Stats
Races
Element Type Chart
Character Shots
All | Fragment of a Distant Star | x5 | Yin | ||
All | Peculiar Fragment | x1 | Yang | 1 | |
All | Secret Tablet | x1 | Yin | 1 | |
All | Mysterious Tablet | x1 | Yang | 2 | |
All | Miraculous Tablet | x1 | Yin | 2 | |
All | Curious Fragment | x1 | Yang | 3 |
All | Wicked God Laser | x2 | Yin | ||
All | Nine-Headed Dragon Laser | x1 | Yang | 1 | |
All | Sacrificial Laser | x1 | Yin | 1 | |
All | Space Laser | x1 | Yang | 2 | |
All | Sunken Spiral Palace Laser | x1 | Yin | 2 | |
All | Laser From the Abyss | x1 | Yang | 3 |
Character Spell Cards
Solo |
Full-Strength Headbutt
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x13 | Yin | ||
Solo |
Bomb Blast
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x2 | Yin | 1 | |
Solo |
Explosion
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x2 | Yin | 1 | |
Solo |
Extreme Bomb Blast
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x1 | Yin | 2 | |
Solo |
Big Explosion
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x1 | Yin | 2 | |
Solo |
Shockwave Whirlwind
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x1 | Yin | 3 |
Solo |
Great Fire Magic Book
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x5 | Yin | ||
Solo |
Close
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x1 | Yin | 1 | |
Solo |
Explosive Flame
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x1 | Yin | 1 | |
Solo |
Close With Force
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x1 | Yin | 2 | |
Solo |
Extreme Explosive Flame
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x1 | Yin | 2 | |
Solo |
Close at Full Strength
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x1 | Yin | 3 |
All |
Parallel World Disconnection
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x16 | Yin | ||
All |
Rupture of the Abyss
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x3 | Yin | 1 | |
All |
Explosive Flame Slash
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x3 | Yin | 1 | |
All |
Huge Rupture of the Abyss
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x2 | Yin | 2 | |
All |
Subatomic Slash
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x2 | Yin | 2 | |
All |
Extreme Rupture of the Abyss
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x1 | Yin | 3 |
Character Ability
Character Skills
Character Characteristics
Character Change Effect
When switching places with a front-guard unit, recovers front guard's HP.
Upgrade Costs
Rank | Coins | Materials |
---|---|---|
0 -> 1 | 1000 | |
1 -> 2 | 2,000 | |
2 -> 3 | 5,000 | |
3 -> 4 | 10,000 | |
4 -> 5 | 15,000 |
Character Analysis
Koakuma was released on October 29th, 2021 in "Prayer: Little Devil & Little Darkness." For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the Official Discord Server.
Koakuma is a devil without a name - even the nickname she’s been given by fans (and is by now pseudo-official) means “Little Devil.” Originally a midboss in Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, all she had was a sprite - but in those early days of Touhou mania, with so few characters to go around, people were more than happy to utilize her and become a character. As such, whilst there are a million and one different versions of Koakuma, it’s generally agreed upon that she’s Patchouli’s assistant.
For farming, Koakuma is reasonably strong, with a potent All targeting Last Word in Dreaming Necronomicon to get the job done, but can run into problems if enemies resist Fire and Moon. She’s better suited to Solo stages too than one might think for an All targeting Last Word, as Demoncraft gives her 3 levels of Yin DEF DOWN against a single starget, which helps her damage output tremendously.
In harder fights, Koakuma shines. Thanks to the 2-2-1 nature of her Last Word, alongside its remarkably high Slicing, being full Slash (to abuse the Story Card Mysterious Sword Master), and packing Yin DEF DOWN, she can do tremendous damage - on top of providing Yin & CRIT DEF DOWN to support her allies. This is further complemented by Pulverization: Pacifis Strike giving her 2 levels of Agility UP (with a 60% chance for 1 more) for 3 turns, alongside packing an above average 1/2/3 Solo targeting Fire Breaks for 0/1/2 Spirit Power. Sublimation: Magallanica Impact provides an additional 1/2/3 Solo targeting Fire Breaks for 0/1/2 Spirit Power, if more Fire Breaks are needed. Lastly, she’s got handy skills too: Language of Dragons gives her entire party 1 level of Agility UP with a 80% chance for one more for 2 turns (minor, but nice) alongside 1 layer of Blind to all enemies for 2 turns (which is also minor but can be abused by Blind Breakers and herself), and Demoncraft gives one target 3 levels of Yin DEF DOWN for 3 turns to take them out right away, alongside Quick for Koakuma to make sure she can provide further Yin DEF DOWN through her Last Word for her teammates.
Additionally for Breaks, Dreaming Necronomicon packs a extremely impressive 3 Fire and Moon All targeting Breaks for 3 Spirit Power. And unlike other Last Words, it doesn't sacrifice damage in the process, due to providing its own Def DOWN support.
Overall, Koakuma is, in spite of her name and appearance, a very potent friend, especially in Yin or CRIT teams, and will serve anyone well. Sure, she’s Patchouli’s servant on paper, but she’s got enough time to do a few chores for you! Even if she may whine about it.
The Slicing scaling of Dreaming Necronomicon is 30%/35%/0%/40%/0%/60%. Note that the Yin DEF DOWN on it also scales with Boosts, becoming a 100% chance for 2 Levels of Yin DEF DOWN at 3 Boosts.
Story Card Recommendations
(Card recommendations last updated on May 15, 2023)
Spell Card
Koakuma simply needs Spirit Power, Yin ATK and Accuracy to function. Her Killers are lacking in both quality and quantity so we won't worry about CRIT ATK too much here. That said, let's focus on Spirit Power, and cards like The Witch of Scarlet Dreams, Youkai Mountain Anniversary or Mountain of Faith can help cover that with their increase of it by 2.00. Yin ATK boosters are worth noting too, such as Overwhelming Firepower, Rainbow Dragon Cave, or Redder Than Blood. Cards that can support her team or can be used as debuffing outlets include Mansion of Memories, Worlds in Hand, Glistening Summer Days, Flight Through Silence or Ability Cards? can really benefit the team's damage output one way or another, with the last one in that group also benefiting Koakuma since she might need that Accuracy herself.
If for some reason you want to use Koakuma's Spell Cards for damage, her first one can use cards like Choose an Animal Spirit, Stand-In Shrine Maiden and Beach Sanshoku Geidontei for the first Card, and The Secret God of the Sky works just fine for her second option.
Last Word
Mysterious Sword Master
Glistening Summer Days
Redder Than Blood
Flight Through Silence
The Moon and Izayoi
There are multiple different routes you can take with Koakuma. The Classic Mysterious Sword Master path provides her a 50% boost in Slash while adding that extra Accuracy for consistency. The Moon and Izayoi could be an option since technically the 50% Slash boost there works, but no Accuracy could hurt, and you might not find a situation where you would use that over Mysterious Sword Master.
An interesting path you could take include a mix of Fire, Slash, and Yin ATK boosting in the form of Redder Than Blood, which can definitely benefit Koakuma as a quick burst of power.
Finally, you could go insane with debuffing, should you have the cards to do so. Glistening Summer Days does a lot for Koakuma specifically. Being a Debuff Class Friend allows her to reap the benefits of the card's All-Targeting Yin Debuffing while also boosting her Fire bullets by 35%. Another unrestricted role option that can also do this job well is Flight Through Silence, since it can go insane with all its debuffing, notably Yin DEF and Evasion on all enemies. These 2 options might just have their niches in harder content against enemies without any Barriers to break, or can simply be used to set up for a Yin ally's nuke.
Character Skill Level Up Recommendations
Demoncraft benefits the most from levels, and should thus be maxed out first. After that, Language of Dragons provides a decent bonus, and should be maxed out (though it unfortunately never becomes a 100% chance for another level of Agility). Lastly, Devil of Literary Revival is very weak in the current LostWord meta, and can be saved for when you have no other targets or for when Koakuma gets a Fantasy Rebirth.
Character Strengths
+Strong All targeting Last Word that gets very powerful in longer fights
+Overall good Break potential
+Team support in the form of Yin & CRIT DEF DOWN
Character Weaknesses
-Not quite as strong as other top tier attackers
-Only provides DEF DOWN for Yin or CRIT attackers
Koakuma simply needs Spirit Power, Yin ATK and Accuracy to function. Her Killers are lacking in both quality and quantity so we won't worry about CRIT ATK too much here. That said, let's focus on Spirit Power, and cards like The Witch of Scarlet Dreams, Youkai Mountain Anniversary or Mountain of Faith can help cover that with their increase of it by 2.00. Yin ATK boosters are worth noting too, such as Overwhelming Firepower, Rainbow Dragon Cave, or Redder Than Blood. Cards that can support her team or can be used as debuffing outlets include Mansion of Memories, Worlds in Hand, Glistening Summer Days, Flight Through Silence or Ability Cards? can really benefit the team's damage output one way or another, with the last one in that group also benefiting Koakuma since she might need that Accuracy herself.
If for some reason you want to use Koakuma's Spell Cards for damage, her first one can use cards like Choose an Animal Spirit, Stand-In Shrine Maiden and Beach Sanshoku Geidontei for the first Card, and The Secret God of the Sky works just fine for her second option.
There are multiple different routes you can take with Koakuma. The Classic Mysterious Sword Master path provides her a 50% boost in Slash while adding that extra Accuracy for consistency. The Moon and Izayoi could be an option since technically the 50% Slash boost there works, but no Accuracy could hurt, and you might not find a situation where you would use that over Mysterious Sword Master.
An interesting path you could take include a mix of Fire, Slash, and Yin ATK boosting in the form of Redder Than Blood, which can definitely benefit Koakuma as a quick burst of power.
Finally, you could go insane with debuffing, should you have the cards to do so. Glistening Summer Days does a lot for Koakuma specifically. Being a Debuff Class Friend allows her to reap the benefits of the card's All-Targeting Yin Debuffing while also boosting her Fire bullets by 35%. Another unrestricted role option that can also do this job well is Flight Through Silence, since it can go insane with all its debuffing, notably Yin DEF and Evasion on all enemies. These 2 options might just have their niches in harder content against enemies without any Barriers to break, or can simply be used to set up for a Yin ally's nuke.
Demoncraft benefits the most from levels, and should thus be maxed out first. After that, Language of Dragons provides a decent bonus, and should be maxed out (though it unfortunately never becomes a 100% chance for another level of Agility). Lastly, Devil of Literary Revival is very weak in the current LostWord meta, and can be saved for when you have no other targets or for when Koakuma gets a Fantasy Rebirth.
+Strong All targeting Last Word that gets very powerful in longer fights
+Overall good Break potential
+Team support in the form of Yin & CRIT DEF DOWN
-Not quite as strong as other top tier attackers
-Only provides DEF DOWN for Yin or CRIT attackers