Talk:Shuten Dōji/@comment-25712820-20181025183743/@comment-37291335-20181121030714

The Utility on Shuten is off the charts not to mention she boasts the HIGEST attack out of all the assasins. Yeah, even higher than King Hassan... and while Cleo could never offer anything Shuten does, Cleo's damage output is actually a little bit higher than Shuten's.

So get Cleo for damage, and Shuten for Utility/Support. Here's what they bring to the table:

Shuuten: +Damage Hindering for Enemy (Attack, Crit Down, and NP Strength Debuff) +Damage Increase for Allies (Defense Down on Enemies, Attack and NP Up on Allies) +Higher Debuff Success Rate for Allies (Decrease Enemies Debuff Resistance) +Damage Over Time (Poison) +Above average NP Regeneration +Universtal Charm +Charisma Buff -Low damage output from Art/Quick deck -Mediocre survivability only sporting Guts.
 * Later on her NP gets buffed to inflict Toxic, which doubles her DOT from 1000 each turn, to 2000. This is true damage. Her NP damage also goes up.

Cleopatra: +Damage Oriented Assasin (Can Brave Buster Chain with 2Busters and Buster NP, Up to a 40% Attack Buff, and Buster Up) +Great Survivability (Heals, Defense Buffs, Debuff Removal, Invincibility) +Above average NP Regen (NP Battery Skill) +Good Star Generation (Higher Pressence Concealment rank, Higher Star Drop rate, Star Generator skill) -Demerit of 1000HP on NP -Overlapping skills. Most of the time you'll have to use a skill for one effect, despite not needing the other. -RNG Reliant (Imperial Priviledge, can at times miss the buff you require the most, or worst, not give you any at all.)
 * Later on her NP also gets buffed for more damage and adds the limited utility of blocking an enemy's Buff Acquisition once.

As you can see Cleo has more problems, and Shuten brings more to the table but it depends on what you need. I say go for who you like more.