Yuki Build: 1-Cost Hard Hitter (Season 1) — Chaos Zero Nightmare
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Build Overview
Yuki excels at wide AoE damage but struggles to close out bosses due to a limited number of Attack cards. Her core mechanic, Inspiration, enhances cards by reducing cost, increasing hits or damage, or drawing cards — but it has a key limitation: cards drawn at turn start do not trigger Inspiration.
The 1-Cost Hard Hitter build focuses on maximizing damage per Inspiration trigger, not volume. By stacking Crit-based scaling (notably Conqueror’s Aspect and Executioner’s Tool), this setup turns Yuki’s few Attack cards into high-impact finishers, elevating her from wave clearer to true main DPS.
Cards & Epiphanies
Basic Cards
Priority (Remove)
- Flowing Parry — No Inspiration synergy; shield value is negligible.
Secondary (Remove)
- Rapid Slash — High cost, no Inspiration interaction, even with Potential Node 03-1.
Last (Conditional Keep)
- Longsword Slash — With Potential Node 03-1, Inspiration reduces it to 0-Cost. Solid single-target option but does not benefit from 4-pc Conqueror’s Aspect.
Prepare to Subdue
Priority
- E5 — Draw 2 (Delayed)
Draw one Attack card immediately and another at next turn start. Excellent when Yuki’s Attack cards are already in the Graveyard, enabling reshuffles.
- E4 — Draw 2 with Inspiration
Retains damage boosts and draws two Attack cards. Requires teammates or E4 Trickery Slash to trigger Inspiration reliably.
Secondary
- E3 — Draw 2 with Penalty
Immediate draw but inflicts a 20% Damage Amount penalty on drawn cards.
Last
- E0–E2 — Draw 1 Attack card. Inferior, but still functional.
Flash Slash
Priority
- E1 — 1 Cost
Higher damage than base and fully benefits from Conqueror’s Aspect.
- E0 — 1 Cost
Default option; still gains full Crit scaling.
Secondary
- E2 — 0 Cost
Inspiration reduces cost by 2 but loses 1-Cost synergy.
Avoid
- E3–E5 — All are 2-Cost or higher and break the build’s core premise.
Trickery Strike
Priority (All 1-Cost; benefit from Conqueror’s Aspect)
- E2 — Hand-Wide Inspiration Activator
Retain + Retrieve enables up to two Inspiration triggers from normal draws.
- E1 — Selective Activator
Retains and activates a chosen Inspiration card.
- E0 — Random Activator
Baseline but still effective.
Secondary
- E4 — Draw Engine
Trades hand (and Retain tag) for deeper draws and search potential.
- E5 — Heavy Strike (0 Cost)
~50% higher damage but loses Conqueror’s Aspect scaling and hand activation utility.
Avoid
- E3 — Lilian
Rarely effective unless teammates run extremely thin decks. Serves as additional Skill Card for Lilian's Passive.
Freezing Blade
Priority
- E2 — Initiation
0-Cost, starts in hand, guarantees full uptime.
- E1 — Enhanced Damage
~50% more damage than E2 but costs 1 and lacks Initiation.
- E3 — Single-Target Burst
Highest Damage Amount, but random and non-AoE.
Secondary
- E0 — Default Fallback
Avoid
- E4 — Weak Tradeoff
Removes Inspiration requirement but halves damage.
- E5 — Passive Hand Activator
Random activation once per turn; niche use only with E4/E5 Trickery Slash.
Replications
Priority
- Iceberg Slash / E1 Flash Slash
Comparable damage; ideal replication targets.
Secondary
- Other Flash Slash Epiphanies
Use if priority options are unavailable.
Utility
- Prepare to Subdue (1 extra copy)
Recommended if teammates lack card draw.
Common Setups
- 3× Iceberg Slash
- 3× Flash Slash
- 2× Iceberg Slash + 2× Flash Slash
Season 1 Card Choices
Season 1 — Forbidden Card Choice:
- Ecstasy of Violence
Self-sufficient from Yuki’s draw engine.
Can be 0-Cost.
600% Damage Amount makes it an exceptional damage dealer.
- Confiscation
Consider Confiscation on Yuki (if faint memory points allow) or on teammates.
Draw triggers Inspiration.
Search draw on Ecstasy of Violence.
Nature of Skill Card serves as trigger of Lilian’s Passive.
Team Composition
Yuki performs best alongside teammates who provide hand cycling, draw, or Inspiration activation, compensating for her limited natural access to Attack cards and ensuring consistent trigger uptime.