Thread:Buddyfight Unified Universe/@comment-10483040-20170205040310/@comment-26290163-20170320235542

It's true, this is a lot for Katana, but they usually don't get much support. They certainly could have spread the wealth more at least with Water, Ninja and Blade Beast.

To me, I have so many options with Skulls, and I love it. They already have their draws, gauge, etc... Water can always use support, but even Water can use some of the Assassin Demon cards, albeit in a limited and specific build.

When Nanase first came out, I expected more Water only cards and it never happened. Ninja's have always been hampered with their draw, but Skulls turned a big corner with their conditional Dragon Emperor Legend and Draw 3. Then it only got better with the Yami IM, Revelation Tactician, and now the great control of Companion Yami.

Edin mentioned that he wished we'd see some SD version of Blade Beast monsters, they lack Size 0 anyway, and that would be a blast. Since historically, they are limited to 5 Monsters that are their swords, they need to give them more support, combo monsters, etc.... I'm going to at least try some Chess with them, especially if we get more than the Pawn and IM. I like the milling for Blade Beast to up the Japanese Blade, but again, that's not Katana Specific.

If you don't count the garbage "when you're attacked put the top card into the drop, if it's a monster, gain 2 life", then their best life gain they can use is a Generic card. Granted it can also nullify an attack and can synergize with your build, but even after all this time, they need to run Benefit for the most life gain. Again, I like the card, you also get a gauge, it can proc other abilities, etc... but there are so many good Katana cards that cost Life, Sakurafubuki, Snake Gaze, Weapons, etc... and when building, sometimes they are pushed to the side because of how precious life is.

One of the worst things is that I thought Feast of Evil would finally allow multiple monsters to go under 1 Hades Fall allowing more damage if you placed the same size, or placing more sizes to make sure it procs. The Buddyspoiler site said that you could put them face down into a "card", and then it was pointed out that on the Wiki, it said that it can be only placed under a "monster".

After reading the text, it turns out it really is only a "monster" so even thought Bushiroad changed the text a year ago for "future development" from card to cards, there still isn't a Mamiya/Lethal Formation like solution.

There will always be problems I suppose. I still like trying. In fact, part of the allure of using Katana is that I have to think outside the box because of what it lacks many times. But that might just be from my warped mind;)

Here's to Water in the future, Cheers!!