Hogen/Strategy

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Overview

Hogen

With nothing to distinguish his two rarities besides the stats, Hogen remains a decent unit despite his simplicity and lack of skill evolution. Default inflicts BindCannot activate skills, ATK Down by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 4 turns. CS effects still apply. (Debuff) on enemies he can reach at good activation rate, which will always severely cripple anyone who is not immune to it. LB1's Guts+1HP when HP is at 0 at the end of the turn for 5 turns. Removed once activated. (Buff) will keep him alive longer while LB2 provides good team positioning, where he can support them further with his CS' EvasionDEF Up by 0.01x ~ 0.005x for 1 turn (Buff). His LB3 grants him impressive offensive momentum, though past this he is limited to inflicting Bind and providing modest team support in each phase.

Festival Hogen

As his age would have it, Hogen (Festival) does not have many new skills beyond his regular versions, but he is undoubtedly powerful still. The main point is his transition to Shot range, allowing for much better use of his retained Default and slightly improved LB3. His flight for positioning is retained with added Nullify DebuffPrevent receiving debuff once for 4 turns. Vanishes after use. (Buff), which can be useful, while he fully discards Guts in favor of reliable damage past the first turn of each phase with ArdorATK Up by 1.2x ~ 2.4x, +5CP/turn for 2 turns (Buff). His CS still allows for some defense for himself and his team, now with some added CP, but oddly both have more restrictive coverage than his base CS. Overall, despite not doing too many things at once, Festival Hogen remains a powerful unit who can only get better with an eventual skill evolution.

Highlights

Hogen

Class: Glass Cannon

Gameplay Role: Damage Dealer

Pros

+ High rate Crit+ grants him high offensive power at the start of each phase, while afterwards he can remain useful through Bind.

+ Increased movement allows for good team positioning and can further support them with Evasion.

+ Despite a lack of self defense past his CS, Guts can allow for some additional hits.

Cons

- Realistically only offers Bind on attack and flight past the first turn of each phase.

- While his CS provides great defense, he has no way of reaching it quicker, and Evasion will not help him should he be brought down to Guts activating.

Festival Hogen

Class: Glass Cannon

Gameplay Role: Damage Dealer

Pros

+ Retained Default and LB3 grant him the same benefits as his base version, now with superior long range.

+ Increased movement and Evasion from his CS are good team support, now with added direct benefit to moving.

+ Ardor allows him to do damage past the first turn of each phase while also letting him reach his CS faster.

+ Nullify Debuff on demand can keep him safe against enemies relying on 1-2 debuffs.

Cons

- Lack of self-defense beyond Binding enemies and his CS.

- Past the first turn of each phase, Ardor by itself is not enough to let him do high damage.

- With no increased vertical movement, his Shot range can be inconvenient to juggle with his CS' melee range.

Gameplay Role

Example gameplay role breakdown.

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
	5877	7819	4008	5643	1804	2539	2565	3612
	6592	8505	4764	6432	2144	2894	4573	6174
	7501	9320	5476	7151	2464	3218	7010	9153

Example description

Team Synergy

Example synergy class

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Checks and Counters

Example counter

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Teambuilding Options

This section consists of user-submitted builds that may not necessarily be viable for high level quests.

Arbitrary Team Name

Team Details (submitted by UserName)
Hogen 【Debuffer】	Hogen 【Moveslut, CP Battery】	Hogen 【Healer, Tank】	Hogen 【Support unit】	Nobuharu 【example of variant call】	Anyone / no one 【Flexible】
Cost: ≥X

Example team function description.