Sasaki Kojirou

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Despite his poor 1* stats, Kojirou is a bona-fide damage dealer. Kojirou’s style in dealing damage isn’t in unloading heaping amounts of it, but rather by reliably hitting decently as he goes. He ranks low on damage but in exchange for it he’s extremely consistent in dealing crits. He can generate for himself with his attacks, skills, and NP, making him one of the few critstrikers who don’t need to rely on others for stars.

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Kojirou is rather useful early-game due to his accessibility, but he falls off in value later on until he gets his upgrade. With his upgrade his strength gets a bit more defined, but without it he’s not the best choice to use for an Assassin.

• Extremely easy investment due to cheap 1* skill costs.
• Has one of the highest crit consistency ingame.
• Independence on stargen.

• Needs his upgrade for full performance.
• Horrendous 1* stats, Assassin multiplier, and Quick multiplier with triple Quick deck severely limits damage.

Kojirou is a critstriker. In general, one would build parties around damage dealers, and for Kojirou one would focus on a party that buffs his damage and aids his survival. His forte is being independent of stargen supports, as one can use his NP to generate stars, use his skill to instantly gain stars, or just attack to generate them. At the very least, Kojirou can be fitted well with supports made to buff his stats to the max without worrying much about if he can crit or not.

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Tsubame Gaeshi hits rather weakly due to the lack of a buff and his weak stats. Its good point is that it generates 15-30 stars, which improves Kojirou’s consistency. One would usually use this to generate stars for the next turn, then activate his star absorb if he gets any cards then. While it hits weakly, it’s still a decent boost in overall damage for Sasaki, so it’s not without its value.

Deals damage to one enemy.
[Overcharge]Gains critical stars.

Mind’s Eye (False) A / Cooldown: 8-6
Apply Evade (1 turn)
Increase crit damage (3 turns)

A dodge that comes with crit up, it is Kojirou’s main core skill for survival and offense. It also scales rather well at A rank, and maxes out at 40% crit damage up.

Vitrification B+ / Cooldown: 6-4
Remove Mental Debuffs
Gain critical stars

Kojirou’s main way to instantly gain stars, it is one of the things that improves his consistency. At max it gives 15 stars, which is extremely useful for Kojirou to crit with, paired with the fact that it comes at whatever timing you choose.

Knowledge of the Sowa / Cooldown: 7-5 [Strengthening Upgrade]
Ignore Evade (3 turns)
Increase Crit Generation rate (3 turns)
Increase Crit Absorption rate (3 turns)

This skill is probably Kojirou’s most important skill, as it lets him absorb the stars he generates to crit with. His consistency also improves with this skill, as it gives him an effective 100% boost in stargen, letting him generate as much as his hitcount allows him to.

Skill Priority: 1/2/3 or 1/3/2

Available from the start
Grants self evasion for 1 turn.
Increases own critical damage for 3 turns.

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Removes own mental debuffs.
Gain critical stars.

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Own attacks will ignore evasion for 3 turns.
Increases own critical star generation rate for 3 turns.

Unlocks after Strengthening Quest
Own attacks will ignore evasion for 3 turns.
Increases own critical star generation rate for 3 turns.
Increases own Star Absorption rate for 3 turns.

With a QQQAB deck, Kojirou’s damage suffers due to the combined weak multipliers of Quick and the Assassin class. It does however, aid in his consistency in generating stars, so it’s a double-edged sword with both benefits and demerits.

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