Talk:Viability Ranking/@comment-39230426-20190921152410

In regards to Warmaster Elvira, the Ranking Council has made the decision to move her down to SS. While her trait used to be the big, only major reason many players would get her, her trait even nowadays in the meta where WM Sherezar, WM Thalassa, Mirak, Volthar, and other deniers with access to PER (Positive Effect Removal) are incredibly common, she's lost her touch. Her biggest gimmicks outside of her easily disposable trait are buffing her team with different Positive Effects, wiping away Negative Effects on her team (NER), applying Sunburn to enemies, and Photophobic Shield, which just like her Evasion, is easily handled by PER.

Her stats, especially for a Support, are surprisingly lacking. In a meta where the typical Speed stat for a Support is around the 3530-3550 range, Elvira's 3498 is a tad bit lacking. Also her HP, while good, would be better fit for a Tank, not exactly a Support.

Her Books are very limited. I, myself, had never seen the Exclusive Book pop up in a Team War, so she's basically only usable in Light, Winged, and Female wars.

Her Relic Slots are also incredibly dissapointing. While the ability to hold an Amulet is very useful since there are some very nice Amulets that heal her team, er other slot is a Sword. To be dead honest, only Attackers can bring out the full use of a Sword Relic Slot. Think Jakugan Sword, Cain's Sword, Solaris Sword, all good to solid Swords that require damage being dealt to enemies to make an impact.

For these reasons, we've decided to move Elvira down to a more appropriate rank. Tl:dr, she's just not as good as she used to be with the ever-changing meta around her.