Hotori Best Guide: Skills, Teams & Arc | NTE: Neverness to Everness

What kind of character lets you experience the joy of controlling time in the game? In this article, LDShop will give you a comprehensive look at NTE's most charismatic character: Hotori.

The Hotori Build Guide will once and for all show you how to build Boss Hotori!

 

Hotori Overview

Rarity: S-Rank | Element: Cosmos | Arc: Solid | Role: Sub DPS

Hotori's most distinctive gameplay feature is her time-stop ability, which allows her to pause everything in the city. In daily gameplay, you can use this ability to solve real-time exploration tasks.

Hotori has two completely different attack move sets. In her normal state, she wields a beautifully decorated umbrella as her weapon, with a smooth five-hit basic attack combo. When she activates her ultimate, the umbrella transforms into a longsword, which not only increases her damage but also features much more magnificent visual effects.

Her role is that of a buffing sub-DPS. Her skills focus primarily on healing and attack buffs. After activating her ultimate, although you cannot switch to other characters, during the 5 seconds of time-stop, the instance timer also pauses. You can use this time to deal full damage and fully heal your entire team.

 

Hotori Skill

Skill upgrade priority:

Ultimate ＞ Skill ＞ Basic Attack ＞ Support Skills

Hotori stops time, replays recorded ally skills, and deals Finisher DMG with her katana — making her a unique burst sub-DPS built around her Non-Closed Timepiece energy system.

Basic Attack

Misty Moon Style	Wields her weapon and performs up to 5 consecutive attacks, dealing Cosmos DMG.
Non-Closed Timepiece	Displays a Non-Closed Timepiece when Hotori is switched in. Rotates its pointer slowly clockwise over time, accumulating energy. Caps the energy the Non-Closed Timepiece can accumulate at 120.
Rippling Waves	Hold Basic Attack in combat to trigger. Gracefully dashes forward and attacks, dealing 4 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area.
Crescent	Wields the weapon mid-air and plunges, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG to an area upon impact. Increases DMG based on fall height, up to 200%.
Half Moment - Critical Riposte	Triggers when using Misty Moon Style after a Critical Dodge. Raises the umbrella to counterattack opponents instantly, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG and reducing Break.

 

Skill - Present Replay

Requires no cooldown for Present Replay.

Allows Hotori to spend 60 Non-Closed Timepiece energy to cast Present Replay when energy is greater than 60. Deals 7 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area. Records Support Skills and Redirect Skills used by allies for the next 5s, appreciating up to 3 timings per use, with each character recorded at most once.

Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during use. Stops recording after the pointer rewinds a certain amount, and continues rewinding a fixed amount if recording completes early. Clears records when entering or leaving battle. Overwrites existing records when using Present Replay again.

 

Ultimate - World's Tide

Has no cooldown or Ultimate Energy cost for World's Tide.

Allows Hotori to unleash World's Tide when Non-Closed Timepiece energy is fully charged, dealing 10 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area. Draws a katana from the umbrella handle and changes attack mode. Slows surrounding time to near standstill for a period, disabling character switching. Cleanses any received time control debuffs and grants immunity to time control debuffs during Time Stop. Replays all attacks recorded by Present Replay 1 time and clears the records if any exist.

Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during Time Stop. Builds combo stacks with Hotori's katana attacks, increasing damage per hit. Deals Finisher DMG when combo stacks reach 10. Ends time stop when the pointer rewinds completely or when Finisher DMG is dealt.

 

Support Skill

Shopkeeper's Authority	Time to teach these rude guests some manners. Throws the umbrella, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG to an area.
Frozen Snow Ritual	Let the snow fall slower still. Activates time manipulation when Hotori is outside of battle and the Non-Closed Timepiece has accumulated energy greater than 0. Slows the flow of time while holding Basic Attack, causing the surrounding time to approach a standstill. Removes any received time control debuffs and grants immunity to time control debuffs during Time Stop. Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during Time Stop. Prevents Hotori from using other time-affecting skills. Ends Time Stop when the pointer fully rewinds, holding Basic Attack, entering battle, switching scenes, or performing other actions.
Ghost Orchid Crest	Blossom Enhancement: Prevents Lebenstamm attacks from pausing during Time Stop.
All Treasures Under Heaven	Increases World's Tide's Finisher DMG Ratio by 100%.

 

Hotori's Awakenings

A1 Flourish	Increases Hotori's damage during Time Stop by 12% for each recorded Support Skill or Redirect Skill.
A2 Distant Memories	Increases Hotori's damage by 20% during Time Stop.
A3 Momentary Gaze	Recovers the energy spent on Present Replay after using it and completing the recording. Triggers at most once every 60s. Interrupts energy restoration if energy is spent during the recovery process.
A4 Scattered Relics	Grants an additional 10 energy to the Non-Closed Timepiece for every 1 target defeated by the Team while the pointer is not rewinding, up to 3 times. Resets the count when casting World's Tide.
A5 All-Seeing	When Hotori is deployed, if there is only 1 enemy on the field, the entire team's damage against that target is increased by 15%. This effect is lost when Hotori is down.
A6 Time Takes Away	Hotori ignores 30% of the target's DEF during Time Stop.

A6 > A5 > A1 > A2 > A4 > A3

• A6（1st）：

30% DEF ignore during Time Stop is a massive damage boost — her most impactful awakening.

• A5（2nd）：

15% team-wide damage boost against single targets (bosses) is valuable for a sub-DPS/support.

• A1（3rd）：

Scales with number of recorded skills; in a full team, this can be 36–48% bonus damage during Time Stop.

• A2（4th）：

A flat 20% damage increase during Time Stop — strong but less conditional than A1.

• A4（5th）：

Energy generation utility — helpful for rotation smoothness but not damage directly.

• A3（last）：

Energy refund every 60s is nice but situational and less impactful than others.

 

Hotori's Resonances

Eternity Shattered 3 Awakenings	Increases the skill level of Misty Moon Style, Present Replay, and World's Tide by 1.
The Ultimate Treasure of Clear Understanding 6 Awakenings	Grants the team 10% ATK while Hotori is on the team and alive.

 

Hotori Arc

BLOW UP THE CROWD

R5: Increases the active character's ATK by 14% while the wearer is off-field, and increases the active character's ATK by 3.2% when the wearer deals damage, up to 4 stacks and triggering at most once every 2s. Resets the effect when the wearer becomes the active character. Increases Psyche DMG by 20% while the wearer is the active character, and increases Psyche DMG by 3.2% when dealing Psyche DMG with a Basic Attack, up to 10 stacks. Triggers at most once every 0.3s. Resets the effect when switching characters.

READY-READY

R5: Increases ATK by 30%. Increases Basic Attack and Critical Riposte damage by 30% for 15s when casting a Redirect Skill or Ultimate, up to 2 stacks. Grants a Left Tiger Talisman when casting Redirect Skill and a Right Tiger Talisman when casting Ultimate. Unlocks Commander Tiger Talisman if the wearer obtains the other type of talisman within 15s of gaining one. Arc: Commander Tiger Talisman — Increases the wearer's damage to Bosses by 20% for 10s.

 

Hotori Cartridge

1st	Lost Radiance	2-PIECE BONUS Epic (2): Cosmos DMG +10%. 4-PIECE BONUS Legendary (4): Ignores 25% of enemies' DEF for 20s after the wearer casts Ultimate. Effect does not stack.
2nd	THEA'S NIGHT TAVERN	2-PIECE BONUS Epic (2): HP +10%. 4-PIECE BONUS Legendary (4): Increases wearer's Healing Bonus by 20%.

• Main Stats: ATK% / Cosmos DMG% / Crit (Rate or Damage)
• Sub Stats: Crit DMG > Crit Rate > ATK% > Energy Recharge

 

Hotori Team

Blossom Team

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support	Support
Nanally	Hotori	Mint	Zero

Nanally is the main DPS. She is responsible for dealing burst damage during her skill and burst windows, while also building up Esper Cycle energy to trigger the Blossom effect.

Hotori allows the Blossom Team's damage output to stack continuously.

Mint is a backline support. Her skill and burst continue to provide buffs even when she is off the field.

Zero is a reaction support, specializing in elemental reactions.

 

Conclusion

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