What does a Shuten-doji do?
 

I was playing Shinuyama (Death mountain, funny.) And I was curious about the Shuten-doji, what is it good for? I noticed life drain may be good for a thug with items maybe? hmm any ideas?

Re: What does a Shuten-doji do?
 

They got an aura that "discourages" enemies from attacking him, I think, though the exact mechanism is a bit of a "damn if I know" thing.

Re: What does a Shuten-doji do?
 

I think the aura causes fatigue, with magic resistance negating the effect. The aura shouldn't hurt friendly units after the 3.10 patch.

With just 18 hp and protection 8, you the Shuten-doji could be kitted out but wouldn't probably fare that well. It is one of your two good leader-types, being able to lead 80 units, so you might recruit couple. Against heavy infantry, I guess they could be used to fatigue them. Depending on how much fatigue they cause and if you can position them well enough, they could even be used to effectively give attack bonuses to your troops against spesific targets - fatigue starts dropping attack and defense very quickly. That would be quite dangerous, though. Shuten-doji can survive a stray arrow, but they'd be quite vulnerable in melee without items, and aren't good enough for you to spend much on them.

Also, they can't use weapons or shields without losing their lifedrain. With weapon, they lose claw and lifedrain, with shield they lose just lifedrain and keep claw.

Re: What does a Shuten-doji do?
 

18 is more than average humans get tho'. I wonder if there would be a cost-effective way to kit them for some battle effectiveness. Shinuyama gets, what, eh oh Fire, Earth, Death, Water, Nature? Cat Charm, some armor (Black Steel Plate?? Or Fire Plate. Or are they too encumbering?), maybe those strength-increasing boots (lifedrain depends on strength, doesn't it?) 5 nature gems and 10 earth gems/...hmmm...oh I don't know.