Talk:Amakusa Shirou/@comment-61.6.230.235-20170104131129

As someone who has him maxed, his skill-set is fine. Baptism Rite is crazy, Revelations is good but definitely needs an upheaval to keep up with the current game meta. God's Resolution is shit and should be replaced, or at least give a static defense down/attack up or smthn. I don't mind so much that it's RNG, what's really terrible is its Servant restriction.

Personally, I like to use King's Companion so I can get his NP going waay sooner with a nice damage boost, and then get his NP off again not too long after. There's no denying the memetastic values, but his regular attacks actually have decent weight to them. Golden Sumo's great on him, but that's because Golden Sumo is universal for every damage dealer. His NPBB crit chain is very pleasant.

Using him as a psuedo-tank with guda2 postergirl CE also works. With a high lvl BR, and depending on the hitcount of the enemy, you can get his NP maxed by the second or third turn and pop it off while that attack buff is still on sans Waver.

Ruler class resistance and sizeable HP pool means that you don't have to pay as much attention to him and I've found Amakusa coming in as the first man, and ending things with him as the last man left standing a lot of times for tricky battles like Nerolympics or Goetia.

Is he overshadowed? Sure, but overall a decent unit, and a great one if the effort's there.

A true diamond in the rough.