[Finalgenesis]

Skin shifter has a 2nd form with 20 hp and 3 attacks at 13 attack skill! I believe shifting forms in combat due to death has a chance to heal afflictions.

So it would actually be a 33 hp unit with weird recuperation, regen to cut down afflictions, amazing 2nd form attack, it does have low prot but gold/resource wise its excellent value, and give you room to take some sloth scales.

You do want to watch out when fighting high prot units though, its 2nd form rapid attack does lowish damage and could run into trouble with heavy prot units (Ulm, Abysia). It's 1st form does do well against high prot though but dies too quickly.

That's not to say Vans or Valkyries are bad when you have some decent bless for them.