Talk:Hijikata Toshizō/@comment-115.178.235.169-20170416165059/@comment-28209103-20170420072356

Honestly that team are fine and Hijikata are good choice as long as you know what are you doing.

Zerk being the zerk you can count on them to get low HP in short time, this works in favor for Hijikata compared to Lezbo Pirates. However low HP means you're prone to death, take it too low and you'll risk death before you can take any action, the safety margin IMO is around 40% (5k) since it's possible for him to barely survive 2 hit or 1 crit from enemy.

As long as you know what are you doing and know when to make full use of your team characteristic that team are fine.. for example for that setup you don't want to combo Merlin healing with Mashu def, but when his HP gets too low for comfort you might want to use Mashu as surgical tool to let him survive longer while waiting for Merlin heal him to comfortable level.

once again the key is to know how the team works, the route you take is probably to stack def while keeping Hijikata surive as long as he could, my favorite move is to keep use Guts and heal without defense, some people prefer taunt after Hijikata hp are low enough to keep him safe without the healing.. at least IMO Merlin still qualified since his healing are gradual, meaning it'll heal him without considerably weaken his advantage unlike Nightingale, Iri or Medea Lily.