Roku Saigo
CV: Kenichiro Matsuda
Profile
A former mercenary with superhuman strength – strong enough to lift cars and large debris. His calm, unfazed demeanor hints at a history of enduring hardship.
Battle style
A tough fighter who draws enemy attacks while enduring prolonged front-line battles to protect allies. He grows stronger with each enemy hit, which is particularly useful against powerful bosses.
Review
The ultimate tank in terms of pure survivability.
With the simple press of his strategy skill Shock Absorber, Saigo becomes nigh immortal as he trades his stamina for a massive 70% damage reduction.
While "blocking" attacks in this state, Saigo builds Up his rage, granting him bonus defense percent based on the amount of rage he has.
With his first passive, he also gains health regen based on his rage, while his second passive turns his ultimate into a high damage nuke (albeit at the cost of 3 bars).
Unlike his competition, AI Saigo is also noteworthy as being one of the best AI options in the cast, doing its job quite well outside of its propensity to fully charge his secondary attack.
Because of this, and because he's a free character, Saigo is a solid character to bring with you to almost anything.
That being said, Saigo isn't perfect.
His damage is awful, although certainly better than other support characters placed lower on the tier list.
His break seems good from a numbers perspective, but his slow animations result in his break speed being deceptively slower than expected.
While his ultimate CAN do big damage, it still lacks in comparison to the DPS and high tier breakers.
But no one in the game can take hits like Saigo can..