Chonoru

Dual-wielding her ferocious blades, this shinobi blossoms at night to reign fear into her foes. Chonoru is an Epic Spirit Attack champion from the Shadowkin faction and a staple of the Yakai lineup, built around debuff pressure and stripping Increase DEF from enemies — a toolkit tailor-made for Shadowkin Faction Wars.

Core Strengths & Abilities

Defence Stripping: Her A3, Lay Bare (3-turn cooldown once booked), removes all Increase DEF buffs from all enemies before attacking them all, and its cooldown drops by 1 turn for each enemy it kills. This directly counters Steelskull's Increase DEF on Faction Wars stage 21 and speeds up wave clears.

Guaranteed Weaken Spread: Reign of Fear, her A2, attacks 3 times at random, each hit placing a 25% Weaken debuff for 2 turns — 100% chance per hit once fully booked, on a 3-turn booked cooldown — amplifying her team's damage into the softened targets.

Buff Denial: Her A1, Night Blossom, has a 50% booked chance of placing a 2-turn Block Buffs debuff on its target, preventing key enemies from re-protecting themselves.

Key Weaknesses

Random Targeting: The A2's hits land at random, so the Weaken debuffs cannot be focused reliably onto a single boss or priority target.

Mid-Tier Impact: Ratings of 4–6 across most content — Clan Boss 5, Arena 5, Hydra 4, Iron Twins 2 — show she is a role-player rather than a carry outside her faction.

Chonoru shines brightest in Shadowkin Faction Wars, with her Ice Golem 8 and serviceable Dragon, Fire Knight and Spider performance making her a useful progression piece.