The symbol of all Narcissists.

literally me

ew why does it have such an ugly face

This may have already been said, on the 1.00 version, there is a bug in which the summon will have a 1/4 full health bar.

If you summon this thing while you have the Golden Scarab equipped, does it increase rune gain by a further 20%? Common sense says no, but you never know with these games.

Since I was having difficulty finding information regarding it's hp in relation to your hp and seeing a lot of misinformation or just complete lack of proof one way or the other, I did some testing and at 21 vitality, completely naked (theminimum required to summon it), it had about 2100hp. At 99 vitality, it had about 7000hp. Talismans that boost hp also affect as with a 9.5% hp boost he had about 7600-7700hp. It is 100% based on HP and not vigor level as at 60 vigor it had about 6000hp and at 40 vigor it had about 4500. You'd expect to see a much bigger drop off than 1000hp at 60 if it was vigor based.

(not sure why my other comment showing this vital information that is lacking in all the other comments, videos, subreddit, etc. got removed but I have updated it with a bit of extra information and here's the repost)

Since I was having difficulty finding information regarding it's hp in relation to your hp and seeing a lot of misinformation or just complete lacks of proof of one way or the other, I did some testing and at 21 vitality, completely naked (the minimum required to summon it), it had about 2100hp. At 99 vitality, it had about 7000hp. Talismans that boost hp also affect that as with a 9.5% hp boost he had about 7600-7700hp.

This becomes the only usable summon in ng+7 due to its tankiness and ability to dodge well even with low armor. It makes a lot of things a lot easier. You can actually cheese Malenia with this ash by using mohg spear. It spams the AoW and if you do too, Malenia takes tens of thousands of damage and gets effectively stunlocked.

So many options regarding spirit summons, ranging from regular trash mobs to unique mini-bosses and the best one is just a copy of you.

I see a lot of people asking whether higher level means anything for mimic tear, given how it copies your guy anyway.

It does. I found myself in Ainsel River Main, where you face a Malformed Star. My mimic was level 5. I tried letting it fight the MS. Mimic got torn to shred 5 times.

Now, behind the MS, there's 2x Ghost Gloveworth(6) and 1x GG(7). The game wants you to fight the MS to get them, but you can run like hell and grab them, then run away, go to roundtable and upgrade your Ashes. I upgraded Mimic Tear to level 7.

The difference between level 5 and 7 is massive. Mimic almost killed the MS by itself. Same setup. I only had to sling rock once to finish it. I'm not sure of what exactly changes when MT levels up, but something does. My guess is HP and damage scale linear to level, but I'm not sure. If so, that would explain why Mimic is so strong at higher level, even with a bad build.

Now, for those who say Mimic doesn't work for them: try giving it fewer options. Memorize fewer spells. Because he uses his options at random. For example, I keep Loretta's Greatbow memorized for those few times I want a long-range shot. Well, Mimic keeps using it at random even in close combat.

Also, Mimic has infinite FP. So if you keep glinstone pebble and Great Glintstone Shard memorized (pebble for efficiency, GGS for expediency), there's no reason for Mimic to use pebble, but still will use it.

If you want mimic to do something specific, you need to take away the other options. If you want it to bleed some boss, summon him with a bleed weapon in your hand (you can switch the second after he's summoned), and make sure you don't have a bunch of consumables available. Like, only have kukris.