Leonidas

Leonidas is unique among other Taunters as his 3-turns Taunt and defense up is built-in to his Noble Phantasm, while his Taunt skill only gives him a 1-turn Taunt and an NP gain buff. Combined with his single-Arts deck, this makes him a trickier Servant to use, as he relies on getting hit to fill his NP gauge. On the other hand, being a Noble Phantasm, the performance of his Taunt is largely unaffected by skill cooldowns. Aside from these, his Noble Phantasm also produces a good amount of stars, which can be used to maximize his allies’ damage, or to refill his own NP gauge.

[JP-Only] He has the ability to support his allies’ Buster card performance, making him a solid partner for Buster-heavy Berserkers.

• Leonidas’ biggest asset (Noble Phantasm) is unaffected by cooldowns.
• His Noble Phantasm provides stars, which helps offensive Servants.

• The trickiness of using him makes his Taunt less reliable sometimes.
• Lack of Arts cards means that he has to rely on the enemies’ hit count to fill NP gauge.

Leonidas is best used against Servants with high hitcount, such as Gilgamesh. As with all Taunters, it is recommended to pair him with a Berserker. Use his Taunt skill only when trying to fill his NP gauge, although an exception may be made in dire situations. His Battle Continuation also helps to make sure that he does not die during that one turn, as the skill has no defensive buff.

All Berserkers
Being a Taunter, Leonidas is naturally used along Berserkers. Due to his tricky usage, however, it is preferable that the Berserker has some kind of survival skill for situations where you fail to charge Leonidas’ NP in time.

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Thermopylae Enomotia is a unique Noble Phantasm that applies a 3-turn Taunt as well as a defense buff [scales with Overcharge] to Leonidas. Additionally, it also produces critical stars, the amount of which scales to the Noble Phantasm level. This NP is Leonidas’ primary Taunt, and thus should be spammed as much as possible. It is generally recommended to use his NP last when performing NP chain to increase the defense buff he gets.

Draws attention of all enemies to self for 3 turns.
Gain critical stars.
[Overcharge]Increases own defense for 3 turns.

Pride of the Rearguard A
This skill grants a 1-turn Taunt to Leonidas, as well as a huge NP gain buff. It is primarily meant to help fill his NP gauge; however, it can also be used during emergencies. Level this skill first for the buff percentage increase and cooldown reduction.

Battle Continuation A
Battle Continuation functions to ensure Leonidas’ survival in crucial turns, such as the enemy’s Noble Phantasm turn or when he has Pride of the Rearguard active. Level this skill the last.

[Post-Upgrade]
Warrior’s War Cry B
This skill grants a Buster card buff to the whole party, allowing Leonidas to assist his allies’ damage. However, while important, this skill is not as vital to Leonidas’ tanking role compared to Pride of the Rearguard. Level this skill for the percentage increase.

Available from the start
Draws attention of all enemies to self for 1 turn.
Increases own NP generation rate for 3 turns.

Unlocks after 1st Ascension
Grants self guts status for 5 turns.

Unlocks after Strengthening Quest
Increases party's Buster card performance for 3 turns.

Leonidas’ QQABB deck is the worst part of his kit. The single Arts card makes it hard for him to create Arts chains, thus severely limiting the benefit he gets from Pride of the Rearguard’s NP gain buff. His Quick cards’ low hitcount doesn’t help either, though on the brighter side, the double Buster cards allow him to set up NP Buster Brave chains when combined with Thermopylae Enomotia, which would deal a decent amount of damage.

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