Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36303736-20180909201356/@comment-30255782-20191118043724

Addressing JTH first.

Yea, that's because thorny dialogue is a rush stage lol. No, you don't wanna push on ld backlines, that'll make all of your units have to walk through the entire ld width, possibly even twice since mizli will kb the ld if she reaches it. You don't wanna push ld backlines.

Now for zoge.

Cotc doesn't do big Frontline spam, but kinda. The Gregory's and star pengs are quite strong. I'd call it strong supports not spam. Mhm, mizli is applicable in quite a few cotc stages, all the ones that are just Frontlines, except for some odd stuff ofc. She's just good on less stages than aer is. If you wanna go into legend stages, we can, but that's just another advantage for me lol.

These units don't exist in a vacuum, non-uber support is extremely important for using aer. This is unlike mizli, who'd perform best in a vacuum since she kills all her supports on backlines. Aer is the best barrier breaker because he hits front and backline at the same time with short TBA. Yeah, star peng/gregory/baa baa can push into his ld, then you have your psycho/seafarer/cancan/fencer/etc smack them, it's an amazing combination. Yes I can call it the best barrier breaker even if it needs support. Would you not consider mitama/posieden/Kaguya the best anti metal, just because they need a critter?

If aer 2nd form was more spammable that'd get pretty insane, 90s cooldown definitely isn't a disadvantage for him. Golfer is applicable in much too few situations to be the best barrier breaker.

Aer has twice the space between its standing range and blindspot than Gaia does, and like half the cd. It's similar I suppose, but much less severe. Because his blindspot is just 275, once he takes his 1st kb, he gets moved back plenty enough so that any enemy inside it can now be hit without an issue, so he won't get chained at least. Oh yeah, he's not an optimal ld, but I'd rather use him than mina if the Frontline doesn't outrange/you don't wanna stack. He's not amazing in general, just better than the other pixies and some LDs.

Spammablitity isn't a huge issue for aer, he has short uber cd, short TBA, and 100% to break. Yeah aer 1st form with barrier breaker would be great for breaking Frontline barriers, that'd be another advantage.