Talk:King Hassan/@comment-180.180.128.24-20170730081411/@comment-12.105.54.20-20171017065110

Gameplay wise: You're getting an Assassin with stats that are more fitting for 5Star Sabers and Berserkers, and his class grants you the advantage against Riders, the most common of the Calvary classes. He is very strong, but somewhat of a pain to "Wombo Combo" with, due to his kit being very direct combat oriented. His playstyle is almost Identical to Hercules: Direct combat with Buster combos, high damage and health, but no means to protect himself other than his Battle Continuation. Group him up with characters with debuff abilities and you can solve some of your problems. I consider him a much more powerful Herc that is an assassin with an insta-death NP, well worth the time and effort to upgrade, but requires more thoughtful team composition.

Lore wise: King Hassan-I-Sabbah was given the title of Assassin King for very good reason, as his tales often told of near impossible assassinations and the rather famous story of him killing another man in broad daylight with a sabre before disappearing into the crowd.

NP: His Noble Phantasm, Azrael, is named after the Jewish angel of death, and is actually kind of interesting outside of the obvious Grim Reaper motif that the NP goes for. It, combined with the Death Toll, actually makes the NP not a summoning attack like the name suggests, but actually something more akin to Gae Bolg. His Noble Phantasm causes Hassan to walk the Valley of Death and becomes one with Death, then allows him to impose death on those he strikes. In regards to Tiamat, he literally used his NP to rewrite the laws of divinity to impose death on a primordial god.