Talk:Abigail Williams/@comment-36948134-20190709230223/@comment-34364075-20190709233805

Fair question, and it’s not an unpopular one. The difference between Hokusai and Abby comes from spamability. Aby’s NP gain is, simply put, bad even with triple arts. You can argue that Aby’s gonna get paired up with double Memelin anyway so it’s not an issue; but the same can be said with Hokusai and arts team.

Unlike Abby, who wants buster support with at least 2 arts cards in their deck (Merlin, Nightingale), Hokusai is far more flexible in team comps. Tamamo, Casgil, Nero Bride, Paracelcus, etc. Furthermore with arts up and NP charge on her skills, it’s way easier for Hokusai to spam her NP compared to Abby.

Hokusai also wins in a contest of skills. Third skill inflicts 20% def down every time she attacks with an arts card. This means that you can get anywhere from 20% to 100%+ def down for more than one enemies. It comes with 6 turn cd (less if you pair her with Tamamo). Furthermore, Hokusai has an emergency evade + NP charge, with lower cd. If you compare their skills directly, Abby would look pathetic tbh (she’s still good, but Hokusai is way better).

So Hokusai can spam NP and def down, while Abby can only spam NP (even then, she needs Merlin). Even factoring that Hokusai is an aoe arts, she still comes on top in terms of damage purely from spamability.