User blog:Linathan/Unit Spotlight: Crescendo Megurine Luka

Unit_ills_full_60585.pngendo Megurine Luka
[Leader Skill] Heart Beats (Boosts HC drop rate , hugely boosts Rec rate  & negates all status ailments)

[Brave Burst] (Cost: 20 BC / DC: 23): Stardust Utopia (23 combo Dark elemental attack on all enemies & gradually recovers HP for 3 turns)

[Super Brave Burst] (Cost: 20 BC / DC: 27): Luka Luka Night Fever (27 combo Dark elemental attack on all enemies, gradually recovers HP & increases BB gauge when damage is taken for 3 turns)

Lord Stats: (HP: 6355/ATK: 1885/DEF: 1640/ REC: 2100)

Summary
As promised from Gumi, Luka finally got her 6* form! Previously available from redeemable flyers obtainable in 2014 New York Comic Con, our lovely Vocaloid makes a permanent return! ...in the Rare Summon gate... oh well... At least she has some interesting abilities to show off and help you sing your way to victory.

Leader Skill
Luka's Leader Skill is one of the HC producing type of Leader Skills. With the 30% boost to HC drop rate and the 60% boost to HC effectiveness, it is safe to say that your squad would not need another healer if you have a squad consisting of units with high hit-counts. Luka also grants full immunity to all status ailments to all units so you wouldn't have to worry much about using an anti-debuff unit.

That said, let's compare her Leader Skill to Zelnite's. Zelnite boosts HC drop by 18% but no boost to HC effectiveness. That already makes Zelnite's HC part of his Leader Skill inferior to Luka's. However, when using Zelnite as a leader, you can already recover a huge chunk of HP or all of your HP even against a single enemy and with units with low REC given that you have units with high Drop Checks. It is to the point where you can almost use Zelnite as your potential healer utilizing his Leader Skill. Luka's Leader Skill, on the other hand, is already an overkill to the point in which you would actually be producing more HC than you need to recover your HP. Not to mention, Luka's BB and SBB recover HP to all of your units.

True, the other part of her Leader Skill grants immunity to status ailments, but there are better units to use as a leader, especially Rin who offers one of the best BB-spamming Leader Skills WITH immunity to status ailments. Rin also recovers HP to all units with her SBB.

Luka would not be an ideal leader to use. There are many other better units to use as leaders, such as Zelnite and Rin. It is also important to note that her BB and SBB heal the party, making her Leader Skill almost useless. Have a unit with low REC? Zelnite is your friend.

Brave Bursts
Now here is where it gets interesting. Luka acts as an offensive healer, similar to Tiara, Arius, and Alice. Overall, her BB and SBB have a relatively low BC requirement, each requiring only 20 BC, which is very good for an offensive healer.

Luka's Brave Burst has a high Drop Check compared to the current metagame's units. It's not common to see a high hit combo on a BB. On top of that, her BB gives a HoT (Heal over Time) buff for three turns. However, her BB has only a 200% multiplier, which yields a low damage output. This is relatively common in offensive healers as the unit can attack and heal at the same time. She can do this with just her BB.

Luka's Super Brave Burst also has a high Drop Check when compared to other current metagame units. Her SBB heals in a similar manner like Rin's. But wait! That's not all! Luka also gives a buff to all units which gives 4-6 BC when attacked. She's covering Lilly Matah's role and a healer's role in one attack. This makes Luka currently the only unit who can give all allies BB regeneration when attacked while attacking. In the later future, Brave Frontier Global will get Sola's 6* form, whose SBB grants the "BB regeneration when attacked" buff, but it is not as good as Luka's since Sola gives 3-4 BC compared to Luka's 4-6. This type of SBB will massively benefit your units, especially when fighting single tough bosses, like Grahdens and Maxwell. One downside about Luka's SBB is the low multiplier of 400% which will yield a low damage output.

Arena
Luka requires only 10 BC to fill her BB (in Arena, you start with 50% of your BB gauge filled), but the major downside with her BB is that the damage is very low. Even when equipped with an Amanohabaken or a Legwand Gem, her BB might not be able to KO any of your opponents using her BB alone. In terms of normal hit count, she can produce up to 28 BC, which is a very good amount if you want to get everyone's BB ready to use on your second turn.

As a leader, Luka does not benefit the squad in terms of BC production or BB fill rate. Since Arena is all about KO-ing your opponent's units as quick as possible, her HC-type Leader Skill will not be helping your squad at all. Units in Arena are not meant to survive a long battle, but are meant to benefit the team with enough BC to get everyone's BB ready the next turn.

Luka is a decent unit to use. She does fulfill the role in getting everyone's BB ready with her normal attack. The important part that she lacks as a sub-unit is her low damage output. That said, there are many other units that are better to use than Luka.

Typing
Everyone has different opinions on unit's typing. Personally, Anima is the best type for Luka. Luka provides a heal to all units with her BB and SBB that the loss in REC would practically be insignificant. Breaker, Guardian, and Lord types are viable, but the loss in HP hurts. 700 HP? Hands down, Anima is the best and will always be the best type in the game.

Oracle? Is there ever a situation where you don't have enough REC? Oracle massively cripples Luka as she will be using her healing BB and SBB along with her super high REC stat that is completely unnecessary to use. Sure, an Oracle Luka is still usable, but consider yourself unlucky if you pull one.

Conclusion
There's no doubt this Vocaloid idol can shine on stage. Why? Because Luka fulfills two crucial roles in a squad. She can heal and provide one of the best "BB regeneration when attacked" buffs in the game. Her BB regen buff practically makes her a substitute for Narza. Narza's SBB gives the same BB regeneration buff as Luka's, but he does not attack. Narza does provide a -50% damage mitigation, but you would easily pick either Darvanshel or Shera over Narza since they attack with their BBs and SBBs. When paired with Luka, you can already produce more BC when attacking than using just Narza. The only downsides that Luka seems to have are her low damage in both her BB and SBB and her low stats ATK and DEF stats.

Feedback
I'm relatively new to this wiki and this is my first ever blog so feel free to comment suggestions you might have! I'm free to accept any constructive criticism on the way I do my unit reviews. Note that this is analysis is strictly based off of my own opinion and other people may have different views than I do on the units that I'm analyzing.

In terms of typing, expect most of my unit analyses to list Anima as the unit's best type and Oracle as the unit's worst type. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion in terms of typing.

As far as how unit analyses will go, I will focus mainly on the Global version only since units in Japan are expected to come to Global in the future.