Hello everyone, finally the ninja awaited by a large portion of the F2P playerbase is here! The Nadeshiko Princess,Bullet train standard mistress - Shizuka.

Let's look at her skillset-

Ninja review-

Pros - Undodgeable mystery that can cause interruption (interrupt at 4 stars)

Heavy scaling comparable to skillbroken Kushina

Is a beautiful female swordswoman, so she can be used with root of warrior or flower guard. (Any one piece fans write down the reference if you notice it)

Chase that increases opponent's mystery cooldown.

[ PS- No objectification of this character is intended by me, just appreciating her character design when I call her beautiful]

Cons - No natural immunity or super armor or dodge,being faster is quite helpful while using her

Despite her scaling, she is not that tanky in round one, especially in arena

Effective chakra cost of 90 chakra to use her 4 star mystery that causes interruption (50 chakra requirement + 40 chakra consumed by mystery).

Personally, I'd prefer using her with Lightning main or Wind man only. Following are a few lineups that seem to work quite well.

Lineup type 1- The cooldown manipulation lineup (Beware SOSPs)

This lineup has shark kisame to remove any opponent barriers and to collect 90 chakra in round one for shizuka's mystery (also baits edo itachis who may try to control shizuka).

The chakra gained by kisame's passive also alllows clearing of the dream debuff by gakido

Anbu tactics or warrior's killing intent both can be used depending on your power compared to others in the cluster, I prefer anbu tactics here since it is unremovable.

Lightning main has the 2nd mystery for additional damage (it hits harder when opponent is drained of chakra (Kisame's chase absorbs opponent chakra))

Gakido(SKILLBROKEN) is for the debuff clearing and for providing cooldown reduction to shizuka in case you use anbu tactics. A scaling ninja with leech can be a scary thing.

Alternatives to kisame could be a p3 buffer like shisui/kazekage gaara or skillbroken ningendo with the chakra absorbing chase and chakra gaining passive. (ningendo-gakido duo can make lots of balanced teams). Skillbroken mifune can increase cooldown by one more round. So he can be viable too. (Sadly we don't have mifune's trials)

Lineup type 2- Super armor + mirror support lineup ( Can't think of some name for this category, doesn't matter anyway I guess).

Edo itachi to protect root and give mirror and everything he does (god tier support); lightning main for root, anbu tactics/killing intent and to give chakra; swimsuit samui to give super armor so that a particular ninja *cough* cannot chase her and remove her buffs.

Lineup type 3- wind main heavy combo crowd control team

This team basically focuses on interrupting and controlling enemies while spamming shizuka's mystery by using wind main. Not much to explain I guess..

Yamato is at p2 to protect the flower guard buff and help provide chakra for shizuka's 90 chakra mystery. Ningendo gives mirror and additional chakra because the opponents will most likely target wind main to prevent her impetus mystery. (Shizuka's 7 target mystery should ideally be able to achieve the 30 hit combo)

An expensive variant of this team would have p2 edo itachi and p4 edo hashirama (hashirama for 30 hit chase and healing of wind main, also for chakra absorption)

(To those in doubt, check the simulator, edo itachi's chase allows achieving the high combo required for hashirama's chase)

You can try your own lineups at https://en.konohaproxy.com.br

or talk to other players in the strategy channel of the naruto online discord server. https://discord.gg/7DtEft9

That's all. Don't be a toxic player, feel free to make your own variations and give constructive criticism , but most importantly, enjoy the game! Cheerio!