That bugger is AoE nightmare, if you go Dragon route, High magic resistance, during PvP vs those AoE Spell spammers useful. For PvE, the middle route + Giant seafood = tank like no tomorrow.
Only if can afford to throw 4 runestones bah.
Its a tank that has no class advantage. Recall the days we have to use ledin templar and tank with exorcists.
Only the sea route can be considered. Have skills that can make him permanently in water, gaining thickness+high hp, though still weaker than the conventional ledin/vargas.
(Correction. Not permanently. Still has downtime due to skill CD. Once the water effect is down, he is the worst tank ever)
Only built him if:
1) Building a meteor faction team. He is the only tank of meteor faction, though even off-faction ledin is much stronger.
2) Too much resources to throw.
Why is he bad.
- no training camp unlockable lancer units. He needs to go flyer, get golems at lvl 50, then switch back to sea route just to be able to tank decently.
Flyer mag def aoe shield is quite redundant if have Luna, though Luna's shield has shorter range but better effect (direct cut dmg %). And his magic guard only guards single attacks, not aoe. The most terrible thing about those aoe in pvp are the negative effects, like silence, etc that is a pain. Even if he reduce dmg, meet bozel's aoe also gg.
Of course, if one can whale and throw tons of resources on him, a bad unit also can become good. Though most will advice not to. One thing for sure, he will definitely fall to Leon's chivalry rush, which is one of the most used pvp tactic.
And seriously, why would any field a unit in pvp that don't have good offensive skills. His only direct attack skill (horse route) has 5 turn CD. Just to get the 15% aoe mdef bonus isn't justifying that spot.