LUCIUS - UNIT REVIEW AND QUICK ANALYSIS

TRIAL 008 UNIT - SEAL GOD LUCIUS

The first unit in JP to bring a faster OD fill rate and offensive buffs when a certain criteria is met, Lucius is used for damage. His LS allowed for surprisingly large damage, making him very popular in raid, especially when double HP leaders were not necessary. His BB increases HP by 15% permanently (which carries to even second teams) and has a 35% BC/HC fill rate, which is on par with Feeva's and is currently the highest in value. His SBB brings an Ares buff of 40% and a 23% HP to ATK conversion. Finally, his UBB can hit up to a 4000% multiplier when all allies BB gauges are full and provides JP's shield mechanic. It fills all allies' gauges as well.

He's also a great arena unit and is available for free through Trial 008.

Lord Stats/Imps:

	Stats	Imp
Atk:	2500	{440}
Def:	2500	{440}
HP:	7000	{1100}
Rec:	2500	{440}

Hits: 13 / 4 DC

Cost: 45

• LS: 100% Status Ailments Resistance + 20% OD fill rate + 140% Atk buff for 2 turns after dealing more than 20k Damage + 100% Spark buff for 2 turns after 15+ spark counts
• BB: 20 Hits, 350% AoE (Atk+200), Increase Max HP 15% to party + 35% BC/HC Drop rate buff for 3 turns [BC Cost: 26 // Max BC Gen: 20]
• SBB: 35 Hits, 600% AoE (Atk+200), Increase 40% BB fill rate for 3 turns + 23% HP to ATK buff for 3 turns [BC Cost: 28 // Max BC Gen: 35]
• UBB: 70 Hits. 1200% (Atk+200) up to 4000% Multiplier based on Average BB gauge of remaining allies + Light element 10,000 HP Barrier + Fill 999BC [BC Cost: 25 // Max BC Gen: 70]
• Note: Lucius uses up party's BB gauge on cast
• ES: 100% Crit/Elemental Weakness Resist Base + Buffed + 4BC fill to SB/BB

Arena Type: 3

Overview and Quick Analysis:

Ø  Very hefty stats, but ends up as an all-rounder. Actually has imp caps on par with other 7* units, unlike the Four Fallen Gods compared to 6* units.

Ø  52 drop checks without boosts is crazy talk. And a perfect arena AI? Pretty scary to see on an opposing squad, definitely the top pick for any squad that can take him.

Ø  LS is interesting, but I can't think of anywhere I'd want to use it - if I want to use overdrives, I probably want HP. It does virtually nothing in arena. The buff interactions should be pretty good, though two Lucius won't stack, it should still stack with regular BB/SBB/UBB buffs.

Ø  ES means you can use him anywhere safely. As a light type, he'll never be resisted, either.

o    ES was just updated to also give 4 BC instantly to other units when using BB/SBB, which is a nice addition

Ø  Very nice BB, though HP, BC and HC are all buffs that aren't critically important nowadays (a good DEF buff, convert ATK -> DEF buff or mitigation buff is generally worth more than a %HP buff, BC and HC resist are getting pretty common and BC and HC buffs are common as well). His buffs on BB have good interaction with his SBB, however. High damage modifier is great for arena.

Ø  SBB is moderately unfortunate. HP -> ATK convert is generally the weakest convert because there simply aren't any large HP buffs compared to what we can pull off with REC or DEF (which generally have much higher convert %s as well). I think at 23% this one has some potential, though - Lucius' BB, dual HP leads and HP spheres can bring it to maybe 3500-4000 damage on max imped units, which is about the regular value of DEF/REC convert as well, though there's still room to push those higher that HP convert just can't reach into (we normally only see 10% HP -> ATK convert, which just doesn't compete at all). 40% Ares is the highest we've seen non-UBB for that buff and goes well with his BC buff on BB, but with the prevalence of BC resist becomes hard to use.

Ø  UBB is interesting and new and shiny and I'm not entirely sure how it works, but it's a defensive type and does an imperial buttload of damage. It actually refills the BB gauges of all units right after using them to deal damage, so I don't think it matters if it drains them or not.

Ø  Awesome hit count/drop checks all around on normal attacks/BB/SBB/UBB.

Overall Lucius is very focused on both the HP and BB gauge, which kind of makes his LS contrast heavily with the rest of his abilities as a kind of... powerful thing that I can't imagine using anywhere right now (make no mistakes - it's strong numerically - but without any defensive merit beyond status immunity and not offensively comparable to crit damage, I can't see any use for it yet). Maybe Alim wanted his LS to be hard to use effectively so you'd have trouble picking him as a friend lead before you actually own him?

He's not a bad unit - an absolute monster in the arena, and a pretty strong damage boost on his SBB if you use him correctly. He's a pretty good unit for boosting BC drops if you're doing content where Alim hasn't decided BC drops aren't allowed, has some ok-ish defensive merit on his HP buff and UBB, and I expect that UBB hits like a truck. Hard to spark effectively at 70 hits for sure, though.

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