Kikoru Shinomiya (Guiding Light of the Future)

Kikoru Shinomiya (Guiding Light of the Future)

Slash
Attacker
Ax
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Kikoru Shinomiya [Guiding Light of the Future] is a Slash Attacker who focuses on action-based damage scaling and team-wide damage amplification through debuffs. Her strength lies in carefully building buffs before unleashing her Ultimate for maximum impact.

Kikoru gains stacks of Tip-Top Shape each time she uses a skill other than her Ultimate. These stacks significantly increase her ATK and CRIT DMG, with a particularly strong emphasis on CRIT DMG, allowing her damage to ramp up steadily as she continues to act.

Once she reaches three stacks of Tip-Top Shape, Kikoru’s Ultimate applies a DEF debuff to enemies, boosting not only her own damage but also the entire team’s damage output. However, using her Ultimate consumes all Tip-Top Shape stacks, making timing crucial. Activating it too early results in losing valuable buffs without gaining the debuff benefit.

Because of this, Kikoru performs best when players carefully manage her rotation, building stacks before committing to her Ultimate even if the gauge is already full. When used correctly, she provides both strong personal DPS and meaningful team support.

Best Weapons

Ax-0087
#1
Ax-0087
Ax
Ax-Dellingr
#2
Ax-Dellingr
Ax
Ax-Mantis 21
#3
Ax-Mantis 21
Ax

Best Uniparts

#1
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ATK and CRIT
Lizard-Type Unipart α Arms
Arms ATK
Lizard-Type Unipart α Body
Body CRIT Rate
Lizard-Type Unipart α Legs
Legs Slash DMG
#2
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Build as Debuffer
Fungal-Type Unipart β Arms
Arms DEF %
Fungal-Type Unipart β Body
Body Effect Hit Rate
Fungal-Type Unipart β Legs
Legs SPD

Ascension

A1 KEY

Decisive Ax Strike

  • When attacking a Kaiju that already has a debuff, this unit's CRIT Rate +15%.
A2 KEY

Lasting Slash

  • Turn duration of DEF debuff applied by Ultimate +1.
A3

Outstanding Ability

  • Normal Attack, Passive Skill Lv. +2.
  • Normal Attack, Passive Skill max Lv. +2.
A4

Aggressive Combat Style

  • Ultimate Gauge Charge Rate (%) +10%
A5

Light of Hope

  • Combat Skill, Ultimate, Follow-Up Skill Lv. +2.
  • Combat Skill, Ultimate, Follow-Up Skill max Lv. +2.
A6 KEY

On the Rise

  • After activating Ultimate, this unit's Tip-Top Shape will not be consumed.

Active Skills

Normal Attack

Squadron-Style Ax Technique Number Two: Water Skimmer

Range: ST Attack Charge: 54
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 55% of this unit's ATK to a single Kaiju.
Combat Skill

Rotary Slash

Range: Blast Attack Charge: 81
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 108% of this unit's ATK to a single Kaiju.
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 54% of this unit's ATK to adjacent Kaiju.
Combat Skill

Rotary Slash+

Range: Blast Attack Charge: 81
Unlocked
  • Before attacking, for each stack of Tip-Top Shape, this unit's Ultimate Gauge +20.
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 124% of this unit's ATK to a single Kaiju.
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 62% of this unit's ATK to adjacent Kaiju.
Ultimate

Squadron-Style Ax Technique Number One: Falling Thunder

Range: ST Attack Charge: 300
  • Before attacking, when Tip-Top Shape is at 3 stack(s), has a 100% base chance to apply DEF -8.2% (2 turn(s)) to a single Kaiju.
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 227% of this unit's ATK to the target.
Ultimate

Squadron-Style Ax Technique Number One: Falling Thunder+

Range: ST Attack Charge: 300
Unlocked
  • Before attacking, when Tip-Top Shape is at 3 stack(s):
  • 1. Has a 100% base chance to apply DEF -9.8% (2 turn(s)) to a single kaiju.
  • 2. SP +1.
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 368% of this unit's ATK to the target.
Follow-Up Skill

Squadron-Style Ax Technique Number Three: Half Moon

Range: ST Attack Charge: 60
  • Deals Slash DMG equal to 66% of this unit's ATK to a single Kaiju.

Passive Skills

Passive Skill

Rising Morale

  • After activating skills other than Ultimate, applies 1 stack(s) of Tip-Top Shape to this unit. Max 3 stack(s).
  • After activating Ultimate, consumes all of this unit's Tip-Top Shape.
  • Tip-Top Shape - This unit's ATK +5.5% and CRIT DMG +11%.
Passive Skill

Rising Morale+

Unlocked
  • After activating skills other than Ultimate, applies 1 stack(s) of Tip-Top Shape to this unit. Max 3 stack(s).
  • After activating Ultimate, consumes all of this unit's Tip-Top Shape.
  • Tip-Top Shape - This unit's ATK +11.7% and CRIT DMG +23.4%.

Additional Passive Skills

Young Talent

Lv. 40
  • At the start of battle, this unit's Ultimate Gauge +60.

No Limit

Lv. 60
  • If Tip-Top Shape is at 1 or more stack(s), this unit's Effect Hit Rate +30%.

Finishing Touch

Lv. 80
  • When attacking a Kaiju that has 50% or less remaining HP, this unit's Combat Skill DMG dealt +20%.