Talk:Spartacus/@comment-35901264-20180707225742/@comment-4091261-20200219070948

For a team setup, just keep this general concept in mind: He's a Tank Berserker. He is not meant to last. Spartacus is meant to exist. His mere existence as a Berserker means that he does not horde stars at all. Use this fact to your advantage and you will have much better results with him.

In general, his best use case offensively is his NP. That's why you see many people farming with him since he has a 30% NP charge and a Buster buff. However, if you wish to use him in other battles, his best CE is Necromancy. That's because Necromancy aligns with his purpose perfectly. He doesn't need to survive, but if he does, he can do even more.

You either place him in a Buster/Quick or a Buster/Arts team. A pure buster team doesn't work well for him for the simple fact he doesn't have any party wide buffs.
 * A Buster/Quick team takes advantage of his low star-weight to give to stars to the rest of his team reliably. This kind of setup uses Necromancy to avoid worrying about his continual existence. I find this setup to be the most unique way of using Spartacus since other Berserkers can't really pull this setup off effectively. If another Berserker tried to do this, they would just die immediately after getting revived once. Spartacus has the ability to heal himself to full health after getting revived, which makes it much harder for him to die again in comparison.
 * A Buster/Arts team takes advantage of his survivability and Ignore Defense NP to take down enemies that are too difficult to simply plow through. This kind of setup uses Fragments of 2030 since the goal is to prevent Spartacus from dying. Usually this is paired with Mash to make sure he has the defense necessary to take all kinds of damage. The third servant could be an any kind of arts servant. This kind of setup essentially stalls out matches and is the kind that actually expects your team to tank an NP. That said, this setup is not liked for the fact that an Arts stall setup overshadows it. However, if the enemy you face has a tendency to overload on Def Up, then Spartacus can provide a safe stream of damage that others like Lu Bu would not be able to provide since Spartacus has better survival tools.

With that said, just know that the greatest benefit of being a tank berserker is the fact that he doesn't horde stars. Take advantage of this fact and you'll be good to go.