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Hotori
Nanally
Jiuyuan
Zero
MintThis team fully commits to the Blossom reaction, adding only Cosmos and Anima characters. Every time a character fills their Esper Meter, a Blossom is guaranteed.
Zero ensures one instant Esper meter refill with their skill, and Hotori ensures a second refill by replicating Zero’s skill. Meanwhile, Jiuyuan doubles the number of Buds spawned by Blossom, and Nanally doubles the hit count of each Blossom bud.
The team combines the the best of two elements:
Hotori and 
Zero
Nanally and 
JiuyuanFor other options, you can slot F2P 
Mint in place of either Nanally or Jiuyuan.
The best holder of Speedy Hedgehog support set in this team is Zero, pairing it with 
Cycle Intensity stat to buff all Blossom damage. The Rain That Shook the World Arc - if available - is another source of Cycle Intensity for Zero, if not, use 
Day Off. The rest of the team uses a typical DPS build.
More Than Passionate
Seize the Moment
Ghost Orchid CrestThe concept behind this mono team is to eliminate any reactions beside Blossom. Every character triggers Blossom and nothing else, while maximizing the Blossom damage, Bud count, and number of hits. On top of making Blossom Buds keep firing during Hotori's time stop.
A huge part of the synergy comes passively, by having these characters deployed, which make the team very strong without being complex. The other part comes from a simple rotation that maximizes the Esper Meter refilling.
Zero’s skill 
Appraise and Engrave grants 100 Cycle Energy upon use. Which fills Zero’s Esper Meter in one go and allows an instant Blossom reaction with a swap to any Anima character.
For 5 seconds after using Hotori’s skill, she records one skill use for each character, and after her ultimate, a shadow of characters replicates their skill, including Zero for a second refill of Esper Meter. Swap back to Zero after her Ultimate ends, and a second instant Blossom reaction is ready.
Other characters refill their Esper Meter through their typical rotation over a longer time, or instantly through a parry. Nanally will be the first to refill her Esper Meter out of the rest of allies, due to being on the field performing more normal and charged attacks. Hotori will be last to refill her Esper Meter, because all attacks in her Ultimate mode count as Ultimate and not Basic Attacks, so they don’t refill the Esper Meter. If you play naturally, you will fill a different character Meter each rotation, causing extra Blossom on top of what Zero triggered.
Between Jiuyuan’s passive, which spawns 2 Blossom Buds instead of 1, and Nanally’s passive that makes Blossom Buds hit 10 times instead of 5 times, the number of Blossom hits is effectively 4x.
Assuming three Blossom reactions per rotation (one from Zero first skill, one from zero replicate, and one from another ally filling their Esper Meter naturally), the team spawns 6 Buds, each hitting 10 times, for a total 60 Blossom hits in one rotation.
Blossom damage scales with the highest Cycle Intensity (CI) stat among the two characters involved in the reaction. By building Zero with the highest CI possible, all Blossoms triggered by switching from or to Zero will deal way more damage.
Each 6 points in CI is 1% Blossom Damage. So an average 300 CI is 50% Blossom damage multiplier, and at absolute max 396 CI for 66% multiplier.
At the beginning of combat in Beyond the Rail mode, all characters start with:
That results in stark contrast between the first rotation with full Ultimate, and subsequent rotations, where you have to fully regain Ultimate energy. That’s especially important for Hotori, who controls the rotation pace with her timing.
Zero’s Ultimate to kick off the team buffs.Hotori and use her skill. 5- seconds countdown starts for recording skills, and 10-seconds for Hotori’s Ultimate energy refill.Zero’s skill (fills Esper Meter - records first skill)Nanally (her portrait should be glowing) to trigger her support skill (triggers Blossom - records second skill)Jiuyuan, and use her skill (groups enemies, records third skill)Jiuyuan UltimateNanally and use her UltimateNanally’s SkillHotori and use her Ultimate (time stops - recorded skills repeat - Zero’s Esper Meter refills)This concludes the first rotation, which took only 10-15 seconds on the stage timer thanks to time stop. Hotori’s energy bar is now empty and will need 20 seconds to refill. To use Hotori’s skill, she needs 10 seconds more, taking the duration of the next rotation to +30 seconds, and changing the rotation order.
Zero and use Ultimate - if ready - to refresh buffs. If not ready, use a couple normal attacks to regain energy then use Ultimate.Jiuyuan (whom portrait’s glowing) to use her support skill (triggers Blossom)Zero's skill (refills Esper meter, 16 seconds cooldown starts. This cooldown is very important)Jiuyuan whose portrait is glowing (triggers Blossom)Jiuyuan’s skillJiuyuan's 6x charged attacks if her Ultimate is not readyNanally, and don’t use her skillZero with portrait glowing (triggers Blossom)Zero’s skill cooldown is over, or 1 second away before switching to HotoriHotori’s skill (5 seconds countdown starts for recording)Zero's Skill (fills Esper Meter)Jiuyuan's skill.Nanally and go through Ultimate > skill > and repeat 5x normal / 3x charged, until Hotori’s Ultimate is ready.Hotori and go through Ultimate > recorded skills repeat > 10x Ultimate-normal > burstThis concludes the second rotation, and returns you to almost the same point after the first rotation. Repeat for subsequent rotations.
Jiuyuan’s Esper Meter didn’t fill in two rotations, it has a high chance of filling in the third rotation. Switch to Zero for another BlossomJiuyuan’s Ultimate will also fill every two rotations, not every rotation. Use when availableHotori’s Esper Meter will barely refill, because all her Ultimate attacks don't affect it at all. Her skill only refills 12% of her Meter with each use (8 rotations to fill if you don’t use her outside her Ultimate)Zero’s and Jiuyuan's Ultimate at will. But leave Nanally’s Ultimate in the proper order for max DPSZero to Jiuyuan. This will record and repeat Jiuyuan’s support skill instead of skill, which is weaker. It also forces you into recording Nanally skill instead of her support skill, which locks you into Nanally and be unable to switch her out, in fear of wasting her buff.Hotori’s normal attacks outside of time stop to force refilling, It’s not worth it.Hotori’s skill while Zero’s skill on cooldown, this can break the entire synergy and mess a whole rotation.Hotori’s skill twice in a row. The game will not stop you from doing so, but it will waste so much energy and time. If you are unsure, check above her HP bar, you will see the number of recorded skills. If it’s empty, you are yet to use her skill and record allies skills.
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