Jiho

Jiho

Human
Human
Supporter
Supporter
SS

PVE (early)

SS

PVE (mid)

S

PVE (late)

Profile

Personal information
Name
Jiho
Alias
Echo of Happiness
Height
165cm
Birthday
September 5
Combat information
Rarity
Epic
Type
Human
Class
Supporter
Gear type
INT
Availability and VA information
Release date
January 19th, 2023
VA (KR)
Chaeha Kim
Hobby and other information
Likes
Garlic chicken, rice soup
Dislikes
Mint chocolate
Hobby
Seeha fangirling
Description

Everything in the world works like that. Just relax and be yourself, Savior. Then your original power as Savior will reveal itself. Don't worry too much! Everything will be fine in the end.

Specialities
Buffer (Other)
Cleanser
Controller (Soft)
Debuffer (Other)
Healer
Shielder

Skills

Healing
Song of Radiance
Ultimate

Plays a piece of music that silences the surroundings. Recovers the HP of all allies by 250% of ATK and increases their Speed by 25% for 10 seconds.


Level 101:

Speed increase changes to 27.5%, recovery changes to 280%.

Level 201:

Speed increase changes to 30%, recovery changes to 310%. Adds an effect which silences all enemies for 10 seconds.

Buff
Vulture Peak Assembly
Main

Plays a piece of music that evokes a beautiful scenery. Increases Speed by 40% for 15 seconds and recovers the HP of 1 ally with the lowest HP by 380% of ATK. If the target cannot recover HP due to a debuff effect, Jiho will cast a barrier that absorbs 220% damage for 15 seconds.


Level 81:

Speed increase changes to 45%, recovery changes to 410%.

Level 181:

Speed increase changes to 50%, recovery changes to 440%, barrier damage absorption changes to 280%,

Healing
Song of Eternity
Sub

Plays music that wishes for longevity. Removes 1 debuff effect from all allies, and restores HP over time equal to 50% of Jiho's ATK every 2 seconds for 6 seconds.


Level 21:

Heal over time changes to 55%.

Level 121:

Heal over time changes to 60%, number of debuffs removed changes to 2.

Debuff
Frigid Winter
Sub

Generates a blistering cold with the Daegeum flute. Deals damage equal to 60% ATK and decreases the Speed of the nearest enemy by -16% for 6 seconds in a 4m long, 90 degree conical area, freezing it and dealing damage equal to 60% of ATK every 2 seconds.


Level 41:

Speed decrease changes to -18%, freezing damage changes to 65%.

Level 141:

Speed decrease changes to -20%, freezing damage changes to 70%, effect duration changes to 8 seconds.

Healing
White Blossoms Freeze to Bloom
Passive

The gentle sound of the Daegeum played by Jiho slows down the enemies. Targets cannot evade Jiho's normal attacks, and the Speed of targets is reduced by -4% for 6 seconds (up to 5 stacks).


Level 61:

Speed decrease changes to -4.5%.

Level 161:

Speed decrease changes to -5%.

Artifact

Buff
Manpashikjeok
Artifact

Adds an effect to "Song of Eternity" which increases Crit Rate by 5% for 14 seconds.


Upgrade 1:

Crit Rate increase changes to 7.5%.

Upgrade 2:

Crit Rate increase changes to 10%.

Upgrade 3:

Crit Rate increase changes to 15%.

Upgrade 4:

Crit Rate increase changes to 17.5%.

Upgrade 5:

Crit Rate increase changes to 20%.

Upgrade 6:

Crit Rate increase changes to 25%.


Stats (at level 40):

ATK: +20%

HP: +24%

Crit Rate: +6%

Crit DMG: +13%

Analysis

Review

The first new unit in Human faction. Jiho has a very unique kit. On paper, she seems to be overlooked by plenty of players and content creators on release, but you should really try her kit without using her as a traditional healer.

She has a ton of speed manipulation in M1/S2/S3, for the enemy and her own team, as well as S1 debuff removal, crit rate increase with a 14-second uptime on her artifact (which is at roughly 70% uptime), and a silence at 201 on her ult. Through testing the story chapters, in particular chapter 15, we notice that she works extremely well when her M1 is used on a hyper-carry DPS that gets into low health for her to target with M1.

Keep in mind that the description of her main skill is a bit misleading as she gives the Speed bonus to herself, not the ally she's healing.

She is also a very low investment unit, in the sense that most of her kit’s strong points like speed manipulation and crit buffs are not determined by stats, and hence the number of limit breaks is not as impactful compared to stat-hungry unit archetypes like DPS, tanks or even pure healers. As such, her impact could be felt even with a single copy. 

In the broader perspective, don’t view Jiho as a sole healer, since her heals are not as strong when compared to Talia or Catherine. This also links to one of her glaring weaknesses, which is the rather slow mana regeneration rate compared to other healers. Usually, Jiho will be the very last unit to use her M1 in your team, and this puts you in an awkward situation where your tank must live long enough for her to use her M1, and only then will her value start to shine. For most stages in story mode, she won't suffice as the only healer as your tanks will be dead or almost dead due to the CP gap.  Overall, she is a niche unit, but when used with the proper setup she can work really well.

Single Bosses

For boss stages, her M1 is a single target which is a huge weakness especially when bosses are dealing damage to your entire team, so she would not be enough to cover for everyone. Although her S1 is a teamwide heal that also removes 2 debuffs, the amount is too minimal when compared to the current best healers for bosses which are Talia and Prim.

PVP

For PVP, Jiho definitely has a use when you see that your opponent is running a stall team that lacks the DPS, so you’re not in a rush to heal.

Pros & Cons
Pros

  • Speed Manipulation.

  • Low investment unit as her skills do not scale with stats.

  • Great single target heals.

Cons

  • Low Mana Regen making her go last in team normally.

  • AOE Healing is lackluster.

Gallery

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