Job system

## The Eight Professions

Icchibanketsu has eight professions (classes) that characters are grouped into. These professions will affect a character's stats and abilities.

Character classes can be recognized either on the 'Formation' section or the Character pages usually in the upper left hand corner of their card profiles.

## Yin-Yang Revolution

Once your Hero reaches max level, Level 50, they will be marked with a rainbow Kyoku (極) icon, and they become eligible for Yin-Yang Revolution (陰陽転身). Through Yin-Yang Revolution, they can advance into a new advanced job branch that is either Yin-aligned or Yang-aligned. Stats will increase, sprites will change, and new skills will become available. In addition, the max level will be increased to 99. **In general**, the Yin path is more offense-based with higher stats in Strength/Magic/Luck, while the Yang path is more defense-/support-based with higher stats in Health/Defense/Eradication.

To advance your Hero, they must first be gifted about 7-20 Black Rabbit Incense Burners (for Yin) or White Rabbit Incense Burners (for Yang). Some general rules of thumb to be mindful of:

* All 5★ Heroes (excluding Eight Legendary Heroes' Soudai iterations as well as *some* Crimson Heaven variants, who only need 17) require 20 Incense Burners.
* Outside of Fuse-hime and Takiyasha-hime (who require 8 and 9, respectively), Gold-rarity heroes will need between 10-20 Incense Burners.
* Silver-rarity heroes require between 7-17 Incense Burners.
* A notable exception to the overarching rule are Flower Oath Heroes, who must be gifted ***over*** 20 Incense Burners (generally between 25-30).
* When in doubt, gift Incense Burners to heroes one after another rather than in bulk to avoid waste.

When your Hero hits the max value for either Yin or Yang, their job icon will be black or white with a light blue flame. At that point, the previously gray Yin-Yang Revolution button in Hero Details for that Hero will turn blue. Advancing your Hero will require 25,000 Kaika (silver coins), 5 Kyoku Souls of the appropriate class (flames that correspond to the class colors), and 1 Eight Trigram Yin- or Yang Mirror. Souls and Mirrors are both available as drops from Daily Subjugations.

## Awakening

**Awakening** (覚醒) allows certain heroes to upgrade their rarity with their stats increasing accordingly. Silver heroes can change into gold heroes, and gold heroes can change into rainbow heroes. Upon Awakening a gold hero to a rainbow hero, a new unique skill will be available to them at Level 90, Affection Level 30.

Heroes can be awakened from the Hero Details menu. To awaken a Hero, they must be Yin or Yang advanced. Silver heroes must be level 50, and gold heroes must be level 75. Awakening also requires race-specific (Human/God/Ayakashi) Awakening Crystals and Gold Rabbit Awakening Incense Burners. Unlike Black/White Rabbit Incense Burners, these do not need to be gifted. All of these materials can be obtained from Eternity Castle.

Although exceptions exist, generally speaking the amount of Crystals and Incense Burners needed to Awaken a hero is determined by a hero's base ★ Rarity:

* 1★ Silver - 10 Crystals & 300 Incense Burners
* 2★ Silver - 15 Crystals & 500 Incense Burners
* 3★ Gold (blue) - 100 Crystals & 3,000 Incense Burners
* 4★ Gold (red) - 150 Crystals & 4,500 Incense Burners

## Costume/Event/Descent Hero Awakening

*Costume Change Awakening*
Costume Change heroes have the same requirements for Awakening, with the exception of Costume Awakening Crystals being used in the place of Gold Rabbit Incense Burners. Like Silver to Gold Awakened heroes, Awakened Costume Change heroes **do not** gain access to a new skill.

*Event Hero Awakening*
Event-exclusive heroes have special item requirements for Awakening. These items can be obtained during associated events/campaigns.

*Descent Hero Awakening*
Although not technically Limit Breaking, Awakening Descent heroes is something of a hybrid of the two upgrade types, as they require both Gold Rabbit Incense Burners and their corresponding Limit-Awakening Crystal. These crystals can only be obtained during the Descent hero's campaign at the cost of 30,000 corresponding medals (limit two per account). Awakening will unlock a new "Lamda" version of their unique skill, which becomes available at Level 90, Affection Level 30.

*Collaboration Hero Awakening*
Collaboration heroes can be Awakened at Level 50 using specific collaboration-exclusive items.

## Limit Break

Rainbow- and Black-rarity heroes have a special upgrade called **Limit Break** (上限突破). It is called as such because it raises a character's level limit from 99 to 120. It is accessed the same way Awakening is, only the button/icon will look different. In order to Limit Break a hero, they must first be Level 99. Furthermore, you must sacrifice either an unlocked duplicate of the hero being upgraded or use a special character-specific Limit Break Crystal (for the Eight Legendary Gods and Six Black Heroes) or Rainbow Limit Break Crystal (for regular Rainbow heroes). Crystals can be purchased from the Shop for 5,000 Lapis Lazuli each. Specific crystals are limited to one per account.

Limit Breaking one of the Eight Legendary Gods or Six Black Heroes will change the hero's SD sprite and portrait/illustration. Limit Breaking regular Rainbow heroes will only change the portrait/illustration. A member of the Eight Legendary Gods will acquire two new skills: a new offensive skill at Level 100, Affection Level 50 and an attack-boosting support skill at Level 110. Black- and Rainbow heroes only acquire a new attack skill at Level 100, Affection Level 50.

Collaboration characters can only be upgraded in this way via event-exclusive Limit Break Crystals.