Talk:Tamamo no Mae/@comment-34804654-20190616201700/@comment-34804654-20190623185038

@Nora

The problem is that even with her NP dmg buff she still pales in comparison to Skadi and Merlin. There's a reason JP doesn't think as highly of her and why she as a support, has never been the meta. If we're talking about maximum damage output, it's not even close. Just think, how often does Tamamo get picked over Merlin or Skadi or even Waver for support. Literally never. My max bonded Tamamo on my All-Slot is more or less just a showcase slot.

Skadi on her second skill has an enemy-wide defense-down, which most would argue, is more valuable than an NP-Dmg buff. Then she's got a 100% crit buff and 50% atk buff on quick cards that lasts 3 turns which is honestly absurd. Tamamo can only combat this with her 3rd skill and with no crit buff. And to add salt, shes got an on-demand NP 50% charge skill. And lets be honest, most of this game is farming 3-6 turns and being able to NP on turn 1 without the need of a NP%-Start craft essence just makes Skadi that much more valuable in allowing craft essence flexibility.

Merlin has a party wide charisma and an on-demand NP 20% charge on his first skill, something that tamamo has no real answer to in her kit. His second skill, a party wide invincibility speaks for itself and the crit chance reduction is valuable in non-farming content. The crit star generation is actually very useful for farming situations which allows this skill to remain useful in all content. Then we all know about the skill that broke the game. Effectively the same skill as Tamamo's third skill but with a 100% crit dmg buff for 1 turn. Jalter with double merlin was the absolute ST meta for a long long time.

And while Tamamo has a very unique and useful NP, that being her CD reduction and NP charge, she has a lot of trouble charging it by caster standards. This is only made worse by the fact that out of Skadi, Merlin and herself, she is arguably the most dependant on her NP. It's a bad sign when servants may need to use CEs to cover up flaws rather than making their existing kit even more potent. She needed something more than just a NP-Dmg buff. She pretty much needs Waver's entire kit along with her existing kit to bring her on par in terms of effectiveness with Merlin and Skadi.

TL;DR I want my waifu to be as OP as Skadi and Merlin.