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Name	Best Archetype(s)		PVE	PVP		Democalypse
	PVE	PVP		Offense	Defense	Prelim	Boss
Beelzebub			3	2	2	5	2
Pros	Has high survivability because of the HP drain from Gluttony Gluttony is one of the strongest AOE dark spells in the game, tied with Mamudobarion Suitable option for Dark Democalypse and Brands of Sin No weaknesses. Synergy with Lucifuge in Yellow.
Cons	Suffers the same issues that Black Frost has in PvP that being Rama + Masakado and Atavaka + Hecate Stats are subpar even with panels other than MAG. Unless he's paired with Angra Mainyu or any other demon with an MP recovering effect that triggers at the start of own turn, Gluttony can't be used T1 in PvP. Requires P3 for Dark Pierce. Something that is very unintentionally popular are demons paired with Demiurge who also happen to possess innate Repel Dark or Drain Dark (for example Masakado, Beelzebub☆ and Beelzebub (Human)). Because of this, AOE Dark damage tends to be useless or at least unreliable for pvp and therefore, hindering 4 star Beelz's usefulness.
Notes	Beelzebub and Black Frost are comparable when it comes to dark damage but Beelzebub at full potential does the most overrall, which requires Panel 1, 2 and Lv 5 Gluttony Since Gluttony can't be used T1 and his agility is mediocre for a fast team, the only option is to build him for a slow team which could work well because of the HP drain but could also cause battle speed issues because his agility is a bit too high even for a slow team

PvE Builds

A solid and reliable demon for a slow team on Aura gate, specially at 40+ levels. No Weakness means no turns lost to vulnerabilities. Gluttony works well on several annoying encounters, hits hard, and gives him health. You can get him purple, for Makara Shift, on Aura gate. For other uses, Yellow's Sea of Chaos is pretty neat.

Conventional wisdom says Yellow with Divine Brands for quick Gluttony/Mazionga/ Sea of Chaos. +Mag atk% primary

Purple can get Divine, Spell or Life brands, with + Mag atk % primary, and if you can + Heal % secondaries. And works well with Intimidating Stance teams.

PvP Builds

Many people like Yellow Beelzebub for Sea of Chaos, but he is somewhat outclassed by King Frost, who has comparable Magic, a +15 % Ice damage, and Cold World has a higher 130 power, at just 7 mp. Ice NDR demons are somewhat uncommon in the meta, and even if a Demon got Resistance to Ice he should still take more damage from Cold World than he would from Sea of Chaos.

The relevance of this statement is that on a meta full of Physical Pierce demons, both Beelzebub and King Frost get in their clear version the buffed Wild Instinct, that reduces by 75% the critical hit rate of enemies. That means taking less damage, and more importantly, a well built team can greatly reduce the enemy's press turns.

Adding Dark Pierce to Beelzebub may enhance his gluttony further, allowing to bypass Masakado and other NDR Demons and give him great staying power. But if Beelzebub is the last demon acting, it may be entirely unnecessary.