The problem with Duke is that he really doesn't bring much to the table that his older forms did not already do-- it's really just the two forms combined with Bub's LS. Which, in and of itself is all fine, but it just doesn't feel fitting, honestly, for a collab super rare to just be a kind of combination of a bunch of things that are already farmable and fairly easy to obtain.
But he is solid, I won't disagree with that-- I just wish he was kinda... a little more unique, I guess?
Thoth and Sopdet and Izanami got huge revamps here, meanwhile, because their LS changes make them both viable leaders, and have some pretty stellar awakenings on top of that. Good stats, good awakenings, good LSs, all in a neat 20 cost package that sets them apart from their original counterparts, filling positions that were not being very well-filled until now.
I do hope that Halloween Izanami and Vamp Duke do bring more interest to Dark Balanced though. With a nice setup, Halloween Izanami could be an utterly terrifying leader, and Vamp's more solid incarnation is versatile on pretty much any dark team.
I know Alraune is really good because Dark has been lacking a good Sx provider and bind clearer and she brings both to the table. (You know people are desperate when Amir is being used)
but no matter how I look at it she's a complete inferior version of A. amaterasu, and if not for the perfect colouring Alraune would not be praised as much.
I mean that LS, Ama has 3x as base and goes up to 4x while Alraune just stays at a flat 3x, and heals half of Amaterasu per turn.
Granted including devils make team building much easier but I figured she could've had a bit better LS. :V prolly won't happen since people are really happy over the active and I see 0 complaints XD
I will not admit I just want to see dark healers be a thing
I think Alraune's solid, yeah, especially since if worst comes to worst, you have a quick haste even if bind clearing isn't needed-- which is in a sense kind of a waste of a skill, but it's flexible so at least it does something even if you DON'T need the bind clearing-- and an unbindable bind clearer is something Dark types have lacked for a while (at least, one that isn't DKali or Aamir), and she brings a lot to the table in utility. I like her, though I'm not sure she's something I'd invest Badpy into right now. Maybe if the halloween dungeon has skillups for her...
