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2026-04-22T03:00:00Z

New Upcoming Feature: Unlock Potential!

Overview

A new Unlock Potential feature will be added after the next maintenance!

This new feature will allow you to further enhance the skills and stats of certain characters.

Before its release, here is an overview of this feature and details regarding the first 3 characters eligible for this feature!

*The next maintenance is scheduled for 2026-04-28T04:00:00Z.

Availability Period

After the next maintenance

Unlock Requirement

Reach Spec-Ops Rank 2 or higher.

Performing Unlock Potential

Perform Unlock Potential for eligible characters via Home screen > Characters > Unlock Potential.
Up to 5 stages can be unlocked for the characters, with each stage providing a skill or stat enhancement.
Unlocking requires the new items Potential Shard I and Potential Shard II.

Potential Shards

Potential Shard I and Potential Shard II are new items required for Unlock Potential.

Item

Main Sources

Potential Shard I

・New Training: Unlock Potential Material

・Event rewards

Potential Shard II

・Event rewards

*New Training: Unlock Potential Material will be added after the next maintenance. The Training unlocks when you reach Spec-Ops Rank 2.

*Training: Unlock Potential Material can be attempted once per day and does not require Stamina to challenge.

*Potential Shard II will be obtainable for the first time in the event starting 2026-05-01T03:00:00Z.

Items Required to Unlock Each Stage

Stage	Required Items
1	・Potential Shard I x250
2	・Potential Shard I x250
3	・Potential Shard I x250
4	・Potential Shard I x250
5	・Potential Shard II x100

*The above requirement applies to all characters.

Eligible Characters

Along with the addition of this feature, the following characters will be eligible for Unlock Potential:

★5 [Hoshina-Style Sword-Slay Technique] Soshiro Hoshina
★5 [Off the Scale] Mina Ashiro
★5 [The Unbreakable Iron Wall] Isao Shinomiya

*More characters are scheduled to be eligible for Unlock Potential in later updates.

List of Enhancements

1. [Hoshina-Style Sword-Slay Technique] Soshiro Hoshina

Stage	Item Enhanced	Details
1	Passive Skill	▼ Effect Enhanced ・Fierce: This unit's CRIT Rate +44% and CRIT DMG +55%. *When max enhanced
2	Stat	ATK +100
3	Combat Skill	▼ Effect Enhanced ・Deals Slash DMG equal to 135% of this unit's ATK to all Kaiju. *When max enhanced
4	Stat	HP +200
5	Passive Skill	▼ New Effect Added ・After activating Normal Attack, Fierce will not be removed.

2. [Off the Scale] Mina Ashiro

Stage	Item Enhanced	Details
1	Passive Skill	▼ New Effect Added ・When attacking a Giant-class Kaiju, this unit's DMG dealt +19.2% and CRIT Rate +100%.
2	Stat	ATK +100
3	Combat Skill	▼ Effect Enhanced ・Applies DMG dealt +58.4% (2 turn(s)) and Normal Attack DMG Multiplier +59.4% (2 turn(s)) to this unit. *When max enhanced
4	Stat	SPD +10
5	Passive Skill	▼ New Effect Added ・When Focus is at its max stacks, applies CRIT Rate +100% (2 turn(s)) and CRIT DMG +110% (2 turn(s)) to this unit. *When max enhanced

3. [The Unbreakable Iron Wall] Isao Shinomiya

Stage	Item Enhanced	Details
1	Passive Skill	▼ Effect Enhanced ・While having a Shield, this unit's chance of being targeted by Kaiju greatly increases.
2	Stat	Effect RES +10%
3	Combat Skill	▼ New Effect Added ・Applies DMG Taken Reduction +10.8% (2 turn(s)) to all allies. *When max enhanced
4	Stat	DEF +100
5	Passive Skill	▼ New Effect Added ・This unit's Shield Application Multiplier +55%. *When max enhanced

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