Kiriko/Strategy

Tips

Playing As Kiriko

• Landing on  Draw panels should take priority for Kiriko if the player starts without a  Final Surgery as it is crucial to the player's success.
•  Nice Present is relatively essential as Kiriko, based around her cards, thus the player should try to use any method to find them.
• If the player cannot seem to draw Kiriko's Hyper  Lonely Chariot can be used as an excellent substitute to finish off the player. A less guaranteed yet, usually effective method is to play  Cloud of Seagulls as it is notorious for striking the player.
• The field events such as, MinelayerMinelayer
  Every 3 Chapters, a Trap card ( Dangerous Pudding, Bad Pudding, or Mimyuu's Hammer) will be set on a randomly determined panel. (These are not affiliated with the Center Deck's contents.), Air RaidAir Raid
  Every 5 Chapters, all units will take 1 damage at the beginning of the Chapter., and BomberBomber
  Every 2 Chapters, place a visible bomb on a random panel. The bomb will explode within 1 to 4 Chapters, and units within 2 panels in a cross-shaped area of the bomb panel will take damage. should be used to the players benefit to either KO Kiriko, or reduce her health to use her Hyper.
• Powerful battle card that synergies well with Kiriko's passive such as  Big Magnum can be held until the final chapters of the game to quickly KO other players if they are going to win.
•  Play of the Gods is a risky card the player can use that can either benefit or damage the player based on chance. In the worst case scenario, the card will result in someone else activating  Final Surgery, however, the card is the player's best hope for activating  Sealed Guardian early on for cheap.
•  Portable Pudding does not heal HP, but rather resets it. While it will subtract 1 Max HP due to being a battle card, it is a way Kiriko can heal without having to resort to being KOed.
•  Dance, Long-Eared Beasts! can heal Kiriko, as its effect is considered an HP gain, as opposed to a healing effect.
• Kiriko is immune to Natsumi's passive and hyper. This is both a strength and weakness, as it prevents the opponent from gaining any stars with Natsumi, but comes at the cost of enabling Natsumi to bully Kiriko without healing her.

Playing Against Kiriko

• Bully characters like Star Breaker are the best counter to Kiriko as they can potentially deal the highest damage, thus KOing Kiriko and other players before they reach 1 HP. Bullies and constant combat on a whole can quickly whittle down Kiriko's large health stat.
• Cards such as  Play of the Gods,  Scrambled Eve,  Brutal Prank, and  Gift Exchange can easily rob Kiriko of her Hyper, thus removing her main source of power.
• Healing cards such as  Saki's Cookie,  Pudding, and  Dinner are all useless to Kiriko, and are thus effective counters as they prevent her from finding her Hyper or useful cards in the deck.

Recommended Cards

Standard	Recommended	Viable
Cloud of Seagulls  Indiscriminate Fire Support  Nice Present  Portable Pudding	Big Magnum  Dark Side of Business  Extend  Forced Revival  Lonely Chariot  Metallic Monocoque  Mimyuu's Hammer  Mix Phenomenon  Play of the Gods  Sealed Guardian  Sealed Memories  Serene Hush  Tactical Retreat  Unpaid Work

Counter Cards

Recommended	Viable
Brutal Prank  Dinner  Present Thief  Pudding  Quick Restoration  Saki's Cookie  Sky Restaurant 'Pures'  Tragedy in the Dead of Night	Accelerating Sky  Bad Pudding  Bloodlust  Dangerous Pudding  Final Battle  Flamethrower  Gift Exchange  Heat 300%  Little War  Long-Distance Shot  Mimic  Out of Ammo  Piyopiyo Procession  Poppo the Snatcher  Poppoformation  President's Privilege  Scrambled Eve  Sink or Swim  Sweet Destroyer  Treasure Thief  Wanted