User blog comment:Yapby/All Unreleased Contents (Units, Quests, Raids)/@comment-174.95.74.213-20151229033048/@comment-26336535-20160102035836

If you're referring to Grah and Owen, they don't really outclass anyone. They offer a different strategy.

I'm not sure if there's a name for this kind of unit, but Grah is one of those units that lowers damage from some types and then either boosts weakness damage or adds elements. Other than that skill, he doesn't really improve on any of the other units of that type. I mean, 50% to all stats is nice, but then if you want to maintain BB momentum you need certain sub units or friends.

Same goes for Owen. He's essentially a crit buffer, and in my opinion, he's a bad Crit Buffer. It's his other skills that make him good. He buffs ATK and DEF at the second highest level on SBB and beats Gazia for an ATK conversion. Really the only unit he outclasses in power is Gazia. He doesn't really beat any other Crit Buffers in terms of damage utility, since Avant and Zedus supplement their Crit Damage with Spark Damage (with Weakness Damage in Zedus' case and ATK buffs from Avant), Griff actually buffs Crit Damage, Korzan buffs Crit Damage even more and has more ATK buffs. The 50% to all stats also doesn't really outclass anyone.

TL:DR Grah is kind of a unique unit (no other Dark-Light changer does what he does, but they have their own powerful skills) so he can't outclass anyone, and Owen barely passes as a Crit Buffer but forces his way to meta with his other buffs, and with Grah, goes further with 50% to all stats. However, there are obvious disadvantages that other units don't have.