Ubume

Ubume – 姑获鸟

Stat Rating

Max Stat

Damage + 10%

Soul

Being a DPS Shikigami, the Soul choice for Ubume will definitely be Seductress. Seductress will deal additional damage if a Shikigami strikes a critical attack at a 50% rate. Having multiple attacks give her more chance to proc the Seductress’s effect.

In the early game when you do not have Souls with good secondary stats, it is best to combine 4 Seductress with 2 other Souls that give 15% Critical Chance. This is to make Ubume have the highest possible Critical Chance so she can proc Seductress as often as possible. An example would be 4 Seductress + 2 Shadow.

Positions 2 and 4 get Attack % as the primary stat, while Pos 6 get the Critical Chance as the primary stat. With a 4-star Pos 6 Soul with Critical Chance, you will achieve 10% (base) + 30% (Seductress + Shadow set effect) + 36% = 76%. As you get later in the game, you can swap the Grade 4 Pos. 6 Soul to a Grade 6 one, and that will give you a total of 91% Critical Chance. Adding Critical Chance from other parts from the secondary stats, achieving 100% Critical Chance is easy.

In the late game, if you manage to enhance many parts with high Critical Chance under the secondary stats, you can change your Part 6 Soul to Critical Damage or Attack %. Another way is to swap the Shadow Soul for another Soul which gives 15% attack as a 2-piece set effect.

Rating

Umbrella Sword

Co-op

Hack and Slash

Sample Team

Ubume can easily fit into any teams which comprise of other support Shikigamis such as the Yamausagi (Move Bar), Zashiki (Orb), Shuzu (Damage Sharing), Kusa (Healer). These 4 Shikigamis are all R Shikigamis and extremely useful in early games.

As you progress further, you can create lineups such as:

Arena PvP:

1. Kamaitachi, Yamausagi, Zashiki, Ubume, Ootengu/Blade [Dual Accelerator]

• Having Kamaitachi and Yamausagi functioning as dual AB support will ensure that you have the first chance of attack. However, that is assuming that your Kamaitachi and Yamausagi have higher speed compared to your opponent.
• Ubume can first deal heavy damage on the first hit, while Ootengu or the Blade will clean up the weakened enemies.
• Disadvantage of this build is that it is prone to crowd control, or enemies who use the Mirror Lady Soul (reflecting damage).

2. Kamaitachi/Yamausagi, Zashiki, Ubume, Shuzu, Ebisu/Momo [Stable Build with heals]

• Having Shuzu to split the damage amongst the party and Ebisu/Momo to heal gives you more survivability in the PvP. This is assuming that your Shikigamis survive the first wave of attack.

3. Kamaitachi/Yamausagi, Ame Onna, Hououga, Zashiki, Ubume [Rain Fire Build]

• Having a high Effect HIT Soul on the Hououga will stun your enemies while your Ubume attack. Stun is the best crowd control effect as it cannot be dispelled except through time. Ame Onna clears any 2 debuffs per Shikigami except Stun on your team while slowing the enemies with -20 speed.

Soul Dungeon:

Yamausagi, Zashiki, Ubume + 2 other DPS (preferably Ootengu and Blade)

Acquisition

Bounty

Shikigami Comparison

Ibaraki Doji – To create a one-punch kill Ibara Douji, you need to have a good set of the Shadow Soul. For that, you got to have a great deal of luck to farm for 6 stars Soul with good secondary stats. Compared to Ubume, she can be made a decent DPS Shikigami without having such a high requirement on the Soul.

Kuro Mujou – Kuro Mujou similar to Ibara Douji, utilizes the Shadow Soul to bring the best characteristics out of him. His special skill deals 50% additional damage when the target is above 60% HP. Combining with the Shadow Soul, his damage is almost akin to one-hit kill as well. However, the downside is his special skill deals 50% less damage if the target is less than 60% HP. He would be extremely weak if he cannot kill his enemies with one hit.

Verdict

Apart from the Ootengu, Ubume is considered one of the best all-around Shikigami. She can be used in farming, Soul dungeons, Arena PvP. She is usable in almost all game modes, or probably all.

Her special skill [Flying Slash] is a multiple hit AOE attack which compliments with the Soul Seductress perfectly. Her passive skill [Assist] is an assist normal attack (30% chance) whenever a teammate uses a normal attack. With her normal attack [Umbrella Blade] being an attack ignoring 20% defense, the damage dealt is rather significant if this happens many times during a fight.

With all these advantages mentioned, she is indeed the best SR Shikigami to be trained up to 5-star or 6-star for all free players.

There are other mainstream AOE DPS Shikigamis such as the Ootengu, Ibara Douji, Kuro Mujou. Considering the Ootengu and Ibara Douji are SSR Shikigamis which defines the extreme difficulty in summoning them, Ubume is the next best alternative. For Kuro Mujou, he is the next best alternative from Ubume.

In short, Ubume is definitely worth training high. You won’t regret it. Even if you manage to summon an Ootengu and Ibara Douji, you will need a lot more materials to max their skills. Without SSR Shikigamis, you too can be strong in the game!