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Karato Foxhunter

Karato Foxhunter

Legendary · Spirit · Attack · Shadowkin

Karato Foxhunter is a Legendary Spirit Attack champion from the Shadowkin faction, released for the 2022 Valentine's Fusion Event with unique synergy tied to his partner, Yumeko. His thesis is a passive-piercing nuker who bypasses enemy defensive tricks entirely — at the cost of losing his own team's offensive bonuses in the process.

Core Strengths & Abilities: Passive-Bypassing Damage: His passive, Stoicism, makes his damage ignore all enemy passive skills and masteries (except boss passives), making him uniquely effective against high-defence champions like Duchess Lilitu and Candraphon — though this same rule strips away his own team's damage-boosting masteries and passives against non-bosses. Guaranteed Stun & Reset Loop: Bedevil (A2, 4-turn cooldown, 3 turns booked) places a guaranteed 2-turn Stun, and grants an extra turn plus a full cooldown reset if it kills an enemy while Yumeko is on the team, letting him chain kills indefinitely. AoE Skill Lockdown: Suppression Ward (A3, 4-turn cooldown) is an AoE attack with an 80% (100% booked) chance to place Block Active Skills for 2 turns, unresistible when Yumeko is present.

Key Weaknesses: His signature passive is a double-edged sword outside boss fights, since it also blocks his own masteries and ally passives from boosting his damage, and much of his top-end power (guaranteed Stun resets, unresistible Block Active Skills) is gated behind having Yumeko alive on the team.

With strong Fire Knight, Clan Boss, and Dragon ratings, Karato fits best as a high-defence-piercing nuker for boss content, especially when paired with Yumeko for his full kit potential.