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Somezakura - Buzenbo Tengu's playstyle is spectacular ~ Aether Gazer

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Buzenbo Tengu has been a favourite among the community ever since the launch of the game for her anime-esque sword style gameplay. Also the early chapters of the story hinted at a alter ego which always left us wanting a S rank varient for Buzenbo and now it has finally happened!

(Along with fully embracing the allegations of being Vergil's potential lost daughter, she also brings back Trio Ultimate Skill Chain!)

Somezakura - Buzenbo Tengu is simply put the most flashiest and (personally) the most satisfying Modifier to play at the moment. Her kit isn't complicated at all and is all about switching from her base form to the white haired form in order to build up her "blossom charge" to unleash the judgement cut and rinse & repeat.

Base form: At the start of the battle, if your not using the blue aether codes, you will need to build up divine grace to max (combat resource) in order unlock her skill 3 which will transition her into the Sakura mode (white haired mode). Her basic attacks, skill 1 and skill 2 will all help her build up divine grace quickly.

Sakura Mode: After you build up her divine grace and help her achieve maximum motivation, she will switch her form, reset all skill cooldowns, change all of her skills to different ones and her skill 1 and skill 2 can be followed up two times individually. In addition to that, Buzenbo will continuosly lose divine grace and have two new things to look out which I will call the Blossom points and Blossom marks for simplicity.

You get a blossom mark for each time you hit an enemy with skill 1 & skill 2 including the follow up attacks of each respective skill. Meaning with three taps of skill 1, you can get 3 blossom marks. Same goes for skill 2. When you have blossom marks, your basic attack is replaced by a forward dash attack which will also fill up her blossom points when it hits enemies. Keep in mind that you will be continuously losing divine grace in her Sakura mode and once she is out of it, she cannot generate blossom marks through her skill 1 & skill 2.

So you absolutely want to fill her blossom point gauge before she runs out of divine grace. The amount of blossom points she has when she unleashes skill 3 judgement cut has a huge impact on the total damage of the skill!

The blue aether code is her most recommended and META as it gives her full divine grace at the start of battle, increase the damage of her skill 3 judgement cut in Sakura mode and make it so the judgement cut continuously does more damage (capped after the third) each time it is used!

The warps are flexible but since her S3 in sakura mode is her bread and butter, you can choose warps that increase the level of S3. Otherwise you can go for the usual ultimate charge, increased ultimate skill chain damage or increased damage in zero or modified mode. Whatever best suits your style.

Perilous Chasm Tier 6 OMEGA Boss Fight

Overall S rank Buzenbo is just so satisfying to play. She transforms into a edgy white haired swordswoman, slices and dices her enemies, flashy animations, Trio Ultimate Skill Chain with her squad and finishes it all off with a judgement cut. What's there not to love about her gameplay.

White haired anime swordswoman is a trope I don't think we can ever get tired of.