Jirobo (Earth)

Source: Instances (Level 30, 40, 60)
Survival Trial Probability Reward






Traits: Hidden Sound, Curse Mark


Overworld Ability: Rubble


Skills:


Mystery: Earth Style Barrier: Earth Prison (20 chakra, 3-round cooldown, no battlefield cooldown)
"Increases attack and Ninjutsu by 40% for ninjas with Earth attributes from your team by launching a barrier. Before the first action each round in the barrier, release the Sphere of Graves to attack up to 4 individuals in the enemy's team."
- AOE damage
- Primarily Taijutsu, secondarily Ninjutsu
- Earth element
- Does not start combos


Standard: Taijutsu attack
"Attacks the front enemy and has a chance of a Triple Combo and to cause Knockdown."
- Nothing special really
- Average combo


Passive: Chakra Swallowing
"Recover life by 12% when your own team recovers chakra."
- Labeled as "Ninjutsu"
- Similar to healing ability of Yamato


Passive: Curse Tag
"Increase own defense and resistance when attacked each time."
- Labeled as "Taijutsu"
- Works well with Kabuto


Chase: Earth Style: Sphere of Graves
"Chase and Attack the Repulsed enemy and cause Knockdown."
- Primarily Taijutsu, secondarily Ninjutsu
- Earth element


Jirobo's stat growth (from highest to lowest) is: Resistance, Life, Ninjutsu, Defense, Attack.


My thoughts:
He is very similar to Yamato in playstyle. The main difference I see is that Jirobo is tankier while Yamato focuses more on damage... I think. Like the other Sound Four ninjas, he's somewhat underused... and I expect that his usage will go down even more with the recent introduction of the Kage treasures. He does have some advantage over Kage barrier ninjas in that his barrier requires activation, meaning that it can cancel out other barriers that are set up at the beginning of the round.

Yeah... I guess this is the age of barrier warfare.

What are your thoughts on this ninja? Would you prefer using him, Yamato, or some other Barrier ninja?