#crusher guards

[superheavyloadermech]

Ulpianus yet another example in the story of "shitty archetype where the 6* gets to be good by getting to negate the downsides of the archetype"

honestly they could even made him total garbage and he'd still be good because AH squad but no sounds like they made him good, I mean it'll still depend on multipliers and stuff I guess how good he is in a vacuum but AH buffs mean he will definitely be good in that squad

crusher guards are still bad

tbh they join Dreadnoughts in having a 6* of a bad archetype that primarily gets used in AH squad to ignore their problems

[superheavyloadermech]

So I feel like Ejyaberry is an indirect buff to Crusher guards.

The biggest reason I've always been so down on Crusher guards is that 0 Defense makes all damage true damage. This means even a big pack of slugs can wear down your health really fast, whereas most operators with non-zero defense can pretty much ignore their damage.

As a consequence, Crushers usually need a ton of babysitting from a healer to take care of all this damage.

Eyjaberry being a huge leap in HPS I feel like makes them much more viable. Though I suppose you can't assume people have her since she's limited.

Still, her infinite duration skill HPS is absurd, and yeah burst skills will outdo it, but she has even better burst healing with her burst skills if you need that.

Anyway I still find Crusher Guards to be a bad archetype but the availability of more/better options to compensate for their weaknesses does definitely make them... less bad.