Today, I will be starting an in-depth look at each character in Touhou Fantasy, to explore their strengths, weaknesses, and anything that may be changed. I will be trying to do one of these a day.


First up on the list is Reimu Hakurei, one of the main protagonists of the game. For those who are curious, she doesn't necessarily fall under any specific class, instead being a jack-of-all-trades type of character. She can keep up with most characters and fill in a variety of roles, but several characters can outdo her in just about any role. Reimu's all-around in her stats, being average in everything.


COMBAT ABILITIES:

Reimu comes with a whopping 17 skills in her arsenal, but only starts the game with 2 of them, being Fantasy Orb and Hakurei Amulet.

Fantasy Orb: Deals Holy-elemental damage to one enemy. At level 10, upgrades to Fantasy Seal.
Enigmatic Pearl: Deals non-elemental Magic damage to one enemy.
Dimensional Rift: Deals non-elemental physical damage to one enemy.
Ascension Kick: Deals non-elemental physical damage to one enemy that ignores Defense.
Youkai Buster: Deals Holy-elemental damage to all enemies.
Hakurei Amulet: Restores HP to one ally.
Rain Dance: Restores HP to party.
Spread Amulet: % chance to reduce all enemies Holy-elemental resistance.
Cautionary Border: Grants Blink to the party.
Yin-Yang Jade: Revives one KO'd ally. Max revive will only revive an ally with 10% of their Max HP.
Permanent Border: Cures negative statuses from one ally. More statuses are cured the higher the skills level.
Duplex Great Border: Grants Absorb Damage: X% to the party.
Demon Binding Circle: Grants Return Damage: X% to the party.
Spiritual Orbs: Drains HP from one enemy.
Persuasion Needle: Inflicts Berserk on one enemy.
Binding Border: Inflicts Paralysis on one enemy.
Fantasy Heaven: Inflicts massive Holy-elemental damage to all enemies. Reimu's ultimate attack.


As can be seen, Reimu has a toolbox skillset, filling whatever role is needed just about. However, she can only do so much, as other characters can perform at these roles much better than her (for instance, with statuses, Cirno and Komachi are much better, and for healing, Sanae, Meiling, and Cirno are all much better). Add to that with her average stats, and she's...decent, at best. You would expect the main character to be one of the best, if not the best character in the game, but Reimu is far and away from being the best at all.


SECONDARY COMMAND:

Pray: Restores 10% Max HP to the party.
Blessing (Pray Level 2): Restores 20% Max HP to the party and cures Poison, Blind, Silence, Sleep, and Sap. 50% chance to fail, but will still use Pray normally.
Level 3: ????


Reimu's secondary command is...well, it's not bad, as free healing is always welcomed, but it's not spectacular, as you can probably heal a lot more than what Pray can heal with other characters or with items. Blessing, which hasn't been implemented yet, is a much better addition, but only has a 50% chance of happening, making it a bit less useful than it could be. However, cures for Sap are rare, so having a quick way to remove Sap is always welcomed!


BATTLE PASSIVE:

Purification: Removes all negative statuses excluding Death after battle ends to Reimu. During battle, 10% chance each turn to remove all negative statuses from Reimu.


Reimu comes with this nifty little battle passive, making it so that the player never has to worry about curing her status ailments (except Death) after fights, and having a small chance to cure herself automatically at the start of every combat round. It's useful, but the 10% is pretty low. There may be equipment that increases the chances of the ability activating however...


Reimu also comes with innate immunity to Cursed, making it so that her equipment is never locked, and has an astounding 80% resistance to Instant Death, making her a good choice when fighting against undead enemies or enemies that like to use instant death attacks. She does have a crippling weakness to Shadow attacks, hurting her usefulness a bit more due to the abundance of Shadow-elemental monsters. Overall, regardless of what happens to Reimu in the future with upgrades, she will probably still remain forever at C or B rank. The only main reason for her ending up at B rank being due to her unique skills that allow Absorb Damage and Return Damage, as well as having a revive spell.


Future Ideas:

*Have equipment that increases the chances of Purification happening in-battle.
*Give Reimu a Level 3 Pray ability.
*Possibility of gaining an overworld ability.


SKILLS FROM EQUIPMENT:

*Multiplex Barrier: Increases Mystic-elemental resistance to the party.
*Youkai Repelling Charm: Inflicts massive damage to Demon enemies.
*Fantasy Seal -Circle-: Grants Omni status to one target for 50 turns.
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These 3 skills currently listed will probably shoot up Reimu's usefulness by a good deal. There is no way to increase or decrease resistances to Mystic-elemental attacks, and Reimu will be the ONLY way to temporarily increase Mystic-elemental resistances, which is vital for those weak to the element to survive in tougher fights. Fantasy Seal -Circle- is another unique skill in that Reimu can temporarily grant resistance to the normal elements (Fire/Ice/Thunder/Earth/Wind/Water/Holy/Shadow) all at once. Youkai Repelling Charm is your standard Slayer attack. Expect both Multiplex Barrier and Fantasy Seal -Circle- to cost quite a bit of MP to use however.


Feel free to give your ideas and criticisms on Reimu, and if there is anything that you think should be done with her!