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Shikigami Information
Inuyasha (release July 18, 2018 in Global) – 犬夜叉 |
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Seiyu (Voice Actor) | Kappei Yamaguchi | ||
Rarity | SSR | |||
Role | DPS | |||
Stat Rating |
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Attack | HP | Defense | Speed | Critical % |
S | A | C | S | S |
Max Stat |
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Attack | HP | Defense | Speed | Critical % |
2975 | 11393 | 392 | 114 | 10% |
Evolution Material | Wind Talisman (Mid)x8 | Wind Talisman (High)x16 | Lightning Drum (Mid)x8 | Lightning Drum (High)x16 |
Evolution Ability | Enhance [Backlash Wave]: Every time the enemy uses Orb, Inuyasha has a 10% chance to counter with 176% ATK damage. Every layer of Wind Aura increases the chance to counter by 10% but the counter-attack consumes all Wind Aura. Each Wind Aura increases the counter damage by 10%. Upon Evolving, Tessaiga transforms into Red Tessaiga when successful counter using Backlash Wave (Each counter would transform Tessaiga to the next form with Black Tessaiga being the final form; each form grants Backlash Wave more features while maintaining the features from prior forms). Red Tessaiga ignores Shields when Inuyasha attacks with the only exception being Seimei’s. Diamond Tessaiga ignores 40% of the enemy’s DEF. Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga steals one random buff from the enemy to increase own Crit DMG by 10% stackable 7 times and lasts 1 turn. 50% of the damage done by Black Tessaiga will not be curable to a maximum of 80% of the enemy’s HP. |
Soul |
Example: Seductress/Scarlet/Shingan/Claw/Temptress x4 + Crit % x2
Position 2/4/6: ATK/ATK or Effect HIT/Crit % or Crit DMG
Discussion: With such an offensive stat and skill set, Inuyasha is no doubt a DPS Shikigami. We can focus on using offensive Souls on him while explore control options with his multi-hit attack. Seductress – A natural choice for multi-hit Shikigamis. In this case, Inuyasha has a 7-hit combo that can proc Seductress 7 times. Seductress can compensate the fact that his low attack multiplier. Scarlet – Even though Scarlet does not trigger Backlash Wave itself, the counter can trigger Wind Aura to increase damage and chance for transformation. This would be a good choice for PvP with our favourite defender Shouzu. Shingan – With a random targeting attack in his arsenal, Inuyasha is very suited to act as a finisher after enemies has been significantly weakened or reduced in number. In this case, Shingan is the perfect accomplice to make sure enemies get taken out in one attack. Claw – Claw is usually compared to Seductress being more PvP suitable than his counterpart. The reason is that PvP usually has lower HP than PvE so Seductress is not as effective. For Inuyasha, Claw is a good set to increase damage in general. Temptress – Another option we can explore is the control Souls. Inuyasha takes time to warm up so at the beginning he is not contributing much as a pure DPS. Using control Souls will give him more value to add to the team before unleashing his damage. Stat wise we are looking at the familiar ATK/ATK/Crit mains for DPS and we can switch in Effect HIT for control build. With an A rank HP, Inuyasha is built to survive. The only thing to add for substat is Effect RES for higher level PvP where Hannyas are all over the place. Position 2 can also use SPD to increase his transformation efficiency. At the end of the day, I would at least keep one ATK as main for Pos. 2/4. |
Rating |
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User Rating
6.2
User Rating
(8 votes)
PvP6 PvE6.3 |
OG Rating
5
OG Rating
PvP5 PvE5 |
Skills
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Wind Scar |
Cost | 0 Orb |
Description | ST 100% ATK Damage with 10% chance to acquire one layer of Wind Aura. Every layer of Wind Aura increases Inuyahsa’s SPD by 10 and Damage by 5%. Inuyasha gains one layer of Wind Aura after each turn. |
Level up | Lv.2 +5% dmg |
Lv.3 +5% dmg | |
Lv.4 +5% dmg | |
Lv.5 +10% dmg |
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Backlash Wave |
Cost | 0 Orb |
Description | Every time the enemy uses Orb, Inuyasha has a 10% chance to counter with 176% ATK damage. Every layer of Wind Aura increases the chance to counter by 10% but the counter-attack consumes all Wind Aura. Each Wind Aura increases the counter damage by 10%. Upon Evolving, Tessaiga transforms into Red Tessaiga when successful counter using Backlash Wave (Each counter would transform Tessaiga to the next form with Black Tessaiga being the final form; each form grants Backlash Wave more features while maintaining the features from prior forms). Red Tessaiga ignores Shields when Inuyasha attacks with the only exception being Seimei’s. Diamond Tessaiga ignores 40% of the enemy’s DEF. Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga steals one random buff from the enemy to increase own Crit DMG by 10% stackable 7 times and lasts 1 turn. 50% of the damage done by Black Tessaiga will not be curable to a maximum of 80% of the enemy’s HP. |
Level up | Not Upgradeable |
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Tessaiga |
Cost | 3 Orbs |
Description | Randomly attacks enemy team 7 times. Each time deal 40% ATK damage to an enemy |
Level up | Lv.2 +5% dmg |
Lv.3 +5% dmg | |
Lv.4 +5% dmg | |
Lv.5 +10% dmg |
Sample Team |
Kamaitachi, Shouzu/Kingyo, Momo/Ame Onna, Ebisu, Inuyasha, with Seimei
Inuyasha takes quite a while to build up so ensuring his survival is our priority. Kamaitachi is very much a must for most teams since he not only speeds up teammates but also increases Effect RES, which is invaluable in PvP. Shozu continues to be our number one choice protector. Though Arakawa will only get more common as time goes on. You could try Kingyo instead to defend against single target attacks but do note she is not compatible with Ebisu. Momo/Ame Onna/Ebisu are all good supports so your choice will depend on what the opponent has. The team is built to ensure Inuyasha get enough turns to transform his Tesaiga and do real damage.
PvP Inuyasha is ideal against turtle team that is built to drag the fight out anyways. With Tesaiga’s final form, Inuyasha ignores shields, DEF, and decreases curable HP which is very damaging to turtle teams that relies on high HP for survival. His transformation is a passive skill so is subject to Hannya. This is a huge drawback at high level PvP where everybody has a good Hannya in stock. Inuyasha would need teammates to ensure he does not get controlled.
Soul With a 7-hit special attack, Innuyasha fit in as a finisher in Soul 10. He’ll need to be the last in the attacking sequence when the crowd is wiped by other DPS. Ideally, he should really be only attacking Orochi. Therefore, his use is more to reduce runtime rather than playing a pivotal role in the fight.
PVE He excels in single enemy fights in the same way as Futakuchi or Kisei in Boss fights. Therefore, boss fights such as Kraken, Kirin, Totem, Orochi, etc. would fit Inuyasha more. One thing to note is that his 7-hit attack has a very fast animation and is the preferred choice in fast runs. |
Shikigami Comparison |
Being a collaborative event Shikigami, Inuyasha is quite unique and is hard to find direct comparisons. In this regard, Kisei and Futakuchi is closer to Inuyasha in PvE while there aren’t really worthwhile comparison in PvP.
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Verdict |
Coming from such a well-known manga, Inuyasha is probably the most prominent collaborative Shikigami without exaggeration. Though as we can see now, his performance falls short of the expectation. His skills are unique and have the potential to do an outstanding amount of damage. In reality, his Tessaiga transformation takes way too long to be effective so he is not the ideal choice to replace some of popular DPSs we have right now. In PvE, he’s up against Kisei and Futakuchi, both of which are better at their roles than Inuyasha, though not by a high margin. Therefore, Inuyasha is probably more used in PvE than PvP. A few notes on his skills:
Wind Scar Backlash Wave
Farming (2.0/5.0) While Inuyasha has an S rank attack, random targeting attacks are not ideal for farming.
Duel/Raid (3.0/5.0) Clearly, Inuyasha is intended to do well in PvP with the many added effects of Tessaiga. However, he is likely not going to be game-changing. The main reason is the time for him to warm up. With only a 10% counter chance, there is a good chance you need to wait for quite a while for him to have enough transformation to do damage. In most cases, he should be able to deal significant damage once he’s able to ignore 40% of the enemy’s DEF.
Boss Battles (3.5/5.0) I am a bit uncertain to the extent of Inuyasha’s Tessaiga transformation but since he is designed to do long fights, I would give him a vote of confidence in Boss fights. With an A rank HP, he is much sturdier than most DPSs and would be able to survive a lot longer. In addition, since Boss fights are long, we shall have no trouble seeing the power of a fully transformed Tessaiga.
Soul (4.5/5.0) As we have seen, Inuyasha is very capable of acting as a finisher in Soul 10 eventhough the expected damage is lower than that of Kisei’s. A very big advantage is that his animation is very fast. To me, this makes up for his lower ATK. Of course, the requirement is that you have good enough DPSs to place in front of Inuyasha so that he can take Orochi out in one turn when he acts.
All the analysis aside, we all know people will spend money to get him due to nostalgia or collectability. That being said, I believe he is a bit underwhelming even though I would be amongst the ones to spend hundreds of summoning tickets during the event. He is not weak but is more like difficult to use. There are better DPSs in every category. Of course, if Inuyasha is your favourite anime character, don’t hesitate to max him out. There will always be a way to make him work.
This is just a preview of Inuyasha. Will update again once he’s released for any changes. |
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