How to Beat Festive Natasha

MementoMori's [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha is one of the witches players will frequently encounter across the game. Read on to learn how to make use of the game's witches and mechanics to defeat them in battle.

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How to Beat [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha

How to Beat [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha Overview

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha
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Base Rarity	Soul	Type	Role
SR (Limited)	Chaos	Sniper	Attacker/Debuffer

Festive Natasha is a solid character with both offensive and defensive capabilities. She has undispellable buffs for both herself and her team, high damage, and a unique weapon that makes her kit more durable. However, the [Blossoms of the Heart] buff needs high stacks to make Natasha a powerful unit, amplifying her attacks to their full potential.

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

• High damage to multiple enemies, damage increases as levels increase, reactivation available • High damage to top ATK enemies, inflicts [Poison] • Inflicts [Aggravation] on high ATK enemies; increases continuous damage taken by enemies • Increases Festive Natasha's ACC and boosts ATK and max HP of all allies • Reduce damage taken, increases DEF Break per stack • Unique Weapon makes Festive Natasha more durable at UR

• Random targeting and requires high stacks of [Blossoms of the Heart] • [Poison] duration is short and requires high stacks of [Blossoms of the Heart] for maximum damage • Also increases continuous damage Festive Natasha takes • Limited initial damage reduction from Blossoms of the Heart skill • Weak to debuffs

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha Skill Analysis

Floral Gift

A Bouquet For You

Floral Gift and A Bouquet For You are Natasha's active skills. Floral Gift deals significant damage to 3 random enemies, making it effective for crowd control. It has the ability to reactivate, and it increases its overall damage output, especially at higher levels where it can reactivate twice. At level 3, the damage increases to 380% of Natasha's ATK, making it more potent as she levels up.

However, the randomness of the targets can be a drawback if you need to focus on specific enemies. The enhanced reactivation and damage scaling are dependent on having a high stack count of [Blossoms of the Heart], which requires setup.

A Bouquet For You deals a massive 620% of Natasha's ATK to 3 enemies with the highest ATK, making it effective against strong opponents. It inflicts [Poison], which deals damage over time-based on the target's current HP, adding sustained damage. At a higher level, the damage can scale up to 1980% of her ATK if enhanced with [Blossoms of the Heart], making it extremely powerful.

However, Initially, [Poison] lasts only for 1 turn, though it improves with leveling. Similar to Floral Gift, the maximum damage potential is heavily reliant on having a high stack count of Blossoms of the Heart. Lastly, it only affects three enemies with the highest ATK.

Inescapable Past

Blossoms of the Heart

Inescapable Past inflicts [Aggravation] on enemies with the highest ATK which increases the continuous damage they take by 50%, which can significantly weaken strong opponents over time. At level 2, Festive Natasha's ACC is increased by 50% at the start of battle ensuring her attacks are most likely to land. At level 3, she offers both ATK and max HP of all allies by 10%. This provides a substancial advantage in both offense and survivability.

However, Festive Natasha also receives [Aggravation], doubling the continuous damage she takes, which can be risky if not managed properly. The most beneficial effects are unlocked at higher levels (121 and 201), which may take time to achieve if you haven't unlocked Party level link.

Blossoms of the Heart gives Festive Natasha a 20% damage cut which increases up to 80% at higher levels, greatly enhancing her survivability. Each attack grants a stack of [Blossoms of the Heart], increasing Festive Natasha's DEF Break by 3% per stack (10 stacks max), making her progressively tougher. The damage reduction and stacking buffs cannot be dispelled, ensuring consistent protection throughout the battle.

However, the skill's benefits are triggered by Festive Natasha being attacked, which means she needs to be targeted frequently to maximize the stacks. She also has a stack limit. The maximum of 10 stacks limits the total DEF Break increase to 30%, which may not be enough in prolonged battles against very high-damage enemies, though it will not be much of a problem for battles that finish in 1-2 turns.

Witches to Beat [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha Hard Counters

Rusalka

Rusalka's Kikimora's Downpour can reduce the damage output of Natasha's reactivating attacks, especially if Natasha's MAG is lower than Rusalka's. The [Poison] debuff can be mitigated by Rusalka's Maiden of Sacrifice, which revives her, removing the [Poison] inflicted before. However, this revival only happens once.

She also has [Multi-barrier] for her and her allies, with an ATK and SPD increase. Additionally, Vodnik's Mire Dragon can deal increased damage to Natasha if she's debuffed. Aside from this skill, Rusalka's Witch of Torrential Sorrow provides defensive buffs, helping her withstand Natasha's enhanced attacks.

Priscilla

Priscilla's Holy Torch can heal allies and dispel buffs, mitigating the damage from Festive Natasha's reactivating attacks. The healing and debuff dispelling can keep Priscilla's team resilient. The [Poison] effect can be countered by Priscilla's Shining Shower, which provides healing and [Regeneration] to allies. This continuous healing can offset the damage from [Poison].

The continuous damage increase from [Aggravation] can be mitigated by Priscilla's A Promise Kept and Prisoner in the Tower, which enhances her defenses and reduces debuff durations. She needs to be durable to be able to help her allies.

Witch Illya

Witch Illya's Gold Curses the Light can deal significant damage to Natasha, especially if she's debuffed. The lack of cooldown when enhanced with [God's Curse Unleashed] allows Illya to maintain pressure. The high damage and [Poison] effect can be mitigated by Illya's The Angel Who Bears 0, which reduces damage from consecutive attacks and grants [Multi-Barrier] layers. This can help Illya survive Natasha's powerful attacks.

The continuous damage increase from [Aggravation] can be countered by Illya's Blessing of God's Curse, which redirects damage to herself and activates powerful buffs. Witch Illya also has strong defensive capabilities, through Blessings of God's curse, and The Angel who Bears 0, helping her withstand Natasha's enhanced attacks and retaliate effectively.

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha General Counters

Soltina	Lunalynn	Meria
Paladea	Aine	Fia
Matilda	Alexandra	Cerberus

[The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha Sample Counter Teams

Shield and Debuff Team

Tank	Attacker	Buffer	Healer	Debuffer
Alexandra	Fia	Merlyn	Fortina	Aine

Use Aine to reduce Festive Natasha's critical hit chance and overall damage output. Fortina provides continuous shields and healing to absorb Festive Natasha's high burst damage and [Poison] effects, Fia and Alexandra focus on dealing high burst damage to Festive Natasha, quickly lowering her HP. Merlyn boosts the critical hit chance of allies, allowing them to deal more damage. Maintain continuous pressure through debuffs, high burst damage, and healing to outpace Festive Natasha's reactivation and defenses.

Buffed High Damage Team

Debuffer	Attacker	Buffer	Buffer	Buffer
Rusalka	Witch Illya	Matilda	Primavera	Mertillier

Use Rusalka and Primavera to apply debuffs to Festive Natasha, reducing her damage output and preventing her from gaining external buffs. Mertillier provides continuous shields and healing to absorb Festive Natasha's high burst damage and [Poison effects]. Witch Illya and Matilda focus on dealing burst damage to Festive Natasha, quickly lowering her HP. Primavera boosts the SPD and ATK of allies, allowing them to deal more damage.

Witches Not To Use Against [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha

Nina

Nina's skills focus on dispelling buffs and debuffs rather than dealing high burst damage. When enhanced by [Blossoms of the Heart], Festive Natasha can deal significant damage that Nina might struggle to counter effectively. While Nina can dispel buffs and debuffs, Natasha's active skills are primarily offensive and Nina can't steal most of her buffs. Nina doesn't have any healing abilities, which makes it difficult to sustain herself and her team against Natasha's continuous and high burst damage. This may also be true against Tropon or Winter Tropon who also have stealing/dispel abilities.

Natasha

Base Natasha has a low hit count and mediocre damage. She is less effective against Festive Natasha, who has robust defensive and continuous damage-dealing abilities.

Valeriede

Valeriede's skill set may not provide the necessary focused damage or survivability to effectively counter Festive Natasha. The randomness and conditional nature of her skills, combined with her reliance on high HP for maximum effectiveness, make her less suited to counter Festive Natasha.

Tips for Beating [The Witch of Festive Blossoms] Natasha

Use Characters That Can Grant Shield/Multi-Barrier To Your Main Attacker

Since a lot of Festive Natasha's buffs are not dispellable, you need to employ characters that can stop her attacks or decrease her attacks on your team.

Cleanse Debuff

You also need cleaners in the team. Since Festive Natasha has [Poison] on 1 turn and on each turn, at the start of the action phase, [Poison] deals damage to targets. Bring in someone like Priscilla, Merlyn, or Yuni for that purpose.

Defeat Festive Natasha Before [Blossoms of the Heart] Stacks

Bring your high-hitters to defeat Festive Natasha before she gets stacked and deals damage that can potentially one-shot you.

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Stella	Sivi	Belle
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Claudia	Tainted Iris	Summer Moddey
Richesse	Carol	Winter Amour
Veela	Fortina	Cerberus
Elfriede	Rusalka	Armstrong
Witch Illya	Ophelia	A.A.
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