Should You Pull? Festival: Flower Master of Fantasy

If you’re looking for burst damage, a Quality of Life pass to Full Auto your way past easy event stages, or are interested in a solo Chapter 3 Act 1 farmer, Yuuka’s your girl. Her utility is nonexistent, and she has poor breaks, but she does a lot of damage and she does it quickly. This is a Festival banner, and as such Yuuka will not be added to the general pool when it ends.

+Very high and front-loaded damage
+Both Spell Cards are All targeting, useful in farming and Arena alike

-Minimal utility
-Poor Breaks

It’s hard to pin down any real labels on Yuuka Kazami. A somewhat underdeveloped character within the canon of Touhou Project, due to making a scant few appearances, what is known about the Flower Master of the Four Seasons is that she has an affinity for flowers, is frighteningly powerful, and that Marisa stole her Master Spark attack as her own. Within fanworks, her portrayal varies - from a calm and aloof youkai, to a sadistic creature, to just kind of socially awkward, to youkai moe (as ZUN puts it), and everywhere in-between. 

In LostWord, Yuuka takes upon the role of a selfish All targeting nuker, with an emphasis on dealing most of her damage on turn 1. As such, the most important part of her kit is her All targeting Last Word, Blooming Beauty - Master Spark, which upon initial appearances may seem mostly suited for longer fights due to its 1-3-1 layout. However, thanks to her skills Capillary Action and Roses Have Thorns, the flower master can get 2 Spirit Power UP on the very first turn (alongside, thanks to Roses Have Thorns, 3 levels of Yang ATK UP for 1 turn)- allowing her to deal a devastating blow to the enemy right away. 

There is a further caveat to Yuuka’s Last Word - in spite of its All targeting, a large amount of its damage comes thanks to her skill Alkaloid, which inflicts 2 levels of Evasion DOWN (1T) and 2 layers of Poison (2T) - but only to a single target. As such, her damage is at its highest against a single foe, and lower (but still very high thanks to the abundance of Yang ATK UP in her kit) against multiple foes. 

The rest of her kit emphasizes this focus on damage output. Flower Sign: Blossoming of Gensokyo has only a paltry 2 Wood and 1 Star All targeting Breaks in total, but comes with 3 levels of Accuracy UP (2T) and a 1-1-3 layout. This is complimented well by Fantasy: The Beauties of Nature, which has a not-so-great 2 Star and 1 Wood All targeting breaks in total but provides Yuuka with 1 Spirit Power UP alongside a 1-1-3 layout - between the two, Yuuka can certainly pump out a considerable amount of damage. Both are also All targeting, which in conjunction with her All targeting Last Word makes Yuuka a great Quality of Life pickup for mashing through event stages on Full Auto for those sweet, sweet first time clear bonuses. 

However, as roses have thorns, so too does Yuuka have her rough points. As shown, she is rather lacking in Break potential - her only good options for it are her Focus Shot Illusory Spring Flowers which grants her a spammable Solo targeting Wood Break for 0 Spirit Power, and her Last Word Blooming Beauty - Master Spark which has in total 2 Wood and 2 Star All targeting Breaks at 2 Spirit Power - but as damage is the primary reason to bring Yuuka, it is rare you’ll ever use it for the purpose of Breaks. Additionally, Alkaloid’s single target debuffs are her only form of team support, leaving her as a rather selfish attacker.

Overall, Yuuka’s here to savage those who would trample on the flowers with tremendous amounts of damage. Just don’t expect her to be a team player - she can be a bit socially awkward, after-all.