Kidomaru

Kidomaru – 鬼童丸

Seiyu (Voice Actor)

KENN

Rarity

SP

Role

DPS

Stat Rating

Attack

HP

Defense

Speed

Critical %

A→S

D→C

E→C

A→S

S→S

Max Stat

Attack

HP

Defense

Speed

Critical %

3396

10140

392

118

11%

Evolution Material

0

0

0

0

Evolution Ability

Enhance [Demon Outfit]: Effectively exclucsively.  Kidomaru enters the Asura state when he has 3 layers of Demon Madness.  In Asura, he uses Soul Hunter on all enemies at the end of an enemy’s turn.  Upon evolved, when Kidomaru takes lethal damage, he enters Asura.  Triggers up to once each round.

Soul

Example: Seductress x4 + Crit % x2
Position 2/4/6: ATK/ATK/Crit Dmg

Seductress is an obvious choice to deal with lots of damage.  Other more supportive souls should work if there is enough damage.  In terms of SPD, I think the key is faster than Kagura so she could pull him again to get into Asura if available.

Rating

Arrival of Death

Cost

0 Orb

Description

ST 50% ATK Dmg x2 with 30% chance to inflict Bone Lock on target.  If no other enemy has Bone Lock, increase chance to 90%.  Bone Lock decrease target SPD by 20 and cannot enjoy effects from move bar increase/decrease skills for 2 turns.  Demon Madness increase SPD by 30

Level up

lv.2 increase ATK dmg to 53%

lv.3 increase ATK dmg to 56%

lv.4 increase ATK dmg to 59%

Lv.5 Attacking a unit with Bone Lock gains him a layer of Demon Madness at the end of the turn

Demon Outfit (Soul Hunter)

Cost

0 Orb

Description

Effectively exclucsively.  Kidomaru enters the Asura state when he has 3 layers of Demon Madness.  In Asura, he uses Soul Hunter on all enemies at the end of an enemy’s turn.  Upon evolved, when Kidomaru takes lethal damage, he enters Asura.  Triggers up to once each round.  Kidomaru gets a shield that absorb 120% ATK Dmg when going into Asura and cannot be controlled.  Asura breaks when he uses Soul Hunter 3 times or shield is broken.  At that time, clears off Demon Madness on self and Bone Locks on enemies.  If Asura is still active when Kidomaru gets turn again, release remaining Soul Hunters.  Soul Hunter – AOE 45% ATK Dmg and ignore 300 DEF on targets with Bone Locks.

Level up

Lv.2 Shield increase to 133% absorb (Increase dmg to 50%)

Lv.3 Shield increase to 146% absorb (increase dmg to 55%)

Lv.4 Shield increase to 160% absorb (increase dmg to 60%)

Lv.5 When Asura clears, every Bone Lock cleared reduces Asura Chain by 1 orb(every Bone Lock cleared recovers Kidomaru’s HP by 25% of max)

Asura Chain

Cost

3 Orbs

Description

Effective Exclusively.  Kidomaru launches a 3-strike attack on 1 enemy, dealing damage equal to 70% of his ATK and inflict Bone Lock each strike.  Kidomaru then becoms Hidden Secret and gains a layer of Demon Madness at the end of the turn.  If he is hidden already, he cannot be hidden again.

Level up

Lv.2 Increase ATK Dmg to 75%

Lv.3 Increase ATK Dmg to 80%

Lv.4 Increase ATK Dmg to 90%

Lv.5 Upper Hand: goes into Hidden Secret in the beginning of battle

Sample Team

Kamaitachi, Kujira, Kidomaru, Shiranui, Hiyoribo, with Kagura

Kidomaru is a good partner for Shiranui since he’s normal attack has special effects.  With the mobility of Kamaitachi and Kujira combined with Kagura, Kidomaru can stack Bone Locks and Demon Madness quickly and do damage.

Shikigami Comparison

Can’t really find one to compare since Kidomaru’s mechanics is quite unique 

Acquisition

Summon, Demon Parade

Wanted Quest

Sample Gameplay

Hope this would help getting some understanding on how to use him 🙂

Verdict

Kidomaru is the latest top tier attacker released in the game.  Although he is the new favorite of fast teams, Kidomaru works in mid speed teams as well.

Having the right teammates is an important factor to use Kidomaru.  We’ll need to make sure he is free of control and able to use skills.  For example, you might want dispelling shikigamis to deal with Hoshiguma Doji or a faster team to deal with SP Hannya, etc.  Kidomaru’s key damage comes from Asura State so how and when to go into that state is the key to success.  Also we would want to pay attention on how to use his Hidden status effectively so he can avoid being targetted.

He’s able to nullify move bar skills and deal high damage while ensuring survivability as he can hide from being targeted in battle.  Though he can be countered many ways.  AOE attacks/controls still work on him.  Sealing his passive means he would not survive lethal attack.  True Damage works the same way.

He needs 12 Black Darumas to fully function and I think it’s worthwhile if you do PvP.