Masakado A

Sword[edit]

New Emperor's Blade
	Hero's Aid	Adds Phys Pierce. While the skill holder is alive, all party members will receive the following effect: +10% to Phys/Almighty damage.
	Max Stats
	physical/magic increase	Phys ATK 125%			Element Increase	Almighty 20%
	Physical Accuracy	25%			Critical Chance	20%

Innate Skills

Tempest Slash + 6 MP Inflicts Phys (Physical) damage 4 to 5 times (Power: 50) on random enemies. *Damage inflicted by this effect will ignore all death prevention skills. Defensive Cry 7 MP Reduces all enemy ATK and increases own parties DEF by 20% for 3 turns. Kuyo Sword Dance 6 MP Inflicts Almighty (Magic) damage (Power: 100) with Remnants on All Enemies.\nReduces DEF and EV/AC of all enemies by 20%, increases own party's ATK and EV/AC by 20%. (1 turn) when attack is successful.\n*The damage inflicted by this skill is dependent on Phys ATK.

Spirit Merge Panel Upgrades

	Panel 1	Panel 2	Panel 3
Panel Completion Bonus	Reduces the cost of skills that target all or random enemies/allies by 1 MP.	Activates the following Chain Effect at the beginning of the first turn: Own party becomes immune to Mortal skills. (1 turn)	While the one with this skill is alive, all allies gain the following effect: +10% damage to attacks that target all or random enemies.
Panel Step Stat Bonus	Phys ATK +50(MAX)	Phys ATK +50(MAX)	Phys ATK +50(MAX)

Shield[edit]

New Emperor's Armor
	New Emperor's Mercy	Adds Resist Fire/Ice/Elec/Force. Activates the following Chain Effect when attacking first: Receive 1 additional Press Turn Icon.
	Max Stats
	HP	120%			Elemental Damage Reduction	Phys 20%
	Defence	100%			Magic Defence	50%
	Elemental Resistances
	Phys	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Light	Dark
	-	Resist	Resist	Resist	Resist	-	-

Innate Skills

Butcher Passive +20% damage to skills that target all or random enemies. Enduring Soul Passive Heals 200 HP upon receiving the first killing blow. New Emperor's Revelation Passive +15 to St/Ma/Vi/Ag/Lu. Adds Null Phys/Light/Dark.

Spirit Merge Panel Upgrades

	Panel 1	Panel 2	Panel 3
Panel Completion Bonus	+30% to Max HP. +30% to own Battle Speed effect.	+25% to Max HP. +25% to Phys/Almighty damage.	Self starts battle with 5 counts of Fortify. +15% to Phys/Almighty damage. -15% to Phys/Almighty damage received.
Panel Step Stat Bonus	HP: +200(MAX)	HP: +200(MAX)	HP: +200(MAX)

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Builds

Lore

Role Summary[edit]

Name	Best Archetype(s)		PVE	PVP
	PVE	PVP		Offense	Defense
Masakado A			B	C	C	-
Pros	When going first, Guardian of the East provides 1 extra Press Turn, gives the team 2 MP, and a one-turn Tarukaja and Sukukaja.Additionally, at the start of the first turn, a two-turn Tetraja effect. Kuyo Flash does a 160BP Almighty AoE scaling on PATK that does a full Luster Candy and Debilitate swing for one turn. His panels offer great Democalypse Prelim support, with him granting up to 35% party damage to AoE attacks while under Tetraja. P3 reduces his AoE MP cost by 1 and grants his team another Tarukaja and Sukukaja effect along with 2 more MP the first time a teammate downs a demon each turn, and P4 gives him an improved Great Idea, granting him 30 to each stat and 30% battle speed. This MP-granting effect gives him potential in PvP as an MP battery and PT gen all in one.
Cons	Most of his effects only activate if going first. This could be hard to achieve as he has terrible Agility and no innate Battle Speed boosts. This means he will ultimately end up bringing a team’s Battle Speed down. No good physical attacks to exploit his innate Phys Pierce. Only Phys attack available to him is Myriad Arrows in Red, which has random targeting and is thus not at all reliable. Easily countered by outspeeding, as he has no T2 benefits. Kuyo Flash would almost be better if it didn't do damage, as it doesn't hit hard enough to pierce through damage reduction and Fortify, has no remnants, and is easily countered by Five Elements. None of his Awaken skills are particularly useful for him. Enduring Soul won't be that useful considering that he's built for a fast team where the only thing that matters is high offensive power and high accuracy for physical attackers. Myriad Arrows could be useful to take advantage of his innate Pierce, but as just said, it isn't a good Phys skill. Although, Drain Light in teal can be clutch when paired with Baphomet A if encountering a Metatron M team. Completely overshadowed by Shiva M.
Notes	Cannot be used in the same team as Masakado.
Synergies	-

PvE Builds[edit]

PvP Builds[edit]

Archetype(s)[edit]

• Red: Discounted Myriad Arrows for a strong Phys skill to dish out some damage if necessary.
• Purple: Enduring Soul for survivability. Especially useful when facing against Surt A.

Skill Transfers[edit]

Since Herokado is mainly used for the Extra Press Turn + Offensive buffs from Kuyo Flash, support skills to help the Herokado Turn 1 team build are more useful. But, attacks are still useful in a pinch.

Support Skills:

• Speedster/Epitome of Swiftness: Boosts team speed. A must have in Herokado T1 as you want to be as fast as possible to activate Guardian of the East.
• Auto-Taruka/Rakunda/Sukuka/Sukunda: Helps to offset any enemy auto buffs/debuffs to ensure Kuyo Flash gives you all, if not, most of the offensive buffs and debuffs.
• Solar Prosperity/Solar Downfall: Similar to the Auto skills but its 2 in 1 (Team ATK + EV/AC buff in Prosperity, Enemy DEF + EV/AC debuff in Downfall), however, they are much harder to obtain.

Attacks:

• Herculean Strike L: Cheap Phys AoE great for cleaning up any remaining enemies with endures.
• Vorpal Blade: A stronger Phys AOE to chip enemies so your sweepers can guarantee kills.

Damage Boosters:

• Serial Killer: Boosts Kuyo Flash, Myriad Arrows, etc. damage.
• Almighty Boost/Almighty Survivor: Directly boosts Kuyo Flash damage. Survivor adds an extra endure.

Other/Misc. Skills:

• Enduring Soul +/Endure: Adds survivability.

Brands[edit]

• Stat priorities: Speed%, Phys ATK%
• Divine: Allows him to cast Kuyo Flash on turn 1 if not P3 (and if P3, it allows Kuyo Flash to be cast T1 if facing Alice A).
• Speed: Boosts team speed.
• War: Boosts damage if needed.
• Lead: Helps him to be 1st or 2nd in rotation if using other demons that are just as fast if not faster.

Mitama[edit]

1. STR (20): Boosts his damage output.
2. VIT (10): Adds bulk.
3. AGI (20): To boost his accuracy and team speed.

Build(s)[edit]

Zoom Zoom!
	Transferred Skills		Notes: Any auto buff can replace EOS if you are behind on buff control. You'll want as much Speed% to be as fast as possible, Phys ATK% is secondary, but if you can get both in your brands, all the better.
	Epitome of Swiftness	Speedster
	Infused Mitama
	St 20 Vi 10 Ag 20
Brands
Divine + Speed with Speed%
Target Stats
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Official Profile[edit]

Taira no Masakado. A legendary samurai of the mid-Heian period. After conquering Kanto, he declared himself the new Emperor of Japan, but soon fell to Hidesato Fujiwara and Sadamori Taira. He was enshrined to quell his spirit, and later became known as the guardian deity of Kanto. Moved by the Liberators' determination to protect Tokyo, he regained his original form and power to give them aid.