MB, sailor/gnw sakura + 1st tsuchikage + this big bad dude

I am pretty sure that 1st Tsuchikage is not a playable character XD

he is amazing, mystery isnt prompt but cant be interrupted. and if the golem dies the mystery will bring it back
highest stats are life and resistance, golem gets life = to him, plus shields are based on his resistance.
shield earth and fire and the shields will go to other team members (ranked, team instance, GNW) as well if you dont fullfill the 6 ninjas he can shield in your team untill it actually shields the 6.
puts 2 shields every round.
golem cant be comboed and is immune to all debuffs, so with luck the mirror from opponent will reflect to him and do nothing.

his damage is low, but he is a tank so who cares, you have other ninjas to do the job.

i really dont see any negative points with him, very complete ninja that works well with others, even if you dont have him on your main team, i bet you can find him a place in one of the ranked teams.

I use him in my team atm to test his uesfullness, and he is really not too bulky. I would say that what makes him tanky are constant shields, and not his own stats. That being said, I have a decent combo with him, Shurado and Tobi, while using fire main :) Only thing I lack is dispersing debuffs, since those get quite annoying.

depends on how you use him, i go like this

FMain - Ninja1 - FM clone
Akatsuchi - Ninja2 - Golem

That way combo starters are on move 1 and 2 and protected by clone and golem.

in your case Tobi would be move 1 and Shurado would be move 2 i guess

this way it will take a long time for them to even reach him and they will be wasting mysteries if they target him because his life can survive 2 combos, depending on power difference.

but i would replace Shurado with Ningendo if you have Rhino summon for interrupt mid combo with chaos, altough that is just a preference i have since i fight people way stronger then me and interrupting really reduces the damage i take and gives me a chance at a win

My Fire Main is the combo starter on move 1, and Tobi on 2. Shurado is too frail, even if protected by golem. So he is move 3 instead, and just delivers fatal *s, or interrupts barriers (or any other not prompt skills). If I had Ningendo, I would forget Shurado exists, but RNGesus didn't bless me with anything special, so I am here with probably worst Pain (at least imo).

It really hurts me that I am unable to interrupt with chase, but there is nothing I can really do, as only ninjas I c*e are Shikamaru and Hinata... Hinata doesn't benefit from Akatsuchi, and Shikamaru is difficult to build combos around :v

On paper, he basically looks like Donald Trump. Walls, walls, and more walls...lots of tankiness and damage absorption.

But I haven't actually seen him in action yet, so I can't say for sure.

I want him and the Kage Gaara. I'd do him, Kage Gaare, Earth Main and a healer like Tsunade or Pain, make a super shield stall team that wins PVP by maximum rounds.

Well, Walls and you can't get rid of him for at least a few years (*ogy to tankiness) XD Trump confirmed :v

Any decent lineups including Akatsuchi ?!

I don't use him in my normal team, but for ranked, i use

Akatsuchi Kurotsuchi (Golem)
Kurenai Kimimaro *

It's a tanky team, problem is that is lacks damage, but they hold very well.

That's quite cool :) I use him in my main team, works wonders :D with Onoki, I get so many shields too :D

I believe he's great until face with Posion and Ignite. Then he just get melted, in essence you need a healer.