Talk:Ishtar (Rider)/@comment-43332584-20190730114545/@comment-34364075-20190730115719

She's no Drake, that's for sure.

Drake is specialised in 2 things: stable star generation and NP spam. Both of which Ishtar is incapable of; even with her skills and aoe quick NP. Ishtar's NP gain is very good, especially with her skill, but you still can't beat the instant 50% charge that Drake has.

The things that Ishtar does better are survival and one time bursts. a 4 turn cd evasion and 6 turn cd basically gives her the same amount of survivability as Marie. Plus she can, theoretically, give herself a 100% crit damage for one turn via her skills, although you'd have to sacrifice one dodge and get a stun demerit in the next turn.

Ishtar can outdamage Drake, but her damage output is far more unstable and has some considerable demerits. She's still a very good unit though. Definitely worth levelling up (do it for the Gugalanna).