Talk:Recent Updates/@comment-32084053-20171026095632/@comment-28275836-20171027134954

I pay attention to stats as well. I don't decide teams based soley on them, but they do play a role. Even if I really like a sword, if they're performing badly on sorties and it results in a lot more damage repairs and troop re-making, then they get benched (at least for a while).

For me, Souza and Hasebe have been stuck in an expedition team for months, possibly about a year now. Souza's just too slow, especially on maps where horses don't take effect. At least Izumin, Kuri, Tanuki and even Sengo make up for their slowness with higher attack and defense. Souza unfortunately has the worst attack and defense stats out of all the Uchis (they're really more like higher end Waki stats), and Hasebe's like a speedy glass cannon.

The Kiwame Uchi special ability will wreck both of them if they don't get a significant boost in defense, at least. I haven't sent any of mine for training yet so I don't know how bad it is in PvE, but in PvP I can knock out the opponent's Kiwame Uchis when they cover teammates—and that's with lowered damage taken.