Familiar-Possessed - Hiita ———————————————— You can send 1 "Hiita the Fire Charmer" and 1 FIRE monster you control to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If you do, this card gets the following effect: ● During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent. ———————————————— Can Be Found In: Elemental Energy (EEN-EN028), Dark RevelationVolume 4 (DR04-EN088)
Is very frequent to see old monsters as well members of an archetype get upgraded forms time after their original debut. Although not all their counterparts shares the same function and abilities, fans of certain cards will get a new chance to play their favorites in a new environment if they don't mind playing with improved versions. But while some versions separates from the original premise to work on their own and certain builds, others embrace their origins and work along their old versions to create a build involving the story of these cards.
"Familiar-Possessed - Hiita" is one of the more offensive focused forms of the Charmers, most of them sharing the same effect with the only difference being an optional Special Summon. This Familiar-Possessed can be summoned from our hand or Deck if we send to the Graveyard a FIRE monster along "Hiita the Fire Charmer", and doing so will grant the ability to deal piercing damage against defensive enemies. Clearly this is a requeriment that tries to take advantage of the Charmer's ability to steal opponent monsters, but even if we don't manage to brought it out with its own effect "Familiar-Possessed - Hiita" remains a solid monster to take into battle and other possibilities.
The Familiar-Possesseds are in a very good position when it comes to support, making "Hiita" and the others easily available even outside of its own effect. The Charmers might be in a tough position to assure a target for "Hiita the Fire Charmer" on its own, so use cards like "Scroll of Bewitchment" to change a target's Attribute into FIRE or work with monsters like "Volcanic Queen" and "Dogoran, the Mad Flame Kaiju" to tribute any threats and bring them to our field afterwards. Obviously we can use our own FIRE monsters on our field if we miss “Hiita the Fire Charmer” ability, specially with “Homunculus the Alchemic Being” able to change its Attribute to fit with the right Charmer and Familiar-Possessed. However outside of the Familiar-Possessed summoning things might be easier if we don't mind losing their piercing damage, as cards like "Familiar-Possessed - Lyna" and "Fairy Tail - Luna" will easily add "Hiita" to our hand while others such as "Unpossessed" and "Magician's Circle" will bring them out from the Deck under certian conditions.
With the only main difference being their optional summon, "Familiar-Possessed - Hiita" works in almost the same conditions as the rest of her kind. Piercing damage or not, 1850 ATK is respectable enough to overcome many monsters, and with basic coverage from cards like "Unpossessed" and "Enemy Controller" we will assure we take down even the toughest enemies. If they aren't on the offensive "Hiita" and the rest can easily work as materials for stronger summons, like being brought from the Deck with the help of "Summoner Monk" or bringing them along monsters like "Jigabyte" and "Inari Fire" from our hand. But if you prefer for "Hiita" stand out on her own simply work along FIRE mechanics which ranges from stat boosts from cards like "Molten Destruction", "Circle of the Fire Kings" reviving her or other creatures, or being tributed by "Spiritual Fire Art -Kurenai" to deal respectable damage.
The Familiar-Possessed are in a very interesting position compared to many other monsters in the card game. They don't provide nothing outstanding to be out by their own Special Summon for the effort required, becoming effectless monsters in most scenarios. However, "Familiar-Possessed - Hiita" and the rest stand out thanks to the involved support which goes from leading the board with the help of cards like "Unpossessed" to many options to be involved as materials. Like the original Charmers, "Hiita" can also work on her own with many FIRE monsters and tools involved, overall becoming flexible creatures despite their flawed abilities.
Personal Rating: B+
+ Can be summoned from the Deck or hand by sending a "Hiita the Fire Charmer" and a FIRE monster from our field to the Graveyard + Gains piercing damage if summoned by her effect + Highly supported for many circumstances
- Expensive and setup heavy Special Summon - Most of the time will be effectless
