Should You Pull?
Depends on your needs. They may have arrived onto the Touhou LostWord Global scene at different times, but on this very Prayer, they unite to share the spotlight, with B5 Fujiwara no Mokou leading the charge and Y5 Tewi Inaba (still the only Y-Type Friend so far!) carefully carving out her strategies! Tei-tei-te-tei-WAIT NEVER MIND!
Both of these Friends offer something that can be provide some valuable benefits if you are missing it. In the case of B5 Mokou, she has some decent Fire breaks and a potentially devastating Last Word with the perfect setup. Imagine a Max Limit Broken NAЯAKA Story Card and all the power it could bring to it, especially if the Killers line up perfectly! That said, NAЯAKA will be farmable at a later date so please wait warmly for that. Meanwhile, Y5 Tewi has 2 handy Bind Removals for the team across 2 of her Skills, and we know how useful 2 of those via Skills are! She also has a few other ways to buff her team a little, as well as sprinkle in some Poison anomaly inflictions onto her enemies.
In terms of what makes them stand out the most, that’s probably the best there is for them. In terms of Killers, they have the same ones, such as Machine, Underground Waste Ward, Swordswoman, Sage, Magician, Martial Artist and Kaiju. They aren’t the best, but there they are. They are also somewhat outclassed by other Friends with the roles they have. In B5 Mokou’s case, some would describe her as a Yang version of E1 Meiling, but with a quantity over quality Killer range. Otherwise, the similarities in what they can bring aren’t too far fetched, but E1 Meiling’s more likely to be getting CRITs in her attacks. B5 Reisen is also a strong Defense Friend who happens to be of the Ultra Festival rarity.
Then we have Y5 Tewi has to compete with other strong Ultra Festival Healers like B3 Toyohime, E1 Koakuma and S2 Satori, who are all still considered great to this day, also with their own methods of Bind Removal utility. The collective range of the Killers that our Strategist has doesn’t quite hold up to the other 3 Healers mentioned, especially E1 Koakuma. On top of that, Y5 Tewi doesn’t have a specific element she focuses on, so she won’t exactly be getting the most out of 1 or 2 elements with ease (Wood is probably the most consistent one though). She also has a very odd situation where she can decrease her own Focus with her Skill 3, but its duration is longer than its cooldown duration, making it slightly awkward if you want to keep your allies alive, although it’s always possible to just not use it immediately after cooldown.
Now does the above make these two awful? Not at all, just not the best when you really take into account what they have that makes them great and what shortcomings they may have to deal with. However, any Tewi or Mokou fans should not be discouraged by the above if they want to get either/both of these two. They also might be able to shine in some special moments too if the stage fits for them! But all in all, with the Prayers we have going on right now, it’s a tough competition, especially with 3 Perfect and Elegant variants of Sakuya Izayoi in the spotlight, and for 2 weeks as well! It’s okay though, the Sakuya-Verse would be tough to outclass for many, many Friends, but we have to appreciate their efforts regardless.
With all of that said, here’s to some good luck (maybe from a certain strategist as well) to all who wish to go forth with this Ultra Festival Prayer hailing from the Moon!
Quick Overview
Y5 Tewi is a Heal-Class Friend who can remove Barrier Anomalies, Binds and Debuffs from your party while blessing Yang Allies along the way.
Team Stays Clean, Healthy, and Lucky
For such a debilitating trickster, Y5 Tewi keeps her own team clean, with a 2T cooldown on cleansing team Barrier Anomalies and Healing HP on her 3rd skill. She has multiple other sources of team Healing as well as team Barrier Recovery (albeit only on her Last Word), allowing her to stretch out battles in her favor as long as she needs.
Enemies will Buckle under Anomalies
On the other hand, enemies will fall before Y5 Tewi’s Poison anomalies, as she can clean house up by breaking those in a variety of ways. If you have anyone who can inflict Freeze and/or Paralyze, she can collect that as well, breaking the whole lot through her Last Word, with Paralyze also being broken via Focus Shot.
Dual Source of Bind/Debuff Cleansing
Somewhat unique to Y5 Tewi is her multiple sources of Bind/Debuff Cleansing, split between her Skill 1 and 2. This has a strategic purpose, allowing you to ride out multiple waves of Binds while knocking them all out without having to wait for a Cooldown to end.
Enables Yang Attacking Teams
Finally, it’s possible to debuff the Yang DEF and CRIT DEF of her enemies via Skill 2 and Last Word respectively. Meanwhile, her team support includes Yang ATK, Yang DEF, Agility and Accuracy.
Team Anomaly Cleansing is a Double Edged Sword
With the increasing number of Friends who benefit from Anomalies, Y5 Tewi’s doctoring may have less than the desired effect when paired up with the wrong teammates, such as a certain B5 Mokou she should be familiar with.
Struggles With Damage
Y5 Tewi is a good example of a Heal-Class Friend who excels in, well healing, while falling short in other specialities. Her lack of Killers is compounded by her odd spread of Elements, with Wood being the only one tying them all together. Don’t expect Y5 Tewi to mop up. That job will fall to her teammates who follow up on her tricks.
Too “Focused” on Skill 3?
Whether Y5 Tewi has some kind of ulterior motives or not, Skill 3’s Focus DOWN for Tewi Lasting 3 Turns, yet has a 2 Turn cooldown could be a bit of a predicament for fellow allies should they be put in a position where they are forced to withstand any damage. As a result of Y5 Tewi reducing her own Focus, other allies are going to take more damage than usual. Ways to work around this include Grazing, having those allies in question be tanks, or in relation to its cooldown, just waiting an additional turn so that the Focus reduction doesn’t stack up too much.
B5 Fujiwara no Mokou is a Defense-Class Friend who boosts her party’s Defense, recovers Barriers and shields them from the ravages of Fire and Sun Elements.
Spreads her Immortality Around
A generous B5 Mokou is a frightening ally to have. Her ability to help her team Graze, heal or almost ignore damage sources is not to be trifled with. Coupled with her multiple sources of Focus UP and additional DEF buffs and healing, Mokou will keep your team healthy for a very long time.
Strong Barrier Breaker
Most of B5 Mokou’s bullet lines feature an element that works on the enemy. Most of these are focused on Fire, with a minor degree in Sun, as well as a smattering of additional elements she’s taken co-curriculum classes for on her Spell Card 2. Speaking of which, B5 Mokou uses this attack to inflict and simultaneously break Burn Anomalies on this attack.
Sky High Damage Potential, but Lacks the Killer Instinct
B5 Mokou benefits from having both a high Yang ATK stat and a high Yang DEF stat she can take great advantage of with her Hard Scaling, such as in her Last Word. With a ton of Yang DEF buffs already on her kit, all you need to do is fill in for her Yang ATK, CRIT ATK and Accuracy before you start seeing those damage numbers rise like a phoenix. However, one thorn in B5 Mokou’s side is her Killer range. Having Killers such as Capital, Kaiju, Lunar Base, Underground Waste Ward, Machine, Magician and Sage may be great against specific enemies, but B5 Mokou can’t make a Killing against the widest range of enemies sadly. That said, her naturally high Yang ATK, Yang DEF and Hard Scaling help a lot, so maybe in some cases, one might not even need B5 Mokou to connect her Killers in order to get the job done, as an enemy being weak to Fire might be all it takes. For the time being, just imagine what she could do with a Max Limit Broken copy of the NAЯAKA Story Card.
Lacking Versatility in Breaking
While B5 Mokou is able to break the Barriers of enemies just fine via all her Fire breaks and her handful of Burn anomalies, that’s all the breaks you can make practical use of in her kit. While she is great with what she has access to, the best you have aside from those are the very few Sun breaks she has, since her Spell Card 2 only has 1 of several elements, and the Freeze break in her Last Word can only be accessed via 3P, not seeing a whole lot of use.
