Hotori is an S-Rank character in Neverness to Everness. She focuses on Time Stop, recorded actions, and explosive burst windows. Rather than just dealing constant damage, her strength lies in setting up the right sequence of team actions and then turning that setup into a powerful damage phase.Her abilities make her more strategic than a typical DPS. Hotori rewards players who managetiming, energy, and team synergy well, especially when paired with teammates who have strong Support or Redirect skills. Once her Time Stop window is active, she can greatly increase her damage potential and stop the timer to deliver attacks because of this, Hotori is most effective as a high-impact burst unit that thrives on a well-planned rotation instead of random ability use.
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Hotori Character Overview
Hotori is an S-Rank character in Neverness to Everness, built around Time Stop, action recording, and high-value burst phases. Unlike characters that primarily rely on ongoing field time, Hotori’s strength lies in careful fight preparation. She captures key team actions and then uses that setup for a strong damage phase.
Her Basic Attack keeps her engaged in combat and allows her to contribute damage during major cooldowns, but that’s not why she stands out. Hotori focuses more on rotations than just attacking. Players need to think carefully about when to use skills, how to manage energy, and what actions are worthwhile before her main burst phase starts.
Her Skill is crucial for getting ready for her strongest phase. It helps her build on recorded actions and provides the setup she needs before activating Time Stop.
Her Ultimate defines her playstyle. Hotori stops time, creating a dedicated burst phase where she can deal damage without the timer running down in endgame modes. This gives her a significant edge in timed challenges since she can create extra offensive opportunities while saving valuable challenge time. When used well, this phase can become one of her most powerful moments in battle.
Her passives and advancements enhance this playstyle further by increasing her damage during Time Stop, improving her energy use, and boosting her performance in certain combat scenarios, particularly against single targets by making vita buds from the Blossom reaction continue attacking during her time stop. This makes her best suited for teams that help her build toward her Ultimate, enhance her setup, and fully leverage her burst timing.
Overall, Hotori is a technical burst damage dealer who rewards careful planning, timing, and smooth rotations. Players who enjoy setup-focused gameplay will benefit the most from her, especially when using her Time Stop ability to create strong damage windows in tough challenges.
Hotori Skill Priority
| Talent | Priority |
| Ultimate | ★★★★★ (Top) |
| Passive Skills | ★★★★☆(High) |
| Skill | ★★★★☆(High) |
| Basic | ★★★☆☆(Medium) |
| Support Skill | ★★☆☆☆(Low) |
When upgrading Hotori’s abilities, your highest priority should be her Ultimate and Passive Skills, because these are the core of her Time Stop playstyle. Her Ultimate allows her to stop time and create a powerful burst window where she can deal damage without the timer continuing to run down in endgame modes. This makes it one of the most valuable parts of her kit, especially in timed challenges.
Her Passive Skills are just as important because they improve how well she performs during her main damage window. Since Hotori relies heavily on Time Stop, recorded actions, and burst timing, any passive that increases her damage, improves her energy flow, or strengthens her setup has a major impact on her overall performance.
Her Skill should come next. This is an important part of her setup and helps her prepare recorded actions before entering her strongest phase. Since Hotori wants a clean rotation before using her Ultimate, leveling her Skill helps improve the value of her burst window and makes her gameplay feel more consistent.
Her Basic Attack has medium priority. It helps Hotori stay active in combat and contribute damage while waiting for her main rotation, but it is not the main source of her power. You can level it after her Ultimate, passives, and Skill.
Her Support Skill has the lowest priority. It can still be useful depending on the team setup, but it is not as central to Hotori’s main rotation as her Ultimate, Passive Skills, and Skill.
Hotori Best Arcs
When choosing the best Arc for Hotori in Neverness to Everness, focus on options that improve her Ultimate damage, ATK and overall damage during her time stop phase.Â
Her signature Arc, Marching Beyond Time, is her best option because it directly supports the way she wants to play. It increases her ATK, rewards teams that use Redirect Skills and Support Skills, boosts her Ultimate Crit DMG, and can even grant extra DEF Ignore when enough Wastetime stacks are consumed.Â
Other Arcs can still work as alternatives, especially if they increase ATK, improve Ultimate damage, or help her access her burst window more often. However, none of them match the overall synergy of Marching Beyond Time, since it is clearly built around Hotori’s rotation and Time Stop-focused playstyle.
| Recommended Arcs | |
|---|---|
Marching Beyond Time | Increases ATK by 32%. Enters Wastelab and clears current Wastetime when the wearer casts a Redirect Skill. While in Wastelab, allies gain 1 stack of Wastetime each time they use a Redirect or Support Skill, up to 3 stacks. When the wearer uses their Ultimate in Wastelab, they exit Wastelab and consume all Wastetime, increasing Ultimate Crit DMG by 48%, plus an additional 16% per Wastetime consumed. Consuming 3 Wastetime stacks at once grants an extra 24% DEF Ignore for 3s. |
Day Off | Increases wearer's ATK by 30%. Unlocks Arc: Eclipse.Arc: Eclipse — The wearer creates a 40s Eclipse. During the Eclipse, each enemy defeated restores 6 Ultimate Energy, up to 5 times. (cooldown: 300s). |
Fluff of Fearlessness | Increases ATK by 25% for 10s after the wearer casts an Ultimate. Effect does not stack. |
The Rain That Shook The World | Deals 30% increased Cosmos DMG with the wearer's Redirect Skill and Ultimate. Increases the wearer's Cycle Intensity by 36 for 15s after casting a Redirect Skill. Resets the duration when triggered again. |
Hotori Modules
For Hotori, the best module setup should focus on strengthening her Ultimate burst window, Time Stop damage, and overall ATK scaling. Since her strongest value comes from setting up recorded actions and then unleashing damage during Time Stop, modules that improve Cosmos DMG, DEF Ignore, ATK, or Ultimate-related effects are the most useful.
Her strongest option is usually Lost Radiance, because it gives Cosmos DMG and allows Hotori to ignore enemy DEF after casting her Ultimate. This works perfectly with her burst-focused playstyle, especially when combined with her signature Arc, which also improves her Ultimate damage and can grant additional DEF Ignore.
| Recommended Relics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lost Radiance | (2) Cosmos DMG +10% (4) Ignores 25% of enemies' DEF for 20s after the wearer casts Ultimate. Effect does not stack. |
| 2nd | Shadow Creed | (2) ATK +10% (4) Increases wearer's ATK by 25% for 20s after casting a Skill. |
| 3rd | Lost Radiance | (2) Charge Efficiency +12%. (4) Increases all allies' ATK by 15% for 20s after the wearer casts Ultimate. Effect does not stack. |
Stat Priority
| Main Stat Priority | Sub Stat Priority |
| Cosmos DMG% > CRIT Rate% = CRIT DMG% > ATK% | CRIT Rate% = CRIT DMG% > DMG% > ATK% |
Hotori Team Recommendations
For Hotori, she preferably wants at least one Anima teammate on the team to help trigger Blossom reactions and make better use of her overall setup. Because her kit is built around Time Stop, recorded actions, and burst windows, she works especially well with teammates who can create strong reaction opportunities before she enters her main damage phase.
Her best team is currently looking like Hotori + Nanally + Zero+ Jiuyuan, giving her strong Anima synergy, reliable reaction setup, and enough team support to maximize her burst window. Nanally helps provide strong Anima pressure, Zero can support the team’s rotation, and Jiuyuan adds extra utility and damage.
That said, Hotori is also very flexible. She does not need to be locked into only one team, and she can fit into many different setups as a Sub DPS or burst-focused damage unit. As long as the team can support her energy, trigger useful reactions, and give her a good setup before Time Stop, Hotori can perform well in a wide range of compositions.
| Main Dps | Sub-Dps | Support | Support |
Nanally | Hotori | Jiuyuan | Zero |
Chiz | Hotori | Jiuyuan | Sakiri |
Baicang | Hotori | Hathor | Haniel |
Hotori | Zero | Jiuyuan | Haniel |
Hotori Awakenings
| Awakening | Rating | Effect |
A1 | ★★★☆☆ | Increases Hotori's damage during Time Stop by 12% for each recorded Support Skill or Redirect Skill. This is a good A1, it is a good damage increase if you manage to record all 3 skills. |
A2 | ★★☆☆☆ | Increases Hotori's damage by 20% during Time Stop. A2 is just worse than A1 when played properly. |
A3 | ★★☆☆☆ | Recovers the energy spent on Present Replay after using it and completing the recording. Triggers at most once every 60s. Interrupts energy restoration if energy is spent during the recovery process. A3 is a small damage increase since it triggers only once every 60 seconds. |
A4 | ★★★★☆ | Grants an additional 10 energy to the Non-Closed Timepiece for every 1 target defeated by the Team while the pointer is not rewinding, up to 3 times. Resets the count when casting World's Tide. A4 is very if you are fighting groups of enemies, so you are able to get more value out of it. |
A5 | ★★★★☆ | When Hotori is deployed, if there is only 1 enemy on the field, the entire team's damage against that target is increased by 15%. This effect is lost when Hotori is down. A5 is a good teamwide damage increase, but the effect only works against bosses. |
A6 | ★★★★★ | Hotori ignores 30% of the target's DEF during Time Stop. A6 is a very good Awakening, it is her best one because she already gets so much DEF ignore making it very impactfull. |
Conclusion
Hotori is shaping up to be one of the most unique burst-focused characters in Neverness to Everness. Her Time Stop mechanic, recorded action setup, and strong Ultimate damage give her a playstyle that feels very different from standard DPS units. Instead of relying only on constant field time, she rewards clean rotations, smart team planning, and proper timing to create powerful damage windows. With the right Arc, modules, teammates, and enough energy support, Hotori can become a very flexible Sub DPS or burst damage option for many teams.
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