Blooming Madness Shikai Guide in VV: Ultimatum – Moves, Skills, and How to Get It

The latest VV: Ultimatum update introduces Blooming Madness, a brand-new Legendary Shikai for Sword Reapers. With unique combo mechanics, powerful shadow-based attacks, and a special Ultimate ability, Blooming Madness is quickly becoming one of the most interesting Shikai available in the game. Alongside the new Shikai, the update also adds Dual Sword weapon variants, new sensory skills, and a free redeem code for Ability Rerolls. Here’s everything you need to know about Blooming Madness.

How to Get Blooming Madness Shikai

Blooming Madness is a Legendary Shikai with only a 1% roll chance. To obtain it, you’ll need to keep rerolling your Shikai until you get lucky. Since the drop rate is very low, expect to use plenty of rerolls before unlocking it. If you already have reroll items saved, now is a great time to use them.

New Dual Sword Weapon

This update also introduces the Dual Sword weapon type for Sword Reapers. If you roll the Dual Sword variant, your character will wield two swords instead of one. The weapon includes a new attack animation for basic attacks while keeping a familiar heavy attack. Although the weapon itself doesn’t drastically change your overall playstyle, it pairs well with Blooming Madness and gives the Shikai a unique appearance.

Blooming Madness Moveset

Blooming Madness revolves around temporary stance changes that unlock additional attacks after activating certain skills. Its main abilities include:

• Shadow Game Creates a shadow field around the target area. After activation, this skill unlocks additional follow-up attacks.
• Shadow Slash A fast slashing attack that becomes available after using Shadow Game. It appears to track enemies effectively, making it useful for extending combos.
• Shadow Fall Another follow-up attack that can be chained after Shadow Game for additional damage.
• Mountain Game Activates a special duel-like mechanic where the outcome determines the next attack. Successfully triggering the move unlocks another powerful follow-up ability.
• Flash Flip A quick aerial slash that launches your character into the air before striking enemies below.

These abilities work together, allowing players to chain multiple attacks into long combo sequences.

Blooming Madness Skill Tree

Blooming Madness includes several upgrade paths that improve both damage and utility. Some of the most notable upgrades include:

• Shadow Game and Mountain Game deal increased damage.
• Higher levels allow both abilities to execute opponents after winning their special mechanic.
• Increased duration for Shadow Game and Mountain Game.
• Faster Ultimate charge while Shikai is active.
• High-level upgrades improve critical attacks during Shikai mode.

Because many upgrades focus on extending your stance duration, investing in those upgrades allows you to maintain your strongest abilities for longer periods during combat.

How the Ultimate Works

Blooming Madness features a unique Ultimate ability called Irony.

Unlike standard skills, Irony must be charged while using your Shikai. As you continue attacking enemies and landing combos, the Ultimate gauge gradually fills.

Once fully charged, you can activate Irony to unleash one of the Shikai’s strongest attacks.

The Ultimate becomes available much faster if you’ve invested points into upgrades that increase Ultimate charge generation.

Best Build for Blooming Madness

If you’re planning to main Blooming Madness, prioritizing longer Shikai uptime is one of the best choices.

Recommended upgrades include:

• Increase Shadow Game duration.
• Increase Mountain Game duration.
• Upgrade Ultimate charge generation.
• Improve Shadow Game damage.
• Improve Mountain Game damage.

This setup allows you to stay in your enhanced state longer while reaching Irony much more quickly during battles.

Is Blooming Madness Worth Using?

Blooming Madness is one of the strongest additions in the latest VV: Ultimatum update. Its combination of shadow-based abilities, combo-focused gameplay, and powerful Ultimate gives it excellent damage potential in both PvE and PvP.

Although the 1% roll rate makes it difficult to obtain, players who enjoy chaining attacks together and using aggressive combo builds will find Blooming Madness to be a rewarding Shikai. Pairing it with the new Dual Sword weapon makes the playstyle even more enjoyable, making it one of the standout Legendary Shikai introduced in Update 2.