Yoshimi

Character Intro

Ibaragi Yoshimi is someone who attempts to hide their softness with a strong outward persona. As the de facto leader of the group, she has to keep that strong look. Despite her tough-looking attitude, she still looks for the best desserts she can buy when visiting dessert shops, leaving her happily eating away any special sweets she gets her hands on.

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Character Overview

Yoshimi is a Special Support Student that provides AoE damage and CC.

Yoshimi’s EX Skill (I-I’m Not Worried!) delivers a ballistic missile that has a delayed explosion not before stunning the enemies in its AoE.

Her Basic Skill (You Wanna Get Burned?!) has her lob a single grenade to a target, dealing damage with the blast affecting anyone close enough.

Her Sub Skill (E-Everyone, Please Listen!) increases the CC Power of all students in the team, this increases the chance of landing a CC effect.

At higher investments, Yoshimi can deal a decent amount of Piercing damage via her Basic Skill and EX Skill. Unique Weapon Lvl 40, her Enhanced Skill (Don’t Underestimate Me!+) gains a flat bonus to her CRIT Rate, allowing to land critical hits more often.

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Strengths

• Accessible and farmable

Weaknesses

• Outclassed in both her roles (CC and AoE)
• Limited usecase/Niche

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Skill Review

EX Skill

I-I’m Not Worried!

Skill leveling priority: 1

The stun lasts for 2.9 seconds (3.3 sec in HOD insane when Sub skill is maxed), effectively stopping any moving enemy on their tracks and dealing damage without them running away from the delayed explosion. 

Also there are enemies that are immune to Crowd Control, such as raid bosses or special enemy units in harder event challenges. Effectively blunting one part of her EX Skill.

Basic Skill

You Wanna Get Burned?!

Skill leveling priority: 1

Enchanced Skill

Don't Underestimate Me!

Skill leveling priority: 2

Yoshimi’s Enhanced Skill increases her CRIT Rate by a decent amount, this helps with her consistency when trying to land critical hits or shred through CRIT RES.

Sub Skill

E-Everyone, Please Listen!

Skill leveling priority: 3

This skill can be a higher priority to level up when considering her as a CC option in HOD Insane.

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Gameplay Progression

Early game: Yoshimi can slot in for a Piercing AoE damage dealer in the early game if you have no other alternatives.

Early game alternatives:

AoE:

Iori,Momoi,Midori,Nonomi,Saya (Casual),Moe

Students listed here are only some of the notable options available.

Late game (High Investment): Yoshimi can find usage in Hod, her Sub Skill providing CC PWR makes her a decent choice for Hod Insane due to Crowd Control duration scaling with CC PWR. Yoshimi may provide both AoE damage and Crowd Control ability. However she is outclassed by better alternatives who are more specialized to their role such as Moe and Saya (Casual) for AoE while on the other end, Saki and Chihiro for Crowd Control.

• Skill Leveling priority: Basic > Enhanced > Sub

Total Assualt (Raids) Showcase

Kaiten Urban Insane

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Character Notes

• Yoshimi’s EX and Sub Skill can be helpful in HOD Insane if you have no other options for CC.
• Yoshimi may also be considered as a wave clear option in Chesed.

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Conclusion

Yoshimi has a limited use in general content which leads her to become a niche pick in most cases. As she is available as a 1*, she can help new players against Heavy Armor content until they have access to better Piercing Students. Once, players have access to better AoE Piercing Students she is commonly benched for better options.

How Much Should I Invest?: It is fine to leave her at 3* for the most part, you will get most of her elephs from rolling the gatcha. it is not recommended to invest in her once you have Special Support Students who perform her roles better.