User blog comment:ShineKuzu/Fan Unit: Calamity Harbringer Cardes/@comment-24570336-20180809194018

I'll review the unit through a designer's insight.

Breakdown Review:

Pro:

- Niche use

Uses a Pierce UBB, Unique Leader Skill.

- Appropriate Sphere

Sphere appears well designed.

Con:

- Needs a name change

Cardes is a Dark Mitigator.

- Weak unit

Other nukers have double/triple attack on their SBB. So Cardes neither fulfill his role as a nuker, nor his niche role as a Piercing unit due to his weak kit. Therefore, he does not live up to expectations of a Cost 60 unit.

- Balancing issues

UBB pierce damage based on %Max HP contrasts his role as a nuker, so I think he should be given a regular BB damage. 5% Stat reduction for 999 turns do not matter because buffs can be overwritten, as it is coded as such within the game, and thus, feels underwhelming.

- Expensive Enchantments

His Enchantments is behind all modern Cost 54~ units, which means he's just weaker due to expensive SP costs, while other units have access to more Enchantments, and thus more passives.

Suggestion: Give him a purpose, Rebalance the Pierce, Lower Enchantment costs and buff the unit or lower the Cost.

I hope you appreciate the insight.