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Per move, Gyumao heals himself and teammates in a large cross area. The wide range supplements his ability as a ferry; this healing combined with his Nourishment lets Gyumao easily heal other units from a distance after repositioning. In addition, Gyumao's Charge hits the entire enemy board, and per hit, Gyumao heals himself and his teammates in an even wider range. Both of these factors allow Gyumao to grant healing in most team formations and setups. | Per move, Gyumao heals himself and teammates in a large cross area. The wide range supplements his ability as a ferry; this healing combined with his Nourishment lets Gyumao easily heal other units from a distance after repositioning. In addition, Gyumao's Charge hits the entire enemy board, and per hit, Gyumao heals himself and his teammates in an even wider range. Both of these factors allow Gyumao to grant healing in most team formations and setups. | ||
'''Comparison to Leanan Sidhe''' | |||
Due to the relatively narrow gap in time between the introductions of Valentine Gyumao and {{Transient icon|Leanan Sidhe|rarity=4}} and their similarities in gameplay role, one might wonder why one would use Valentine Gyumao instead of Leanan Sidhe, who is known for her offensive boosting prowess which greatly overshadows Valentine Gyumao's own capabilities. There are a few advantages that Valentine Gyumao offers which bear repeating: | |||
# Defense/healing - as Valentine Gyumao gives {{Status|en name=Tenacity}} and healing to himself, he can handle more easily situations in which damage is unavoidable. For example, challenge quests have introduced several ways to allow enemies to retaliate, with the most glaring being {{Status|en name=Nullify Damage}} which appeared during the level 70 challenge quest for Virtual Summer Memory. As a healer in general, this leads to a more resilient team composition which is good for when a quest requires both damage and defense. | |||
# Debuff cleansing - as mentioned later, {{AR Equipment|en name=OJT: The Gyumao Way}} allows Valentine Gyumao to clear one debuff from the ally in front of him after moving. This is a very strong ability to have since challenge quests sometimes feature debuffs which are unavoidable, which was shown again in the level 70 challenge quest for Virtual Summer Memory in which phase one enemies gave debuffs upon leaving. Having a source of debuff cleansing on demand is a great niche which is one advantage Valentine Gyumao over Leanan Sidhe. | |||
# Enemy AI manipulation - since Valentine Gyumao applies {{Status|en name=Oppression}} to enemies, he can be used to manipulate the enemy AI's behavior to an extent which can be useful in some situations. | |||
The next few points are areas in which Leanan Sidhe outperforms Valentine Gyumao, but not as much as shown on paper: | |||
# Positioning - Leanan Sidhe having omnidirectional movement is definitely stronger than Valentine Gyumao only having expanded horizontal movement. In practice however, this difference is not as drastic as immediately described. The reason is that Valentine Gyumao prefers to occupy the middle row of the player's battle zone due to the range of his {{Status|en name=Limit}} application. Within this row, his movement range for repositioning allies is the same as Leanan Sidhe's. Of course, this is untrue if he ever moves out of the row or if the enemy line is pushed forward, which in the latter case Leanan Sidhe would have the advantage of being able to advance the player's units forward through her extended vertical movement. On the other hand, due to Valentine Gyumao resisting forced movement, he can also stop backline allies from being attracted to the front of the line while still offensively buffing them. So while Leanan Sidhe has better movement options, it's not as cut and dry of an advantage as shown on paper. | |||
# Offensive buffing - while Leanan Sidhe can give much more offensive power to a unit in comparison, this is done through the buffs {{Status|en name=Vigor}} and {{Status|en name=Ardor}} which are relatively common offensive status effects. As these are common status effects, Valentine Gyumao and Leanan Sidhe will have about the same efficacy when paired with units who have innately or give these buffs to allies, since these buffs will overlap with Leanan Sidhe's. She will still outperform Valentine Gyumao in this department, but the difference is not as drastic. | |||
As a reminder, this section is not a statement that Valentine Gyumao is better than Leanan Sidhe as a unit or vice-versa. Rather, it is intended to show situations which Valentine Gyumao is more well-equipped for so that as more people use Leanan Sidhe, the differences between the two are highlighted. | |||
==Stats and Seed Usage== | ==Stats and Seed Usage== | ||