A lot of these are pretty short because I'm lazy, by the way. Also I have bad memory.
Cube - I unfortunately don't have much experience with our little robot buddy. He has a couple cool moves though.
Akira - I've already blathered about Akira, but I will again. He can heal himself with Self-care and an ally with Healing Touch. He has attacks with good range and multiple Damage Types. Cold Day in Hell, The Devil's Due, and Judgment Day come to mind. While he doesn't seem to have any Massive-damage moves, which is sad, he's still a valuable team member.
Yun Jou - I know you can train any of the three disciples, but I trained Yun. So yeah. Fun fact: Heavenly Peaks Descent does Massive damage and has no charge time. Keep that in mind.
Masaru Takahara - Let's take a minute to appreciate the wide variety of moves this guy gets. While most of them aren't that strong, there are some cool effects that you can utilize, like Restraint, Snare, and Paralysis. German Suplex is a favorite of mine because of its High power, and I think Celestial Palm could be pretty useful too. Worldbreaker's Wrath is Masaru's Massive-damage move, so that's cool.
The Sundown Kid - Ah, the wild west. While Sundown Man seems pretty frail, he's worth using for Hurricane. It hits twelve times and has high damage. Sure, it misses some hits most of the time, but each hit seems to do about 100 damage. He hit nine times and dealt 999 damage once. I was very impressed. Most of his attacks are meh, but Hurricane is awesome. I recommend trying him out and seeing how much you like to use him.
Oboromaru - When I was playing Twilight of Edo Japan, I seriously underestimated this lad. He seemed so frail and so weak, but that's changed. He's pretty good, with a whopping three Massive-damage moves: Phoenix Call, Deepest Dark (it has shoddy range but can instantly kill an enemy by Petrifying them if you get lucky), and Death Blossom. Aside from Deepest Dark, they have pretty good range. Also, Shuriken Barrage is real good early-game. Just sayin'.
Pogo - POGIE! (insert happy Pogo noises here) Uh, anyway, Pogo. Right. Pogo is an... interesting character. And not just because he's a cute caveboy who's mainly only cute when he's not being weird. Prehistoric Gaumuffin, as I called him once, loves to headbonk things. I use Fly Huge Boom all the time, it works pretty well, and it rarely misses, which is great because he takes damage when it misses. While he doesn't seem to have a Massive-damage move, he does have Bing Bang Boom. Which might just be the best name ever. It hits seven times and does... Medium damage. Which is really sad. While it does pack a decent punch, it's not as amazing as Sundown Guy's Hurricane. Plus, it lower's Pogo's stats. Like, Physical Attack, Physical Defense, Accuracy, and Evasion. So this means he won't hit as hard or as much, and if he tries to Fly Huge Boom (headbonk) somebody, he has a higher chance of missing and damaging himself. Not to mention he has quite a few moves that just... aren't that great. Big Shout hits all enemies, but it's not that strong. Burn Spark has High damage, like Fly Huge Boom, but I rarely use it because it doesn't have much range and Pogo can just headbonk stuff instead. Upon reading that, you're probably thinking "OK, then why on Earth would I want to use him?" Well, aside from funny caveboy reasons, he has a ton of HP. He's currently level 21, the same as Akira, and he has 792 HP while Akira has 424. Also, Oboromaru has 424, and he's level 19, but that's getting off-topic. Pogo's huge HP means he can headbonk enemies and heal allies (unfortunately with items and not a move) for quite a while. During the final boss fight, I thought I was done for, but while Oboromaru fell, Pogo lived on a little bit of HP, so he was able to heal himself and his teammate and keep on fightin'. Is his HP a good enough reason to use him? I don't know, you're the one who chooses who you want on your squad, not me. For me, Pogo cute so Pogo used. End.
Aug 5, 2022
by
Gau
