This is a list of useful Food Souls and a short description of their uses in game meant to help free to play players determine which Food Souls to invest in and which to use in various fights.
It can be assumed that any Food Souls not mentioned on these list are not useful in the long run; however, early game (until lvl 60) any Food Soul can be useful.
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This is compiled by fans and therefore not official, players are welcome to compile their own list.
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Best f2p tank and easier to get to 5* from UR to UR fusion |
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Best dps in current permanent pool |
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Best catacombs control f2p food soul |
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Best catacombs unit if you don't have 3*+ Mapo Tofu |
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Better than other enemy cleansers like Butter Tea and Toso. 2* free from Do-It-All King, additional shards from same rank UR shard fusion |
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Hard to get and not needed currently. Sweet Tofu with artifacts or Nagashi Somen(for team cleanse) are better. |
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Very useful with T1 togi artifact, but still usable even without artifact. |
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Useful only if you don't have limited URs 3*+ or select SRs 4*+ |
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Useful for Sky Showdown |
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Not that useful without his artifact but can replace SRs if 3*+, very useful if you can get T4 togi artifact. |
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Better than Foie Gras, can ascend through same rank UR shard fusion |
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Only useful if you have T3 togi artifact and above |
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Easy to get (Activeness report), takes too long to ascend |
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Too costly to obtain and ascend, better to spend guild money & sky showdown tokens on other items such as embers |
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Best SR stun unit for catacombs and sky showdown. |
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Best tank in SR permanent pool and useful until Crab Long Bao 2/3*. |
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Useful for disasters that need team cleanse. |
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Best SR healer but no cleanse. |
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Useful for good damage until you have 3*+ UR damage dealers. |
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Useful for catacombs/sky showdown if you don't have the URs with stun/charm/silence. |
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Useful in combo with Moon Cake to avoid heavy aoe hit in guild boss or disasters. |
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Accessible enemy dispel for disasters but can be removed from teams once you get Rum or other enemy dispellers, slaying effect helpful for story chest stages, grants Tangyuan link skill. |
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Lower than Sanma, so not really worth using if you have same * Sanma. Easier due to ascend due to Wait for Growth |
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Good damage dealer until you get better souls like UR 3*. |
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good tank substitute until you have better units for certain hard stages. Not a must have. |
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Useful for world bosses with brave fallen angel where tanks are needed. |
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Great damage and heals with energy skill. Useful if you have good brave fallen angel. Can be replaced with 2*+ UR. |
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Ok for early game. |
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Usable for team cleanse if you don't have Laba Congee or Bibimbap or Nagashi Somen. |
This is compiled by fans and therefore not official, players are welcome to compile their own list.
| Character | Usefulness | |
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| Food Souls are ordered generally most useful to least useful from top to bottom, but this is not an absolute tierlist eg. Turkey may not be more useful than Mapo Tofu in certain cases. | ||
| This list only includes limited Food Souls released or soon to be released in the global version. | ||
| Due to the fact that these are limited Food Souls, their events have passed and event reruns are not expected. | ||
| Food Souls will be added as they are released in game. | ||
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Best damage dealer with T2+ togi artifact | |
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Can replace Peking Duck if 3*+ | |
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Has immune in T1 togi artifact, very useful for some disasters and good damage dealer. | |
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If you don't have ranking units 3 *+ Truffle is must use if 4 *+, good healer substitute in low heal situations | |
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Best f2p healer with cleanse. | |
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Best enemy cleanse unit as can aoe enemy cleanse and give 20% speed boost. | |
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Need at least 4*+ to use in catacombs (if replacing 5* Crab Long Bao) or otherwise useful for disasters when tank is needed. | |
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Can replace Miso Soup and more useful with artifact. | |
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Can be used for enemy cleanse (T2) and team cleanse, decent damage dealer at high star. | |
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Useful for enemy cleanse if you don't have Rum or Butter Tea. | |
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Useful if you don't have Oyster, but gets outclassed by Crab Long Bao without arti and if low star. | |
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Useful with Caviar to survive some disasters if at least 1-2*, other than that not needed. | |
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Useful with Milt to survive some disasters if at least 1-2*, other than that not needed. | |
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Not worth the cost as airships are costly and free ones are slow to ascend. Otherwise can replace Crab Long Bao. | |
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Very costly as summons only. But very good damage with artifacts | |
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Not worth the cost as airships are costly and free ones are slow to ascend. Otherwise can replace Peking Duck. | |
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Has some niche uses. | |
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Best unit if you have at least 3*+ UR and have made attack speed fallen angels for them. Otherwise useless. But better to get him when available. | |
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Useful for healing and better damage. Good replacement for Beer if you need more survival. | |
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Useful if you have no other usable cleanse food souls. | |
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Must have for (F2p) Jellyfish disaster for charm immunity | |
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Can replace Tom Yum for disaster when tank is needed. Oyster can replace him but usable if 3*. | |
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Good if you can get decent * and has a good artifact. | |
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Very good damage dealer if you have high *. | |
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One of best damage dealer. Useful if you have 3*+. Very useful if you use Apple Pie as well due to linked skill. | |
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Useful if you have 3* or above. Charm on basic. | |
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One of best SR damage dealer. 3*+ usable. | |
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Useful if you have hard time surviving as he has enemy cleanse and damage reduction for team. | |
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Useful if you have 3* or above. | |
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Useful if you have 3* or above. Has stun on basic. | |
This list is catered towards low-leveled players, strongly factoring accessibility and separated by permanent and limited Food Souls. The analysis and advice are written by Sniper C. Players are welcome to compile their own list.
Update
- 6/2/2020 - add Tequila, Pad Thai, Tonkotsu Ramen
- 8/4/2020 - Century Egg, Dongtang, Wensi Tofu, Okonomiyaki, Mixed Fish Soup; moved Pad Thai
- 11/29/2020 - Baguette, Fried Tofu Puff, Hardtack, Jinhua Ham, Pan de Muerto; moved a few units around
| Limited SR Strength, Magic | |||
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| Limited SR Food Souls have the strong disadvantage of unpredictable obtainability after their initial release. Therefore, they require high ascension upon release in order for them to have long-term use. | |||
| 1. Decent SR Food Souls at 3*+. Provide unique utility relevant to the meta or provide high damage output due to superior stats or skills. | |||
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Insanely high speed stat, Single target damage | |
Team speed boost, single target damage |
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High skill damage, slaying effect, heal-block |  |
Ascension, artifact accessible when first debuted |
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Single target skills, Single target charm helpful for Team Up, high speed stat | |
Enemy dispel and team cleansing in one basic skill (helpful for Disaster bosses), Damage increase in energy skill |
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Attack and speed boost with team silence, only relevant for teams with heavy artifact investment | |
Single target damage, stuns and heal-blocks on energy skill, ascension, artifact accessible when first debuted |
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Heals team on energy skill |  |
Can team buff, enemy dispel, team cleanse with Artifact |
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2. Okay SR Food Souls. Some may be more helpful than others but overall are not necessary versus more obtainable options. Alright to use if your options are limited but should not be sought after in limited banners. | |||
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Enemy dispel |  |
Enemy dispel, single target skill damage |
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Single target stun, single target skill damage |  |
One of the very few sources of AOE heal block, lackluster outside of Top Showdown |
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slaying effect | |
slaying effect |
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small team damage buff | |
other effects irrelevant |
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stun chance |  |
Can damage boost teams but stuns self |
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Bleed damage on basic skill very high |  |
slaying effect |
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self buffs on basic | ||
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| 3. Collection SR Food Souls. Have inferior skills that serve little to no relevance in battle. Should not be worked on at all. | |||
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1. Easiest SRs to ascend due to farmable shards, overall worth building and relevant to use vs 0*, 1* URs.
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Shard sources: Hard stages, Daily Missions, SR → SR fusion
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Shards sources: Exploration, Delivery Chests, SR → SR fusion
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Shard sources: Hard stages, Medal Shop
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| 2. Harder to ascend but incredibly viable to have at high ascension even with 2*+ URs due to good skills. | ||
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Shard sources: Permanent Banner only
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Shard sources: Shard Fusion, Airship, Permanent Banner
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Shard sources: Shard Fusion, Airship, Permanent Banner
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| 3. Viable mainly due to easier ascension. However, they can be replaced quickly with any limited UR or SR from banner. | ||
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Shard sources: Medal Shop, Shard Fusion, Airship, Purple Restaurant Chests
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Shard sources: Medal Shop, Shard Fusion, Airship
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Shard sources: Hard Stages, Airship
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4. Alright to use if you have no other options but will soon be benched due to difficulty ascending. | ||
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| 5. Hard to ascend AND have impractical basic and/or energy skills that never make them a good contender in teams. Arguably better to use R FS with good skills. Waste of seasonings. | ||
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| 6. Shards are farmable through farming in various content but you have better options by the time you can get them to 0*. None of them are stellar at anything. NOT in the summon pool | ||
 Tip shop |
 Aizen Hard Team Up |
 Guild shop |
 Tsuchigumo Hard Team Up |
 Thundaruda Hard Team Up |
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This list is catered towards low-leveled players. The analysis and advice are written by Sniper C. Players are welcome to compile their own list.
Breakdown of healers that can replace Milk for beginners.
- Analysis assumes that Milk is at 5* since this is very easy to achieve if players are good about farming her shards in hard stages.
- Milk MUST be used with SR Black Tea.
- Assumes none of the Food Souls discussed has artifacts
- In general, she outperforms many healers despite her R rarity.
Update:
- 6/2/2020 - Add Mango Pomelo Sago, edit Fruit Tart description
- 9/9/2020 - Add Candy Cane
- 11/29/2020 - Add Nanjing Roast Duck, Weisswurst, Tsukimi Dango
| Healers vs Milk | |||
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| 1. Healer replaces Milk even at 0* | |||
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Damage boost, team cleanse but 0 healing on basic skill | |
Superior healing from skills; team cleanse on basic skill |
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Energy recovery on energy skill | |
Deals damage on basic skill, team invulnerability on energy skill; falls off due to lack of utility and 0 healing on basic skill |
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Superior healing from link skill with Caviar; falls off due to lack of utility |  |
0 healing on basic skill but superior healing on energy skill; buffs on basic skill mostly endgame optimization |
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Damage boost on basic skill, team invulnerability and damage on energy skill | ||
| 2. Healer replaces Milk at 1* or higher. | |||
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Easy to ascend; staple in many players' teams | |
Superior healing from skills; charm immunity in basic skill |
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Team cleansing on basic skill helpful for Disasters | |
Low healing from skills but has controllable invisibility when linked with Moon Cake |
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Good healing from skills | |
Healing not good but incredible damage output and stun chance from basic skill; controllable and improved healing when linked with Sanma, requires max ascension |
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Plentiful team healing, team damage boost on energy skill a good bonus |  |
Plentiful team healing, team cleansing on energy skill |
| 3. Healer does not replace Milk due to bad skills: single target healing in skills, skills with 0 healing, unique effects do not justify use. | |||
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Healing from skill too low; energy recovery not important |  |
Heals less than Milk with skills |
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Healing single target; too difficult to ascend |  |
Healing single target; too difficult to ascend |
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Accessible but skills too terrible to use |  |
Healing output far too low, AOE charm on energy skill not useful on a healer |
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Damage output from basic skill incredibly subpar | |
No healing on basic; attack and speed boost insignificant for low level players |
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Inferior healing from skills |  |
Single target skill healing; team cleanse on basic and energy skill but too difficult to obtain |
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M Food Souls should not be used in battle |  |
M Food Souls should not be used in battle |
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M Food Souls should not be used in battle | |
Team cleanse on basic skill but it's better to bring a healer that actually heals |
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PVP/Top Showdown niche |  |
Top Showdown niche for team survival; lackluster otherwise |
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Single target buffer, barely heals | ||
This list is catered towards low-leveled players. The analysis and advice are written by Sniper C. Players are welcome to compile their own list.
Breakdown of Defenders that can replace Tom Yum for beginners.
- Analysis assumes that Tom Yum is at 5* since this is very easy to achieve if players are good about farming his shards in hard stages.
- Analysis more focused on story stages and Catacombs. Disasters, Guild Boss and other content may call for different Defenders. Consult outside info regarding these.
- Assumes none of the Food Souls discussed has Artifacts. Do keep in mind it is worth building Tom Yum's Artifact since he's the only R worth spending Universal R artifact tickets on.
- All Defender SRs, Rs will be outclassed by URs due to differences in base HP and Defense.
Updates
- 6/2/2020 - Add Awamori, Easter Egg, Sachetorte
- 8/4/2020 - Add Oden, Umeshu, edit text for Steak, Escargot
| Defenders vs Tom Yum | |||
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| 1. Defender replaces Tom Yum at 1*+ if UR, 2*+ if SR. Problematic at lower * due to the level cap. | |||
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Best UR Defender, top choice for Catacombs, Tsuchigumo preference | |
Great Defender to use if Crab Long Bao isn't 5* yet |
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Good Defender but ascension walled by being Airship exclusive | |
Tanks well but outclassed by other Defenders that deal damage |
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Best SR Defender |  |
Great early game asset but deals no damage |
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Falls off later due to difficulty ascending |  |
Falls off later due to difficulty ascending |
| 2. Defender replaces Tom Yum at 2*+ if UR, 3*+ if SR. Overall don't have skills that help with tanking so they need high ascension to make up for it. Ascension is accessible for all players (shard fusion, permanent banner, other farmable means). | |||
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Easiest UR Defender to ascend, Catacombs staple | |
Harder to ascend than Crab Long Bao, worst UR Defender in terms of base stats |
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outclassed by Tom Yum with Artifact; Used by many due shard availability in delivery chests |  |
outclassed by Tom Yum with Artifact; Can reach decent * if you're good about doing shard fusion |
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outclassed by Tom Yum with Artifact; Bad skills but was easy to ascend during her event | ||
| 3. Defender NEVER replaces Tom Yum. Skills are inferior to Tom Yum's, too difficult to ascend to use because of stats, unique skills don't justify use. | |||
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Useless without artifact. Inaccessible DPS tank niche from artifact. | |
Can dispel on basic skill, damage reduction skills not significant enough |
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Too difficult to ascend |  |
Skills worse than Tom Yum's |
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Skills worse than Tom Yum's |  |
Not worth using over Tom Yum for Sanma link skill |
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M Food Souls should not be used in battle |  |
Skills bad for tanking, AOE on energy skill not important |
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Skills bad for tanking |  |
Can team cleanse on energy skill but stats too low |