Talk:10M Downloads Campaign/@comment-98.124.5.39-20170926014037/@comment-27971189-20170926060618

As someone who owns Vlad Extra-- I have to disagree.

Contribute nothing? Taunt and stars per turn is bad contribution? Worse than what Lancer Alter can contribute? Also, because Cu-- Is everyone have to be Cu, to be qualified as good Lancer?

I'll just said this, feel free taking it with grain of salt.

Vlad Extra is an all-rounder Buster Lancer.

Back then, the only all-rounder Buster Lancer is Lancer Kiyohime, a limited unit, not everyone into Lancer Alter as good she can be; as an all-rounder, he does have good kit.

Heal and defense boost to provide some survivability, NP Damage Up to allow taking benefit from NP Chain and his Invul. Pierce, stars per turn and one-turn taunt that pairs well with his first kit, supporting party to some extent.

Being Buster unit easily put him on good damage regardless of support. His card quality is good too. His Q firmly support A, while his B interact good with Q. Come with NP with Invul. Pierce to breakthrough dodge and/or Invulnerabilities that can happened by some enemies, such as Ishtar, EMIYA, Orion, etc.

His drawback, of course, being all-rounder put him on 'disadvantages' against those with more specialized kit, such as Cu survivability kit or Lancer Alter star-absorb + Buster Up.

However its not like there's no 'cure' to it.

You can easily define his role with CE, such as star-absorb CE to mime Lancer Alter,  let him be the standing man for HP Up CE, etc. depends on your strategy.

So he's not that bad, just not as specialized as other.

IMO it grant him different advantages compare to Lancer Alter that you would like sticking to team comp. where she can perform her best due to her kit, while for Vlad, you can have him at different position depends on where you want to put him.

Both are good, its not mandatory to pick Lancer Alter just because she have higher damage potential.