Soshiro Hoshina Hoshina-Style Sword-Slay Technique is a Slash-type Attacker designed for clearing waves of enemies. With an AoE-focused Combat Skill and damage bonuses tied to defeating Kaiju and stages filled with multiple small-sized foes.
His Combat Skill deals AoE damage and places him into Fierce State, granting boosts to CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG. While this buff is consumed after a Normal Attack, alternating between Combat Skills and Normal Attacks allows Hoshina to maintain strong burst damage throughout extended fights.
Hoshina’s kit naturally snowballs in mob-heavy encounters. His ATK increases each time he defeats a Kaiju, and his Passive Skill further boosts damage dealt to small-sized Kaiju, making him especially effective in skirmishes where enemies appear in groups rather than as single targets.
Despite his AoE strengths, Hoshina’s Ultimate is single-target, serving as a finisher rather than a crowd-control tool. His optimal playstyle involves weakening groups with AoE attacks, then picking off remaining enemies one by one using his Ultimate.
He does have clear limitations. Hoshina struggles against giant-class Kaiju, as his ATK scaling depends on defeating enemies, and his damage bonuses are tailored toward smaller targets. As a result, he’s less effective in boss-focused content.
