Difference between revisions of "Thunderbird/Strategy"

+ High damage output through {{Status|en name=Weakness}}, bonus damage to it, first-turn {{Status|en name=Crit}}, and his Charge.

+ Expanded horizontal movement lets him easily reposition your team, and he has numerous on-move skills that encourage this.  

+ Pulling enemies can facilitate easier clears on certain maps.

+ Can essentially shut down one specific unit with {{Status|en name=Bind}}.  

- Lackluster ranges on his {{Status|en name=Weakness}} infliction and {{Status|en name=Remove Debuff}} bestowal limits team placement and general utility.   

Essentially, {{Transient icon|Thunderbird|variant=Summer}}’s offense is based around a crosshair located right in the middle of his Magic attack range. His LB1 and LB2 let him pull enemies in that second row towards the crosshair and apply nearly-guaranteed {{Status|en name=Weakness}} at the crosshair and its sides.  

This is further coupled by his bonus damage to Weakness and his first-turn {{Status|en name=Crit}}. Stacking Crit, Weakness, the bonus damage, and possibly his Charge together lets hims easily and significantly damage anything in a wide range.  

However, as mentioned above, once Crit runs out, his damage output is mostly limited to his sole debuff exploitation. While he'll always be able to deal adequate damage thanks to that exploitation and/or with other buffs, this role unfortunately only shines each opening turn.  

The square in which the crosshair rests is the exact spot where Thunderbird can inflict Bind, which prevents that enemy from using their skills and reduces their attack. It has a fairly good chance to trigger, but if you want to capitalize on that debuff you're limited to one enemy per move. Other cards, such as {{Transient icon|Benten|rarity=4}} or {{Transient icon|Marduk|rarity=4}}, can do a much better (and more reliable) job at inflicting debuffs to lock enemies' skills.   

While a lesser part of his kit, {{Transient icon|Thunderbird|variant=Summer}} can remove debuffs from the teammates that are at his sides every time he moves by granting them {{Status|en name=Remove Debuff}}. This can be a quite reliable and frequent source of debuff cleansing if you are using him to reposition your team, which is something he should be doing often.    

He can also reflect debuffs through {{Status|en name=Reflect Debuff}}, but this is a very minor part of his kit. He can only apply it to himself, and only one time per Phase, so once he uses it up, that's it. His base card supplies this buff at a much more frequent rate and does so to your entire team, so if you want to utilize this specific buff, consider using that over his variant card.  

{{Transient icon|Thunderbird|variant=Summer}} is a unit who excels at positioning. His expanded horizontal movement and his ability to rope in enemies into the veritable crosshair both support this role; Thunderbird can easily adjust your units' positions while simultaneously moving enemies into optimal positions for the rest of your team. This can greatly speed up your ability to clear Phases, especially ones that feature enemies out of range or require ample movement to reach.

This can also synergize particularly well with units who function by not only hitting units, but missing, such as {{Transient icon|Marduk|rarity=4}} or {{Transient icon|Astaroth|rarity=4}}.   

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