Blood of Steel – Kaihime Guide: Beat Them With Numbers

Introduction

Major advantages: Pretty kimono. Good voice. Talks in Japanese. Very nice. 
 
 
 
Kaihime is a very good melee assault unit that is surprisingly tanky. She will win most matchups against other infantry (shielded or unshielded) but is exceptionally vulnerable to ranged pokes and cavalry. More than any other character, Kaihime players must try their best not to get poked pre-engagement. 
 
 
 

Abilities

 
 
Passive: When rage bar fills up, heals for 600HP distributed amongst her troops. Only Kaihime can generate rage, her units cannot gain rage. 
 
Passive: Can used charged attacks by holding down left click. 20% damage increase or 50% if released at the perfect timing (when the charge flashes). 
 
Skill 3: Short period of increased damage to shields for Kaihime and her troops (under 10 seconds). 
 
Skill 4: Units share damage taken. Kaihime generates more rage per attack while this is active. When Kaihime kills units, the cooldown for this skill reduces by 5 seconds (120 seconds cd). Lasts for 20 seconds (long time) so the enemy doesn’t really have the option to avoid if used correctly. 
 
Ability Q: Equips her hook. Hold left click to aim, release left click to shoot the hook out. If the hook lands on a body part, it will drag the unit or hero to you and stun for a short time. Successful hooks mean reduced hook ability cooldown (45 seconds normally, 15 seconds if reduced). 
 
Special note: When swinging her club left or right, you can run by the enemy hero so that the club hits them at your side at the start of the swing rather than waiting for it to connect in front of her. 
 
 
 

Ability Usage

Her critical skill combo is the Healing Passive and Skill 4. Try to make sure that your units are taking damage AND your hero is in a position to hit enemies before using Skill 4. 
 
You want to heal your units as fast as you can and as many times as you can. Kaihime can easily achieve a numerical advantage and maintain her dps longer than her opponents because her units share damage. It is often better to focus on killing enemy troops to reach that numerical advantage faster. 
 
Special note: It is better to instant swing left click rather than using charged attacks while Skill 4 is active. 
 
Skill 3 is relatively short. Only use it after you and your troops have engaged. Nice to have on when you start smacking shield infantry. 
 
Take your time aiming with Q. It is easiest to nab them when they try to heal or when they try to run in a line. Try not to broadcast your action by taking out your hook too early. You also run slower with the hook out. If you hit a shield or hit a horse, it won’t pull them back. Make sure to aim high to get the rider but watch out because good horsemen will jump when you throw your line. 
 
 
 
 
 

Playstyle

Before engaging, do your best to keep your units healthy. Remember, you win your fights because you achieve numerical advantage and sustain your top dps longer than your opponent. If you are softened before engagement, you might not reach that major point of advantage. 
 
Unlike other assault troops, your units are tanky. This makes her suitable to doing initiations as a pseudo tank when the opportunity presents itself. Whether you are right or wrong, Kaihime needs to be played with confidence. Believe in your troops and your passive. You and your troops will die when you hesitate. 
 
Generally, play her like you would Godfrey. You swing in from the flank and cut up their infantry. It helps that you cut shielded infantry faster. BUT, keep in mind that she doesn’t cut through troops as quickly as other assault infantry. 
 
 
 

Matchups

Tank infantry: Kaihime is great against tanks. One special note is to make sure not to take multiple facefulls of javs from Caesar. If you don’t micro your units with F1 and F3 commands, Caesar will win the matchup 1v1 even without javs. 
 
Assault infantry: When facing Qin Qiong, make sure to run away from onslaught or you will lose the matchup very quickly. In fact, every character will lose the matchup against onslaught. For anything else, just focus on killing their troops and you will be fine. 
 
Cavalry: This is tricky. You don’t want to lose units so you might consider reluctantly using Skill 4 but it won’t do much. Stand against a wall or obstacle and kill anything that stops nearby. 
 
 
 

Issues

Kaihime’s Q will stun long enough only to fit in 1 light swing and she is unable to dash swing. This means Kaihime cannot finish off enemy heroes very well by herself. She is also not the fastest running hero so she has trouble getting away. 
 

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