Roswell versus Rosary Options

[Jan Akiyama]

I can see now some people are seeing the light. I'll see what happens later, but the warping is kind of irregular for Roswell since he only does so at night. It gets confusing for people unless they keep an eye on the time of day. Else they will find themsleves very confused.

[Dr Strum]

Anybody playing with half a brain will keep track of the time of day for usable cards and effect bonuses.

[Feral Phoenix]

True...

I think someone said something about both Roswell and Rosary having sucky stats unless you give them lots of stuff once? I gave Roswell one stat-raising item (Forbidden Fruit) and now he has maxed ATK, so I think I have to disagree with you there...

[Dr Strum]

Well, the Forbidden Fruit raises ALL stats, so no unit it was used on would have sucky stats.
Also, neither of the mages will have sucky stats unless you neglect using them.

[Lord Ryo]

You'd be surprised how much the MVP + bonuses help. In my first playthrough, I used Rosary like crazy making her my MVP for several BFs. In the end, I finished the game using no stat increasing items with a Rosary at 5 big stars for attack. So, I guess it's all how you play, I could have very easily used Roswell and got the same results, or then again...maybe not...

[Yuka]

I personally prefer Roswell over Rosary, despite the fact that most people seem to think that Rosary is in the long run more useful. I like his lines :(

The only reason I chose Rosary for my English playthrough was because I chose Roswell in my Japanese run.

More on topic, I really think it comes down to preference. They're about even, one's better than the other in certain situations, so it really comes down to who you like more.

[Dr Strum]

... And that's what the opening post was about.
People seem to confuse this with a poll, it's not. It's a comparison, so that we don't get a bunch of threads asking who to choose.

[Lord Ryo]

Well, Golems are more useful than Skeletons. Not to mention; Rosary doesn't have an elemental weakness, like Roswell's weakness to holy. But overall, stat per stat; there's really no difference, so the selection is personal. I'm a dude, so of course I picked Rosary! ^^

[Feral Phoenix]

Well, I'll find out for myself who I like better shortly. I'm going to pick Rosary this time through. (I can't believe I'm doing this. Where the heck do you find the warping shoes? Gulcasa will massacre my army without Dragon Killer.) But somehow I don't think I'll be swayed. Because Roswell has saved my butt one too many times and I'M A BIASED FANGIRL AND HE'S CUTE.

[Dr Strum]

The fourth item Mizer is equipped with.

And having the card doesn't stop Gulcasa from slaughtering you, it just allows you to do the same to him.

[Feral Phoenix]

I shall keep that in mind, thanks.

Dragon Killer gives a bigger bonus than Genocide though. So... yeah, whatever, okay, it just allows the slaughter to be mutual.

I love Gulcasa but I do not love it when he decides to stampede my army.

[Dr Strum]

I wasn't talking about Morale damage, I was talking about Clash Damage.

[Lord Ryo]

Forget that! Dragon Killer's moral damage is far more than its clash damage, although the clash damage is what leads to the moral damage in the end so...

[Feral Phoenix]

Having used Rosary, I now have more of an appreciation of her. She's very good against Eudy (guaranteed win basically...) and she's amusing.

I still like Roswell better 'cause I picked him first though.

[Suzu Fujibayashi]

Not to kick the dead horse kind of, but on a con for Rosary it might be worth noting that an annoyingly high number of 'Female only' equips also state: "Except Rosary"

Well maybe not an annoyingly high number, but... If you want to use equips on Rosary, it's something to keep in mind... Although on the flip side, she does recover Morale from the otherwise useless items you find in The Tower... (Only real use is if they get picked for that random trade for Dark Matter...)