Sakuya Izayoi

Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion

Stats

Base

Fantasy Rebirth

Health

4550

Agility

1400

Yang ATK

1195

Yang DEF

925

Yin ATK

1105

Yin DEF

915

Races

Human Maid Servant Gensokyo Scarlet Devil Mansion Incident Resolver

Element Type Chart

Donten

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Donten refers to cloudy skies. The way this temperament hides the sun—a vampire's weakness—as well as the patterns in the sky makes it a good fit for Sakuya. Sakuya is endowed with Metal Phase, calm and strong-willed, and Moon Essence, ambiguous and secretive. These two elements can seem contradictory at first.

The cold and silent Metal Phase resists Earth Phase, because earth bears metal, but it is weak to Fire Phase, because fire refines metal.

The cooperative and indecisive Moon Essence resists the alluring and arrogant Sun Essence, but it is weak to the diverse and uncooperative Star Essence.

Sun

Moon

Fire

Water

Wood

Metal

Earth

Star

Character Shots

Bewitched Sword: Silver Blade

Sakuya Izayoi's Spread Shot. This bullet hell attack uses a silver blade that Sakuya received during a past incident. Its properties as a bewitched weapon have gradually faded after the incident was resolved, but it appears to be reproducing its properties in some way. Perhaps Patchouli is casting magic to help it. It was originally a prototype made by Shinmyoumaru.

	Solo	Bewitched Sword Bullet	x7	Yin
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 2.76 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Bewitched Sword Bullet	x2	Yin	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 3.86 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Bewitched Sword Bullet	x2	Yin	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 4.5 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Silver Blade	x2	Yang	3
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 5.14 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Target][Adhesive]20% chance to inflict Delay (acts later in the turn) to Target (1 turn(s)).
	Solo	Blade Bullet	x2	Yang	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 5.79 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Bewitched Sword Bullet	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 6.43 ACC 80% CRI 5%

Smart Robber

Sakuya Izayoi's Focus Shot. She throws her special knives at her target and steals something from them. As the name suggests, this attack makes one think of a robber, but why can a mere maid do something like this?

	Solo	Yin Knife Bullet	x4	Yin
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 8.04 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Yang Knife Bullet	x2	Yang	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 6.43 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Yang Knife Bullet	x2	Yang	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 7.5 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Life Steal	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 8.57 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Absorb]Recovers HP (5% of max HP) when attack hits target.
	Solo	Yin Knife Bullet	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 9.64 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Yin Knife Bullet	x3	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 7.14 ACC 80% CRI 5%

Character Spell Cards

Available

Limit Break 1

Limit Break 2

Limit Break 3

Illusion Sign: Killer Doll

Sakuya Izayoi's Spell Card. Sakuya conjures up many knives in an instant and shoots them all out at once. She combines her ability to stop time with her knife techniques in an attack that is quintessentially Sakuya. Sakuya has many spell cards that might make you think of a certain killer, but any potential connection between the two is a complete mystery.

*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.

Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects

Target's Evasion 2 level(s) DOWN (3 turns). [Additional effect +1 with success rate 60%.]

Post-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

	Solo	Army Knife	x12	Yin
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 5.14 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Survival Knife	x2	Yang	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 12.34 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	Solo	Combat Knife	x2	Yin	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 14.4 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	Solo	Assassin's Knife	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 16.46 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	Solo	Hunting Knife	x2	Yang	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 18.51 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	Solo	Combat Knife	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 20.57 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility

Conjuring: Eternal Meek

Sakuya Izayoi's Spell Card. In this incredible attack, Sakuya releases knives upon knives without using her ability to stop time. While she can use this Spell Card without using knives, she puts all her knives on display when she uses it here. This Spell Card is sometimes described as her last resort.

*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.

Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects

Own Agility 2 level(s) UP (3 turns). [Additional effect +1 with success rate 60%.]

Post-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

	All	Hors D'Oeuvre Knife	x6	Yang
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 6.86 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	All	Fish Knife	x2	Yin	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 8.23 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Meat Knife	x2	Yang	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 9.6 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Meat Knife	x2	Yang	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 10.97 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Fish Knife	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 12.34 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Meat Knife	x2	Yang	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 13.71 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility

Deflation World

Sakuya Izayoi's Last Word. This bullet hell attack shrinks space-time and causes knives of the past and future to appear simultaneously in the present. Sakuya's unavoidable Last Word shows the maid's true power. Is this really the work of a human?

*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.

Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

Post-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

	All	Knife Skill	x13	Yin
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 7.91 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	All	Vampire Hunt	x2	Yang	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 20.57 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer]
	All	Knife-Throwing Skill	x2	Yang	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 24 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Hunter Arts	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 27.43 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer] [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Hunter Arts	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 30.86 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer] [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility
	All	Advanced Knife Skill	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 34.29 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility

Rebirth Upgrades

Character Ability

Capable of manipulating time

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It is clearly an ability that goes beyond normal human possibilities—something you couldn't acquire just from training. It's unknown how Sakuya acquired this ability, but it seems it has some limitations. For example, when she rewinds time, while she can return things to their previous positions, she can't return things to their previous state if they have been burned or shattered. Nevertheless, this ability allows her to teleport, act incredibly quickly, and even expand space, so it is still terrifying to go up against.

Nullifies the effects of Barrier Status: Paralyze.

When boosted, own Agility 1 level UP (1 turn).

Character Skills

Time Manipulation Lvl 10

CD 4

Grants Quick to self. [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Own Yin ATK 3 level(s) UP (2 turns). [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Info

There are many benefits that can be gained by manipulating time. You can prepare yourself in advance and move before your opponent.

Skill Level		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Quick
	Value	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Rate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Add	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yin Attack Level Up
	Value	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3
	Rate	0	30	60	80	0	20	50	80	0	0
	Add	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
CD		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

Agile Work Lvl 10

CD 4

Own Agility 3 level(s) UP (3 turns). [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Info

A maid's job is very busy every day, but maids still manage to do it quickly and efficiently.

Skill Level		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Agility Level Up
	Value	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3
	Rate	0	30	60	80	0	20	50	80	0	0
	Add	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
CD		5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

Loaded Knife Lvl 10

CD 6

Own Spirit Power 1 UP. [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Info

You would think that Sakuya would run out of knives after throwing so many, but the head maid is always prepared for every situation.

Skill Level		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Spirit Power Up
	Value	0.5	0.55	0.6	0.65	0.7	0.75	0.8	0.85	0.9	1
	Rate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Add	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CD		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Skill Upgrades From Rebirth

Character Characteristics

Maid Studies

After being attacked, own Agility 1 level UP (3 turns). [Success rate 50%.]

Prep Work

When wave starts, target's Accuracy 1 level DOWN (3 turns). [Success rate 25%.]

Quick Rest

When turn starts, own Spirit Power 0.25 UP. [Success rate 50%.]

Characteristic Upgrades From Rebirth

Character Change Effect

Speed Link

When switching places with a rear-guard unit, other unit's Agility, Accuracy, & Evasion UP (3 turns).
When switching places with a front-guard unit, inherits part of other unit's Agility, Accuracy, & Evasion buffs (3 turns).

Upgrade Costs

Rank	Coins	Materials
0 -> 1	1000	x10 x10 x10 x10 x10 x10
1 -> 2	2,000	x20 x10 x10 x20 x10 x20
2 -> 3	5,000	x20 x20 x20 x20 x20 x20
3 -> 4	10,000	x20 x20 x20 x20 x20 x20
4 -> 5	15,000	x30 x30 x30 x30 x30 x30

Character Analysis

Sakuya Izayoi was released on May 11th, 2021 as part of the starting roster.

Sakuya Izayoi is the deft Chief Maid who serves Remilia Scarlet, and acts as the head of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Sakuya is in charge of maintaining all the happenings in the Scarlet Devil Mansion as well as supervising other worker's jobs, all while doing her own to the best of her ability. While rather pleasant and polite towards her mistress Remilia Scarlet, she is known to have a quick change of tone towards those she is not so considerate towards. Marisa Kirisame, for example, brings out a rather harsher side to Sakuya that can be noticed at a glance when speaking to one another. Despite being a human and the only human to live in the mansion, Sakuya is also know for being powerhouse. Sakuya has the unique ability to manipulate time. This means slowing down time, speeding it up, "erasing" time, and putting a stop to it all together. On top of all this our skillful maid can also "manipulate space". This translates into making rooms, which originally had space, even more spacious. This can also be used on top of time manipulation, aka "space-time manipulation". This ability has allowed her to accomplish feats such as making another version of her by creating a parallel universe. However, In Touhou LostWord, Sakuya isn't as fortunate, being placed in the ever-so-cold E-Tier.

When it comes to farming, Sakuya doesn't offer much of anything. Fitting to her lore, Sakuya's main skills in LostWord involve going really, really fast. In LostWord this niche is rather laughable, however, for two reasons. The first reason is that, as far as farming goes, your selected Last Words are going to go first anyway making all that added speed and priority useless in most scenarios. The second is that you're going to want your debuffers to act first, and not Sakuya, which in-optimally makes use of her already lacking damage.

Sakuya's attacks scale between Yin & Yang which severely hurts her overall damage due to her not having just one to focus on, making the previously mentioned "attacking before debuffing" flaw even worse. Sakuya's main use, while not being particularly overwhelming, and other than maybe a bit of extra damage, is her access to Metal element attacks. But even this is lacking as well; having a maximum of two on her first Spell Card, zero on her second, and two more on her Last Word.

Sakuya's position in LostWord is rather poor, not being particularly good at anything in specific, it's hard to find a time where using her is actually the play. And unless you could really use those Metal hits, you're usually better off opting for other units.

Here are the chances for Sakuya’s secondary effects, alongside her Slice scaling (per bullet):

Bewitched Sword: Silver Blade
Chance of Delay: 0%/0%/0%/20%/0%/0%

Smart Robber:
Recovers HP: 0%/0%/0%/11%/0%/0%

Illusion Sign: Killer Doll:
Slice: 0%/0%/20%/20%/20%/20%

Conjuring: Eternal Meek:
Slice: 0%/20%/20%/20%/20%/20%

Deflation World:
Slice: 0%/0%/20%/20%/20%/20%

Story Card Recommendations

(Card recommendations last updated on October 31, 2022)

Spell Card

The Witch of Scarlet Dreams

Overwhelming Firepower

Ordinary Magician

Conjuring: Eternal Meek should always be equipped with a Story Card that gives Spirit Power or Yin ATK UP, due to its lack of elements and low damage. The best option for Spirit Power UP would be The Witch of Scarlet Dreams as it gives 2.00P immediately. You may also use budget cards such as Midnight Tea and It's Spring! as an alternative. For YIN ATK UP, the best option would be Overwhelming Firepower but you can make do with budget cards like Boo! if you lack the said card.

Stat sticks should have both Yin ATK & Agility if possible, but favor Yin ATK if lacking in story cards that provide both. One of the best options as stat stick is Ordinary Magician.

Last Word

Mysterious Sword Master

Mysterious Sword Master is far and away Sakuya's best option, and she is rather reliant on it for her current rating. You can give her Accuracy UP instead if you don't have this Story Card, but keep in mind her damage will plummet as a result.

Character Skill Level Up Recommendations

With Sakuya you're going to want to prioritize her first skill, Time Manipulation first for the 3 Yin attack up it gives. The added Quick prioritization it provides can also be useless in certain scenarios, but more often than not it doesn't change the result of her outspeeding your units anyway. Next up you should go for Loaded Knife next. This helps get Sakuya that much closer to P3 on her Last Word, which adds the second Metal hit onto the attack (However do note that Sakuya P2 uses Yang as her medium of attack, which goes against what Time Manipulation buffs.). Lastly, Agile Work, doesn't offer much of anything in terms of buffing for Sakuya. She's usually going to be outspeeding your team anyway. and in the even that she does using the added Agility, it isn't a gamechanger.

Character Strengths

+Metal elemental access on two of her spell cards
+Can do OK damage when applied in the right situation

Character Weaknesses

-Very low damage
-No utility whatsoever
-Mixed attack types

Rebirth Upgrades

Agile WorkLvl 10

CD 4

Own Agility3 level(s) UP (3 turns). [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Own Agility 3 level(s) UP (3 turns). Own Yin ATK 1 level(s) UP (3 turns).

Unlock

Loaded KnifeLvl 10

CD 6

Own Spirit Power1UP. [Additional effect +0 with success rate 0%.]

Own Spirit Power 1.00 UP. Own Agility 1 level(s) UP (1 turn).

Unlock

Characteristic Upgrade - Maid Studies

After being attacked, own Agility 1 level UP (3 turns). [Success rate 50%.]

After being attacked, own Agility 1 level UP (3 turns). [Success rate 55%.]

Unlock

Characteristic Upgrade - Quick Rest

When turn starts, own Spirit Power 0.25 UP. [Success rate 50%.]

When turn starts, own Spirit Power 0.35 UP. [Success rate 50%.]

Unlock

Spell Card Upgrade - Deflation World

*Pre- and Post- effects assume max level. Effects per level can be viewed here.

Pre-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

Post-Attack Spell Card Effects

None

	All	Knife Skill	x13	Yin
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 12.66 ACC 80% CRI 5%
	All	Vampire Hunt	x2	Yang	1
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 32.91 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer]					1
	All	Knife-Throwing Skill	x2	Yang	2
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 38.4 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility					2
	All	Hunter Arts	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 45.26 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer] [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility					3
	All	Hunter Arts	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: None PWR 52.46 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Vampire-Killer] [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility					3
	All	Advanced Knife Skill	x2	Yin	3
Slash Bullet Element: Metal PWR 60.01 ACC 80% CRI 5% [Slice]DMG scales with ATK in addition to 20% of Agility					3

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Sakuya Izayoi

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Character Analysis

Story Card Recommendations

Spell Card

Last Word

Character Skill Level Up Recommendations

Character Strengths

Character Weaknesses

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