Creates a Magic Garlic that deals 100% damage to nearby targets. If Shion is within 60px, slowly gain Special Gauge.
Level 2
Creates a Magic Garlic that deals 125% damage to nearby targets. If Shion is within 110px, slowly gain Special Gauge.
Level MAX
Creates a Magic Garlic that deals 150% damage to nearby targets. If Shion is within 160px, slowly gain Special Gauge.
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Magic Garlic leisurely moves around the screen, passively dealing damage to targets within its aura.
As a summon, Magic Garlic has its own pickup radius and will collect nearby EXP and HoloCoin drops.
Every 1.5 seconds spent within the aura subtracts 1 second from the current cooldown of KusogaKick.
Cheeky Brat
Level 1
Every 15 seconds, dodge the next attack. Anytime Shion avoids taking damage from an attack, gain 30% ATK for 10 seconds.
Level 2
Every 15 seconds, dodge the next attack. Anytime Shion avoids taking damage from an attack, gain 45% ATK for 10 seconds.
Level MAX
Every 15 seconds, dodge the next attack. Anytime Shion avoids taking damage from an attack, gain 60% ATK for 10 seconds.
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Black Magic
Level 1
Every 8 seconds, create a warp zone on the ground (max 2) that releases a blast dealing 200% damage. If there are 2 warp zones, Shion can enter and teleport through the portals.
Level 2
Every 8 seconds, create a warp zone on the ground (max 2) that releases a blast dealing 300% damage. If there are 2 warp zones, Shion can enter and teleport through the portals.
Level MAX
Every 8 seconds, create a warp zone on the ground (max 2) that releases a blast dealing 400% damage. If there are 2 warp zones, Shion can enter and teleport through the portals.
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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 neither enter a portal that she just exited from nor one that spawned while Shion is stopped.
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.[1]
According to Shion, the attack has a 90% hit rate.[2]
The attack both in the PV and in HoloCure could be referencing the Rider Kick, the popular finishing moves of the Kamen Rider franchise.
Cheeky Brat or Kusogaki (糞餓鬼, lit. "Shitty Brat") in Japanese is a reference to Shion's character archetype.[3] The term describes a young-looking character who has a condescending, cocky, foul-mouthed, and forceful attitude towards other people, hence the name.
Shion herself mostly sticks to her on-stream persona, but has also shown moments of kindness and understanding.[4]
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. [5]
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 the popularity of AkuShio (Aqua x Shion), Shion was associated with a similar meme especially from Reddit (r/hololive).[6]
According to Kay Yu, 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[7] before the game was finished. In consideration for Shion's situation, Kay changed the familiar to a garlic.[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. ...”