Kasen Ibaraki (Oni Gate Abou Yaksha)

Kasen Ibaraki (Oni Gate Abou Yaksha) was released on February 1st 2024 on Prayer “White Tiger Oni Ultra Festival”.  For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the  Official Discord Server.

In a world of iron and steam, there lie two members of the Big Four of the Mountain, or in this case, Nio-oni who work tirelessly to serve their own Shuten-Douji, better known to us as Suika Ibuki. One of these members, Kasen Ibaraki, or Ibaraki-Douji of this realm followed a very different path to the one we are familiar with, never having her arm severed, never taking the hermit route and also living a life in the Former Capital as opposed to Gensokyo. So can this Nio-oni with titles such as the Western Gate God and the Closed Mouth Oni drop the hammer on those responsible for the Lost Word incident?

W5 Kasen Ibaraki is a Speed-Class Friend who goes full steam ahead with team support via Yin ATK, CRIT ATK, Accuracy, Agility and Spirit Power as well as a powerful Killer range, Burn anomalies to inflict and break, and repeatedly gains Spirit Power with one of her Skills.

As an Attacker / Supporter / Debuffer

• Solid mix of Yin ATK and Agility at 1825 and 1500 respectively.
• Gains a 45% boost in bullets with elements effective against said target.
• Repeatedly gains 0.75 Spirit Power via Skill 3 for 3 Turns. Also gains Spirit Power for herself via Skill 2 (0.75) and Passive 3 every turn (0.35) and various Burn/Blind anomalies inflicted on herself via bullet lines. Team Spirit Power buffs are achieved via Post-ATK on Spell Card 2 (0.80).
• Grants Yin ATK for the team with Skill 3 and both Spell Card Post-ATKs. Grants herself more Yin ATK with her Last Word Pre-ATK.
• Debuffs an enemy’s Yin DEF with Spell Card 2 Pre-ATK and with All-Targeting Spell Card 1 and Last Word’s bullet lines.
• Gives CRIT ATK for the team with Spell Card 1’s Pre-ATK and gives herself more CRIT ATK with Spell Card 2’s Pre-ATK, and with her Focus Shot’s first line.
• Debuffs the CRIT DEF of her enemies with Spell Card 1’s Pre-ATK.
• Agility buffs for the whole team by means of Skills 2 and 3, as well as her Last Word’s Pre-ATK. Various bullet lines also entail Agility buffs for W5 Kasen.
• The above Agility buffs for W5 Kasen can go toward her Slice Scaling, going up to 175% on 5 of her Last Word’s bullet lines.
• Accuracy buffs given to the team by Skill 1, Boosting and Last Word Pre-ATK.
• W5 Kasen Ibaraki’s Killers include Youkai, Divine Spirit, Soul, Poltergeist, Phantom, Vengeful Spirit, Former Capital, Yaoyorozu no Kami, Tsukumogami, Tengu and Kappa.

As a Utility / Breaker

• W5 Kasen has access to 4 different elements with varying quantities. From Wood just barely appearing in her Shots, to Earth mainly in her Spell Cards, to Sun appearing only 1-2 times on any of her attacks, and to Metal mainly appearing in both Shots and her Last Word.
• When inflicted with any Burn or Blind anomalies, W5 Kasen is able to gain 0.20 Spirit Power as per her Ability. These selfish inflictions of either anomaly can be achieved in some form on any of her attacks.
• Can inflict Burn anomalies onto her enemies through Skill 2, Spell Card 1 and some on Spell Card 2’s bullet lines (on one target). These, alongside any Blind anomalies can be broken via Solo-Targeting Focus Shot (1P), All-Targeting Spell Card 1 (3P), Solo-Targeting Spell Card 2 (3P) and All-Targeting Last Word (2P).
• Can Dispel 2 Binds/Stat Debuffs of her own with Skill 1.
• Grants the team 3 Barriers through her Last Word Post-ATK.
• Reduces damage taken by 20% against Moon and Fire elemental bullets.