Marchosias/Strategy

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Overview

Despite being a release unit, Marchosias is still a very useful and good character to use due to his ability of providing three sources of damage reduction, something which is remarkable for a / unit. Additionally, his application of TenacityDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff) being rather large due to his skill evolution and his extended horizontal movement make him ideal as a unit to move for a team. Furthermore, Tenacity itself is a less commonly applied defensive buff to allies compared to Protection, so this is also a niche for Marchosias in itself. So despite being an old unit, Marchosias is very capable as a tank and defensive support and presents a nice low-cost option for users. Finally, the introduction of ARs has also considerably boosted his utility due to the combination of his elemental attribute and weapon type.

Highlights

Class: Tank, Defensive Support

Gameplay role: Damage Mitigator

Pros

+ Three sources of damage reduction for the team, CurseATK Down by 0.8x ~ 0.4x for 5 turns (Debuff), TenacityDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff) and ProtectionDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff)

+ Relatively large/flexible application of Tenacity to allies

+ Healing provided to the team through Blessing+300~600HP/turn for 4 turns (Buff)

+ Fairly tanky himself due to self TenacityDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff) and Curse as mentioned before

+ Extended horizontal movement

+ Very good AR options

Cons

- Needs to move constantly

- CS is unremarkable effect-wise

- No source of self healing

Gameplay Role

Tank/Defensive Support

A chart which displays Marchosias' effects, TenacityDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff), ProtectionDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff), CurseATK Down by 0.8x ~ 0.4x for 5 turns (Debuff), and Blessing+300~600HP/turn for 4 turns (Buff).

Marchosias' application of TenacityDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff), ProtectionDEF Up by 0.9x ~ 0.45x for 1 turn (Buff), CurseATK Down by 0.8x ~ 0.4x for 5 turns (Debuff), and Blessing+300~600HP/turn for 4 turns (Buff) is shown in the image to the right. Notably, Marchosias has very consistent procs aside from Knightly One and generally prefers staying in the front line and having his allies in the row behind him, although they can also be horizontally adjacent to him as well. It's important to note that Marchosias will not apply Blessing or Protection to himself, so he will need an external source of healing to hold out for longer battles. Likewise, the range of his Curse is limited to the row in front of him, so the biggest threat to Marchosias will be enemies who exist outside his range that can deal lots of damage.

As a defensive support, Marchosias has been blessed with extra horizontal movement which is a great niche to have. Aside from Sitri, there are other units who have this same combination in role/ability such as Seth (Beachside), Tangaroa (Canaan), and effectively Tanngrisnir, so the fact that Marchosias does the same task at a low cost makes him very appealing. As one may already be aware, extra horizontal movement is a very special ability because it allows one to regroup units in wide maps in one turn if RNG is in one's favor. As a defensive support on top of this, it makes stray high damage during that first turn also manageable. Past that, this skill allows for easier repositioning of units and makes diagonal movements completely unnecessary. Finally, having a larger reach also opens up more strategies in engaging with enemies.

Stats and Seed Usage

Unit	(Effective) HP		Base ATK		ATK per square		CS ATK per square (SALV1)
	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded	Unseeded	Seeded
	6663	8724	3211	4722	1445	2125	2890	4249
	7264	9274	3925	5476	1766	2464	5298	7392

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Teambuilding Options

This section consists of user-submitted builds that may not necessarily be viable for high level quests.

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Team Details (submitted by UserName)
Marchosias 【Debuffer】	Marchosias 【Moveslut, CP Battery】	Marchosias 【Healer, Tank】	Marchosias 【Support unit】	Licht 【example of variant call】	Anyone / no one 【Flexible】
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