Masakado A

Stats

	Elemental Resistances
	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
	Null	Resist	Resist	Resist	Resist	Null	Null

Info
Rarity	Race	Grade	AI
5★	Hero	99	Attack

6★ Stats
HP	1037 (128/266)			Vitality	142 (129/266)
Strength	222 (12/266)			Agility	163 (47/266)
Magic	132 (157/266)			Luck	164 (35/266)
PATK	796			PDEF	597
MATK	607			MDEF	552

Innate Skills	Butcher Passive +20% damage to skills that target all or random enemies. Guardian of the East Passive Adds Phys Pierce. Activates the following Chain Effect when attacking first at the start of battle: Gain an additional Press Turn Icon, increase the ATK and EV/AC of all party members by 20% (1 turn), and all party members recover 2 MP. Activates the following Chain Effect at the start of the 1st turn: All party members gain Evade Mortal. (2 turns) Kuyo Flash 7 MP Inflicts Almighty (Magic) damage (Power: 160) all enemies. When the attack is successful, reduces ATK, DEF and EV/AC of all enemies by 20% and increases own party's ATK, DEF and EV/AC by 20%. (1 turn) *The damage inflicted by this skill is dependent on Phys ATK.
	Awaken: Gacha: -
	Awaken: Myriad Arrows 7 MP Inflicts Phys (Physical) damage 2 to 5 times with 65 power on Random Enemy/(ies). Gacha: Faithful Counter Passive The following effect will activate when receiving a Phys Attack: 100% chance to counter dealing Phys (Physical) damage. Power: 100
	Awaken: Defensive Cry 7 MP Reduces all enemy ATK and increases own parties DEF by 20% for 3 turns. Gacha: Epitome of Fortitude Passive +20% to max HP, -50% to Critical hit rate of damage received.
	Awaken: Enduring Soul Passive Heals 200 HP upon receiving the first killing blow. Gacha: Epitome of Swiftness Passive +25% to own effect on Battle Speed. +10% to evasion rate.
	Awaken: Drain Light Passive Adds Light Drain. Gacha: Epitome of Aggression Passive +15% to Phys hit rate, -45% chance of receiving status ailments.

Spirit Merge Panel Upgrades

	Panel 1	Panel 2	Panel 3
Panel Completion Bonus	+15% to damage dealt by attacks that target all or random enemies.	Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of the 1st turn: Own party becomes immune to Mortal skills. (1 turn)	Reduces the cost of skills that target all or random enemies by 1MP.
Panel Step Stat Bonus	HP +25 (MAX +250)	Phys ATK +10(MAX 100)Phys ATK +10(MAX 100)	HP +25 (MAX +250)

Availability

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Builds

Lore

Role Summary

Name	Best Archetype(s)		PVE	PVP
	PVE	PVP		Offense	Defense
Masakado A			A	C	C	-
Pros	Guardian of the East provides 1 extra Press Turn when going first, enabling devastating Turn 1 Kill strategies like Hero Masakado T1. Additionally, it gives the team 2 MP, a one turn Tarukaja and Sukukaja effect, and at the start of the first turn, a two turn Tetraja effect. Kuyo Flash does a 160 BP Almighty attack scaling on PATK, that does a full Luster Candy and Debilitate swing for one turn. His panels offer great Democalypse support, with him granting up to 35% party damage to AOE attacks while under Tetraja. P3 reduces his MP costs, and grants his team another Tarukaja and Sukukaja effect along with 2 more MP the first time a teammate downs a demon each turn, and P4 gives him an improved Great Idea, granting him 30 to each stat, and 30% battle speed. This MP granting effect gives him potential in PvP as an MP battery and PT gen all in one.
Cons	No good physical attacks to exploit his innate Phys Pierce. Only Phys attack available to him is Myriad Arrows in Red, which has random targeting and is thus not very reliable. Easily countered by outspeeding. This is a problem for last hour PvP, as Masakado A defenses will get relentlessly targetted by players looking to climb last minute. Kuyo Flash would almost be better if it didn't do damage, as it doesn't hit hard enough to pierce through Demeter's bulwarks, and then she chains her own Luster Candy negating half of the buff control. Overshadowed by Unit 01 Dx2 Type.
Notes	Cannot be used in the same team as Masakado. None of his Awaken skills are particularly useful for him. Enduring Soul is his "best" one but it won't be that useful considering that he's built for a fast team where the only thing that matters is high offensive power and high accuracy for Phys attackers. Myriad Arrows could be useful to take advantage of his innate Pierce, but as just said it isn't a good Phys spell.
Synergies	-

PvP Builds

Archetype(s)

• Red: Discounted Myriad Arrows for a strong Phys skill to dish out some damage if necessary.
• Purple: Enduring Soul for survivability. Especially useful when facing against Surt A.

Skill Transfers

Since Herokado is mainly used for the Extra Press Turn + Offensive buffs from Kuyo Flash, support skills to help the Herokado Turn 1 team build are more useful. But, attacks are still useful in a pinch.

Support Skills:

• Speedster/Epitome of Swiftness: Boosts team speed. A must have in Herokado T1 as you want to be as fast as possible to activate Guardian of the East.
• Auto-Taruka/Rakunda/Sukuka/Sukunda: Helps to offset any enemy auto buffs/debuffs to ensure Kuyo Flash gives you all, if not, most of the offensive buffs and debuffs.
• Solar Prosperity/Solar Downfall: Similar to the Auto skills but its 2 in 1 (Team ATK + EV/AC buff in Prosperity, Enemy DEF + EV/AC debuff in Downfall), however, they are much harder to obtain.

Attacks:

• Herculean Strike L: Cheap Phys AoE great for cleaning up any remaining enemies with endures.
• Vorpal Blade: A stronger Phys AOE to chip enemies so your sweepers can guarantee kills.

Damage Boosters:

• Serial Killer: Boosts Kuyo Flash, Myriad Arrows, etc. damage.
• Almighty Boost/Almighty Survivor: Directly boosts Kuyo Flash damage. Survivor adds an extra endure.

Other/Misc. Skills:

• Enduring Soul +/Endure: Adds survivability.

Brands

• Stat priorities: Speed%, Phys ATK%
• Divine: Allows him to cast Kuyo Flash on turn 1 if not P3 (and if P3, it allows Kuyo Flash to be cast T1 if facing Alice A).
• Speed: Boosts team speed.
• War: Boosts damage if needed.
• Lead: Helps him to be 1st or 2nd in rotation if using other demons that are just as fast if not faster.

Mitama

1. STR (20): Boosts his damage output.
2. VIT (10): Adds bulk.
3. AGI (20): To boost his accuracy and team speed.

Build(s)

Zoom Zoom!
	Transferred Skills		Notes: Any auto buff can replace EOS if you are behind on buff control. You'll want as much Speed% to be as fast as possible, Phys ATK% is secondary, but if you can get both in your brands, all the better.
	Epitome of Swiftness	Speedster
	Infused Mitama
	St 20 Vi 10 Ag 20
Brands
Divine + Speed with Speed%
Target Stats
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Official Profile

Taira no Masakado. A legendary samurai of the mid-Heian period. After conquering Kanto, he declared himself the new Emperor of Japan, but soon fell to Hidesato Fujiwara and Sadamori Taira. He was enshrined to quell his spirit, and later became known as the guardian deity of Kanto. Moved by the Liberators' determination to protect Tokyo, he regained his original form and power to give them aid.