Should You Pull? Rerun Ultra Festival: Lunar War Soldier

Maybe. B3 Reisen Udongein Inaba, the Lunar War Soldier, is the third of the six Lunar War Combatants to return in a rerun prayer solo compared to their duo-reruns or the Lunar War Ultra Festival Collection. Not that she needed backup in order to be capable. B3 Reisen primarily serves as an Evasion debuffer with some team utility in the form of Yin DEF and Yang ATK. She can also restore barriers via her Last Word and skills, and of course show off some extreme power thanks to very high Hard scaling. Reisen is a mainstay to the frontlines, packing heavy defenses and easy HP restoration via passives.

While extremely strong, the co-runner, L80 Alice Margatroid, is definitely stronger in terms of viability, as Relic Friends can easily triumph over Ultra Festival Friends. On the other hand, none of the other currently running Friends really outperform Reisen, and given her rather generous runtime, as her prayer lasts until September 2nd, you have a good amount of time to decide on picking her up.

Like other Ultra Festival Reruns, B3 Reisen has Descending God Crystal Step-UP, which provides free 10-pulls while paying for more God Crystals at the start (although in total, a Descending Step-UP costs less than Ascending Step-UP by 100 God Crystals). B3 Reisen can be exchanged for 250 Exchange Points, which is 100 less than L80 Alice.

+Very good turn 1 Last Word damage
+Above-average mix of Earth and Moon breaks
+Provides attack and defense support at the same time
+Accuracy support in the form of Evasion debuffs
+Barrier restoration on a skill
-Farming potential weaker; less Story Card farms than other EX Tiers

Even with a sealed ability, Codename Soldier makes up for the inability to use finger guns by replacing them with heavy laser and missile firepower. Both of her basic attacks hold utility with elemental breaks at 0P, with Earth on Lunatic Machine Gun and Moon on Lunatic Rifle. After that are her spells, which emphasize crippling her opponents further. Illusion Wave: Red-Eyed Hypnosis (Mind Blowing) holds 3 Moon breaks and decreases all opponents’ Evasion by 2 levels for 3 turns, with 1 further level given to whoever was initially targeted. Indolence: Life and Spirit Stopping (Mind Stopper) does the same but for Accuracy, which is not as useful as Evasion debuffing. However, it can also break any Paralyzed barriers at 3P, making for helpful breaking along with its 4 Earth breaks.

Moon Salvo (Lunatic Full Burst Mode) is a Last Word that does a great variety of benefits. First, it does 2 additional levels of Evasion and Accuracy DOWN. Along with that, Reisen will boost her own Yang ATK and DEF by as many levels as her Awakening level, ranging from 1 to 5 levels UP. This is a trait that her master, Eirin Yagokoro, has in her own Last Word…it seems like the student is taking some inspiration. The Yang DEF buff helps with her large Hard scaling (110%/110%/130%/130%/150%/160%), making her do even more damage. Since the bullet lines have a 1-3-1 spread and skills such as Medical Poison can grant her 1.0 Spirit Power at the start of battle, this can be a devastating attack to unleash turn 1. Even after all of that is over with, Reisen checks on her party’s status again by restoring 1 barrier for everyone on the team.

All of her skills share that concern for her party, both inspiring them to fight and taking care of their status. The Medical Poison is shared by everyone, healing the party’s HP by 25% of Reisen’s max health. Even though Sniping only buffs Reisen’s own Yang ATK by 2 levels for 2 turns, she remains supportive by Charging herself, allowing for everyone else’s Last Words to activate first and debuff the enemy before she unleashes the offensive finale. Definitely the best support-wise is her Phase Shifter, which increases Yin DEF by 3 levels for 3 turns while adding another barrier into the mix. Sniping and Phase Shifter also increase the party’s Spirit Power by 0.25, providing small Spirit Power support to those who need it.

A few other tricks up this rabbit’s sleeves are the party-wide Yin DEF and Yang ATK buffs from her character ability, which is achieved from Boosting and Grazing respectively. Even when sealed, Reisen can find a way to manipulate the waves in her team’s favor. Auto Medic is one of the few helpful passives of the game, due to giving Reisen 20% HP restoration per turn, allowing this all-rounder to stay on the field for extensive periods of time. Overall, there are no true downsides to Soldier’s kit outside of not doing literally everything in the game, which is never a standard for any Friend.

Even with her impressive newfound strength, it does not mean the Lunar War is easy for Reisen to face. Having to fight against former moon rabbit comrades is something that she now has to follow through with and truly question if it is right. It is easy for the original Reisen and even the one from the Eternal Night to be confident in abandoning the Lunar Capital, but is that truly the same as fighting against the Lunar Capital? Soldier knows their initial strengths, and they only seem to be stronger when she begins to fight back. Does she truly have the heart to battle with all of her strength, even when the odds seem unwinnable? Fortunately, she is not alone in her struggles, seen by our five previous Lunar War Friends.