Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33628324-20181025062502/@comment-27971189-20190129104056

Just don't expect him have easy time carrying you like when it was during Part 1.

At introduction of multi-bars (EOR), Herc with Bond CE can still do frontlines but he start needed some help due to battle may goes longer; NP 2+ is considerable solution as it help him clear the fight faster.

On CoLB, Herc pushed to backline without party help and/or CC, due to amount of Invul. pierce (Anastasia), crit damage that can easily wasted his Guts earlier (old man Li and Emperor) also status effect like seal/poison/curse/Buster debuff that will easily hamper him.

Japanese players who still expect him to carry (or his fans that have 2k Fou on him on top of GA) usually have him with healing CC, reduce damage CC, debuff cleanse CC, buff remove CC and/or extra damage CC to make sure his service stand firm.

So its not like he's totally out of game. You still have another one and half years before you reach same point, no need to worry about it yet.