I put Tanto or Kunai with Yuki, but mostly I use Kunai because I save energy.

most useless without a specific item is probly dun dun dun Yuurin most ppl use him with Shogi dont know why but otherwise i can list like 10 characters that depend on 1 item.

I dont think any character is 'useless' without a certain item but work to their full potential with said item but if I had to pick a character that depended too much on an item I'd have to with shoji and WoR

I dont think any character is 'useless' without a certain item but work to their full potential with said item but if I had to pick a character that depended too much on an item I'd have to with shoji and WoR

That's the whole topic though. There's just a problem with the title. IT should be more of which character is the MOST item-dependent for full potential. Everyone agrees it's Shoji considering without WoR, a single stun removes his prep and thus loses another turn to attack.

Has gotta be Yuurin without Shogi. Shoji and Yaguna are even more dependent on WoR but they can get the benefit if WoR is held by a team member while they are holding another item. So their case is slightly less severe than Yuurin's who has to be equipped with shogi almost all the time.

Has gotta be Yuurin without Shogi. Shoji and Yaguna are even more dependent on WoR but they can get the benefit if WoR is held by a team member while they are holding another item. So their case is slightly less severe than Yuurin's who has to be equipped with shogi almost all the time.

Actually, like Akira, Yuurin is less reliant on items and more reliant on teammates (Tactical Mastery, Blossom) to get the energy they need to use their strongest skills.

I have to fight along with Mirroga; all characters are meant to be their own entity, and items are just, well items. While in real life, a Samurai might be aided by throw shurikens, that doesn't mean that's their only means of attack, and that they should be rendered useless without them.

If that's a little off topic, I'd have to say Arasoi without Shogi. His drain is the only move most people use him for, and 4 random energies can be tough if the other team forces you to make other moves as well.

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Actually, like Akira, Yuurin is less reliant on items and more reliant on teammates (Tactical Mastery, Blossom) to get the energy they need to use their strongest skills.

Well first of all Yuurin gains one extra energy while Akira can gain two.
Yuurin's extra energy from blossom usually gets spent for fueling his teammates and his own attack isn't cheap either. It's pretty difficult to pull out game changing nature's blessings without shogi.

Plus Shogi makes it easier to pull out more than one NB in one game. Akira's BD has a C/D of 5 but NB only has a CD of 3 and shogi makes it possible to utilize this low CD to the fullest.

I think it would either be Akira / Yuurin without Book of Mentality / Shogi.

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Well first of all Yuurin gains one extra energy while Akira can gain two.

Sure, but with Akira it depends if the skills if you used is free. If it's not, you're not counting the net.

well most useless would be Shoji if against stunners and no anti stun stuff in him

Hikaru without VI as I think that he would not be able to deal high dmg without that.

For the most useless character...I can't really decide...I have a few characters which I have thoughts

1. Yuudai

Yuudai without village item, kunai or any other weapon, yuudai needs to have a second attack or a free attack otherwise...he is really hard to win with

2. Yuurin

Obviously this guy has high energy attacks so he needs shogi for free heal( which is really costly)

3. Arasoi

Arasoi needs shogi to get free energy steal...thats all

4. Toge

His demon vision with BoM is great! but without it it is really costly
5. Shoji, yugana and so and so

Basically if they are facing stunners, they need to have to have WoR to prevent the stun

6.Akira
BoM cause her stun needs high energy

After seeing this chart...I finally made my decision...it is akira

I will say that the most useless character is Aoiro Akira

I will say that the most useless character is Aoiro Akira

Not useless, but reliant on an item.