? Essentially your baseline stats contribute to your unit's power level and how adept they are at their role. Attributes are broken down into attack, defense, focus, and health.

• Attack: Directly affects how much damage you do for your base and special attacks.
• Defense: Damage resistance and armor a character has; the higher the value, the less damage you'll take.
• Focus: How much bonus damage does your unit dish out; it's separated by critical chance and bonus damage.
• Health: The maximum amount of HP on your health bar.

Starting Guardians and how they help your account

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 provides the best cinematic experience to watch your favorite characters duke it out. Composing a well-rounded team in Mirrorverse isn't too tricky, so you don't have to worry about the game sucking too much time away from your favorite gachas on Android. Of course, you won't find many opportunities to play as Disney and Pixar characters in competing games, so if you're already a fan of either franchise, we've linked the Play Store widget below for an easy install.