Soshiro Hoshina Ax Technique Proficiency is a 5-Star Slash Support who specializes in massively increasing team damage through AoE attacks, debuffs, and Additional Damage effects. While classified as a Support, he can become a nice damage dealer.
Soshiro brings AoE pressure with both his Combat Skill and Ultimate, allowing him to contribute consistent damage while setting up enemies for heavier hits from allies. His Passive Skill directly increases allies’ DMG Dealt, and his Ultimate can further apply DMG Taken Increase, making enemies more vulnerable to the entire team.
His defining mechanic is Fear, a debuff that enables Additional Slash Damage after an ally attacks an afflicted enemy. Fear stacks and scales with Soshiro’s ATK, turning every allied hit into an opportunity for bonus damage. This makes him exceptionally powerful in teams that attack frequently or rely on multi-hit effects.
Soshiro can amplify this damage even further through Tremble, applied by his Combat Skill. Tremble boosts the damage dealt by Fear’s Additional Damage, creating a strong synergy loop where Soshiro continuously escalates the team’s offensive output without needing to be the primary attacker himself.
Through Ascension, Soshiro becomes even more oppressive offensively. A2 strengthens DMG Taken Increase, A4 boosts CRIT DMG of his Additional Damage, and A6 further scales Slash Additional DMG based on Fear stacks, turning him into a great unit of any damage-optimized team.
