Murasaki Shion

**Murasaki Shion** is a playable character in HoloCure released in version 0.5. She belongs to the group Gen 2 (JP) and is unlocked through the Character Gacha. Her starting weapon is the Murasaki Bolt, her Special Attack is Kusogakick, and she has three other unique skills: Cheeky Brat, Magic Garlic , and Black Magic.

## Starting Weapon

*Main article: Murasaki Bolt*

**Stats & details:**
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7

Level 1
**Damage**:140% (12 – 16)**Attack time**:65 (1.08 s)**Hit limit**:5**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:12Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 2
**Damage**:140% (12 – 16)**Attack time**:65 (1.08 s)**Attack count**:2**Hit limit**:5**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:12Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 3
**Damage**:140% (12 – 16)**Attack time**:65 (1.08 s)**Attack count**:2**Hit limit**:8**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:12Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 4
**Damage**:168% (15 – 19)**Attack time**:65 (1.08 s)**Attack count**:2**Hit limit**:8**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:15Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 5
**Damage**:168% (15 – 19)**Attack time**:52 (0.87 s)**Attack count**:2**Hit limit**:8**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:15Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 6
**Damage**:168% (15 – 19)**Attack time**:52 (0.87 s)**Attack count**:3**Hit limit**:8**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Duration**:15 (0.25 s)**Projectile speed**:15Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 7
**Damage**:Normal:168% (15 – 19)Homing:252% (23 – 28)**Attack time**:52 (0.87 s)**Attack count**:Normal:3Homing:1**Hit limit**:Normal:8Homing:1**Hit cooldown**:Normal:30 (0.5 s)Homing:45 (0.75 s)**Area**:Homing:100%**Duration**:Normal:15 (0.25 s)Homing:180 (3 s)**Projectile speed**:Normal:15Homing:5**Range**:Homing:400**Chance**:30%Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

### Upgrades

 **Level 7** | When hitting a target, there is a 30% chance to shoot additional homing magic missiles to the target.

## Special Attack

### KusogaKick

**Stats & details:**
**Damage**:1000% (90 – 110)**Attack count**:1**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:300%**Duration**:200 (3.33 s)**Knockback duration**:20 (0.33 s)**Knockback speed**:15Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570
* Base damage is increased by an additional 200% for each occupied weapon slot, excluding Shion's starting weapon.
	+ Stacks up to an additional 1000% base damage, when fully equipped (starting weapon + 5 weapons).
* While in air, attacks from enemies that would collide with Shion's location on ground are considered missed.
	+ This can trigger effects that require dodging an attack, like Shion's Cheeky Brat skill.
* Ignores knockback resistance.

## Skills

### Black Magic

* In order to enter a portal, Shion must stop moving while on top of it. Until she resumes moving and subsequently stops again, Shion will not enter a portal that she just exited from nor one that spawned while Shion is stopped.

### Magic Garlic

* Magic Garlic is a summon; it can collect nearby EXP and HoloCoins.
* Every 1.5 seconds spent within the radius subtracts 1 second from the current cooldown of Shion's Special Attack.

## Outfits

The following outfits are available for Shion:

## Trivia

* KusogaKick is based on the first Hololive Alternative PV which features Shion performing the attack against the Giant Dragon form of Kiryu Coco... and landing nowhere near her gigantic target.
	+ According to Shion, the attack has a 90% hit rate.
	+ The attack both in the PV and in HoloCure could be referencing the Rider Kick, the popular finishing moves of the Kamen Rider franchise.
* Black Magic could be a reference to Holo no Graffiti specifically #34 and #117 in which Shion uses her magic to teleport.
* Cheeky Brat or Kusogaki(糞餓鬼, *Shitty Brat*) in Japanese is a reference to Shion's character archetype. The term describes a young-looking character who has a condescending, cocky and forceful attitude towards other people, hence the name.
	+ Shion herself mostly sticks to her onstream persona but she also showed moments of kindness and understanding.
* Magic Garlic is a reference to Shion's *Garlic* fan nickname that was created by Western fans based on the color and shape of her hair.
	+ The garlic comparison is a sub-meme of Minato Aqua's Onion meme whose hatless head when viewed from above looks similar to an unpeeled red onion. Due to the closeness of Aqua and Shion and popularity of AkuShio(Aqua x Shion), Shion was associated with a similar meme especially from Reddit(r/hololive).
	+ According to Kay, the original plan was for the skill to reference Shion's real life cat Rui, similar to Ame's Bubba, which fit the witch and familiar theming. However, Rui would pass away before the game was finished and in consideration for Shion's situation, Kay changed the familiar to that of a Garlic.

## History

*For full list of changes, see Changelog.*

0.5 Hotfix 3
* Increased the damage of portals
	+ *From 100% (8 – 12)/150% (13 – 17)/200% (18 – 22) to 200% (18 – 22)/300% (27 – 33)/400% (36 – 44)*

Version 0.5
* Initial release

## References

1. ↑ Hololive Official Youtube (2021/05/21). Hololive Alternative Teaser PV.
2. ↑ Hololive etc Cuts (2021/05/21). Murasaki Shion Found Out That Her Kusogakick Missed.
3. ↑ holopicks. (2022/10/26). SHION is cocky KUSOGAKI as usual, despite working on a matter from a client.
4. ↑ hololive translate to english (2023/01/31). Murasaki Shion's reply to the surprising comment was kind..
5. ↑ BestScenes Vtuber (2020/09/15). 【ENG SUB】Shion is called garlic【hololive】.
6. ↑ Virtuals Translated (2020/09/19). Garlic and Onion.
7. ↑ Murasaki Shion (2021/09/22). ご報告【ホロライブ/紫咲シオン】.
8. ↑ Kay Yu (2023/02/14). Kaynimatic on Reddit. “... Originally I designed the skill to be a Cat familiar. The classic Witch and cat thing, with Shion having a real pet cat. That's why it moves however it wants to, simulating cat behavior, and scratching things along it's path. At least that was the plan... Until it was around that time that Shions irl cat had passed away. And I thought if Shion had a skill with her cat after it just recently passed away, it would have been really risky, possibly in bad taste. Absolutely do not want to even risk upsetting Shion, so I changed the cat to garlic. ...”