Should You Pull?
Maybe with a strong lean towards Yes. The elder Komeiji sister returns gloriously in her A-Type Festival form, one that has lent her power beyond her usual limits.
A11 Satori excels in bolstering Crit damage with her skills and spell cards, while laying down Freeze and Thaw to add on anomaly breaks to her impressive elemental line-up focusing on Metal, Fire, and Water bullets. Her self-sufficiency when it comes to P-up and Accuracy means she holds her own well when pit up against tougher foes, while also being able to lend support to a team looking to lay on heavy Crit against challenges ahead. She also comes with minor defensive capabilities, with her first skill’s ability to recover 1 barrier for the entire team when used, as well as applying 2 levels of Yin DEF up.
Running alongside them is the high-powered Epic Friend Hecatia Lapizlazuli (C3), who certainly outperforms Satori, but also comes at the cost of not having any Exchange Points tied to their character. If you're looking for something lower risk to spend your resources on, Satori will certainly serve you well!
Quick Overview
+ P0 Water Break on Focus Shot
+ Can both set and break Freeze barriers
+ CRIT and Accuracy support helps for setting up big damage
- Backloaded Last Word dampens 1T farming slightly
With her last 3 Water/Energy lines locked behind 3P, Satori requires some setup to reach her full potential.
- Large mix of elements of her AoE Spell Card makes it difficult to target elemental breaks.
Satori Komeiji (Subterranean)
The Mistress of the Palace of the Earth Spirits (try saying that three times without getting tongue tied) has always been a somewhat unapproachable youkai, with her ability to read minds causing conflict and unease in those that she encounters. Unlike her sister who closed off her Third Eye in order to better get along with those above ground, Satori has embraced her namesake; a Satori youkai whose abilities are currently paying off in her sleuthing duties towards a certain incident currently still in progress (see Cheating detective Satori). Going right back to her roots comes her classic variant from the A11 world, whose latent abilities to tell others exactly what runs through their heads manifests in a powerful Technical Friend who sits cleanly at S+ on the tierlist.
Let’s talk farming. Satori can buff both her Accuracy and Spirit P with her second skill, Optical Illusion which allows her access to a respectable amount of firepower on turn 1. Her backloaded Last Word does mean that she would need an additional turn to setup, making her more ideal for longer battles.
Incidentally, longer battles are where Satori excels. Her first Spellcard, Recollection: Night Parade of a Million Demons benefits her team by boosting Accuracy 1 level up for 3 turns. Her second Spellcard, Recollection: Philosopher's Stone boosts team Crit ATK, which is then further bolstered by her Last Word, Memory Fault Crash which increases team Crit ATK while debuff the enemy team’s Yang DEF and Crit DEF. These work in tandem with her 3rd skill, Confirmation Bias which lowers Crit DEF and Crit EVA by up to 3 levels, leaving enemies ripe for the plucking.
Satori is also no slouch when it comes to barrier breaks, boasting the ever useful 0P Water break on her Focus Shot. Her Spellcards are somewhat divisive, provide a single target 3 Metal and 3 Fire breaks on her first Spellcard. Her second Spellcard spreads out across a veritable Philosopher’s Stone worth of elements, hitting Earth, Fire, Water, Wood, Metal and then Earth against on her 3P bullet line. Her Last Word has the unique distinction of laying 3 Fire and 3 Water breaks, backloaded towards all 3 Water lines being accessible only at 3P.
Speaking of barrier breaks, Satori also brings freeze anomalies into the mix, laying them down on both her 3rd skills, her Spread Shot and her 2nd Spell Card as a post effect. She can then choose to break these with either her Focus Shot (as at 2P) or her Last Word at 3P. While she cannot set them, she is also able to break Burn and Paralyze barriers with her Spread Shot and Last Word respectively, should the situation demand it.
Finally, Satori also has minor defensive capabilities, with her first skill’s ability to recover 1 barrier for the entire team when used, as well as applying 2 levels of Yin DEF up. Her 3rd passive also gives her a 50% chance of naturally recovering a barrier, making her a tank to be called on in a pinch. Of minor note is that her Last Word will also guarantee a stun on all enemies if fired off at 3P, useful for staving attacks off against any units that avoid being full broken that turn.
Satori from the A11 world brings a lot more to the table compared to her L1 counterpart. Point her at the enemy team, and she’ll lay them mentally bare, every thought laid out before them. That sort of mental damage is sure to leave a lasting scar on any opponent.
