Should You Pull?
If you need a flaming wall of determination. Whoever thought the destructive Phoenix would ever hang up her grudge and take on the mantle of a guardian. What? This Mokou doesn’t have a mantle? That makes two variants of her now that prioritize protecting her Friends over decimating her enemies, except she can absolutely do that too with the right setup.
Mokou requires a bit of thought to use, but not as much as you’d generally do with others. She’s a solid defensive Friend with optional offensive capabilities that you can tap into as long as you fill in her shortcomings. She can be awkward with Anomalies, balancing both Freeze and Burn, but seasoned players will know how to dance around these issues.
Perhaps this is in line with that awkward personality she has, unable to show her compassion for others as openly as she’d like to. And while you’ll need to coerce Mokou’s hidden charm points out of her, she already has plenty to offer on paper. Spend some time getting to know her, and pretty soon you’ll be dominating the fields hand-in-hand.
Quick Overview
Mokou (B5) 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 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 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. And while rainbow Spell Cards are generally frowned upon, she enhances this with her ability to inflict and simultaneously break Burn Anomalies on this attack.
Can pound the ground with her enemies with some setup
Mokou benefits from having both a high Yang ATK stat -and- a high Yang DEF stat she can scale Hard bullets off. 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 rising.
Balancing Anomalies on her kit can be annoying
Mokou earns different benefits from Burn and Freeze anomalies, with the former helping unlock her offensive capabilities through Hard scaling while the latter heals her passively each turn. With her self-inflicted Freeze coming from her misc attacks, Mokou will need to consciously fire off her Skill 2 early if she wants to avoid filling up her Barriers too early with the wrong anomaly. A minor quip to be sure, but worth considering when optimising runs.
Lacks Offensive support for herself and team
Aside from some minor Yang ATK buffs and Spirit P, Mokou doesn’t do much else when it comes to pushing damage numbers up. Her own Accuracy buffs are locked behind Spell Card use, with only her Last Word guaranteeing her a boost. She also lacks notable Killers, meaning you’ll have to boost her Crit Acc alongside her other stats if you want her to deal meaningful damage.
