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The problem is just nerfing ascended Seiryuu doesn't fix the core problem which is that most of the youkai are really bad and even base Seiryuu is better than them. If you just nerf Ascended Seiryuu all that does is make Ascended Seiryuu still the best youkai by a lot, it's just worse by a margin. If you buff other youkai and limit the amount of Ascended Youkai the summoner can have, then I don't think it creates any issues while promoting youkai diversity.

I would agree with you but Ascended Seiyruu is really realllly strong, on top of being physically bulky and having a decent HP stat, it also has the same damage as every other youkai + 30% hunted + a far ranged pull that rivals even Archer's pulling shot in how far you're being dragged, when youkai don't operate on the same turn order as players do this could potentially set up some combos for more than just the summoner, but even their allies.

I like that Ascended Seiyruu can work with the summoner and aid them because it really adds to the dynamic that a summoner fights alongside their youkai and doesn't just use them to zerg people, but Ascended Seiyruu's damage output is a little on the nutty side at the moment, I think that Punishing Winds and Seiyruu's hunted need toning down personally.

And as Kameron8 mentioned in a post, a limit on ascended youkai somehow would future proof for more ascensions which is one of my anticipated updates, in particular I believe an ordered list of youkai from weakest to strongest would be helpful to Dev to assist him with boosting the individual power levels of some other less than desirable youkai like Yukionna/Orbello/Jack-o-lantern etc.

As Ascensions would save the listed youkai already from irrelevancy.

Addendum: Ascended Seiyruu may be physically bulky but he's still susceptible to magic, especially if he cannot evade said magic.

Ascended Seiryuu should probably be nerfed, but rather than just a nerf to it I really do think buffing a good portion of the existing youkai is long overdue. Personally it feels really bad to be pigeonholed into Seiryuu due to just how much better it is than other youkai and those youkai being lackluster to begin with. Seeing 99% of summoners use the same youkai is an issue on its own imo, and just a nerf to Ascended Seiryuu doesn't fix that, even though it should be nerfed in some way. The Hunted could probably stand to go down to 15% maybe. I feel like its bulk is acceptable since it is susceptible to magic as stated before and you really only see the super bulky Seiryuus from a combo of Daisangen and Synchro Summon which inflates its stats by a lot. Maybe a small range decrease on its Hunter Wind too since it can pull from a hefty distance away.