Junko (Nameless Space Terror)

B2 Junko was released on March 31st, 2022 in Ultra Festival: Nameless Space Terror.

The B3 universe Lunar Capital is under constant attack from kaiju, which the likes of Kannagi (B3 Yorihime), Otohime (B3 Toyohime), Azusa (B3 Sagume) and the others protect the Capital from. And perhaps the most terrifyingly powerful of them all is Junko, the Nameless Space Terror. Much like her universe L1 form, she is driven by her unfettered desire to crush the Lunar Capital underfoot, only in this universe it's unknown what her motivations for this are. Universe L1 Junko's ability, to "purify", seems to be present in this Junko as well; but there is still too much mystery surrounding her to say for sure that it is the same. All that is for sure is that she is a true threat to the peace of the Lunar Capital, and that her hatred for Chang'e remains true, even if the reasoning may be different. Being such an unstoppable force, it’s no surprise that she is an EX Tier Friend.

Farming wise, Junko is nothing short of amazing. Her Last Word, Pure and Perfect Darkness  has NO elements, which allows it to deal consistent damage regardless of enemies' resistances. She pairs this consistency with powerful buffs and debuffs on her skills. For story card farms, she can farm The Witch of Scarlet Dreams (2-7-1) at 8 SP, Mysterious Sword Master (3-3-3) at 8 SP, The Secret God of the Sky (3-6-3) at 12 SP, Puppeteer and Necromancer (3-11-1) at 8 SP, as well as a future story card stage at 8 SP. However, using Junko to farm 3-6-3 is not recommended because her awakening scaling isn’t as useful generally. 

When it comes to challenging content, Junko is an extremely powerful character when fit with the right tools. Her 1st skill, Fear Purification, gives 2 stages of Yin DEF and CRIT Evasion down to all enemies as well as inflicting 3 Freeze anomalies to a targeted enemy. These debuffs allow her to brute force her way through enemies while also setting up damage from other characters with a high CRIT rate. Her 3rd skill, Grudge Purification, also gives team support with 2 stages of Yin ATK up, 3 stages of Accuracy up, as well as 0.5 P to the party. Finally, her 2nd skill, Impurity Purification, selfishly gives her 1.25 P and charge, while also inflicting 3 poison to the targeted enemy for her role to break barriers. Her 1st spell card, Malicious Lily, provides 2 stages of CRIT DEF down and 1 burn anomaly to all enemies for 2 turns while also inflicting 1 extra burn anomaly to an enemy you target. Her spread shot, Little Moon Eater, is notable as it also provides 100% Yin ATK up to herself for 3 turns at 1P.

Her ability to both inflict and break anomalies make her a strong contender for being the best breaker in the game alongside the right teammates. Her spread shot is filled with Star breaks and refunds enough power to repeatedly use 2 boosts as long as her Accuracy is supported. Her 1st spell card breaks both burn and poison anomalies, which already synergize with its burn anomaly inflicting pre-effect and her 2nd skill which applies poison. Her 2nd spell card, Psychedelic Mandela, breaks freeze, paralysis, and blind anomalies. However, the blind anomaly is back loaded which makes it impractical to use for the most part. While her anomaly breaking potential is powerful, it can be chaotic to use. Her 1st passive, Pitch-Black Nebula, is difficult to utilize outside of single enemies due to its random nature and Junko’s relatively hard time accessing blind breaks.

Ultimately, Junko has a kit that is oriented around barrier breaking with anomalies and outputting insane non-elemental damage. While she may need team support to bring out her full potential, she will purify anything that goes her way with no remorse. No matter which way you put it, she won't play around.

Here are the relevant scalings which Junko has:

Spread shot (Little Moon Eater): 
Self Yin ATK up (3 turns): 0%/100%/0%/0%/0%/0%
Hard: 0%/0%/0%/40%/0%/0%
Poison Spray (1 poison anomaly for 3 turns): 100%/0%/0%/0%/0%/0%

Focus Shot (Chipper Dragon): 
Hard: 40%/0%/40%/0%/0%/0%
Self Yin DEF up (3 turns): 50%/0%/0%/0%/0%/0%
Enemy CRIT DEF down (3 turns): 0%/35%/0%/50%/0%/0%
Fire Bomb (1 burn anomaly for 3 turns): 0%/0%/0%/0%/0%/100%

1st Spell Card:
Self Yin DEF up (3 turns): 0%/100%/0%/100% (2 stages)/0%/0%

2nd Spell Card:
Self Yin DEF up (3 turns): 0%/100%/100% (2 stages)/0%/0%/0%

Last Word:
Hard: 160%/0%/0%/0%/0%/0%/
Enemy Yin DEF down (3 turns): 0%/100%/0%/0%/0%/0%
Self Yin DEF up (3 turns): 0%/0%/100%/0%/0%/0%
Self Yin ATK up (3 turns): 0%/0%/100%/0%/0%/0%