Shouhou
Tier: Support 1
The second of AL’s two premier healers. Just like Unicorn, Shouhou heals the entire frontline for 8% of their max health every time she airstrikes.
Shouhou has a very unusual loadout of Dive Bomber/Torpedo Bomber/AA gun. While this means her airstrikes usually reload slower than Unicorn’s, it also means that they deal much more damage (although the damage is still quite a bit lower than a CV, due to lower AVI and only 2 plane slots).
Also buffs backline AVI by 15% on airstrike. A stronger effect than Unicorn’s second skill, but also more narrow.
Shouhou’s Dive Bomber: a "brief" discussion
Shouhou’s Torpedo Bomber will unquestionably be the gold Barracuda, as it boasts by far the highest damage, and nearly the fastest reload, of any Torpedo Bomber.
Her Dive Bomber, however, is debatable. Conventional wisdom has been to run the Comet, as it reloads relatively quickly (and thus screenclears and procs her heal more often) while still maintaining some semblance of bombing damage. However, due to recent personal tests and experiences, I have begun to favor the Helldiver instead.
The reason is that, while the Comet is faster, it is not significantly faster. In many cases, a Comet user and a Helldiver user will airstrike the same number of times during a fight - resulting in the same total healing. Meanwhile, the Helldiver has much higher damage. While Shouhou’s AVI is subpar compared to a CV, she has an above-average 145% Dive Bomber efficiency and 2 Dive expansions - allowing a Helldiver in this slot to inflict serious damage.
Personal experience has shown this to be a worthwhile tradeoff - and in many cases, the extra damage from the Helldiver does not actually come at any cost of total healing. The Helldiver has further advantages of being easier to obtain and upgrade than the Comet, and more universally usable by other CV/Ls when Shouhou is on the bench.
Should I use Shouhou or Unicorn?
The realistic answer is, you will likely end up using both (one in each fleet). If you will only use one, the decision mostly comes down to how much you NEED the healing. If you need the faster healing, go with Unicorn. If you can get away with healing less frequently, go with Shouhou. If you do not need the healing, pick someone else.
The second of AL’s two premier healers. Just like Unicorn, Shouhou heals the entire frontline for 8% of their max health every time she airstrikes.
Shouhou has a very unusual loadout of Dive Bomber/Torpedo Bomber/AA gun. While this means her airstrikes usually reload slower than Unicorn’s, it also means that they deal much more damage (although the damage is still quite a bit lower than a CV, due to lower AVI and only 2 plane slots).
Also buffs backline AVI by 15% on airstrike. A stronger effect than Unicorn’s second skill, but also more narrow.
Shouhou’s Dive Bomber: a "brief" discussion
Shouhou’s Torpedo Bomber will unquestionably be the gold Barracuda, as it boasts by far the highest damage, and nearly the fastest reload, of any Torpedo Bomber.
Her Dive Bomber, however, is debatable. Conventional wisdom has been to run the Comet, as it reloads relatively quickly (and thus screenclears and procs her heal more often) while still maintaining some semblance of bombing damage. However, due to recent personal tests and experiences, I have begun to favor the Helldiver instead.
The reason is that, while the Comet is faster, it is not significantly faster. In many cases, a Comet user and a Helldiver user will airstrike the same number of times during a fight - resulting in the same total healing. Meanwhile, the Helldiver has much higher damage. While Shouhou’s AVI is subpar compared to a CV, she has an above-average 145% Dive Bomber efficiency and 2 Dive expansions - allowing a Helldiver in this slot to inflict serious damage.
Personal experience has shown this to be a worthwhile tradeoff - and in many cases, the extra damage from the Helldiver does not actually come at any cost of total healing. The Helldiver has further advantages of being easier to obtain and upgrade than the Comet, and more universally usable by other CV/Ls when Shouhou is on the bench.
Should I use Shouhou or Unicorn?
The realistic answer is, you will likely end up using both (one in each fleet). If you will only use one, the decision mostly comes down to how much you NEED the healing. If you need the faster healing, go with Unicorn. If you can get away with healing less frequently, go with Shouhou. If you do not need the healing, pick someone else.
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