Hanagasaku

Hanagasaku Bloomed from Belladonna’s Garden, this plant has grown into a lethal weapon through its disc shape and exceptionally sharp petals. Its seeds fly off when thrown, quickly spreading itself through the surrounding area.

Sprite Credits: TLMaelstrom

Tier UT
MP Cost 110
On Equip +4 SPD, +9 VIT
Effect(s) On Ability Use: Plants a Bud Bomb that explodes after 0.8 seconds
Bud Damage: 1000-1100
Bud Range: 3.5 tiles
Passes cover Shots pass through obstacles
Damage 550–750 (average: 650)
Projectile Speed 15 tile(s)/second
Lifetime 1 second(s)
Range 15 tiles
XP Bonus 7%
Soulbound Soulbound
Feed Power 900
Forging Cost 90 Rare Material / 120 Common Material / 720 Forgefire / 1 Mark of Belladonna
Dismantling Value 30 Rare Material / 40 Common Material

Loot Bag Assigned to White Bag
Drops From Belladonna

Notes
A unique star that offers no buffs when held but instead upon use creates a blooming flower at the cursor location which after a delay of 0.8 seconds explodes and deals a flat 1000-1100 damage to all targets within the 3.5 tile explosion radius. It should be noted that one could also use the AoE effect to deal damage from behind walls or obstacles, giving the star some extra utility.

The star projectile itself has less average damage than the T4 Wind Circle but this combined with the explosion can deal up to between 1,550 to 1,850 damage to a single target.

However, missing the star or the AoE can prove a large loss to damage and wasting mana.

History
Before Exalt Version 1.3.2.0 (Feb 2021), this item’s explosion range was 3 tiles, cost 120 MP, and the on equip vitality bonus was +4. This item also had the following sprite:
Hanagasaku (old)

Before Exalt Version 2.3.0.0 (Mar 2022), this item’s on ability use effect dealt 850-900 damage, had a range of 3.5, and took 1.4 seconds to explode.

Before Exalt Version 3.3.5.0 (Mar 2023), the star’s damage was 400-600 damage, the bulb’s damage was 750-800, and the bulb’s explosion radius was 3 tiles.

Trivia
Hanagasaku roughly translates to “flowers bloom” from the Japanese ““.