Crested Ibis/Kingdom

Crested Ibis
Friend Data
Voice		金田朋子　Kaneda Tomoko
Radiance		Wonder
Role		Group Assaulter
Attack Type		Multi-Target
Implemented		May 31, 2022 (Launch)
ID #		10

Crested Ibis

Anime

Season 2

Manga

Festival (Costume)

Pavilion (Gen 2)

KF3 (V2)

Kingdom

Nexon Game

Gallery

Crested Ibis is a Friend that appears in Kemono Friends Kingdom.

Personality

“Oh, how I wish I could sing to my heart's content!”
—Crested Ibis's profile

Though her speaking voice is gentle and quiet, Crested Ibis loves to sing her heart out loud and proud to the high heavens, for anyone and everyone to hear. She practices her singing diligently, and is always eager to perform for anyone who will listen. Unfortunately, her song is most strongly characterised by how painful it is on the eardrums; its harsh, blaring racket packs enough of a punch to burst a swarm of Celliens. Most Friends lack the heart to be honest about her discordant tune, but enduring the noise is a worthwhile trade-off for the protection it provides against the persistent Cellien threat.

Truthfully, Crested Ibis is aware that her singing is both a blessing and a curse, and she can be self-conscious about the matter; it pains her when she causes agony to her friends with her song, but she nonetheless keeps practising and trying her best to perfect her melody.

Self-Introduction

Japanese	English
?	I am Crested Ibis. I sang all the time, before I met my partner.

Treasures Beyond the Horizon

After a misunderstanding occurs in a conversation with Suri Alpaca's about how to generate traffic for her mountaintop cafe, Crested Ibis takes off across Kingdom and spreads a story about a treasure atop the mountain. This spurs a race to the mountain in search of the treasure, sparking the event story. Despite being the initiator of the story, she is absent during its events.

It is only after the conclusion of the treasure hunt, and following a conversation with Fennec Fox and Raccoon, that Crested Ibis realizes her mistake; accompanied by Raccoon, she sets out to apologize to the various Friends she misled, unaware that they really had found something at the mountain's peak.

Jinri

Crested Ibis gets along well with Jinri, who is very supportive of her singing.

Suri Alpaca

Crested Ibis is the most regular visitor to Suri Alpaca's cafe, and the two are good friends. If she sees an opportunity to promote the cafe and help her friend's business, Crested Ibis will pounce on the chance- even if her good intentions cause some unintended trouble.

Stats

Friend Stats
	Base	Max		Base	Max
HP	1025	6656	PATK	77	462
PDEF	183	1092	SATK	258	1682
SDEF	179	1070	Speed	49	49
Breakthroughs
Sheepish Tea Party Upon victory, if both Suri Alpaca and Crested Ibis are on the team, Crested Ibis's Miracle DMG is permanently increased by 2%, up to +40%.		Kemono Miracle Level +3	COMBO Effect +35%	Self Radiant Advantage Multipler +25%	Cloud Chanting(?) The Max Miracle DMG Boost of [Sheepish Tea Party?] (Potential) is increased to 65%. At max stacks, [Could You Help With My Practice?] (Habit) gains 170% more ATK by dispelling other Friends' buffs.
Radiant Effect
Awaken Tier 1: Self Radiant Advantage Bonus +3% Awaken Tier 2: Self Radiant Advantage Bonus +12%
Skills
Miracle
Feel What I Feel		Crested Ibis showcases her singing voice and attacks all enemies using soundwaves 3 times, dealing SDMG equal to 1007% SATK. Awaken Tier 0/1: After using her Miracle, she gains +1482/+1746 ATK this round. Awaken Tier 2: After using Miracles, all Friends gain +518 ATK this round.
Habits
1, 2, Sing!		Relatable Feelings		Could You Help With My Practice?
Crested Ibis starts chanting(?) and makes all incoming buffs 5% more effective.		When attacking a Cellien with more than 50% HP, Crested Ibis's singing voice causes a strong resonation that increases damage by 57%.		When using her Miracle, Crested Ibis dispels all buffs on other Friends. For every buff dispelled, Crested Ibis gains +15 SATK for this round.
Nature Skill			Empathizer Seeker Lv.1/2
House of Water Production Rate +1%/+1.5%
Combo			Tea Party on the Mountains
Suri Alpaca, Crested Ibis			All Friends gain 5 stacks of buff (ATK +19% in total) for 7 rounds.
Special Attributes
This Friend is capable of flight, allowing them to avoid ground-based hazards.

Strategy

• Crested Ibis pairs very well with her COMBO partner, Suri Alpaca, as their COMBO Effect grants buffs to them and their teammates; Crested Ibis can dispel these from her allies using her third Habit, "Could You Help With My Practice?", in turn gaining a SATK boost, or she can use her first Habit- "1, 2, Sing!"- to improve those buffs on herself.
  • Pairing Crested Ibis with Suri Alpaca is necessary in order to utilise Crested Ibis's first and fifth Breakthroughs, which permanently increase Crested Ibis's Miracle damage by 2% for each victory shared by the pair; this caps at a +40% increase with Breakthrough 1, and increases to a +65% increase with Breakthrough 5. Taking advantage of these Breathrough benefits is essential in order to unlock the full capabilities of Crested Ibis as a damage dealer, especially at higher levels of game play.

• As a Group Assaulter Friend, Crested Ibis operates best on stages with multitudinous enemies or against Boss Celliens with multiple components.

• Crested Ibis is an extremely powerful Friend for the early to mid-game, clearing many Main Story stages with ease regardless of enemy Radiance. However, her overall power can fall off notably at higher difficulties and in areas such as Raids, so she prefers to stick to advantageous match-ups at these levels unless she has adequate support.

Trivia

• Based on promotional material for Kemono Friends Kingdom, such as the CG-animated trailer found on the game's website, it is possible that Crested Ibis was at one point meant to be a main character in the game's story, and may have accompanied Jinri in her travels alongside Least Weasel and Serval, the latter of whom does not serve this role in the final product either.
  • Possibly supporting this is the fact that Chevrotain, who is believed to have been implemented relatively late in the game's development, is absent from this animation.

Gallery

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