Divine Cloth Capricorn Shura Training Guide

Shura is equipped with powerful combat skills

and strength that rivals his mighty Sacred Blade.

He is thus known as the toughest warrior among the Saints.

In Saint Seiya: Awakening: Kotz

Shura will return to the Sanctuary in Capricorn's Divine Cloth.

This week, let us analyze Divine Cloth Shura's combat techniques and skill combos.

Skills

Divine Shura has an extremely powerful attack skill set.

With his Ultimate Sacred Blade skills, he can keep increasing the number of attacks he launches over time.

Couple that with his outstanding additional attack mechanics and the ability to absorb his enemies' attributes,

he is able to enhance his power throughout the battle.

In the mid and late game,

Divine Shura will become an outstanding killing machine on the battlefield.

Active Skill: Ultimate Sacred Blade Edge

It launches a physical attack on a single target

and casts Ultimate Sacred Blade Flurry on all enemies once,

with the additional attack maintaining all the attack effects from the last time Ultimate Sacred Blade Flurry was cast (including triggered passive skills).

Ultimate Sacred Blade Flurry

It deals P.DMG to all enemies once

and follows up by casting Ultimate Sacred Blade Edge on the main target one time,

maintaining all the attack effects from the last time Ultimate Sacred Blade Edge was cast (including triggered passive skills).

Passive Skill: Sacred Blade - Ultimate

When Shura first arrives on the battlefield, he can create a Shield that blocks up to 7 attacks for himself (can be reset by casting the skill again).

He can also unlock new passive skills by casting active skills (Sacred Blade Edge and Sacred Blade Flurry) a certain number of times.

2 times:

Starting next round,

Divine Shura will cast Ultimate Sacred Blade Edge one time after taking action.

4 times:

Shura will recover a certain amount of lost HP.

Starting next round,

he will cast Ultimate Sacred Blade Flurry once in the beginning of each round.

6 times:

He will immediately purify himself.

From then on, with each attack, the damage he deals

will come with true damage equal to the current percentage of the target's HP

(will not be greater than 200% of Shura's ATK).

Sacred Blade - Aura

In the beginning of each round, Shura absorbs ATK of the Saint with the highest P.ATK / C.ATK for himself.

He also absorbs Speed from the Saint with the highest Speed for himself and the ally before him according to speed.

If he has the highest ATK among all units, he will be able to unlock Divine Sacred Blade.

He will gain the ability to override immunity to death and revival. (Meanwhile, he will also continue absorbing Speed until he has the highest Speed on the battlefield.)

Divine Sacred Blade

After Divine Shura deals damage to the main target,

he will cast Mighty Slash once.

The damage inflicted by Mighty Slash is equal to 50% of the damage dealt by the main attack.

Skill Analysis

1. Divine Shura's damage-dealing skills mostly rely on the additional attacks that come with Ultimate Sacred Blade Edge and Ultimate Sacred Blade Flurry.

By alternating both skills, players will be able to accumulate stacked attacks,

including the extra moves triggered by Sacred Blade - Ultimate.

The additional attacks can be stacked and accumulated throughout the battle.

The stack count will not be reset when players cast the same skills repeatedly.

It remains in effect even if he is revived by Marshal Pandora,

but this is not the case for Sasha's counterattacks.

2. All additional attacks that come with the skills and the preceding skills are combined,

meaning that the debuff attack of his Cosmo can only be triggered once.

It will not be interrupted by Nightmare.

However, attacks triggered by Sacred Blade - Ultimate and Sacred Blade - Aura are considered extra moves.

They can trigger the Cosmo attack again,

but it can be limited by Oneiros.

3. Once Sacred Blade - Ultimate reaches the maximum stack count, its additional true damage will include AoE attacks.

By then, the number of attacks and the damage dealt will increase respectively.

Players should accelerate the process with extra moves,

so that Divine Shura can demonstrate the full extent of his power soon.

4. Sacred Blade - Ultimate only allows Shura to absorb Speed for himself and the ally before him according to speed.

If the positions of Saints on the speed queue change after the speed boost,

the ally unit who receives the Speed buff will also change in the next round.

During the battle, players may customize the overall Speed of the lineup and allocate Speed buffs based on their needs.

Skill Configuration: 4441, 4453, 4455 till max level

Attribute Allocation

The main traits of Divine Shura's skills are high flexibility, powerful high-frequency damage, and the ability to keep absorbing the enemies' attributes.

He is able to deal high burst damage in the late game

and potentially kill off the enemy lineup in a single blow.

However, his weakness is as apparent as his strength. His initial growth is relatively slow.

He might be targeted by Saints who specialize in counterattacks.

When allocating attributes, players must consider how to increase the damage he deals and have a certain level of resistibility.

In this guide, we classify Divine Shura's Cosmos into three categories.

True Damage-Focus

Memphis (Baroque), Morning Glory, Naga Pearls (Staunch), Kingfisher

This combo makes use of Divine Shura's ability to launch high-frequency attacks.

Couple that with Kingfisher, he is able to deal true damage with high critical rate

and deal damage consistently when facing enemies with high damage resistance.

In the late game, Shura can deal two types of true damage with Sacred Blade - Aura.

No matter how resilient the enemies are,

the true damage + crit damage combo will keep crushing them.

Recommended Sub-attributes: Speed, Life Steal

Draining-Focus

Defensive Spikes, Knowledge, Fruits of Strife, Silver Dragon (for lineups with multiple core damage dealers, can be replaced with Hyacinth)

This combo mainly focuses on defense.

It is best suited for long, drawn-out battles.

As Shura keeps draining the enemies' attributes,

he can launch burst attacks and deal true damage with Sacred Blade - Aura in the late game.

In the Bleed Lineup or other lineups that specializes in long-haul battles,

Shura can provide an excellent environment for his allies to unleash their power.

Recommended Sub-attributes: HP, Life Steal

Damage Dealer-Focus

Branches, Morning Glory, Naga Pearls, Heaven and Earth (Hyacinth)

This Cosmo combo mainly focuses on single-target burst attacks,

maximizing the damage dealt with P.Pierce and Heaven and Earth.

Players can achieve this effect without having to wait till the late game.

When Divine Sacred Blade is triggered, Heaven and Earth will take effect,

allowing Shura to deal fatal blows to a single target.

It is best suited for lineups with allies who specialize in AoE attacks, in which Shura has to finish off the surviving enemies.

If the lineup's defense is relatively weak,

players may replace the Legendary Cosmo with Hyacinth

to repeatedly weaken the enemies' attributes.

Recommended Sub-attributes: Speed, P.ATK

Recommended Allies

During the battle, Divine Shura needs to keep enhancing his skill set

in order to maximize the damage dealt.

As players configure the lineups, they need to take his additional attack mechanics

as well as his draining and protective abilities into consideration.

Best Allies: Underworld Shun, Oneiros, Persephone

Underworld Shun is currently the best support Saint for Divine Shura.

Given his ability to grant extra moves and passively recover HP,

he is able to provide Divine Shura a stable environment for his growth.

Oneiros can also offer Divine Shura protection.

While fighting Divine Shiryu and Thanatos, he can protect Divine Shura with Dreamscape.

When Oneiros is in Four Gods Combined form,

he can launch high AoE attacks, allowing Divine Shura to finish off the remaining enemies and speed up the battle progress.

Persephone can protect Divine Shura in her own way and lower the enemies' HP, providing him opportunities to deal burst damage.

Recommended Lineup 1:

Ophiuchus (Laurel Tree), Divine Shun (Marsh Fairy), Persephone (Fuchsia),

Underworld Shun (Common Mistletoe), Divine Shura (Hyacinth), Pisces (Hyacinth).

This lineup is equipped with revival mechanics, double healing effects, as well as both physical and cosmic damage resistance.

(Persephone takes damage for her allies; Ophiuchus provides damage resistance)

With the double Hyacinth + Pisces combo,

this lineup is able to defend itself while continuously draining the enemies' attributes,

thus providing Divine Shura a perfect environment for his growth.

Divine Shun is specifically responsible for Divine Shura's protection.

The key to their battle strategy is high Speed.

Divine Shun can cast Chain - Iron Bastion before Divine Shura takes damage.

Even after the enemy defeats Divine Shun,

Divine Shura is able to protect himself with Sacred Blade - Aura.

In the late game, he will be strong enough to wield his full power

and launch full-on attacks against the enemy lineup.

Recommended Lineup 2:

Divine Dohko (Book of the Dead), Albafica (Hyacinth), Persephone (Fuchsia),

Oneiros (Kingfisher), Underworld Shun (Laurel Tree), Divine Shura (Kingfisher).

This lineup prefers a battle strategy that involves dealing damage continuously.

The Bleed Lineup mostly focuses on weakening the enemies' attributes.

In Albafica's presence, the time needed for Divine Shura to trigger Divine Sacred Blade will shorten substantially (as does his ability to absorb attributes).

Oneiros' main role in the lineup is to protect Divine Shura (by lowering the chance of him being targeted by the enemies).

Persephone ensures Divine Shura's survivability

and records damage taken by the enemies.

Oneiros enters Four Gods Combined form to prepare for the late game.

Once Divine Shura triggers the full effect of Sacred Blade - Aura, he can launch a full-on attack on the enemies.

Even if one of his allies is taken down in the process,

others can step in and take their place, turning the tide at any given time.

Forging a blade with divine power. Raging through the multiverse.

As the Saint with the most stunning combat style in the current version of Saint Seiya: Awakening:kotz, Divine Shura

will surely lead you to victory in future battles!