Talk:Merlin/@comment-82.181.129.29-20170520134721/@comment-28048698-20170522021802

@Saladina: That is because Waver is another kind of support. Merlin skillset focus 100% on his team (healing the team, buffing the team, protecting the team, etc). Waver buff the team and debuff the enemy. His NP reduce the enemy's NP by 1 with 100% chance, and it's an AoE NP (only a few Servants, if I remember correctly, remove NP with 100% and AoE).

So you use him when you need to use NP ASAP, true, but you also use him when you need to keep the enemy from using his NP (because yeah, Merlin can protect you from ONE NP, and then you need to wait 6 turns, Archer enemies can use two NPs during that time, and that is ignoring NP charging skills). Waver's NP can stun too, and it's AoE like the NP reduction effect.

The novices prefer Merlin over Jeanne? Well, yeah. Jeanne can be useful, but it isn't the kind of Servant you use as a support. It can be useful if she is YOUR Servant. Also, months ago the players still choosed Waver instead of Jeanne. Waver was broken and unbalanced for that reason? Nope. It isn't a big deal, when you are starting the game it's obvious you are going to choose the most powerful option to rush through the story or the event. Jeanne Alter, Merlin, Scathach, etc.

He is OP? Yeah. He is god tier? Yeah. He is broken and unbalanced? I don't think so. People think that just because he is one of the best in his job right now (or the best). Wait a couple of months ago, they will release a very solid DPS, or a very solid debuffer, and everyone will be "OH NOES, THAT SERVANT IS BROKEN" once again.