Botan

Stats

Skills

Character Tier

1

4* Art
5* Art

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About
A young naginata user from Hinomoto. Quite reckless, she will go to any lengths to achieve a goal once she's set her mind on it—such as leaving her home for a foreign land in order to pursue her old friend Ieyasu.
CV Info - English	CV Info - Japanese
Caitlyn Bairstow	Aya Hirano

Shadow

Lance

Defense

Naginata Cutie
Obtainable as a 4

Character Stats

MAX HP 942

MAX STR 526

Overview

Thanks to being among the first Adventurers to receive the Mana Spiral update, Botan has become one of the most powerful Adventurers in Dragalia Lost. Instead of low stats, Botan has leveled to 100 and has some of the highest stats in the game. Her Bleed has been buffed to become one of the most potent debuffs in the entire game, ticking for large amounts of damage and stacking quickly thanks to her 100% Skill Prep and Skill Charge. Her buff now also not only increases Strength by 15%, but crit by 10% for Shadow Adventurers. Most importantly though, she now has 100% Paralysis resistance, meaning she no longer fears afflictions in High Jupiter and she gets a boost whenever an attack could Paralyze her.

Strengths

Powerful Bleed

Bleed is a premier Damage-Over-Time effect, and Botan allows everyone access to this affliction as a free Event Adventurer. Not only does Bleed stack with other status afflictions, but bosses also do not sport immunity to it, unlike traditional afflictions such as Burn or Poison.

Team Strength Buff

Perennial Grace briefly elevates the entire team’s DPS and provides synergy with Bleed.

Weaknesses

Thaumian's Bane is a waste

While the rest of Botan's kit is stellar, the fact remains that Thaumian's bane is mostly a waste of a passive. Still, that's not enough to hold her back any longer.

Dragon Recommendations

Shinobi

Marishiten

Juggernaut

Shinobi provides a drastic increase to Skill Damage alongside a modest Strength bonus, which further aids in boosting Botan's Bleed damage.
Marishiten adds an additional Bleed proc to the arsenal alongside a massive 40-60% Strength boost.
Juggernaut is an accessible 4★ option that grants a sizable 30-45% Strength boost, and is easily unbound with Moonlight Stones via the Void Battles Treasure Trade.
Nidhogg provides Botan a split HP/Strength boost, although the aforementioned Dragons are preferred.
Zodiark is a workable budget choice that can be easily obtained.

Weapon Recommendations

Final Eclipse

Mistilteinn

Scourge Lance: Available from High Zodiark and upgrading to Ebon Scourge Lance, this is the ultimate weapon for Botan and key to taking on harder content.

Final Eclipse: The Void Lance is much preferred to the core weapon for High Jupiter.

Mistileinn: The basic core weapon is an entry level choice but isn't suited to the hardest content.

Wyrmprint Recommendations

Pair 1

Resounding Rendition

Beautiful Nothingness

Pair 1: This is a general purpose set for most content. Generally speaking, pairing Skill Damage with increased Strength will allow Botan to fare well in battle.

Alternative options for Botan are as follows:

Plunder Pals and Hitting the Books are great budget options for Skill Damage.
Astounding Trick and Bonds Between Worlds are great budget options for Strength increases.
For players that opt to increase Buff Time, they may do so by using From Whence He Comes, Halidom Grooms, or Bellathorna in Slot 2.

Skills

Skill 1

Petal Piercer
Lvl 1	Deals shadow damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bleeding.	100
Lvl 2	Deals shadow damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bleeding.	200
Lvl 3	Deals shadow damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bleeding.	300
Lvl 4	Deals shadow damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts bleeding.

SP Cost	2427	Iframe	Long

Skill 2

Perennial Grace
Lvl 1	Increases the entire team's strength by 10% for 15 seconds.	100
Lvl 2	Increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 15 seconds.	200
Lvl 3	Increases the entire team's strength by 15% for 15 seconds, and increases the critical rate of shadow-attuned adventurers in the team by 10% for 15 seconds.	300

SP Cost	7634	Iframe	Long

Abilities

Ability 1

Upgrades To
Thaumian's Bane +20% Increases damage to thaumians by 20%.	60
Thaumian's Bane +25% Increases damage to thaumians by 25%.	80
Upgrades To
Thaumian's Bane +35% Increases damage to thaumians by 35%.	120

Ability 2

Upgrades To
Paralysis Res +25% Reduces susceptibility to paralysis by 25%.	40
Paralysis Res +50% Reduces susceptibility to paralysis by 50%.	60
Upgrades To
Potent Paralysis Res +100% Reduces susceptibility to paralysis by 100%. When the user is hit by an attack that would have paralyzed them, their strength is increased by 15% for 10 seconds. After activating, this buff will not activate again for 15 seconds.	120

Ability 3

Upgrades To
Skill Prep +50% Fills 50% of skill gauges at the start of quests.	60
Skill Prep +100% & Skill Charge Fills 100% of skill gauges at the start of quests. Using a skill fills skill gauges by 5%.	120