| Pros |
- One of the BEST Vanitas counters, with the ability to remove Malice from a single target with his active skill.
- Cruel Malice is a strong passive, giving both immunity to Bind and Charm, +50% Max HP, and a wide variety of Malice-related effects.
- When attacking first at the start of battle and when an ally is downed, it adds an extra count of Malice to self. Additionally, while the party's Malice count is at 1 or more, all allies' skills will have their MP cost reduced by 1 and all damage will be increased by 30%. While the party’s total Malice count is 6 or more, all enemies will deal 30% less damage.
- At the start of enemy turn, he puts 1 count of Malice on all allies and places 4 counts of Fortify on self. All party members also receive -20% Physical damage taken, and while under one or more counts of Malice, they get an extra -20% to all damage taken.
- Crimson Judgement deals 30% Bulwark-Piercing Fractional damage with Remnants on a single target, straight up reduces their Malice by 3 and adds 1 count of Indignation, followed up by a strong Light attack on all enemies and an additional Press Turn. It’s even better against non-Danu teams as it bypasses all endure effects.
- Because the first hit is Fractional and is not counted as a Magic skill, its Remnant is not stopped by Inanna.
- Great awakening skills with Indomitable Leader adding +20% Magic damage and boosting speed by 35% and Indestructible Leader offering 40% extra HP and lowering speed by 50%, allowing Michael M to fit into any team comp. Teal's Drain Phys additionally pairs well with anti-pierce such as Baphomet A or Femto.
- Panels are good and far from neccessary, with them offering reduced MP cost to Crimson Judgement, extra HP and Magic damage, Null Mortal and a 1-turn Offensive Cry when an ally downs an enemy. P3 offers a big HP and Magic damage boost while lowering their Dark Affinity Critical hit rate of damage received by 50%.
- P1 offers a fantastic Party Effect for Democ, as it increases Light and Dark damage by 15%.
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| Cons |
- Hard-countered on T2 against Nuwa, as his Malice, Fortify, and extra 20% damage reduction will be Suppressed.
- Nuwa also has him easily beat for the best Vanitas counter.
- 2000 is a small amount of Fractional damage, and the widespread effect of reducing Indignation counts on new units make him not that effective as an attacker.
- His AoE follow-up is also a huge liability against Tora, as it will immediately set off his Order Crest.
- With his kit being tailor-made to handle Vanitas, and with Vanitas’ usage being low, he might struggle finding a spot on a team.
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Michael M
