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S5 Utsuho Reiuji is an Attack-Class Friend who can support the team with CRIT buffs, Spirit Power buffs, and Defense debuffs.

Strong skills and pre-attack effects

S5 Utsuho's skills enable her to easily reach 3.1P in 1 Turn while providing the party with CRIT ATK, CRIT Accuracy, Accuracy, and Yang ATK buffs. Her Spell Card 1 and Last Word's Pre-ATK effects also enable her to debuff enemies' defense.

Powerful Breaking Ability

Thanks to her ability to reach 3.1P in 1 Turn and the fact that she can inflict Burn to her enemies, she will have an easier time reaching the full potential of her barrier breaking abilities whether it be through elemental breaking or through anomaly breaking.

Disjointed Debuffs

While S5 Utsuho is able to debuff her enemies' defenses, this is primarily done through Yin Defense (some of it comes from the Burn barriers she inflict) as well as some Yin DEF debuffing on bullet lines (such as on her Last Word) which is awkward to utilize as her position leans to being Yang-oriented.

Lackluster Damage

While she has strong skills to boot, her niche Killers and disjointed debuffs resulted in her damage being lower than expected.

Burn Inflict to Party May Cause Issues

The Burn status negative effect may impede your party's effectiveness depending on who you bring with S5 Utsuho. This is not a problem if she is paired with units who are directly immune to this anomaly and becomes a boon instead if the units benefit from it.

S5 Rin Kaenbyou is a Speed-Class Friend who hits fast and heavy, Blinding her opponents while supporting Yin Friends and keeping them safe from harm.

Powerful Yin attacker with Water/Earth, Blind Setting and Breaking

S5 Rin’s ability to ramp up her Yin ATK and Agility means she can very quickly build up the momentum she needs to wreak havoc on enemy teams, especially when taking into account the Slice scaling on her Last Word. Healthy elemental breaks coupled with sources of Blind breaks on almost all her attacks will result in enemy teams very quickly being fully broken under her assault.

Support for Yin ATK and Barriers

S5 Rin doesn’t have to be the period at the end of your attacking sentence. Feel free to continue the attack with your teammates after providing them with the Yin ATK and Agility they need to crush the enemy. Should battles stretch longer, Rin has several sources of Barrier recovery for her team as well.

Low cooldown on Skill 1; constant supply of Spirit P and Agility

S5 Rin’s Skill 1 can be refired every 2 Turns, meaning she can reapply Agility and Accuracy buffs to her team constantly, while fuelling them with Spirit P for harder hitting attacks.

Can Remove Seals/Debuffs on Herself

S5 Rin’s second Skill doubles up as purification for any pesky Seals or Debuffs landed on her. Especially useful when looking to solo challenging content without needing to also cleanse fellow team mates.

Lacks Powerful Killers

S5 Rin’s spread of Killers are fairly specific, allowing her to perform well on certain groups of enemies but not on others, limiting her damage output.

Watch out for Friendly Fire

Rin’s 3rd Skill has the unfortunate side effect of also inflicting Burn on her allies. Consider pairing her with Friends who appreciate this anomaly, such as S5 Utsuho, F1 Reimu or Megumu.

B2 Junko is an Attack-Class Friend who uses versatile anomaly breaks, good team utility, and has amazing damage potential.

Amazing Anomaly Breaks

B2 Junko may not have any elemental breaks on her spells, but Junko has exchanged that for a high amount of anomaly breaks. In fact, they're so ridiculous that here is a basic list of where each anomaly break is located: Incineration (Burn Break): Spell 1 (2P), Last Word (2P) Toxic (Poison Break): Spell 1 (1P), Last Word (1P) Melting (Freeze Break): Spell 2 (1P), Last Word (3P) Discharged (Paralyze Break): Spell 2 (2P), Last Word (3P) Flash Break (Blind Break): Spell 2 (3P), Last Word (3P) She may not have the ability to easily inflict all of these anomalies herself, but having all of these breaks only makes her Full Break opportunities very high when using other anomaly-inflicting Friends.

High Damage Potential + Killer Range

B2 Junko carries the usual kit that any great Turn 1 attacker wants: ability to reach 2P at turn 1 with her second skill, both Yin ATK buffs and Yin DEF debuffs, a fair amount of Hard scaling on her Last Word and an immensely wide Killer range to seal the deal, meaning she will be seeing Critical Hits all day and every day.

Decent Skill Utility

While B2 Junko's focus isn't to buff her allies, she ends up doing well to support them anyway. The buffs on her third skill are partywide, providing a good amount of Yin ATK, Accuracy, and even some Spirit Power to all allies. Additionally, the Yin DEF and anomaly debuffs that Junko applies to foes are indirectly buffs to other Friends as well due to being able to take advantage of the crippled opponents.

Cannot Be Fully Broken in a Conventional Battle

If all of her usage wasn't enough for you, it is even impossible to Full Break B2 Junko! She has no elemental weaknesses and is immune to every anomaly in the game, meaning she just cannot break her own barriers. It is unfortunate that she does not gain buffs from Grazing, as there would be no concern about being Full Broken after using all of her barriers. Do note however that if Junko’s Ability is sealed as a result of specific VS Divergent Spirits Special Rules, she becomes susceptible to being anomaly broken. However, that won’t be an issue much of the time.

Very Spirit Power Hungry

In order to reach many of her anomaly breaks, Junko will need to burn through a lot of Spirit Power. Her skills that restore Spirit Power somewhat help, but if you want to reach her strongest stuff, you will likely need outside Spirit Power support from other Friends or certain story cards.

Cannot break barriers with her spell cards aside from anomalies

As mentioned before, B2 Junko has difficulty in applying all of the anomalies required to take full advantage of every anomaly break she has, mainly excelling in Burn and Poison and not much else. This means that other Friends are likely needed to apply their own anomalies so that they can be broken as well. However, thanks to Junko's heavy value in other categories, along with good team support, this is not the worst flaw in the world.

B5 Reisen Udongein Inaba is a Defense-Class Friend who provides a great mix of offense and defense with Hard Scaling benefiting the former and unrivaled taking capabilities for the latter.

Blinding Breaking Bunny

Reisen's breaking potential is definitely above average when put next to any other Friend. Every spell of hers has 3 Moon and 3 Star breaks. Star has always been a useful element to be good at breaking, and her having both that and Moon solidifies her as a top pick for any stage that has enemies weak to those elements. She can also break Blind anomalies via her first spell and Last Word, but the way those anomalies are applied will depend on other Friends.

High damage via Hard Scaling and Killers

B5 Reisen can both dish out major damage from the start of turn 1 or when setting up, all thanks to her Youkai Killer or crazy Hard scaling on her Last Word. Many elements of her kit, from her skills to buffs from Boosting to spell Pre-ATK effects, contribute toward maximizing her Yin DEF buffs to make her damage go up very heavily. The 4 levels of Yin ATK UP on her Last Word and 2 levels from her second skill also help, obviously.

Amazing Yin tank with 10+ levels of Yin DEF UP; with for herself and party

As mentioned before, all of the elements that increase B5 Reisen's Yin DEF in her kit end up making her reach the cap of 10 levels of Yin DEF UP. However, additional utility comes in the form of the party-wide buffs to both Yin and Yang DEF in her skills, along with 1 barrier restoration on her third skill. Even the Yin ATK debuff on her first spell can be taken advantage of to decrease the damage she takes, further helping her tanking ability. Finally, a shoutout has to be given to her second Passive, which decreases the damage Reisen takes by 75% when at full HP. Thanks to Absorbing bullets and the 70% HP heal on her first skill, it is very easy to abuse this skill and make her even tankier.

Lacks Offensive Support and CRIT ATK Buffs

It is the unit type she is classified with, but many of the EX-tier threats have some sort of offensive buff to provide to the entire party. On top of that, she needs external CRIT ATK support to really take advantage of her Killer range, especially Youkai Killer. Reisen even lacks substantial defensive debuffs to indirectly buff party members. Still, her defensive utility and elemental access is so high, she remains to be a great Friend in her own right.

E1 Koakuma provides the team with a set of skills and spell cards. Entailing barrier breaks, dishing out damage, or great utility, Koakuma is sure to serve you well.

Excellent Barrier Breaks

Barrier breaks are one of the factors that our butler excels in. Coming out with an emphasis on Metal and Moon elements to offer as well as anomaly breaks, mainly Incineration (burn breaks).

Amazing Damage Output

Gensokyo and Youkai Killers cover the majority of the cast in the game in which E1 Koakuma has access to all her spell cards including her Last Word. This will guarantee critical hits against them and thus, ranks her on the high spectrum of damage potential. Additionally, she also has access to Slice and Hard scalings which further increases her damage with Agility and Defense buffs respectively.

High Utility

E1 Koakuma can inflict anomalies via spell card and skills, although she can also do so towards her team which can prove beneficial or detrimental depending on who is slotted in the party with her. The main course, however, is the fact that she is able to dispel her party’s locks. In addition, she also has the ability to consistently provide YIN ATK + YANG ATK buffs, P UP support, and healing related effects.

No Innate Source of CRIT ATK Buffs

As excellent as E1 Koakuma is, she has her own demerits as well, one of the most observable factors is how she does not have any innate source CRIT ATK buffs at all. This impedes her damage potential as she is not able to fully maximize her powerful Killers and scalings. Hence, she needs to constantly rely on external sources - story cards and her party’s buffs.

Lack of Accuracy Buffs

Another detriment to cover is the lack of innate accuracy buffs as this might result in an inconsistency on her damage values. However, this may be overlooked if she overkills the enemy anyway as she has a relatively high accuracy to begin with.

E1 Patchouli Knowledge boasts a set of powerful tools with damage, anomalies and breaks, helping your team dish out damage while doing her own share as well.

Great Damage Output

With an immense range of killers (such as Gensokyo and Youkai) as well as powerful buffs, E1 Patchouli can dish out a great deal of damage that is sure to make all her enemies quiver.

Strong Utility

With a fair amount of anomaly inflicted upon her enemies, E1 Patchouli also provides a decent amount of Yin ATK up, Yang ATK, Yin DEF, Yang DEF, and Accuracy buffs on her skills.

Cumbersome Barrier Breaks

Ultimately, E1 Patchouli’s biggest flaw is her barrier breaks, as her lack of focus on a singular or two elements make her relatively inconsistent as a barrier breaker against multiple enemies. Despite this, she can help break barriers through the use of anomalies.

B3 Watatsuki no Toyohime is a Heal-Class Friend who provides plentiful strong HP and Barrier restoration, as well as team attack buffs, Bind Removal and helpful Water and Moon breaks.

Plentiful Moon and Water Breaks

While B3 Toyohime's elemental breaking can be somewhat of a strange case at times, it is hard to deny her great access to Water and Moon, both of which can be found with 3 each on her second spell and Last Word.

High Damage Potential

Both B3 Toyohime's Last Word Pre-ATK effects and third skill are able to buff her Yang ATK to very high levels. The Spirit Power increase on her third skill, being a 1.50 increase, allows her to get to 2P at turn 1 for major damage. If that wasn't enough, the Hard scaling on her Last Word is insane, topped with the Yang DEF buffs she is able to provide herself, and despite no CRIT ATK buffs, she can see good use in it via external sources as her Killer range is very respectable, most notably having access to Youkai.

Teamwide Bind Removal is Extremely Valuable

B3 Toyohime’s third Skill and third Passive dispels either a stat debuff or a Bind, which are debuffs which restrict a character from using a certain action. Obviously, these types of abilities are downright ridiculous in areas such as the Scarlet Devil Tower and even some Main Story boss stages, where the opponents will try to seal some of your actions such as Boost or Graze. Just remember the skill is the one that will help out all allies, while the characteristic is purely for herself.

Breaks are Mediocre Against Multiple Enemies

While B3 Toyohime having elemental bullets on every part of her spells is impressive, her spread is sadly rather impractical when facing multiple opponents. Her first Spell Card has 6 different elements which makes targeting one weakness puzzling, and even her impressive 3 Water plus 3 Moon breaks on her second spell is only Solo-target. At the very least, this spell also inflicts and breaks Poison anomalies if you still need the extra barrier breaking power.

Bind Cleanse RNG Struggles

This is mainly a precaution more than a true downside. When faced with a stage that is full of Binds here and there, B3 Toyohime has only one source of teamwide Bind Removal, and whichever one it removes out of at least 2 is random, potentially making it a pain to work around.

B3 Watatsuki no Yorihime is an Attack-Class Friend who benefits from Spirit Power gain, CRIT potential, convenient team support, and a deadly All-Moon Last Word.

Barrier Breaking via Elements and Anomalies

B3 Yorihime holds a pretty varied range of elemental breaks. 3 Star breaks on her second spell is impressive, but she also has 3 Fire and Wood breaks on her first spell as well as a full-Moon Last Word! If that wasn't enough, she can also break Paralyze anomalies with her first spell (an anomaly which she inflicts upon using the spell), Freeze anomalies with her second spell, and Poison anomalies on her Last Word.

Bringing Out The Big Gun(blade)s

The Moon-only nature of B3 Yorihime Last Word increases the ways she can support the damage of her Last Word with story cards, along with just decimating any foes weak to Moon. Along with the decent Slice Scaling on the attack, the bullets have Killers against Youkai, Humans, and even more to ensure critical hits on a wide variety of foes. This is where the CRIT DEF debuff of her Last Word and CRIT ATK buff on her third skill come in to optimize her damage even more.

Critical Buff and Debuff Utility

B3 Yorihime’s comrades can receive Yang ATK UP from her first skill and CRIT ATK UP from her third skill, helping increase the damage of the team’s Killer bullets. On top of that, she is great at debuffing the foes, particularly through her second skill, in which many Yang Friends can join in the nuking potential. She even comes with partywide Accuracy support whenever she boosts, making her being at 3P even more effective.

Needs a Slight Spirit Power Boost

B3 Yorihime can only reach 2P on turn 1, and a 1-1-3 spread on both of her spells can hurt her damage output and actually limit what she can do otherwise immediately, as all of her anomaly breaks only occur at 3P. Another Friend can try to jump in to assist with more Spirit P restoration, but B3 Yorihime will have to come to terms with a slow start compared to some other Friends.