Sunny Milk (Scarlet)

Sunny Milk (Scarlet) was released on October 4, 2022 in "Festival Prayer: Fairy Maid of Scarlet Sunlight." For more up-to-date analysis, be sure to visit the  Official Discord Server.

As part of the infamous trio of Fairies best known for playing pranks on anyone they can manage to around Gensokyo, Sunny Milk stands out as a bit of a leader type. Bossy and overly confident, fairies like herself are generally considered to be among the weaker spectrum of Gensokyo denizens, who count gods, oni and other impressive characters among their ranks. This variant of Sunny Milk, however, has managed to climb up the tierlist, beating a slew of other worthy opponents to establish her superiority as a very powerful friend indeed.

Let’s talk farming. Sunny Milk easily holds her own with team wide Accuracy Up on her third skill, Light Up, one she can easily maintain with her incredibly low cooldown of 3 Turns. Her second skill, Supplied P Item provides her with Spirit P up while her first skill, Bug-Catching Tools helps decimate enemy team Crit DEF and EVADE by 2 levels each and additional enemy Yang DEF and Crit DEF/EVASION on her various spellcards. Take into account her third passive, Instant Burning which has a 70% chance of reducing a random enemy’s Yang DEF down by 1 level for that bonus touch of extra damage. All these work in concert to give players a supercharged debuffer ready to rock the opposition.

Let’s talk defense. Sunny Milk is very good at blinding her opponents with her majestic brilliance. Both her first skill and her first Spellcard, Sun Sign: Direct Sunlight inflicts 2 stacks of Blind on all enemies, heavily debuffing enemy Accuracy. Further Blind anomalies can also come from her second passive, Intense Sunlight which has a 70% chance of inflicting one stack of Blind on a random enemy. Sunny can further widen this gap with each Boost increasing her Evasion by one level. Not keen on relying on Evasion? Every stack of Blind inflicted on herself increases her Yang/Yin DEF, and Crit DEF/EVADE by 1 level, while every Graze she makes boosts her entire team’s Yang DEF up by 1 level. While somewhat minor, her second Spellcard, Sunlight: Sunshine Needle also restores one of her own barriers, lengthening her survival in the front lines. Her first passive, Total Reflection also has a 30% chance of completely negating any Light damage she takes.

Let’s talk breaks. Sunny is stuffed to the brim with Sun lines, clocking in at 3 Sun on her first Spellcard which does AoE damage, and a whopping 6 Sun on her second Spellcard which does Single Target damage. Her Last Word weaves in some of that sweet, sweet scarlet mist, giving her a total of 2 Fire and 4 Sun on all enemies, an upgrade over her L1 form which used to only hit solo. A sure sign that Scarlet Magic does wonders for fairies! She also has Blind breaks in her kit, allowing her to do so at 2P with her first spellcard, and at 3P on her Last Word. Finally, she has an easily accessible 0P Sun on her Focus Shot, allowing her to whittle away barriers in a pinch.

Finally, let’s talk support, since the fun doesn’t end even after Sunny Milk is done. Her Last Word, Solar Storm Vermillion provides the entire party with 1 Spirit Power; an odd inclusion to be sure until you take into account unique mechanics allowing for the replenishing of Spellcards mid-battle, such as Bomb items and the upcoming Overdamage mechanic. Her second Spellcard will also stun a single enemy at 1P, useful when trying to conserve barriers, while her Last Word guarantees a stun on all enemies at 3P, a niche but still useful trait.

All-in-all, Sunny Milk is a force of nature to be reckoned with, boasting a complete arsenal of offensive and defensive tools to lead her teams to victory. Underestimate this fairy at your own risk.