Kurasame

Character Notes & Recommendations

Summon Board Passive selections:

• Shiva choose 3 / 4 / 7

• Odin choose 3 / 6 / 7

• Bahamut choose 4 / 5 / 6

• Usuals: 

  • Ifrit, Ramuh, Brothers 4 / 5 / 7

  • Leviathan, Pandemonium, Diabolos, Alexander 4 / 5 / 6

• For more details and help with summons, check Summon Hub!

Sphere Recommendations

• A Sphere - Focus on BRV DMG & ATK completely, don’t be distracted by other stats

• D Sphere - Any of the attack based D spheres are great, probably not Wakka unless consistently paired with buffers

• E Sphere - Focus ATK & Melee ATK, Auron is a great choice, as are the usual generic suspects in Seymour, Emperor, and Yuffie, etc.

How-To-Play Notes

• Kurasame’s Hyōrō debuff is his most impactful part of his kit. It appears when he enters the field even on calls if he has EX+ 2/3! If an enemy acts with 5 Stacks of his debuff, it will reset back to 1 UNLESS they cannot act (confuse/paralyze/sleep) then it will remain at 5 stacks after it's turn ends. His BT effect also makes it keeps his stacks from going down.

• Kurasame starts with all his buffs at Quest Start, so feel free to start with S2 on multi-target fights or S1 on single-target fights.

• The free skill use is best used on Multi Blizzaga or his AA.

• Ice Blade Renzan (S1) is for shaving a single target’s BRV and increasing exisitng stacks by 1

• Multi Blizzaga (S2) is your AoE shave, and your way to ramp up the Hyōrō debuff after it resets back to 1 stack (+2 stacks)

  • Both Skills reapply his Quiet Instructor buff.

• Ice Reaper (EX) recharges in 2 skill uses - and it’s important to get and maintain his EX buff as it has his useful follow-up that enables his own damage. 

• Absolute Zero (LD) refreshes his Warm Gaze buff and automatically applies 5 stacks of Hyōrō on enemies which is great to use before another unit's Force Time or Burst Phase.

• His BRV Up Blizzard Slash (AA) is surprisingly strong as a free turn due to it triggering his follow up and granting him some decent buffs for himself.

• Biocessation Magic - Freeze (BT) provides a power effect preventing enemies from gaining or stealing BRV (Freeze) and a whopping 50% HP DMG Limit while his Hyōrō is at 5 stacks. His BT also prevents his stacks from dropping so this should be super easy to keep up. 

  • Including his HA+, Kurasame provides 60% HP DMG Limit for standing there which is the most for just standing there so far.

• Dead End (FR) reapplies 5 stacks of Hyōrō and asks for:

  • Ice ability on turn: 20%

  • Target has Hyōrō stacks: 10% per stack (up to 50%)

  • Since Kurasame enchants Ice and can consistently keep his Hyōrō buff up at 5 stacks, the party should have no problem hitting 70% each FR turn.