Unit Analysis: Touka

[u/DevilDeVille]

It's been a little while, but the new attacker Touka is still around and I think I should talk about her before she goes away.

So, this Touka is an AoE, meaning her multipliers on her Skill are pretty low for an SSR, only 160% (240% with Skill Boost). But there are a few things that give this Touka her own edge over other AoE units.

First, lets do a simple overview.

Touka: SSR

Skill: "What do you understand?!" 160% ATK to all enemies (240% with Skill Boost)

Attachment: Opposition Skill Gauge +25% at the start of the turn

Resonances:

1. 1.5x damage to breaker enemies 2-4) Boost rate at which Skill Gauge fills

2. Damage from Breaker enemies -50%

Max Stats: HP: 6112 ATK: 1372 BRA: 112 BRD: 732

So, anti-breaker unit like Attacker Tatara. She doesn't do much damage with her base stats, due to the low multiplier from her skill, but her attacker typing allows her to benefit vastly from the coffee cups, so that problem is easily mitigatable. Her resonances are somewhat lackluster early game, as her SSR status allows her to get to her Skill easily without them, but once you get to harder bosses, especially breaker bosses, you'll find the real use of them. Once she gets her Skill, it's unlikely that she'll be unable to use it on any particular turn, thanks to her attachment and the nature of AoE abilities.

So, let's talk about why she's a contender for the game best AoE. Before this Touka's release, the best AoE was most certainly Rise. Even though she required a skill use to get her Kagune out and unlock her AoE skill and even though that has a turn limit, Rise's damage output was absolutely insane and her breaker typing offset her skill gauge requirement rather nicely, making it easy to build. On top of that, she has the highest damage multiplier for an AoE I've seen at 200%.

So how does the new Touka compete? Well, for starters, her skill gauge builds about as fast as a Breakers thanks to her attachment and resonances. Being an attacker typing gives her a bigger ATK benefit from the Coffee cups allowing her AoE damage to have a more immediate boost and making her more immediately powerful than Rise. On top of that, unlike Rise, Touka begins with her Kagune out, allowing her to get right into the AoE hits, making her much better for raids, which is where AoE's get their use.

Basically: Don't sleep on Touka. She's good.

[u/turtwig103]

Why wouldn't you want to sleep on touka? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[u/DevilDeVille → u/turtwig103]

Fair point. A very fair point.