Red Kizuna

Published November 1 2022

Updated November 8 2022

## Skill Effects

Pierce, Remove Debuffs, Increase Allies' Basic Stats, Debuff Immunity, Increase Damage Dealt, Increase Skill Ranks

## Location

Collaboration Event Draw

Guaranteed Collab SSR Draw

Special Mission Event

## Association

Red Kizuna has a skill which removes Debuffs from allies and increases basic stats.

## Hero Guide

### Pros

* Excellent Unique Ability
* Very good alternative in Original Demon Death Match
* Great Holy Relic that boosts allies’ damage
* Great with Amplify units due to her Buff card and Holy Relic
* Cleanses Debuffs from allies

### Cons

* Not very usable in PVP or Demonic Beast Battles due to Unique Ability Restrictions
* Tough to use against bosses or enemy units that remove Buffs.
* The enemy units need to take damage in order her unique to work so if enemy takes no damage viva patience it will not be applied
* She is collab unit that can only be obtained for a limited amount of making her hard to get

### Usage

Red Kizuna was released for Grand Cross during the Shield Hero collaboration event and was given out for free through a completion of event missions. She also received a Holy Relic for free at the time of release which increases all allies' Attack-related stats by 30% for 2 turns if the hero's skill ranks up.

Unlike the other collaboration characters she was released with, Kizuna is actually oriented towards PVE content, not PVP. She is an alternative to Red Summer Diane in the Original Demon Death Match, which is currently the most difficult Death Match in the game. Her ability to cleanse Debuffs from allies, support their Attack-related stats, and deal good damage herself makes her a nice pick. She can also function quite well in a Pierce team, if you decide to use it. Attack and Defense are good gear sets to have, but you can also opt for a more defensive build with HP and Defense to maximize her survivability.

Unfortunately, given that she can’t be used in some of the most difficult content like Demonic Beast Battles, it does limit her substantially due to her unique restricted there along with PVP. However, in most cases she is a good pick where she is applicable.

## Story

Like the other heroes, Kizuna is from an alternate Japan. Not a gamer, she entered a VR Healing MMO called Second Life along with her sister(s). Then she woke up in the world that Glass is from. Just like the other heroes, she thought the world to be a game and all the introductions to be a tutorial. During her time in this world, she realized this was another world and not a game as she went through a series of untold incidents.
She was on a quest to defeat the Dragon Emperor of that world. During her adventure, she met Glass, who was sent to on the same quest to prove herself worthy of the Vassal Fan. They quickly developed a strong friendship, and Glass gives Kizuna one of her treasured cloaks. She also befriended L'Arc, Therese, and others along the way. Along with Glass, they created a shikigami named Chris that resembled a penguin (named because it was Christmas when they performed the ritual). Chris was made specifically to aid Kizuna in a fight because of her weapon's limitation of only being able to directly harm monsters.
Kizuna built a huge mansion with many rooms as her home so that a number of people could stay with her. At some point, she was captured and thrown into a Labyrinth dimension which she couldn't escape, spending several years trying to get out until Naofumi Iwatani and Rishia Ivyred were pulled in by Kyo Ethnina's trap as they traveled in pursuit of Kyo.

Source: https://shield-hero.fandom.com/wiki/Kizuna\_Kazayama