Iroi Machinegun Blossom Team Guide

While Iroi's obvious usage is pairing with Shinku in a Shinku Charge team, as a small upgrade over Nanally. Iroi has much wider usage and can slot in many other teams. The Blossom team is especially good and easy to play, and Iroi introduce the first mono Blossom version without Nanally

This 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. With Zero you trigger one Blossom. Hotori replicates it for another. Jiuyuan spawns two buds instead of one from every Blossom, up to a maximum of six buds at once

Iroi copies any bud that expires, and this copy doesn't count toward the six-bud cap. This means you can have more than six buds with Iroi, all of which keep firing during Hotori's time stop for massive DPS without the timer even ticking

At the beginning of combat in Beyond the Rail mode, all characters start with:

• Empty Esper Meter
• Fully charged Ultimate

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. Note that Iroi skill cooldown is 12 seconds, which is different from the 16 seconds cooldown on the rest of the team.

First Rotation

• Open with Zero’s Ultimate to kick off the team buffs.
• Swap to Hotori and use her skill.
• • 5- seconds countdown starts for recording skills.
  • 10-seconds for Hotori’s Ultimate energy refill.
• Use Zero’s skill (fills Esper Meter - records first skill)
• Swap to Jiuyuan (her portrait should be glowing) to trigger her support skill (triggers Blossom - records second skill)
• Use Jiuyuan Ultimate
• Swap to Iroi, and use her skill (records third skill)
• Use Iroi normal attacks to build up Imagination stacks.
• Use Iroi Ultimate when her Imagination stacks reach threshold.
• Switch to Hotori and use her Ultimate (time stops - recorded skills repeat - Zero’s Esper Meter refills)
• Use 10x Ultimate-normal attacks, to trigger the Ultimate burst
• Hotori’s Ultimate ends. Time resumes

If you are precise, this first rotation takes only 10 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 more seconds, taking the duration of the next rotation to +30 seconds, and changing the rotation order.

Second Rotation & beyond

• Switch to Zero, then instantly switch to Iroi (portrait's glowing) to trigger Blossom.
• Use Iroi Skill
• Swap back to Zero to use Ultimate and Skill (refill Esper)
• Swap to Jiuyuan to trigger another Blossom
• Use Jiuyuan’s skill
• Use Jiuyuan's 6x charged attacks if her Ultimate is not ready
• Switch to Iroi and use her normal attacks, her Esper should be almost full from previous rotation.
• Swap to Zero once her Esper Meter refill to trigger Blossom
• When Zero cooldown is almost finished, swap to Hotori
• Use Hotori’s skill (5 seconds countdown starts for recording)
• Use Iroi skill
• Use Zero's Skill (fills Esper Meter)
• Switch to Jiuyuan to trigger Blossom
• Use Jiuyuan's skill and - if ready - Ultimate
• Use Jiuyuan's 6x charged attacks
• Use Iroi skill as it will become available before other characters
• Use Iroi normal attack and Ultimate when Imagination is full
• Switch to Hotori and go through Ultimate > recorded skills repeat > 10x Ultimate-normal > burst
• Time stops ends

This concludes the 30-second secondary rotation, and returns you to almost the same point after the first rotation. Repeat for subsequent rotations.

Parries in the Rotation

• Parries are invaluable in Blossom team, each parry equals four Blossom buds (two from the reaction with Jiuyuan passive, and two copies from Iroi after 3 seconds)
• You can parry with any character you like beside Hotori, her CI is low and her blossom wastes bud count.
• For maximum optimization, if a character Esper Meter is nearly full and a parry window opens, quickly switch to a character with near empty Esper Meter. That way you can get two reactions, not just just one.

Thing You Should Not Do

• Don't use Iroi Ultimate while her Imagination bar is empty. This will trigger the healing, but will not deal damage.
• Never use Iroi hold skill, this will kill the entire team, and turn them into sheeps.
• If an ally falls, it's easier to reset the stage than try dealing with Iroi's revive. Her revive is just temporary for a brief period after using her Ultimate.
• Never switch from Anima character with full Esper Meter to Hotori, her CI is low and her Blossom deal lower damage.
• During Hotori recording, don't switch from Anima character with full Esper Meter to Zero. This will record Zero's their support skill instead of the redirect skill and you miss a reaction.
• Never use Hotori’s skill while Zero’s skill on cooldown, this can also miss a reaction
• Don’t use 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.