Talk:Spartacus/@comment-24.155.65.175-20171106034540/@comment-182.30.67.210-20171113041631

There's just some difference between their playstyles IMO.

Spartacus is, as can be seen, more or less self-sufficient. He doesn't need much support to work well; get his skills up and he's gonna be giving the OPPRESSORS a run for their money. Probably multiple times, if he's backed up by supporters who can help ameliorate the heat. He's very easy to slot, and forms a solid cornerstone of many budget strategies.

Asterios relies even more on having higher leveled skills than Spartacus does (mostly the 40% DEF buff from his 2nd skill), and he needs to be slotted into a synergistic team, preferably Arts focused, to work best (otherwise he's just a burst debuffer). But in certain situations (i.e. enemies with tons of hit counts, preferably AoE) and/or with a good enough team, he can snowball really hard. That 60% ATK debuff combined with some other DEF buffs/ATK debuffs can turn "oneshots the entire frontline" to "doesn't even do scratch damage".