Cursed Student is a Mythic unit in Anime Expeditions, inspired by Yuta Okkotsu from Jujutsu Kaisen. He deals Dark and Physical damage, applies Bleed with his attacks, and evolves into Cursed Student (True Love), a scaling carry whose output depends on two things working together: the closest ally he copies and the Bleed stacks that spawn his Spirit Bats.
Quick answer: Summon Cursed Student from the Standard or Mini Banner (0.5% chance, 400 pity), gather 1x Student ID, 20x Sprite (Blue), 20x Sprite (Purple), 1x Sprite (Rainbow) and 5,000 Gold to evolve him into True Love, then place him beside your strongest damage unit next to the enemy spawn so Cursed Mimicry copies a high-damage attack and Bleed builds fast enough to summon Bats.
How to get Cursed Student and evolve him into True Love
The base unit comes from summoning. He appears on both the Standard and Mini banners at a 0.5% rate, which is low, so most players reach him through the Mythic pity system at 400 summons rather than a lucky early pull. Banner pools rotate, so check the active rates panel in game before you commit resources.
Once you own Cursed Student, you evolve him into Cursed Student (True Love) with a fixed set of materials and Gold. Farm these before starting the evolution so you do not lock the base unit prematurely.
| Material | Quantity | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Student ID | 1 | Love & Loss Trial in the School Grounds Story map |
| Sprite (Blue) | 20 | Challenge mode stages |
| Sprite (Purple) | 20 | Challenge mode stages |
| Sprite (Rainbow) | 1 | Challenge mode stages |
| Gold | 5,000 | Clearing any stage |
You know the evolution worked when the unit card reads Cursed Student (True Love) and shows the Cursed Mimicry and Spirit Bats passives. After that point, only compare your build to rankings and showcases that use the same True Love form.
How Cursed Mimicry works and why placement decides its damage
Cursed Mimicry fires a follow-up every third regular attack. That follow-up copies an attack from the closest unit in range and deals 100% of Cursed Student’s current damage plus 40% of the closest unit’s current damage. On a new attack, the closest-unit share increases by a further 20%, so the copied portion grows the longer the fight runs.
Because the follow-up scales off whoever is nearest, placement is part of the build, not an afterthought. Put your developed, high-damage attacker directly beside Cursed Student. A low-damage buffer, farm unit, or emergency placement can become the copy target and shrink the follow-up. Recheck the relationship every time you move, sell, or add a unit.
Spirit Bats and Bleed stacks
For every 20 total Bleed stacks inside Cursed Student’s range, he summons a Bat Spirit at his position, up to a cap of three. Each Bat attacks for 15% of his current damage and despawns after three attacks. Bleed itself deals 0.65x damage across six ticks over six seconds, and Cursed Student applies it with his own attacks.
The important detail is that only the true Bleed status counts. Do not read Bleed from an animation color or from anything labeled “Mark.” A delayed mark, explosion, or pool from another unit is not automatically Bleed. Confirm the live enemy status icon shows the Bleed effect before you rely on a teammate to feed the Bat summons.
| Passive | Trigger | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Cursed Mimicry | Every 3 regular attacks | Follow-up copying the closest unit, dealing 100% own damage + 40% of closest unit’s damage (+20% closest share on new attack) |
| Spirit Bats | Every 20 Bleed stacks in range | Summons a Bat Spirit (cap 3); 15% of current damage per attack; despawns after 3 attacks |
| Bleed | On Cursed Student’s attacks | 0.65x damage in 6 ticks over 6 seconds |
Note: Cursed Student still works without a Bleed team because Cursed Mimicry keeps firing. A no-Bleed setup simply loses the Spirit Bats half of his output, which is a large part of his ceiling.
Upgrade stats and DPS by level
Cursed Student (True Love) has a placement limit of three and scales through nine upgrade levels. His copied hits and Bat summons all read from current damage, so every upgrade raises three sources of output at once.
| Upgrade | Cost (¥) | Damage | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPG 0 | 1,250 | 229 | 45.80 |
| UPG 1 | 3,000 | 335 | 67.00 |
| UPG 2 | 3,600 | 598 | 108.73 |
| UPG 3 | 3,750 | 740 | 139.62 |
| UPG 4 | 4,750 | 887 | 147.83 |
| UPG 5 | 6,250 | 937 | 164.39 |
| UPG 6 | 7,750 | 1,078 | 196.00 |
| UPG 7 | 9,750 | 1,369 | 195.57 |
| UPG 8 | 11,750 | 1,482 | 211.71 |
Best Traits for Cursed Student
Since his copies and summons scale from current damage while faster attack speed and wider range create more triggers, the trait choices line up in a clear order. Unbound is the optimized target. Draconic is the practical pick when your team reliably keeps Bleed or damage-over-time active, and it is often the realistic goal because Unbound is hard to roll. Primordial is the broad all-round stop when you want consistent Damage, attack speed, and range without committing to a status shell.
No single trait is mandatory. A Cursed Student with the right copy target and a verified Bleed source can outperform a rarer trait sitting in a bad cluster. Set a reroll stop before spending Trait Crystals.
Equipment
Promise Ring is the unit-specific equipment tied to School Grounds, which makes it the first dedicated piece to test. It is not required to use the unit. Open the item card in game before calling it best in slot or spending rerolls on it.
A strong generic Damage/SPA or Damage/Range roll bridges the gap in the meantime. Kunai and Magic Orb are reasonable starting points, and any Physical- or Magical-only piece must match Cursed Student’s live damage-type icon before you invest.
Team and placement
Build the team around feeding both passives at once. A verified Bleed applier supplies the stacks for Spirit Bats, and a high-output ally raises the copied portion of Cursed Mimicry when placed as the closest unit.
- A verified Bleed applier, confirmed by the live status icon, to build stacks for the Bats.
- A high-output closest ally placed intentionally to raise the Cursed Mimicry copy.
- Puppet for amplification and rewind, but keep it out of the closest-unit slot so it does not become the copy target.
- Salmon Sorcerer or String Demon to hold enemies inside the shared combat zone for more attacks and Bat uptime.
- An opener or economy unit for early deployment, positioned away from the closest relationship.
Position Cursed Student as close to the enemy spawn as the map allows so Bleed builds before other units clear the wave. Use a bend or overlapping lane where he, his copy target, and the Bleed source all fight the same enemies. Place the copy target first, set Cursed Student beside it, then keep buffers and farm units outside that closest relationship.
He performs best in Story, Raids, and longer Tournament attempts, where third-hit follow-ups and Bat summons have time to repeat. He is weaker on very short stages where enemies die before Bleed stacks accumulate, and boss results depend on whether the target accepts Bleed and stays in the shared zone.
Common mistakes that cut his damage
The biggest error is letting a low-damage support or farm unit sit as the closest copy target. Plan the cluster before combat starts and check it again after every new placement. The second common trap is assuming any status effect counts as Bleed. If the Spirit Bats never appear, confirm the enemy actually shows the Bleed icon, since only that effect adds to the 20-stack summon threshold.
Handled correctly, Cursed Student rewards deliberate positioning more than raw luck on traits. Lock in a strong copy target beside him, keep a real Bleed source in range, and his follow-ups and Bats do the rest across longer content.
