Hiyoribo

Hiyoribo – 日和坊

Stat Rating

Max Stat

Soul

Position 2/4/6: SPD or HP/HP/Crit % or Crit Dmg

Discussion:

Obviously, Hiyoribo is a healer.  In fact, she’s one of the most competent healers in the game.  Her soul requirement is not high at all.  If you are using Momo, that set would work on Hiyoribo.

For PvE, I would suggest using Jizo Statue or Tree Spirit to increase Hiyoribo’s healing effectiveness as well as providing additional protection for teammates.

For PvP, Tree Nymph and Mirror Lady would be good choices to disturb enemies.  Alternatively, as an odd choice, Samisen would be a viable option to shake off status effects as well as contributing crit % for a Crit Dmg build.

If you are a new player without a good set, a mixed set of Souls focusing on HP would already make Hiyoribo workable.  Her soul requirement is really new friendly.

Hiyoribo somewhat relies on her own HP amount to heal allies so it is natural to use HP on position 2 and 4.  For position 6, if you have a good enough set to get to high crit %, I would suggest Crit %.   If you have a really good set, Crit Dmg would be perfect considering high enough Crit.  Otherwise, HP would be a safe bet.  Secondary attribute wise, I would focus more on SPD and Effect RES.  If you have to choose one, SPD would be my choice in most cases.  This is due to shortening Sunshine Doll cooldowns and potentially shaking off Seal effects.  While we are on this topic, Soultaker would be another way to do this.

Overall, it is not hard to outfit Hiyoribo, but as with all Shikigamis, it’ll take more to get her ready forhigh-levell Duel.

Rating

Blazing Sun

Sunshine and Rain

Nourishment

Sample Team

Shouzu, Ame Onna, Hiyoribo, Juzu, Higabana, with Seimei

Hiyoribo is a competent healer by herself and if you partner her up with another healer than your team would last for a very long time and that would annoy the hell out of the enemies.  One use for her is in the counter team.  With Inugami as the main attacker and Ubume to support, this team would not lack fire power.  With Hana and Shouzu keeping the team alive, there should not be an issue for a long fight.  The interesting part of the team is that orb demand is very long.  All you really need is to make sure Shouzu has enough orbs to put up Water Circuit.  The other units can function very well without consuming orb.    The only concern is that this team is prone to controls so it works better in PvE than PvP.  This team is not hard to obtain so it’s a good idea for beginners to get Secret stage rewards.

For PvP, Hiyoribo needs protection from only one status effect – Seal.  Being sealed, Hiyoribo loses her ability to heal and revive.  Using Ame Onna and Juzu should effectively remedy the Hannya situation.  With Shouzu and Hiyoribo keeping Higabana alive, this team could easily drag the fight on.  In here, Higabana could either use offensive or control souls but I am more of a fan of CC Higabana, especially when this slow team goes up against the fast Onikiri teams.

PvP

Hiyoribo is popular in PvP throughout.  She is easy enough for beginners to acquire and use.  Her ability to heal under a majority of control effects makes her super useful in high level Duel.  Her main weakness in PvP is really Hannya.  As long as she get enough protection, she’ll have no problem keeping the team alive.

Soul

There really isn’t any use for her to be in Soul.

PVE

She is a good choice as a healer for Secret stages.  Her main feature is to be Orb-less heals.  I would partner her up with Hana if you want to auto run to ensure the team stays alive.

Shikigami Comparison

Momo – The most obvious comparison between Momo and Hiyoribo is that they both can actively revive a single ally.  At the same time, they both face cool down when reviving allies.  In terms of teams and roles, they are really similar.  Meaning Momo and Hiyoribo can pretty much share the same souls and teams if you wish.  Overall, though, Hiyoribo has the advantage of using less orbs than Momo and being able to withstand more status effects.  Momo has the advantage when comes to reviving.  Hiyoribo’s cool down is longer than Momo’s and she cannot heal during cool down, essentially turns her into a Daruma.  Revival teams has not worked very well for most Duels so for this reason, Hiyoribo has the advantage over Momo.

Acquisition

Wanted Quest

Verdict

Farming (0.0/5.0)

Not useful at all.  She’s a healer

Duel/Raid (4.0/5.0)

She’s the best choices if you want a pure healer.  Usually, players would use Hannya to seal her so have a strategy to counter Hannya is the key to her use.

Boss Battles (3.0/5.0)

While she keeps the team alive, there is really zero damage output.  Therefore Hiyoribo is not very suitable for Boss fights that require high damage under a time constraint.  She is, however, good for Secret stages where keeping the team alive in a long fight is essential

Soul (0.0 /5.0)

Not useful in Soul runs.

To me, Hiyoribo is definitely worth the investment if you use healers.  She’s not hard to obtain so maxing her skills shouldn’t take too long.  G5 should be good enough in many cases but if you are dueling with her, G6 is recommended.