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Role Summary

Name	Best Archetype(s)		PVE	PVP
	PVE	PVP		Offense	Defense
Shiva			8	7	6
Pros	High STR, AGI and LUK paired with innate Serial Killer and Vorpal Blade make him an effective Physical Sweeper. Highest Combines Stats in the game. Pralaya is an Almighty spell that is based on PATK, giving him an alternative when faced with Phys NDR. Good candidate for the Hell Gongen team as it provides him much needed Phys Pierce. Great set of Panels that give him increased damage, accuracy, Crit and reduced MP costs. Has three sets of Drain resistances and no weakness if in Teal, making him an ideal teammate for Rama.
Cons	Pralaya is blocked by Five Elements and is low Damage. Needs a lot of investment to bring out his true potential. Without Panel 3, his PVP tier rating is lower than 7. Very expensive to fuse.

PvP Builds

Despite being a physical attacker without inherent Phys Pierce, Shiva does have an effective niche in PvP as a damage dealer in Hell Gongen offense teams. Vorpal Blade sweeps hard, and Pralaya is effective when enemies have an anti-Phys Pierce skill or have extremely high evasion.

Without Panel 3 Active:

• Archetype: Teal (Drain Ice)
• Skill 1: Butcher
• Skill 2: Hades Blast
• Brands: Divine + Ward. Phys Atk+% primary stats. Get as much Phys Acc+% from tertiary skills as possible.

Butcher enhances the damage of both physical AOE skills and Pralaya. Hades Blast is needed against Intimidating Stance teams, because Shiva will probably need to sweep on its first action.

With Panel 3 active, Vorpal Blade costs 5 MP, making Hades Blast unnecessary and opening up room for a single target attack, such as Fatal Sword L, Berserker God, or God Hand from Red archetype. You can also use War brands instead of Divine.