Dacerus (FFC)

Overview
FP Absorb, great support, and Rallying Cry. No other vivosaur can boast about their passive traits like Dacerus can. On top of those, Dacerus also has poison on literally every attacking skill, and has top-notch Defense. Dacerus plays the passive support role perfectly. Unfortunately, Dacerus doesn't have a lot of attacking power and relies on poison to get anywhere.

General Gameplan (Early Game)
Dacerus is really effective at sitting and RCing status away while letting its team do the attacking with its boosts. However, Dacerus can also opt to go for a poison chance with Poison Hammer since it is cheap enough to spam and the poison chance is high enough to warrant doing so. Occasionally, if you have enough FP and you really want that poison chance, Toxic Spin is a safer alternative.



Midgame/Endgame
Spam Poison Shank on the most threatening vivo on the field. Since gold poison cuts 3/10 of a vivo’s health, you’ve either forced an RC or successfully dealt a chunk of damage. Dacerus is at its most effective alongside another status spammer during a 2v2, as putting two statuses on two different vivos is a superb trap. A 1v1 situation depends on the LPs and capabilities of the vivos on the field. If Dacerus can get two or three Shanks off, that’s a win. But if Dacerus dies quicker than that (possible if faced with a disadvantageous elemental matchup), or if it isn’t able to fire off Shanks (possible if faced with a status spammer), Dacerus will have a super hard time.

Optimal Teammates/Strategies
Dacerus fits well with two types of vivos: ones that can take advantage of its support/passive traits, and status spammers. Dacerus also appreciates teammates with Rallying Cry.



Winning/Losing Matchups
Dacerus has a pretty big problem against good vivos as it relies squarely on poison to deal damage. Since this is the case, it loses plainly to vivos capable of dealing more damage to it than Dacerus can deal back, and wins against vivos who deal less damage than Dacerus does (which is very rare). Dacerus also struggles with status a ton. It will likely lose access to Rallying Cry when confused, hurting its general utility severely.

