Talk:Hijikata Toshizō/@comment-24848607-20170918215742

As someone using him for a long time now, there's a hidden perk to Hijikata:

He's really, really fun.

The way his HP condition directly affects his damage output means that farming is a lot less boring since you can essentially make a minigame out of going for a "high score" with his damage. It sounds silly, but it genuinely helps keep me focused during farming sessions. Back during the Onigashima event he did about 6.5m and oneshotted Ushi-Gozen during her highest-level raid quest, thanks to all the event bonuses being stacked. Even outside of that, I feel like coaxing 200k-300k out of his NP isn't

Also, his NP damage is drastically more influenced by his HP amount and Overcharge level than NP level. A Hijikata with NP1, a red HP bar, and put at the end of a NP chain is going to hit like an absolute monster regardless. I did the math, and some testing, and the Demonic Bodhisattva CE is even better than a Black Grail usually, while also making it much easier to fire off.