General Notes[]
During a match, the weather is shown at the top, along with a timer beneath it. During clear weather, the next predicted weather is displayed while the timer starts rising from 0 to 100. During this time, wallslamming or knocking down the opponent will change the next predicted weather, cycling through the set pattern listed below. Red crystals collected will increase the timer by 0.5, bringing on the next weather quicker. When the timer reaches 100, the weather changes to the indicated weather. During a weather affect, the timer will count down from 100 (50 or 75 for some) and will revert back to clear weather when the timer reaches zero. Red crystals collected will decrease the timer by 0.5, making the current weather shorter.
The Sword of Hisou system card manipulates the weather. During clear weather, using the card while the timer is above 50 will instantly change the weather to the one indicated. Using the card while the timer is below 50 will instantly change the weather to the next weather in the cycle after the one indicated. Using the card during an active weather will make the timer count down faster.
During clear weather, 1 second on the timer is 1/6th of a second in real-time, and during an active weather, 1 second on the timer is 1/3rd of a second in real-time. If nothing happens to affect the timer, clear weather lasts around 16.5 seconds and active weather lasts 33 seconds if the timer starts at 100.
Weather is disabled (clear weather) in Story Mode. Using the Sword of Hisou card will do nothing.
Weather Types[]
Clear Weather[]
"気質"
- Romanized: "Katagi" or "Kishitsu"
- Meaning: "Air Quality" or "Temperament"
- Associated with: N/A
- Color: Gray
- Effects: None
- Timer: N/A
Sunny[]
"快晴"
- Romanized: "Kaisei"
- Meaning: "Pleasant Weather"
- Associated with: Reimu Hakurei (probably associated with her point-blank personality toward both human and youkai)
- Color: White
- Effects: Border Escapes are free; flight cost is halved; turning radius during flight is decreased.
- Timer: 100
Drizzle[]
"霧雨"
- Romanized: "Kirisame"
- Meaning: "Drizzle" or "Light Rain"
- Associated with: Marisa Kirisame (the same as her family name)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Spellcard damage increases.
- Timer: 100
Cloudy[]
"曇天"
- Romanized: "Donten"
- Meaning: "Dull Cloudy Weather"
- Associated with: Sakuya Izayoi
- Color: White
- Effects: Decreases spellcard cost by 1; increases rate at which the spell gauge fills. Weather effect ends if any card is used.
- Timer: 100
Blue Sky[]
"蒼天"
- Romanized: "Souten"
- Meaning: "Azure Sky" or "Blue Sky"
- Associated with: Youmu Konpaku (maybe associated with her personality as samurai)
- Color: White
- Effects: Special attacks can be canceled into other special attacks. Every special attack canceled into only costs half a spirit orb.
- Timer: 100
Hail[]
"雹"
- Romanized: "Hyou"
- Meaning: "Hail" (Particularly used for bulky hailstones of a diameter greater than 5 millimeters)
- Associated with: Alice Margatroid
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Spirit Orb recovery speed is doubled; increases damage of bullet attacks.
- Timer: 100
Spring Haze[]
"花曇"
- Romanized: "Hanagumori"
- Meaning: "Clouds of Sakura Petals" or "Hazy Spring Weather"
- Associated with: Patchouli Knowledge (associated with her less active personality)
- Color: White
- Effects: Melee attacks can be grazed, at cost of spirit.
- Timer: 50
Heavy Fog[]
"濃霧"
- Romanized: "Noumu" (Near homophone for "飲む" "to drink"—viz., vampire drinking blood)
- Meaning: "Heavy Fog" or "Dense Fog"
- Associated with: Remilia Scarlet (from the above reason or the association with Scarlet Mist in EoSD)
- Color: Red
- Effects: Inflicting damage on an opponent restores a small amount health.
- Timer: 100
Snow[]
"雪"
- Romanized: "Yuki"
- Meaning: "Snow"
- Associated with: Yuyuko Saigyouji (maybe associated with her ability of death)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Getting hit reduces a player's spell gauge. If the meter for a slot is reduced to zero, the player's currently selected card is lost and returned to the deck.
- Timer: 100
Sunshower[]
"天気雨"
- Romanized: "Tenkiame"
- Meaning: "Sun Shower" or "Sudden Rain during Clear Skies"
- Associated with: Yukari Yakumo (sunshowers could be said to be on the border between rainy and sunny weather.)
- Color: Red
- Effects: Incorrectly blocked melee attacks result in an instant guard crush; guard crushed orbs recover faster.
- Timer: 75
Sprinkle[]
"疎雨"
- Romanized: "So'u" (pronounced like "so", not "saw")
- Meaning: "Sparse Rain" or "Light Sprinkle"
- Associated with: Suika Ibuki (associated with her ability to manipulate density, or "so" and mitsu" (疎と密を操る程度の能力))
- Color: Blue
- Effects: All special moves are upgraded to Level 4 for the duration of the weather.
- Timer: 100
Tempest[]
"風雨"
- Romanized: "Fuu'u"
- Meaning: "Wind and Rain" or "Rainstorm"
- Associated with: Aya Shameimaru (associated with her ability to control wind)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Walking and dashing speed increased; maximum airdashes/flys allowed increased by one.
- Timer: 50
Mountain Vapor[]
"晴嵐"
- Romanized: "Seiran"
- Meaning: "Mountain Vapor" (Read separately as "晴" and "嵐" or "Clear Weather" and "Storm")
- Associated with: Reisen Udongein Inaba (appropriately from the contradiction for the Rabbit with Lunacy-Inducing Eyes)
- Color: White
- Effects: Spellcard hand is hidden and randomized. Weather effect ends if a card is used.
- Timer: 100
River Mist[]
"川霧"
- Romanized: "Kawagiri"
- Meaning: "River Mist"
- Associated with: Komachi Onozuka (perhaps associated with the condition of her work site)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Causes the distance between players to oscillate.
- Timer: 100
Typhoon[]
"台風"
- Romanized: "Taifuu"
- Meaning: "Typhoon" or "Hurricane"
- Associated with: Iku Nagae (probably associated from her location inside the clouds)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Players don't flinch or enter hitstun from taking hits, but they cannot block. Bullet attacks can still be grazed.
- Timer: 75
Aurora[]
"極光"
- Romanized: "Kyokkou" or "Ōrora"
- Meaning: "Northern (or Southern) Lights" or "Aurora Borealis (or Australis)"
- Associated with: Tenshi Hinanai (maybe associated with her noble class as a Celestial)
- Color: Red
- Effects: Effect is that of a randomly selected weather.
- Timer: 100
Calm[]
"凪"
- Romanized: "Nagi"
- Meaning: "Calm" or "Lull"
- Associated with: Sanae Kochiya
- Color: White
- Effects: Hitting the opponent will cause a healing spotlight to fall on the player.
- Timer: 100
Diamond Dust[]
"ダイヤモンド ダスト"
- Romanized: "Daiyamondo Dasuto"
- Meaning: "Diamond Dust" (a ground-level, fog-like cloud composed of tiny ice crystals)
- Associated with: Cirno (associated with her ability to control cold)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Groundteching is disabled; knocked down characters take damage from standing up.
- Timer: 100
Dust Storm[]
"黄砂"
- Romanized: "Kousa"
- Meaning: "Sand from the Yellow River Valley" (traditionally believed to be the geographic origin of Chinese civilization)
- Associated with: Hong Meiling (associated with the above)
- Color: Yellow
- Effects: Attacks induce counter hit state.
- Timer: 100
Scorching Sun[]
"烈日"
- Romanized: "Retsujitsu"
- Meaning: "Blazing Sun", "Scorching Sun" or "Hot Day"
- Associated with: Reiuji Utsuho (associated with the image of nuclear power)
- Color: White
- Effects: When high in the air, power increases, but health lowers gradually.
- Timer: 100
Monsoon[]
"梅雨"
- Romanized: "Tsuyu", less "Baiu"
- Meaning: "Rainy Season" or "Rain during the Rainy Season" (Read separately as "梅" and "雨" or "Plums" and "Rain")
- Associated with: Suwako Moriya (associated with her image as frog, which is symbolic of the rainy season)
- Color: Blue
- Effects: Attacks induce groundslam/wallslam.
- Timer: 100
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