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Discover the top upcoming character banners in Umamusume: Pretty Derby and which trainees are worth saving your Carats for in 2025.
The Scout feature in Umamusume: Pretty Derby periodically rotates spotlight banners for 3-Star characters, which players can use Carats to pull for, increasing their chances of obtaining the featured trainee. These banners simultaneously serve as launching platforms for new characters, generating excitement around them.
With Cygames set to introduce a batch of new characters to the game by the end of the year, knowing the best ones to save Carats for can be challenging. This guide will help you determine which trainees you may need on your team and the value they will provide.
Umamusume Pretty Derby: Upcoming Characters To Save For in 2025
Before you start to hoard Carats for any upcoming trainees, know that having a good deck of fully uncapped Support Cards is more important from a competitive standpoint. If you already have a powerful Support Card deck or don’t care for competitive play, investing in new characters is the next exciting step to take.
Note: In the listed statistics for each trainee, only aptitudes above “F” rank are mentioned to highlight the runners’ intended purpose.
Narita Taishin – August 03
- Training Difficulty: Hard
- Surface Aptitude
- Turf: A
- Distance:
- Mile: D
- Medium: A
- Long: A
- Running Style
- Late Surger: B
- End Closer: A
- Training Bonus
- Guts 20%
- Speed 10%
- Unique Skill: Nemesis
- Increases velocity while overtaking in the back of the pack on the final corner.
A strong End Closer, Narita Taishin, can run in Mile, Medium, and Long distance races. Her true power is unleashed after reaching Potential Level 5 and unlocking ‘Encroaching Shadow,’ a rare skill which increases acceleration in the last spurt for End Closers. Currently, Gold Ship is the only reliable End Closer, but Narita Taishin will be the second name to join the list.
Smart Falcon – August 09
- Training Difficulty: Easy
- Surface Aptitude
- Turf: E
- Dirt: A
- Distance:
- Sprint: B
- Mile: A
- Medium: A
- Long: E
- Running Style
- Front Runner: A
- Pace Chaser: D
- Training Bonus
- Speed 20%
- Power 10%
- Unique Skill: Sparkly Stardom
- Increases velocity and acceleration when about to be overtaken on a straight in the mid-race.
When she releases on August 09, 2025, Smart Falcon is the character every competitive player will want on their Dirt racing team. Currently, any Dirt Front Runners like Maruzensky have to be shoehorned into the role with Dirt Sparks from Legacies.
Smart Falcon is the ideal Dirt Front Runner, with perfect stat training bonuses in Speed and Power, and powerful skills like ‘Center Stage,’ ‘Trending in the Charts!’ ‘Leader’s Pride’ and ‘Promising Omen.’ With such a small selection of Dirt runners in the current meta, Smart Falcon is a must-pull to enhance the team.
Seiun Sky – August 30
- Training Difficulty: Easy
- Surface Aptitude
- Turf: A
- Distance:
- Mile: C
- Medium: A
- Long: A
- Running Style
- Front Runner: A
- Pace Chaser: B
- Late Surger: D
- End Closer: E
- Training Bonus
- Wit 20%
- Stamina 10%
- Unique Skill: Angling and Scheming
- Increases acceleration when in the lead on the final corner.
Seiun Sky doesn’t excel in any format herself. Instead, her main contribution is passing down her unique skill as a Legacy (Parent). The skill is invaluable for Front Runners in any category.
‘Angling and Scheming’ dramatically increases acceleration on the final corner, allowing your Front Runner to swiftly reach her top speed in the last spurt, leaving her competition in the dust. Since Front Runners generally have lower Power compared to other styles, the unique skill more than makes up for it.
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