Tawara Touda

[JP]
The Silver Archers have a reputation for being very good, and Tawara is no exception. Tawara specializes in survival, and does it remarkably well due to using a hit-based dodge, which is one of the most effective survival skills ingame so far. The only difference between him and his other dodge-compatriots, is that Tawara does more for the team due to having a party heal that can be used constantly in rotation.

• Best survivalist among the Archers of all rarity
• Has good splash due to having a timing-flexible party heal and 2 Arts
• Buster chains with his NP and Buster buff boosts his offensive power decently

• Weak NP damage despite having a buff
• Below-average NP gain

Tawara is used as a party member who can take hits on his own, and clear waves with AoE damage. However, unlike other Servants who also survive through hit-based dodging, Tawara presents utility to the team in being able fit better with compositions, as he can create Arts chains better than the others, and can heal the team with his 3rd skill. His only problems are his weak NP gain and NP damage, so it is best to put him in teams that boost offense, but also needs healing.

Tawara’s NP damage is his weakest point, despite having a buster buff on his 1st skill. It deals weak NP damage at NP5 and with his buff, and gives him a 50-100% Anti-Fiendish buff. It’s a rather flimsy NP, but it is good to note that his NP allows him to form Buster chains, which lets him deal good damage overall due to his buff. Against Fiendish, his NP damage climbs decently, but his Buster chain damage is what truly benefits the most from it.

[Overcharge] Apply Special Attack [Demon] for yourself (1 turn)
Deal damage to all enemies

[Overcharge] Apply Special Attack [Demon] for yourself (3 turns)
Deal damage to all enemies

Skill Priority : 3 / 2 / 1 or 2 / 3 /1

• Protection of the Dragon King C / Cooldown: 8-6

  Increase Buster Performance (3 turns)
  Restore HP

A great skill to boost his overall damage. It scales for a standard 30% at max, and heals for 2000HP at the same level. While having both defensive and offensive effects in one skill isn’t optimal, the Buster up lasts for 3 turns, which gives it some flexibility as it doesn’t immediately sacrifice Buster up when one only needs the heal.

• Protection from Arrows C / Cooldown: 9-7

  Apply Evade (2 hits)
  Increase Def (3 turns)

Tawara’s core survival skill. A hit-based dodge is one of the best survival functions a Servant could have ingame due to its abusable cooldowns, and Tawara does well in overall survival with this on his kit, despite only lasting for 2 hits. The def up is minimal at 14% max, but does decently in giving him extra hits in case he gets focus-fired.

• Inexhaustible Sack EX / Cooldown: 7-5

  Increase max HP of all allies (3 turns)

An extremely useful skill. Increasing the max HP of allies is equivalent to a heal that can be used before receiving damage, which makes it less reliant on timing or responding to enemy damage. This makes the heal rather constant, and lets Tawara heal 2000 for every 5 turns he’s on the field(which can be a long time).

Available from the start
Increases own Buster card performance for 3 turns.
Heal self

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Grants self evasion for 2 hits.
Increases own defense for 3 turns.

Unlocks after 3rd Ascension
Increases party's max HP for 3 turns.

A QAABB deck enables Tawara to form Buster chains with his NP, which at least boosts his overall offense, even with having low NP damage. 2 Arts gives Tawara more splash and increased chances of Arts chains, which can counter his low base gain.

Rashoumon event (Ibaraki Douji event)

Murder at the Kogetsukan

Inheritance of Glory