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Geez, Superman is a BEAST.

I knew Dark Athena wasn't the absolute top tier character out there, but she's well-rounded -- moderately high and nicely controllable damage output on an easy trigger, good survivability thanks to both HP and RCV boosts, relatively flexible teambuilding options, and solid stats as a unit in her own right. Yeah, her active skill isn't all that amazing since almost everything worth worrying about is immune to status ailments, but it's still got its uses and its cooldown is low enough for assists to be able to come into play.

But my wife pulled Superman, and I knew I needed to pull him, too. I DIDN'T pull him, but I got enough other rare drops to get him from the Monster Exchange.

His personal stats aren't as good as Dark Athena's, and his damage output isn't QUITE as controllable, but beyond that... Same HP and RCV bonuses. Even easier teambuilding options. A more broadly-useful active skill. And instead of just 9x ATK bonus, he hits 16x.

I reworked my Athena-Non team to run Superman as the leader instead. With Athena-Non, that team SHOULD have been stronger than my Dark Athena team, but it always felt clunkier and more limited because of the teambuilding limitations, which left me with an awkward set of active skills. Superman makes a huge difference.