Talk:Mephistopheles/@comment-38299995-20190125173040

So this clown is clearly in need of some sort of buff, because right now his only real niche is using Clown's Laughter on a boss and then dying or switching out. I can think of two ways that would make him better, while still making sense with his lore. I don't necessarily think he should get BOTH of these buffs, one would be fine, but he definitely needs something more than what he's got right now.

First off, his Innocent Monster attribute is described as being nothing but positive for him, yet for some reason the skill gives him a defense down, contradicting his lore. I'd like it to be strengthened so that instead of giving him 18% defense down at max, it gives him 20% defense up instead, as well as a slightly higher star gain (10 or 11 at max instead of 9). This wouldn't make him great or anything, but would be a nice overall buff that fits him.

But the buff I REALLY want to see is a strengthen for his Witchcraft skill, that adds a brand new effect to the game. For Poison damage there is Serenity with her Toxic status effect, increasing the Poison damage taken by an enemy by 100% for 5 turns. Tomoe Gozen has the Spread of Fire status effect, that does the exact same thing but for Fire damage (Kiyohime recently got this status effect from her second strengthen as well). There is currently no Curse damage equivalent to this status effect in the game, yet looking at Mephistopheles' kit, he seems like he's supposed to be a Curse servant. So adding an effect like that to his Witchcraft skill plus increasing the NP gauge drain chance to 100% would be the perfect buff for him IMO.