Gyumao/Strategy
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Overview
Adapted with permission from the Housamo Gameplay-Based Tier List. Remove this disclaimer when Overview is sufficiently modified.
Gyumao brings certain powerful perks to the table. First off, he gives a very rare buff in the form of Fervor on demand (which is applied in unconventional ways otherwise), this makes him a very welcome asset to most parties (even as 3☆, if only for that) and a very slight form of CP battery. When the fun starts is once he gets his LB3, if you manage to time it with his Charge, you’ll unleash a mighty nuke that could possibly clean the entire enemy field besides Water enemies, they’ll be set up through Fear and Push if they survive as well. That’s not all either, his Charge gives him an almost illegal total of 3 buffs in the form of Guts, Accel and Fervor, though the last one won’t see much effect due to Charge’s general poor scaling, Fervor+Accel and his LB2 will get his Charge up quickly again, which gives you a handful of ways to abuse it. You can use him either as a Fervor-bot or emphasize on his Charge+LB3 as 5☆. Play with his strengths well and he’ll become a monster, but fail to do so and he’ll be hardly more than a buffbot.
Highlights
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Class: Glass Cannon, Offensive Support
Gameplay role:
Pros
+ Traditional increased durability through Default Tenacity, which synergizes with his LB2 very well as payoff for moving him.
+ LB2 applies a very rare offensive+CP buff in the form of Fervor, which he can apply in a great effect range.
+ LB3 Crit+ heavily augments his damage for the turn he gets it for, which also extends to his Charge.
+ His Charge comes with a nasty number of 4-5 effects, a board-cleaning range and damage thanks to LB3.
Cons
- LB1 is anywhere from good to underwhelming, especially since he usually deals plenty of damage to trivialize the flat damage, the new ailment is so-so at best.
- While his Charge sports so many effects, it’s very easy to misuse and needs proper timing with LB3 in order to nuke a map, Fervor won’t be approached due to its scaling effect, which Charges often can’t approach due to their lack of it.
Gameplay Role
Gyumao is a caracter who is really useful on 5x4 and 5x6 map mostly because of his CS and his weapon who can reach easily the ennemies. On 3x6 map he is less powerful because we mostly need vertical range caracter and because slash caracter are more useful than long slash in this map because they inflige more damage and are enough range.
Offensive support
With his third skill, he can give favor to adjacent allies by moving who 80% to be activate which is nice. Because of the duration of this buff who is 2 turn and because of the feature of his CS, you need to move him constantly.
Glass canon
His last skill give him critical + on each start phase. He can kill every ennemies who are one square above him who can be guaranted if you give him one offensive buff. Futhermore if his charge is ready in the beginnig of the phase + he has an offensive buff, Gyumao can kill everyone on the map even sin an offensive buff. To reach in this situation, you need to play with his third skill who in addition to give favor, give 20 CP to self. You have to make sure to kill the last ennemis before the next phase by moving and possibly attack the ennemies by Gyumao. Finally if one or some ennemies resist or if you failed the activation of his charge, Gyumao gives the alteration fear to all ennemis where during the five 5 turn can be use to charge his CS by moving him and his fevor and acceleration.
Frontliner
Because of his weapon and because he need to be move constantly, Gyumao his a ok frontliner. Thanks for the beastman skill who reduce the damage each time he moves and his high HP. Furthermore he gain guts each time he use his CS who increase his survability.
Disruptive support
Gyumao had exhauted who has 90% to touch an ennemie. Nevertheless it's not a good debuff but just a little plus. On the other hand, his CS give fear to all ennemis who is useful to avoid bad suprise, charge his CS for the next phase, kill the easily the ennemis and can be useful for the last man (or cow) situation.
Stats and Seed Usage
| Unit | (Effective) HP | Base ATK | ATK per square | CS ATK per square (SALV1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | Unseeded | Seeded | |
   |
7176 | 9337 | 2838 | 4263 | 2838 | 4263 | 1816 | 2729 |
   |
8763 | 10846 | 4042 | 5409 | 1293 | 1731 | 1617 | 2164 |
    |
7145 | 9126 | 4047 | 5627 | 1133 | 1576 | 1214 | 1688 |
Gyumao's role is that he can be a glass cannon, a frontliner and an offensive support, so using HP seed, ATK seed and LV seed can be a good idea. For the skill seed he can be use but only his third skill can really enjoy and some other character can benefit more.
Team Synergy
Caracter who has an offensive support other than fevor
To make sure that Gyumao can kill everyone in the first turn of every phase but this caracter don't need to move too much.
Caracter who has a strong offensive in attack and CS
This caracter need to benefice of the fevor of Gyumao who increase his attack and CP.
Caracter who can increase the CP
To have the charge of Gyumao more faster.
Caracter who can increase defense allies/decrease attack ennemie
At the exception of Beastman, Gyumao has nothing to reduce the attack ennemies.
Checks and Counters
Example counter
Example description
Teambuilding Options
This section consists of user-submitted builds that may not necessarily be viable for high level quests.
Nuclear Clock
| Nuclear Clock (submitted by Arathun) | |||||
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| Cost: ≥48 | |||||
The following assumes all units are fully built, but does not assume seeding.
The specialty of this team set-up is constant, hard-hitting 
All CSes. It's a neat coincidence that these CSes are composed of the main three worldly attributes 
FIRE, 
WATER, and 
WOOD.
The lethatity is sourced from Licht's Vigor, Gyumao's Ardor, and Typhon's Concentration. Occasionally Furufumi will inflict Stigma to all enemies to amplify this damage further, but this aspect is less reliable due to its staggered occurrence over multiple turns, so it's more of a bonus.
The CP sources primarily come from Licht's CP bestow skills Ruler, Agitator in the Shadows, and Frenzy Conductor; Gyumao's CP-on-move Celestial Hot-Head, and
Substitutions
Furufumi's contribution is the least in the group, although he does stabilize the CP gains more with turnwise Arousal to complement Licht's less predictable CP offerings. Furufumi can be substituted with Baron, who also bestows Arousal every turn. Keep in mind substituting Furufumi will also substitute out the only source of healing in the team.
The positions of Typhon and Gyumao are interchangeable. Having two Gyumaos is also acceptable, as Concentration bestows will be substituted with a fully skill leveled Ardor. Having two Typhons, however, is less acceptable, due to the lack of the extra CP gain and damage up from Ardor, being substituted with a weaker Concentration at a more restricted bestow range.
The base rarity 
Licht can substitute his higher rarity card since they function nearly identically. The main issue is reduced activation rate of his main CP bestow skill, which is a heavy trade-off given this team setup depends on constant reliable upkeep of CP.
Examples