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As mentioned before, the effects of {{Status|en name=Poison reversal}} make {{Transient icon|Shennong|rarity=4}} comparable to movesluts like Snow/Aizen/Surtr. While the latter three mentioned all have unique aspects to them, they all have in common a skill which gives a defensive buff with a 0.45x multiplier, +16 CP, and +500 HP to self and allies on move. Poison reversal, on the other hand, gives a defensive buff with a 0.65x multiplier, an offensive buff with a 2x multiplier, and a net +200 HP to self and allies on move after taking the effect of {{Status|en name=Poison}} into account. Since Shennong also gives {{Status|en name=Nourishment}} to allies, this increases the offensive multiplier to 3x and brings back the healing to +500 HP. So for allies, Shennong can be seen as trading some defense and CP charging for a 3x attack multiplier. Since Poison Reversal and Nourishment to a lesser extent are rare effects, Shennong can also stack these effects rather easily with other preexisting offensive/defensive buffs. | As mentioned before, the effects of {{Status|en name=Poison reversal}} make {{Transient icon|Shennong|rarity=4}} comparable to movesluts like Snow/Aizen/Surtr. While the latter three mentioned all have unique aspects to them, they all have in common a skill which gives a defensive buff with a 0.45x multiplier, +16 CP, and +500 HP to self and allies on move. Poison reversal, on the other hand, gives a defensive buff with a 0.65x multiplier, an offensive buff with a 2x multiplier, and a net +200 HP to self and allies on move after taking the effect of {{Status|en name=Poison}} into account. Since Shennong also gives {{Status|en name=Nourishment}} to allies, this increases the offensive multiplier to 3x and brings back the healing to +500 HP. So for allies, Shennong can be seen as trading some defense and CP charging for a 3x attack multiplier. Since Poison Reversal and Nourishment to a lesser extent are rare effects, Shennong can also stack these effects rather easily with other preexisting offensive/defensive buffs. | ||
Another point of comparison to be made is between other previous offensive buffers such as {{Transient icon|Babalon|variant=Jiangshi}}, {{Transient icon|Tomte|rarity=4}}, and {{Transient icon|Tangaroa|variant=Canaan}}. Jiangshi Babalon and Tomte both give {{Status|en name=Ardor}}, {{Status|en name=Nourishment}}, and {{Status|en name=Blessing}} in some way, where Jiangshi Babalon also gives {{Status|en name=Immobility}} for extra CP while Tomte does not need to move. Summarizing, Jiangshi Babalon has a net effect of an offensive buff of 3.6x to allies, +17 CP, and +900 HP while Tomte has a net effect of an offensive buff of 3.6x to allies and + | Another point of comparison to be made is between other previous offensive buffers such as {{Transient icon|Babalon|variant=Jiangshi}}, {{Transient icon|Tomte|rarity=4}}, and {{Transient icon|Tangaroa|variant=Canaan}}. Jiangshi Babalon and Tomte both give {{Status|en name=Ardor}}, {{Status|en name=Nourishment}}, and {{Status|en name=Blessing}} in some way, where Jiangshi Babalon also gives {{Status|en name=Immobility}} for extra CP while Tomte does not need to move. Summarizing, Jiangshi Babalon has a net effect of an offensive buff of 3.6x to allies, +17 CP, and +900 HP while Tomte has a net effect of an offensive buff of 3.6x to allies and +1200-1500 HP. These two trade defense for more offense, healing, or CP but also have some sort of caveat with Jiangshi Babalon restricting movement and Tomte having subpar proc rates. Canaan Tangaroa, on the other hand, is more defensive and closer to Shennong, boasting a potential offensive buff multiplier of 3.6x, a potential 0.19x defensive multiplier, and healing of around +1200 HP, although this value can increase rapidly since it depends on how many enemies hit him. The major downside however is that Canaan Tangaroa needs to be hit for these effects to spread and his procs are inconsistent. Due to skill activation order, this also means that the offensive buffs do not have a 100% uptime since the effects only apply for the following turn, unlike defensive and healing effects. | ||
In a similar vein, Shennong as an offensive buffer also carries a similar major flaw and that regards needing {{Status|en name=Poison}} on allies as previously discussed in the overview. First, it should be mentioned that the 70% proc rate of Shennong's Poison activation skill is not a major issue since Shennong's Poison reversal only applies to the second turn of the phase and onwards. In matters of first application, there is a 91% chance of allies having Poison for an unseeded Shennong and a 96% chance when seeded, which is consistent enough. Since Poison also has a high uptime of five turns, refreshing the debuff is also less of an issue. | |||
What is more pressing of an issue is debuff mitigation. The presence of Poison can mess with attempts to remove or nullify debuffs, making the team open up to potential debuffs. Moreover, it makes it so that an ally will not benefit from Poison Reversal since Poison has been negated. To give an example, consider {{Transient icon|Wakan Tanka|rarity=5|variant=Fashionista}}. Since he has a {{Status|en name=Nullify Debuff}} on [Turn Start], Shennong must precede him in team order in order to give the debuff. However, the Poison infliction will also remove Nullify Debuff for every subsequent turn as noted in the skill's description. The main result is that unless tested and planned around properly, using Shennong should be avoided in situations that call for debuff mitigation. | |||
The following table attempts to summarize the previous discussion. Ranges are used to indicate inconsistent procs (<70%). | The following table attempts to summarize the previous discussion. Ranges are used to indicate inconsistent procs (<70%). | ||