Talk:Hijikata Toshizou/@comment-27971189-20170406171154/@comment-27971189-20170407072327

No. Its different. Totally different. The difference is obvious.

MHXA main cards is Quick, and she's capable to do 15-hits hit counts at best and her Buster had 5 hits. As a result, by constant crits and further Quick boost, she could reach something close to NP spam thanks to her hit counts.

Hijikata on other hand, his hit counts is Berserker standard and his main card is Buster. His NP gain by A and Q is good but not enough to justify NP spam route without charger like Waver and Merlin. His AQQ all crits not reach MHXA NP gain.

I also managed to try his Buster Brave in 100% HP (somewhat lucky), 100% - 1000 from third skill, also 50%, and I can say his third skill crit boost is too precious, the difference is real.

And no, having less HP than MHXA not made him more fragile than MHXA. Uncle Vlad had 13k HP but he's notably tougher than MHXA. Nightingale had same 15k HP, and she's tougher than MHXA. HP =/= Defense; Hijikata defense is good enough to allow HP management to aim his maximum output.

His flexibility is best said as "Do or die!", not "Okay, back then I'm crit guy, now I'm NP spam guy".