User blog comment:Mich, Michele & Kuhla/Future Units Preview/@comment-26336535-20151229171542/@comment-26053138-20151230193049

well, Klaus still has 10% less Hp boost than Owen and Grahdens on LS, Laberd has less use because of her doing almost everything minus the defense buff and attack down and extra mitigation LS, and the fact Avant has higher stats overall with Dandelga. Other than that, I completely agree with you and my statements were actually trying to fix some the points. I guess I only did little with that. I guess my main problem is a little lack of variety with this batch. Girdolf is the most unique one yet he is the least useful. Isterio is another debuffer with damage boosts. Oh gee, Drevas and Mirfa didn't already do that. BB damage. Oh gee, Avant, Will, Zillias, etc haven't done that before. Since they are all meta, they will be used in the squad a ton. Raphil is just a Laberd with less defensive buffs but a fill on spark. She could've been something else maybe. Reihard is Limera with no heal and defense based rec but a full anti debuff with an LS that doesn't benefit him because he already does status prevention. Maribell's LS is out damaged by Avant's and Chromes has an Hp boost already. Chrome also fills on spark. The fact that they are units have similar abilities so people can get one of them if they need it. Problem is, these units are more rare than the previous. And simalier isn't a good word. How about almost the same. Reihard and Raphil are examples. Goodbye Laberd and Limera.

Everything else though, I agree with you on almost completely. These units aren't replaced or outclassed by previous, it's just their like older units with one abilities lost and has a new one in their place. Like Zenia and Raaga's SBB. Take Raaga's and add Bb damage.