Nobara Kugisaki

A blue attacker built around heavy, sustained area damage rather than a single burst window. Her S3 hits hard every time it comes up, and because her energy economy keeps it fueled, she can keep the pressure on turn after turn while her ULT serves as the payoff spike on top of it.

Her closest comparison is Yuta. He may edge her out on single-target damage, but Nobara brings something he doesn't: real area damage — and a big part of that is S3 (Straw Doll Technique "Resonance"), one of the highest AoE hits in the game outside of ultimates. If you need a blue carry that can clear a full wave rather than just delete one target, she's the pick over Yuta.

Nail Count is her central mechanic. S1, S3 and her ULT all apply it (more stacks against fewer enemies), and the ULT hits far harder against targets carrying Nail Count, scaling up the more stacks are on them before consuming the whole pile. The plan is simple: pile on Nail Count across the fight, then cash it in with the ULT.

Tropical Juice is her secondary resource and her damage switch. S2 (Praise of the Eternal Summer) spends a stack to give herself a massive DMG Dealt buff at no energy cost — and on top of that it actually refunds 20 Cursed Energy. Combined with the 20 she recovers at the start of battle, she rarely runs dry, which is what lets her keep firing her expensive AoE instead of having to ration it.

Her evasion loop ties the kit together and makes her a self-sufficient carry: her passive gives her a chance to evade each turn, and a successful evade grants crit rate and refunds Tropical Juice, so the longer she survives the more juice she generates to keep feeding S2. She also scales her own Jujutsu off the total number of debuffs on the enemy board, so debuff-heavy teammates push her personal damage even higher.

Rotation: spread Nail Count with S3 and S1 over the early turns while letting evades stockpile Tropical Juice, spend S2 on the turn before you ULT to load the DMG Dealt buff, then fire the ULT into a board full of Nail Count for the payoff. Rebuild Nail Count afterward, since the ULT wipes the stacks.