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ZacharyZapdos wrote: KKytes wrote:

ZacharyZapdo wrote: Goal: A replacement for my squad Hello I’ve been using Karna Masta in my squad for a while now but I feel like I should upgrade. Is their a unit that does what he does but better? Hullo there! (^^)/

Well, for a more informed decision, I'd have to see both your unit pool and your unit list. There are definitely units much better than Karna Masta, but it's kinda wrong of me to pull units out of thin air and recommend those which you don't have access to. (^^)/ https://imgur.com/gallery/gHPRKg9 Here I hope I did it right Thanks! That'll be plenty, grazie.

Before I start, I'd like to make something clear: there are no bad units in this game! Each unit carries a unique buff pool which helps cater to the squad as a whole. The true potential in each unit lies within their synergies with those in their squad, meaning that even an objectively bad unit can be turned into a good one with the right buffs. However, each unit has a niche - be it as a nuker, mitigator, healer, and whatnot - but given the heavy powercreep within Brave Frontier, certain units don't hold up as well as they did years ago.

Karna Masta is actually a ridiculously good unit, having held one of the highest levels of Damage Output within the Light element back when his Strategy Zone was still fairly new. In addition, his buffs (back then) were uncomparable, as there weren't many units providing as many offensive buffs at such a high percentage as he back in the day.

Nowadays, though, we have units that not only overlap in Karna Masta's niche as an offensive buffer, but also carry stronger buff percentages or damage output. These are the units I'll be covering in this section.

Exhibit A: Tsovinar

Tsovinar is the quintessential offensive buffer for general squads. She offers nearly all basic offensive buffs - BBAtk, critical hit rate, critical damage, and Spark boosts - which means she has a heavy niche overlap with Karna Masta, though with stronger buff percentages (e.g. KM's 550% BBAtk boost to Tsovinar's 600%). In addition, though, she can inflict status ailments, provide stronger OD fill, and Taunt; not to mention, deal higher levels of damage output thanks to her better Spark animation. The only other buff that she doesn't directly share with Karna Masta is the latter's Elemental Weakness Damage (EWD) boost, but given its frequency in other Light buffers, it's a fairly moot point.

Speaking of Light buffers, we move on to the next example!

Exhibit B: Hakuzo

To this day, Hakuzo is revered as one of the best units from his batch - though again, all of them are objectively good, and with reason. He boasts one of the highest damage outputs in mono-Light, overshadowed by recent units such as Peter and Ken Kaneki. His main overlaps with Karna Masta lie in Spark and EWD mods - again, at much higher buff percentages - as well as the aforementioned high damage output. Other than that, though, I wouldn't consider him to be a direct replacement for Karna Masta in general, since he lacks the same buff niche; however, he preforms incredibly well in the Light element, acting almost as a compliment rather than as a substitute.

This next unit acts as a healthy mix of the previous examples.

Exhibit C: Vanila

At the time of her release, Vanila boasted the highest Light damage outputs within the general summoning pool, unfortunately being dethroned by recent VA releases. She offers various offensive buffs, such as critical hit rate, critical damage, and Spark damage mods, as well as ailment infliction and Taunt. She goes one step further in viability by offering a UBB Evasion buff, making her an incredibly good unit for late-game content such as Void Mirage.

Ultimately, the TLDR is that Tsovinar carries nearly all the buffs as Karna Masta (and then some), Hakuzo carries heavy damage output and Light synergy, and Vanila is the happy medium of the two. I hope this helped! (^^)/