User blog:Linathan/Unit Spotlight: Cyclopean Ultor

Cyclopean Ultor
[Leader Skill] Titan Aura (50% boost to Atk and Def, boost in damage dealt  to weaker elements & 15% boost to critical hit rate)

[Brave Burst] Savage Execution (15 combo massive Fire attack on single enemy, casts Taunt &massive boost to own Def  for 1 turn; Cost: 24 BC, DC: 15 BC)

[Super Brave Burst] Cyclopean Rage (18 combo powerful Fire attack on all enemies, casts Taunt,massive boost to own Def  & great boost to Atk of all Units for 1 turn ; 24 BC, DC: 18 BC)

About Scoring SystemEdit
For my analyses, I enforce a scoring system. Each category is out of 10 points. The final score will be the average of all of the category scores. Note that my analyses are based on my opinion. You are free to agree or disagree with the points that I have here. The categories are listed below: Typing will be under stats.
 * Leader Skill
 * Brave Burst
 * Super Brave Burst (only for 6* units and above)
 * Ultimate Brave Burst (only for 7* units)
 * Extra Skill (only for 7* units)
 * Arena
 * Stats
 * Usefulness

Summary
Ultor, the first of the Soul Bound Saga series, made its way from Puzzle Trooper to Brave Frontier on November 2014. How Ultor got here is still unknown and how Ultor has the highest ATK in the current game is still something to drop your mouths for.

It is also worth noting that Ultor is the first and currently the only unit that can utilize the Taunt ability. Taunt is a buff that applies to the user and all single-target attacks will go straight to user. However, since this buff is applied to the user, the Taunt effect can still be removed if the enemy has buff-removing attacks.

While waiting for Zedus to come out, I decided to start doing analyses on the Soul Bound Saga units. We currently have four of them in the game (five if you include Zedus, but he's not out yet). Their abilities are quite unique to the point where most parts of the game become a cakewalk. Hadaron got nerfed? Oh wait, we're talking about Ultor! That's right! Let's see what he has to offer!

Leader Skill
Score: 9/10

Ultor's Leader Skill is what makes him a total powerhouse. With some math involved, it is safe to say that Ultor is currently the best Leader for dealing the most amount of non-Crit damage in the game. His Leader Skill boosts all units' ATK and DEF stats by 50%, which is already insane, considering the fact that most Leaders from the Guardians of the Gods series boost one stat by 50% or 65%.

That's not even all. Ultor also increases elemental weakness damage by 75%. This might not be as good as Mare's and Maxwell's Leader Skills, but if you add the 50% boost to ATK, you're bound to deal tons of damage with this Leader Skill.

I'm not even finished talking about Ultor's Leader Skill! Ultor also increases crit chance by 15%. This is very good, especially in Arena. The current base chance to land a Critical is 10%. Adding Ultor's Leader Skill will give you a total of a 25% chance of landing a Critical. If using double Ultor leads (or Ultor and Tridon) and Maxwell's Endless, you would be reaching the Critcal chance cap, which is 70%. This will make Criticals a lot easier to land.

It is worth noting that Ultor's Leader Skill applies to all units without a requirement. This unit is already insane with just that Leader Skill alone.

Brave Burst
Score: 9/10

Ultor utilizes a strong single-target Taunt attack, which will direct all incoming single-target attacks to Ultor. This might sound crazy, right? Not at all. Ultor boosts his DEF by 210%, which might sound selfish, but when combined with the Taunt effect, Ultor will take little to no damage from the attacks coming to him. This is very useful in many situations where enemies would attack other units that are about to die, most notably Trial X2. In Trial X2, the Battle Maidens tend to deal a lot of damage on a single unit. When using Ultor, he will be tanking a lot of those heavy attacks, even more with mitigation.

You can also manage to use Ultor's Brave Burst with a "BB regen when attacked" buff or Leader Skill.

However, the Brave Burst being single-target hurts Ultor a little bit, but actually worth it. The Brave Burst damage multiplier is 420%, which is actually stronger than Ultor's SBB. This can come in handy if you are in a situation where Ultor's SBB is not up. Speaking of his BB damage, the damage output is insane. It is very rare to find a unit with a BB multiplier higher than 400%.

Another thing to note is that even though Ultor's DEF buff is very high, he cannot mitigate any fixed damage attacks. This means Maxwell will still deal 14000 damage and Zebra will deal 50000 damage. This is important to note in case if you are in a situation where Ultor could potentially die from those attacks, even with mitigation.

Super Brave Burst
Score: 9/10

Amazing. Ultor's SBB is just like his BB, with the exception of his SBB being an AoE attack with a 120% ATK buff. Ultor's ATK buff is currently the second highest ATK buff in the game, but it only lasts for one turn.

However, Ultor's SBB is weaker than his BB. The damage output is still very high even with a 360% multiplier. The damage multiplier is, however, a bit low, but with Ultor's super-high ATK, he can still deal a ton of damage with that low of a damage multiplier.

Ultimate Brave Burst
Score: N/A

This unit does not have Ultimate Brave Burst. I wouldn't want to imagine this unit having UBB anyway.

Extra Skill
Score: N/A

This unit does not have Extra Skill. I wouldn't want to imagine this unit having Extra Skill either.

Arena
Score: 9/10

With Criticals barely occuring in Arena, Ultor makes the perfect Leader for dealing the most amount of damage possible. With the right units, one could potentially eliminate two or even three units on the opponent's side of the field. This utilizes all of Ultor's Leader Skill. If Ultor were to be equipped with the Aegis Cloak and he uses his BB, Ultor will take almost no damage from attacks. This takes his 50% boost to DEF from his Leader Skill to consideration. As a Leader, Ultor can tank and deal heavy amounts of damage along with his supporting units.

Since his BB is mostly going to be used more than his SBB and his BB is single-target, he is hard to use as a sub unit. However, as a Leader, the single-target part of his BB won't matter if you were to kill two or units on the opponent's team.

Another downside with Ultor is the lack of BB gauging. You can, however, fix this with units with high Drop Checks and with double-hit count spheres, like Lexida, Sinister Orb, Hallowed Skull, and Shiny Anklet. This probably won't matter if you are dealing tons of damage already.

Ultor has a 10-hit count on his normal attack, with 2 BC/hit, which makes him good enough for BC generation. If you have units with double-hit count spheres, you can easily get everyone's BB filled and ready for the 2nd turn, even without a BB lead.

Stats
Score: 9/10

Why is Ultor so strong? Why is Ultor's ATK so high? Why is Ultor so good?

Ultor currently has the highest ATK in the current game, with a Breaker ATK stat of 2908. With Blighted Seal and the upcoming Heresy Orb, Ultor's Breaker ATK stat reaches 6252! WOW. Insane.

His HP is high enough to tank hits with his BB and SBB. His DEF is also good, but insane with his BB and SBB. Ultor's BB and SBB help increase his survivability by tons. Ultor might have low REC, but it doesn't matter anyway if you are using HC generating leads or subs.

In terms of typing, my type preference for Ultor is...

Anima = Breaker > Lord > Guardian > Oracle

Usefulness
Score: 10/10

Ultor can be used anywhere. In Arena, Ultor holds the title of Damage Dealing King. His Leader Skill can help the squad potentially kill at least two units with normal attacks alone. In Raid, Ultor can tank enemy attacks, especially in RC3. He also helps contribute to massive damage output. In Trials, you can shift enemy single-target attacks to Ultor if you don't want to risk your units to die.

With very high stats, Ultor can be used in a strategic and situational way by utilizing his Taunt technique. Note that Ultor is currently the only unit that can utilize Taunt.

Conclusion
Total Score: 9.2/10

Ultor is currently the only unit that can utilize the Taunt skill, which give Ultor a lot of utility in many situations. With Ultor's high stats and his tanking ability with his BB and SBB, Ultor can act as a tanking cannon, who is both offensively strong and defensively tanky.

His Rare Summon rates are ridiculously low, even with the rates up, so if you get him, wait for the Cyclaw dungeon to come out and evolve him immediately! He's insanely good!

Comment below on what you think of Ultor! Also, if you have another unit in mind, drop it in the comments below! I accept requests from Global and Japan!

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 * レーヴァテイン_(Lævateinn)
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