Hello, this happens to be my first post on the NO forums so take this post with a grain of salt and don't get mad at me if your main happens to be below another main. Instead feel free to reply to this post and tell me if I was incorrect about the placement of your main and I'll take all the facts into consideration.

Do note: You can choose whichever main you want, I'm just going to state which is the best in PvP and for lineups.

So now that all of that is out of the way shall we get into the discussion at hand? Which of the 5 Elemental Mains is the best?

I'll be discussing how good they are in general PvP and how good they are for meta lineups or simply old lineups that can still be found annoying.

Let's start off with the worst of the bunch:

5 - Crimson Fist:

Yes, you did in-fact read that correctly. From what I've seen Crimson Fist is possibly the most underused main in NO and rightfully so, Crimson Fist is a defensive, earth-themed main who uses shields and status ailments to fight. Sounds amazing right? It's actually terrible for such a game like this, sure defense is absolutely amazing in the long run and definitely needed to survive immensely annoying teams such as Kakuzu [Earth Grudge] teams or Kushimaru [Edo Tensei] teams but there is one thing that makes Crimson Fist absolutely useless in the long run. Not only can other ninjas provide shield but they can do it better then Crimson Fist in most scenarios, I'd say Scarlet Blaze is probably about 2x better than Crimson Fist on most teams and lineups which is why Scarlet Blaze is used in typically Crimson Fist lineups. Now I'm going to say this right now but I think Crimson Fist has probably the worst chase attacks in the whole game, "Chases and attacks High Floated units, causes Knockdown and Ignition" literally a replica of Guy's and Guy is basically Crimson Fist 2.0 without Shields. I'd have to say that Crimson Fist does one thing good and mainly better than other Mains and some ninjas which is his Chakra Gain, the fact that he can put a really decent shield on someone and gain Chakra from every unit in the line that gets the shield is absolutely amazing. But just because he has one amazing perk about him doesn't make him higher on the list.

4 - Scarlet Blaze

I know this placement is definitely going to trigger some people and trust me, I'd love to put Scarlet Blaze higher because I use him in most of my lineups and he's my most used main. Now I know what I said, Scarlet Blaze is better than Crimson Fist and goes into lineups that would typically require Crimson Fist. Causing him to go into a lot of meta Lineups and possibly being the 3rd most annoying main to deal with... But that just doesn't save him. Now you may be thinking "Woah, hold up a second, shouldn't Breeze Dancer be here?" and I'll be getting to her placement in a second but I feel like Scarlet Blaze cannot compare to how good Breeze Dancer, Azure Fang, and Midnight Blade are. One of his overwhelming weakness is that he's elementally weak to water, which may not sound bad in the long run since there are not many "good water ninjas" but seeing as Azure Fang is I'd say the second most common ninja running a pretty much full water ninja team puts Scarlet Blaze in a major disadvantage. But elemental weaknesses don't really matter if you have higher defense/resistance or have something to combat it which luckily Scarlet has one of his Mysteries to combat it but it just isn't enough. There are only four good passives to Scarlet Blaze which are Death Mirage, Bani Chakra, Oboro Clone, and Genjustu - Mirror Return, now the best out of all these is obviously Genjustu - Mirror Return but that says a lot about why Scarlet is so low. About a good portion of ninjas are either immune to debuffs or have Genjustu - Mirror Return making this passive almost absolutely useless. If someone on the opposite side has Genjustu - Mirror Return then no matter what if they get you into a combo and cause Acupuncture, Immobile, and so on it'll just reflect onto another ninja which can be really bad in most scenarios. It could reflect on a ninja that's currently trying to use a justu and it'll cause them to get interrupted, it could reflect back onto the person that was in the combo and still cause major havoc, and most importantly it could reflect onto a ninja that you're going to use... In the long run, Scarlet Blaze has a lot of good things about him whether it's his chases or his trivial role in a lot of meta Lineups but he just isn't the best out there.

3 - Breeze Dancer

Now this placement is probably not shocking at all especially since I stated I'd get to her placement in a second while talking about Scarlet Blaze. What can I say except she's average. Dance of Impetus is one of the most powerful Mysteries in the game and should definitely not be undermined while talking about how good Breeze Dancer is as a main. But her other Mysteries aren't the greatest, the only other Mystery in her arsenal that could compete with Dance of Impetus is Sage Art: Wind Style - Sand Dust. While her Mystery selection isn't as good as Scarlet Blaze's or Crimson Fist's that isn't the only reason she is below Azure Fang, and Midnight Blade. I'm sorry but I have to say it... Her standards are the worst in the game, the only good standard in her arsenal is obviously the Shadow Clone standard for clone spam but other than that her Rasengan Barrage standard is passable but the other two are absolutely awful. Now again, you may be thinking "Woah, hold up a second, shouldn't Breeze Dancer be below Scarlet Blaze then if Scarlet Blaze has a lot better Standards and Mysteries?" (Scarlet has a really good Standard/Mystery game) to that I reply with... No, her Standards and Mysteries may be awful but her Passives are some of the strongest Passives in the whole game, for example Flower Guard, Wind Dance, Multi Shadow Clone Justu, Queen Momentum, Super Smexy Harem Justu, and Natural Draining. Plus she has some of the best combo potential in the game with Shoot-Down Rasengan, that'll chase and attack repulsed units and cause knockdown which can be triggered twice, and Combo Blade of Wind. Breeze Dancer is definitely a main you shouldn't think of as weak because most teams that have her in them can make a comeback with the amount of Clone Spam she can produce and not to mention how many hits she can pull out. But she isn't the best out of the 5.

2 - Midnight Blade

Was this something you weren't expecting? Were you expecting Midnight Blade to be the strongest out of the 5? Well I got news for you buddy, you were wrong. Midnight Blade is regarding as possibly the most annoying main to fight and I agree with that statement. Whether it's due to Acupuncture or Mass Paralysis this guy has it all and not to mention he has possibly the second best Passive in the whole game being "Root of Warrior," causing 3 Sword wielding units to be immune to debuffs for 2 rounds. 2 rounds may not sound like a lot but if it's a battle with multiple people or just overall a battle with a lot of Mysteries popping off, it can feel like decades before they can attract debuffs again. With one of the best Mystery and Standard games out there not to extremely good Passive game you'd think he'd be #1... But his combo potential throws him off. Midnight Blade is the best out of the 5 mains for starting a combo but actually making the combo is hard. It namely depends on the type of player, most F2P players don't have the correct summons for Midnight Blade while a bit of casual P2W players don't have the correct ninjas to make a combo for Midnight Blade and still make his Passive work. Now this isn't the only reason Midnight Blade is lower than Azure Fang, Azure Fang has the same problem but the difference between Azure Fang and Midnight Blade is that... Midnight Blade is a loose cannon, if you can't get your kill within 2 rounds it's possibly game over for you since most sword ninjas are flimsy and will evidently get KO'd on the spot due to Poison, Chaos, Ignite, Immobile, and the list goes on. Midnight Blade is good for rushing but once that rush is over, it'll be the opposite team doing the rushing. Midnight Blade is still a strong foe and almost tied for first place with Azure Fang but just because he's a loose cannon made him lose the fight in the end. Making Midnight Blade not the best out of the 5 mains.

1 - Azure Fang

Listen, put the pitchforks down and listen to me, there are 2 words to describe why this main is mainly in position 1... Shark Bombing. No, but in all seriousness there are some reasons why Azure Fang is the best out of all 5 of the mains. One of those reason is she's a Support and a Healer, there are a bunch of ninjas who can Support like Kurenai but not a lot of ninjas who can Support and Heal which is something Azure Fang is extraordinarily good at. With her Passives being heavily based on status ailments and overtime damage but obviously Root counters this and so does Scarlet Blaze's Mirror Justus so again you may be wondering why Azure Fang is #1. Well I'll tell you right now the best Passive in the game, Neurotoxin. Neurotoxin can Chaos to any ninja (that isn't immune to debuffs) as long as Azure Fang gains a critical to which she has a Chase that can guarantee a free critical and a Mystery that has a high chance of causing critical to a select amount of units. I'll make this short so I don't have to explain why Azure Fang is #1 since you probably get the picture right now. Best Passive in the Game, Really Good Standards, Amazing Mysteries, and Overall Tanky Unit with Good Support Options.

So then, I hope everybody doesn't hate me already since this is my first post ever and I don't want to be known as that one person who's hated by the NO community. I truly love the game and the people inside of it and made this post for fun and to inform people, I guess. Like I said at the beginning, no matter what I said in this post you can be whichever main you want because they're all good but some are just not as good as others.

Well I'll be signing off now, I'll be seeing you all later... Baiiiiiii~ <3

-Fumakato (Fuma)