Reimu Hakurei (God-Summoning Shaman)

F1 Reimu Hakurei was released on June 24th, 2022 in "Epic Prayer: God-Summoning Shaman." For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the  Official Discord Server.

Universe F1 Reimu Hakurei, the "God Summoning Shaman", is a true enigma. Not only do we know very little about her Universe, but we hardly understand her motivations, or her end goal, or even the full extent of who she is working with to achieve those goals. But one thing is for certain; she has traveled through countless Universes chasing the Lost Word incident, and has the experience to back it up, both in battle and in composure. She is mostly like the Reimu we know, but the incident has worn on her; she is serious, to the point, and blows through any youkai in her path. That may be all we can glean from her past for now, but we do know that she is undoubtedly one the strongest Friends we've ever made so far.

For farming, Reimu is one of the strongest characters to date. Unlike other characters, Reimu has a unique advantage where every single piece of her kit contributes to her damage output. As a result, she is usable even when she has no limit breaks or awakens. With her Last Word, Fantasy Nature - Destruction, she can easily output a level of damage that obliterates most enemies in her path. This level of destruction is made possible by her skills, abilities, and last word's pre-effects that give her just about every kind of support she would want to maximize damage. As a result, Reimu is not only a powerful character when it comes to farming events, but she can also farm nearly every story card stage by herself to date.

Befitting the one who wishes to resolve the Lost Word incident herself, Reimu is no slouch when it comes to resolving challenging content. While Reimu can reach her cap due to her powerful skills and ability, she can still throw out damage that compares to the best of the bunch after setting up - no need to sacrifice setup potential for turn 1 damage. Her 1st skill, Hi no Kagutsuchi, raises the party’s CRIT ATK and Accuracy by 3 levels for 3 turns. However, this comes at the cost of inflicting 2 layers of Burn anomalies to the team for 4 turns. Reimu’s 2nd skill, Ame no Fuyukinu, serves as a way to augment her survival by giving herself 2 barriers and providing the party a 50% damage reduction against Youkai enemies for 2 turns. However, this comes with another penalty -  inflicting 2 layers of Freeze anomalies to the team for 4 turns. Reimu’s 3rd skill, Takemikazuchi, gives herself 2 P, inflicts 3 layers of Paralysis anomalies to one target for 4 turns, and inflicts 2 levels of CRIT Evasion to all enemies for 4 turns. Though her team may suffer side effects from these skills, Reimu’s ability, Capable of manipulating auras?, turns these self-inflicted anomalies into a benefit. Every anomaly aside from Poison and Blind instead augments her Yin ATK, Yang ATK, CRIT ATK, and CRIT Accuracy even further. As a result, her buffs can be capped on the 1st turn. 

Reimu’s spell cards are also no slouch. With her 1st Spell Card, Bewitched Weapon: Merciless Purification Rod, she not only gains 1.5 P instantly, but can provide the team with 3 levels of Agility for 4 turns. Her 2nd Spell Card, Divine Arts: Omnidirectional Dragon-Slaying Circle, provides the team with 3 levels of Yin DEF for 4 turns and inflicts 3 layers of Paralysis to all enemies for 3 turns. All of these Spell Cards not only have good utility, but can also deal a significant amount of damage by themselves even without any Limit Breaks. With that as an advantage, she can use these Spell Cards to support the team or set up her Last Word even further as it has both Slicing and Hard scaling. 

Reimu is a specialist when it comes to Sun and Wood barrier breaks. Not only does all her Spell Cards contain 3 Sun and Wood breaks, but her 2nd Spell Card can be used to break Paralysis anomalies on her enemies, which synergizes with the pre-effect and her 3rd skill. Reimu can also break burn anomalies on both her 1st Spell Card and 2nd Spell Card. Finally, Her Last Word boasts a full 6 Sun breaks.

Ultimately, Reimu can fill a lot of roles by herself. While she may not be a forgiving character to obtain, she will be able to serve you well if you can acquire her. Be sure to stay a bit wary of her though. She is still competing with you to resolve the incident!