Charles-Henri Sanson

[JP]
Sanson is an awkward Assassin. He has 2 anti trait skills, both of which are only small niches, and even then, he doesn’t perform outstandingly against them. He has a great heal skill and a decent NP, but he’s easily outperformed by other Assassins in damage, which makes his usage rather limited.

• Buster NP can give Buster first card bonus for damage.
• Good def debuff on NP to improve his attack.
• High scaling anti-trait skills.
• Great targetable heal that can remove debuffs.

• 1 of his trait niches are small, 1 is useless against Servants.
• Damage is weak overall due to Assassin multiplier and low atk stats.
• 3Q deck limits his damage further.
• Needs his NP upgrade to be just decent.

Sanson is a damager Assassin, but due to his low stats, deck, and limited niche, he doesn’t fare too well in fighting enemies. His critgen isn’t anywhere spectacular, and his damage against Evil enemies isn’t that noteworthy. Sanson suffers from the fact that he can be easily outperformed even in his niche by the likes of Kojirou or Jing Ke, for more or less the same costs.

work in progress

Sanson’s NP deals debuffs the enemy’s defense by 30-50%, and has a low 30-80% chance to instakill the enemy. Sadly, his damage is nowhere near spectacular, and is just on the same level as Cursed Arm Hassan’s NP. However, the debuff down and Buster first card bonus is rather useful to boost his stats and damage, particularly on Brave chains.

Deals damage to a single enemy.
[Overcharge]Chance to cause instant death, and decrease their defense for 3 turns.

Deals damage to a single enemy.
[Overcharge]Chance to cause instant death, and decrease their defense for 3 turns.

Executioner A++ / Cooldown: 7-5
Increase damage against Evil enemies (3 turns)

Maxing at 60%, this skill may seem good at first glance. But taking into account his stats, deck, and class multiplier, the skill doesn’t boost his damage significantly enough to be worthwhile, especially with a limited niche like Evil alignment. That said, his boosted damage against Evil Servants is still comparable to an SR Assassin’s damage, but it still doesn’t give him much credit when one can simply pick another damager based on counterclasses.

Medicine A+ / Cooldown: 7-5 [Strengthening Upgrade]
Restore an ally’s HP
Remove debuffs

A great heal skill, and one an uncommon one at that. Heals that can scale up to 3000, remove debuffs, and have 5 turn CD are pretty rare, and with Sanson’s costs this makes it a very nice asset to have.

Human Study B / Cooldown: 7-5
Increase damage against Human enemies (3 turns)

Seems good on paper, but unfortunately, this skill doesn’t work on Servants, because their trait is Humanoid, not Human. It’s useful for only knocking human mobs over, which doesn’t really give it much use overall, even if it scales to 60% at max.

Skill Priority: 2/1/3

Available from the start
Increases own attack against Evil enemies for 3 turns.

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Recovers one ally's HP.

Upgrades after Strengthening Quest
Recovers one ally's HP.
Removes debuffs from an ally.

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Increases own attack against Human enemies for 3 turns.

A QQQAB deck is a waste on Sanson, as it limits his damage by being unable to perform Buster chains with his NP. His stargen and NP gain aren’t particularly wonderful on his Quicks, which simply limits his overall performance more.

Rashoumon event (Ibaraki Douji event)

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