Remilia Scarlet (The Heat of My Fingertips)

L80 Remilia Scarlet was released on July 15th in "Relic Prayer: Reaching Out for Salvation."  For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the  Official Discord Server.

The Scarlet Devil Mansion is somewhat an enigma in the Touhou series, merely known as a Western-inspired residence that simply appeared within Gensokyo's borders one day. Obviously, it is inhabited by many different youkai and the titular Scarlet vampires. After their first major incident, the mansion has calmed down to be a regular place of irregularities, just like the rest of Gensokyo. The head maid, Sakuya Izayoi, is even found at times to assist in resolving other incidents...mainly because Remilia Scarlet told her to do so. The head mistress is a powerful figure in her own right, but what would happen if the mansion itself was seperated from her? Would her strength similarly vanish? 

For farming, Remilia is one of the best characters in the game, being able to farm every story card stage by herself She buffs herself enormously with her skills and spellcard effects, in addition to having an optimal story card The Heat of My Fingertips which offers an unprecedented 95% damage boost to her last word.

In challenging content, Remilia is no slouch either. She shows her prowess by providing both team support through her skills and powerful barrier breaking with her Spell Cards. Remilia’s 1st skill, Lady Nosferatu, provides the party with 2 levels of Yin ATK and Yang ATK for 5 turns and self inflicts 3 layers of burn barriers to herself. Not only does this skill provide the team a huge duration for their attack buffs, but it also allows Remilia to augment her power further thanks to her ability, Capable of manipulating fate (Lost). With this ability, the burn anomalies that she inflicts on herself strengthen her even more. Her 2nd Skill, Draculoid Girl, provides her 2P, 3 levels of Accuracy, and Quick to herself. This skill not only enables her to fully boost her attacks instantly, but also allows her team to always benefit from Spell Card and Last Word effects thanks to Quick. Her 3rd Skill, No-Life Princess, inflicts 2 levels of Yin DEF and Yang DEF down to all enemies for 3 turns while inflicting them with 2 layers of burn anomalies for 4 turns. Combined with her 1st skill, her 3rd skill allows the team, especially Yin nukers, to do a great deal of damage. Alternatively, Remilia can use the burn anomalies as a way to break more barriers. The only downside to these skills is their long cooldown between uses. 

Remilia’s 1st Spell Card, Scarlet Devil Mansion: Rainbow Gatekeeper & Elegant Maid, provides the team with 2 levels of CRIT ATK and Accuracy for 3 turns. The 1.35P returned to her afterwards also allows her to boost more freely, making it extremely useful. Her 2nd spell card as a post effect which she can use to squeeze out more boosts each turn. Her 2nd Spell Card, Scarlet Devil Mansion: Spirit Magician & Little Familiar, further debilitates enemies by inflicting 2 layers of burn anomalies to all enemies, 1 extra burn anomaly to the one Remilia is targeting, and 2 levels of CRIT Evasion down to all enemies. This synergizes well with the burn breaking property present in both her Spread shot, Gungnir Arrow, and this spell card. Finally, her Last Word provides the team with 2 levels of Yin ATK, Yang ATK, and inflicts 2 levels of CRIT DEF down. 

As far as barrier breaks go, Remilia is a mixed bag. With a P0 Moon shot on her focus, both her spell cards differ in terms of what they are meant to break. With her 1st Spell Card, she has a spread of 3 Metal and 3 Star breaks. The Metal breaks are easier to make use of, as they require fewer boosts to unleash. However, her P generation with her spell card can compensate for the number of boosts needed to fire off star breaks, to an extent. Her 2nd Spell card has a spread of 2 Fire, 2 Water, and 2 Moon breaks. While the spread elements aren't as good as her other attacks, it has strong breaking potential by breaking the plentiful burn barriers she inflicts. Finally, her Last Word has a spread of 6 Moon breaks which can come useful in content where Spell Card bombs are more prevalent. 

Ultimately, Remilia is a team supporter who also can do a substantial amount of damage by herself. While she may have lost her ability and everything, she will fight to regain what she has lost.