Hotori
Hotori is a 5★ Cosmos character built around the Solid arc, operating as a dedicated Buff unit. With a T0 tier placement, Hotori sits at the very top of the current meta as a premier support choice.
Best Arcs
- Best
- Marching Beyond Time
- Alternatives
- The Forgotten
- F2P
- Hethereau's Keeper
- Cartridge
- Lost Radiance
Hotori is a support who builds like a DPS: Marching Beyond Time is her signature, while the free Hethereau's Keeper (a hard boss drop) comes close. Prioritise ATK% and Cosmos DMG; Lost Radiance is the recommended cartridge set.
Recommended setups from community build guides (~June 2026); not the only viable option.
How Hotori plays
Hotori is a support who plays like a damage dealer, delivering concentrated bursts of Cosmos damage while elevating her teammates. Her tempo revolves around setting up a window of heightened output, then unloading through her ultimate and skill before cycling back. She thrives on recorded support and redirect actions, which feed her own scaling and sharpen the team's burst. Position her as the Burst DPS alongside a steady main carry like Nanally, a sub-DPS such as Jiuyuan, and a support like Zero to keep energy and buffs flowing. The result is a rhythm of pooling resources, releasing a high-impact burst, and repeating, making her equally valuable for raw damage and for amplifying everyone around her in a fast, aggressive rotation.
Strengths
- T0 Cosmos support that doubles as a genuine burst damage threat
- Amplifies the whole team's damage while contributing her own bursts
- Scales aggressively with recorded support and redirect actions for snowballing payoffs
- Slots cleanly into top-tier compositions with Nanally, Jiuyuan, and Zero
- Flexible build path with a strong free alternative arc for newer accounts
- Solid Arc type gives reliable, consistent performance across rotations
Weaknesses
- Builds like a DPS, demanding premium ATK% and Cosmos DMG investment to shine
- Burst-window reliance means mistimed rotations waste her amplification
- Best results lean on her signature arc, which is hard to fully replicate at no cost
Hotori build details
Skill priority
Level her ultimate first, since it anchors her burst window and delivers her biggest payoff. Follow with her skill, which sustains damage and feeds her amplification. Invest in her QTE next to smooth rotations and capitalise on redirect opportunities, then finish with basic attack, which contributes the least and only needs leftover resources.
Stat priority
Run Cosmos DMG in slot one and CRIT DMG in slot two to maximise burst output. For substats, prioritise CRIT Rate first to stabilise crits, then CRIT DMG to scale them, followed by ATK% for raw damage, and finally DMG% as a secondary multiplier. Treat her like a DPS when allocating every stat.
Modules & cartridge
Lost Radiance is her core relic set and the recommended cartridge, reinforcing her Cosmos burst identity. Allocate toward the same DPS priorities: Cosmos DMG and CRIT DMG on your main slots, then chase CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%, and DMG% on substats so she hits crit thresholds while keeping her amplification and damage ceiling high.
Awakening nodes
Prioritise A1, A5, and A6 as her most impactful nodes. A1 Flourish is the standout, increasing damage during her time-stop window by 12% per recorded Support or Redirect Skill, rewarding active rotation play. A5 and A6 follow to deepen her burst and amplification scaling.
Investment
Invest heavily, since she scales like a DPS despite her support label. Push her ascension to unlock stat ceilings, then back it with her arc and Lost Radiance modules. Marching Beyond Time is the ideal signature, while the free Hethereau's Keeper, a hard boss drop, comes very close.