Should You Pull?
If you wood like to inflict elemental weaknesses, believe she is worth investing in or really like this ghost, then go for it.
It’s part 2 of the back-to-back Relic Releases this month! As L80 Reimu Hakurei (Karma Speed) is about to finish her run, preparing to blossom is L80 Yuyuko Saigyouji (Boundary of Time) as per her Relic Prayer “Sword-Dancing Soul”! Armed with the Blue Blossom Blade and Blossoming Blade as a nod to her precious Youmu Konpaku's pair of swords. But with this Prayer coming with yet another Relic, 20 Fortune Dust per God Crystal Prayer, and 2 Rate-UP Story Cards (one old, one new), how does this mistress of Hakugyokurou fare amongst her competition?
Well this Technical-Class Friend now joins L80 Kaguya Houraisan who was the sole member of the elemental weakness-inflicting club! With the pioneer in Kaguya giving her foes the Moon weakness, this version of Yuyuko does the same, but with Wood instead! However, these two find themselves sharing a few similarities, both good and bad, such as it appearing on Skill 3, unfortunately having a 7 turn cooldown, also unfortunately only serving as a way for L80 Yuyuko to only take advantage of it through a shot and through her Last Word and has to deal with various elements. However, there is also the similarity of also being backed up by an ability that boosts the power of effective elements. This can also be greatly beneficial for specific allies who like their Wood elements, such as F1 Koishi for example.
Other notable feats that L80 Yuyuko is capable of is her usage of Hard and Slice Scaling, strong amount of Yang DEF debuffing across her kit (even with a bit of Yin DEF debuffing), handy support via Spirit Power, CRIT ATK, Accuracy, Agility and Yang DEF, and handling of Poison anomaly inflictions of breaks upon her enemies (she can inflict 5-6 of them, then break them immediately thanks to her mix of 2.10 Spirit Power on Skill 2 and Spell Card 1’s anomaly breaking). She can fend for herself if she can keep up the Yang DEF buffs, but that’s a huge “if” sadly…
Because just like how L80 Kaguya struggled in CRIT ATK buffs, L80 Yuyuko struggles with Yang ATK buffs. Ironically, these can be supported greatly by L80 Youmu for example, as well as other allies who are helpful in this regard, but Yang DEF debuffs can only go so far once gauge bursting and full-breaking is in question. Another buff that could be seen as lacking is Agility, should you be really looking to maximize her damage output from her Hard and Slice Scaling, since her Yang DEF buffs are generally covered through her other buffs and her selfish anomaly inflictions. That said, while L80 Kaguya was able to rely on a solid Killer range carried by Gensokyo, L80 Yuyuko can’t quite match that due to her quantity over quality range of Killers, mainly carried by Parallel Presence, her collective Killer range doesn’t quite hit a whole lot of enemies sadly.
But with that said, it’s that time for a small break as we go to Story Card Spotlight, because we have a pre-existing 5★ Card and a new 4★ Card! Returning to the spotlight is A Tale of Necromancy, one of the few Cards that can heal up the team’s HP, with a bit of a Focus buff. However, the new card named Girl Without a Plan is surprisingly not a bad one for what it is, as it can boost the power of Water-elemental bullets by 45%, which again, for a 4★ Card, is not bad at all.
Featured Story Card "A Tale of Necromancy"!
Featured Story Card "Girl Without a Plan"!
You’ve probably noticed all kinds of similarities between L80 Kaguya Houraisan and the ghostly subject of this Prayer by now. Because of this, it somewhat reduces the incentive to go for L80 Yuyuko if you already have access to L80 Kaguya, as you can most likely manage just fine without the ghost of the Netherworld. However, maybe you’re a Yuyuko fan, maybe her kit will help you out depending on what’s available to you, or maybe you’re just really drawn in by that Wood element weakness infliction and wood like to use it to make certain Wood elemental-based allies like F1 Koishi and A7B Reimu do even more damage. Either way, this Prayer is a rather optional one, and if you already went for the previous Relic Prayer as well, you can also look at this as an opportunity to increase your Seal Crystal count in case you want to be prepared for what the future may hold.
But if you’re part of the Resurrection Butterfly swarm ready to pray for the mistress of the Netherworld, best of luck to you and hopefully your prayers will blossom thanks to this Friend!
Quick Overview
L80 Yuyuko Saigyouji is a Technical-Class Friend who gracefully arrives on the battlefield with a butterfly swarm’s worth of Yang DEF debuffing, decent support, Poison anomalies onto enemies inflicted and broken, and her own Wood Weakness infliction on enemies.
Blossoming Power
Through combined Hard and Slice Scaling, a 30% boost in effective elemental bullets that can be taken advantage of, and constant Yang DEF debuffing, L80 Yuyuko does have what it takes to cut away at her enemies using raw power, which especially with full setup and enemies susceptible to Killers, this will be a rather powerful Boundary for enemies to overcome.
Olive Branch of Support
While the usual team buffs being a bit of CRIT ATK, Spirit Power, Accuracy, Yang DEF and even some Agility are helpful, as well as Yang DEF and Yin DEF debuffs that could be of use to some allies, they woodn’t hold a candle to L80 Yuyuko’s own Wood weakness infliction achieved through Skill 3! Not only can this greatly benefit her Last Word, but also multiple allies that like their Wood elemental bullets, such as F1 Koishi, A7A Reimu, A7B Reimu, B5 Lunasa, H5 Mystia and more!
Bladeless Poison
L80 Yuyuko is also capable of breaking down the Barriers of her enemies with her ways of inflicting and breaking Poison anomalies. With breaking achieved from both Shots, her Spell Card 1 and Last Word, and with inflictions through her Passive 1, Skill 1, Spell Card 1 and Last Word, plus with L80 Yuyuko’s ability to reach 3P off the jump thanks to Skill 2, she can even break 5-6 Poison anomalies instantly!
Spell Cards Woodn’t Capitalize on Wood Weakness Infliction
Due to the fact that both Spell Cards are more Moon-Focused with Wood only appearing in L80 Yuyuko’s Focus Shot and Last Word, if you want to capitalize on this mechanic, you will have to use Skill 3 carefully. This is because it also comes with a 7 Turn Cooldown which isn’t exactly ideal. However, with Skill 3 also entailing Yang DEF and Yin DEF debuffs, with L80 Yuyuko not benefiting from Yin DEF debuffs and other methods of Yang DEF debuffing, there isn’t a whole lot of pressure to use this Skill if the time isn’t right (unless you need that extra bit of debuffing). But needless to say, for L80 Yuyuko herself, this is really to be saved for her Last Word (or any other Friends’ powerful Wood-elemental attacks).
Varying Elemental Branches
As an addition to the above, L80 Yuyuko has 5 elements present in her attacks: Wood, Moon, Water, Earth and Metal. With the limited Wood bullets come Moon dominating both Spell Cards and her Spread Shot, Metal taking up the Yin half of Spell Card 1, and Water and Earth scattered around very slightly, it can be somewhat awkward to work with her elemental distribution, even with her nifty gimmick above
Needs a Time Boundary for Slice Scaling to Blossom
With access to both Hard and Slice Scaling and a 30% boost in effective elements, L80 Yuyuko does have what it takes to blossom with power, and with Yang DEF buffs available for her from more than 1 method as well as from various bullet lines and defensive buffs through anomalies, Agility doesn’t quite get the same treatment. Only granted to the team via Spell Card 1’s Pre-ATK as well as appearing even less in bullet lines, L80 Yuyuko might need some help with Agility buffs should she need more help maxing out her damage output.
Lacking in Yang ATK Buffs
While her many Yang DEF debuffs can somewhat mitigate this issue, once Barrier breaking and gauge clearing is in question, those very debuffs can disappear, with L80 Yuyuko’s only way to gain Yang ATK naturally being from her Last Word Pre-ATK. This is something that Story Cards and allies can support her with, such as a familiar L80 Youmu for example.
Quantity over Quality with Killers
Losing the ability to manipulate death seems to have taken a toll on L80 Yuyuko, as she has found herself going the quantity over quality route when it comes to the Killers she has access to. Her large selection of them is mainly carried by her Parallel Presence Killers, so that could be a bit of an issue for her on specific stages.
