[Never Skip Warm-Ups] Ikuno Dictus

SR Intelligence

Analysis

Tier B. A budget Wit filler with a real 25% Friendship Bonus and decent Wit gains, but your SSR Wit cards bench her the moment they show up.

She does the standard SR Wit job. Park her in the Wit slot, drip-feed skill points and recovery, and let your trainee study without burning energy. The selling point is the 25% Friendship Bonus at Lv45. That’s a genuine number, enough to make her pull weight in rainbow Wit sessions instead of warming the bench. Initial Wit gets to 30, and the Lv25 unique tacks Wit Bonus +1 plus another +20 Specialty Priority onto the table’s 35 at Lv40, so she keeps landing on the Wit tile.

Everything else is thin. Training Effectiveness tops out at 10%. Race Bonus crawls to 5%. Skill Point Bonus is a sad +1. Her hint kit is built around Late Surger, so Studious and Sharp Gaze do nothing off-style, though Lay Low, Calm in a Crowd, and Hawkeye travel fine. Events give modest Wit and bond, plus front and end-runner hints.

Practical take: only worth pulling as a dupe to MLB her for that Friendship Bonus, since a fully uncapped SR can nudge past a zero-break SSR. Already running an SSR Wit? She’s a spare, not a starter.

Pros: 25% Friendship Bonus, heavy Specialty Priority, solid Initial Wit
Cons: feeble Race and Skill Point bonuses, hints locked to Late Surger, gets replaced fast by SSR Wit

Card details

Field	Value
Character	Ikuno Dictus
Rarity	SR
Type	Intelligence
Obtain	Gacha
Global release	Jul 10, 2025
Hint skills	Lay Low, Calm in a Crowd, Hawkeye, Studious, Sharp Gaze
Event skills	Frenzied Front Runners, Frenzied End Closers, Trick (Rear)

Support effects

Effect	What it does	Values
Friendship Bonus	Increases the effectiveness of Friendship Training	Lv1: 10%, Lv25: 20%, Lv45: 25%
Training Effectiveness	Increases the effectiveness of training performed together	Lv1: 1%, Lv25: 5%, Lv45: 10%
Initial Wit	Increases initial Wit when beginning a Career playthrough	Lv1: 10, Lv25: 25, Lv45: 30
Initial Friendship Gauge	Increases initial Friendship Gauge when beginning a Career playthrough	Lv30: 10, Lv40: 20
Race Bonus	Increases stat gain from races	Lv1: 1%, Lv25: 5%
Fan Bonus	Increases fan gain from races	Lv1: 1%, Lv25: 10%, Lv45: 15%
Specialty Priority	Increases the frequency at which the character participates in their preferred training type	Lv10: 5, Lv20: 20, Lv40: 35
Skill Point Bonus	Increases skill point gain when training together	Lv45: 1

Unique effect

Unlocks at Lv 25. Wit Bonus: +1, Specialty Priority: +20

Training events

Ikuno-Style Friendship

Option 1: Wit +10, Skill points +20

Ikuno-Style Support

Option 1: Wit +15, Bond +5, Skill Frenzied Front Runners (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Wit +15, Bond +5, Skill Frenzied End Closers (hint Lv3)

Ikuno-Style Friendship

Option 1: Wit +10, Skill points +20

Ikuno-Style Support

Option 1: Wit +15, Bond +5, Skill Frenzied Front Runners (hint Lv3)
Option 2: Wit +15, Bond +5, Skill Frenzied End Closers (hint Lv3)