Croissant

“My name's Croissant, and by golly yer in luck, Baws! Ya won't find many as good at their trade as I am! I'm strong, last forever, 'n if ya hire me right now, ya get a 20% discount!”

Casual, carefree, and coin-obsessed, Croissant brings her complacent attitude and her considerable strength to Rhodes Island as a 5* Defender Operator. In addition to her crazy durability, Croissant dabbles in a few part-time odd jobs, including Pushing enemies and even a little team support.

Croissant supplements her top-tier HP and DEF with her Miracle Field Talent, which gives her and any adjacent allies a chance to resist incoming damage, be it Physical or Arts. Her Skill 1, Auto Defense, increases her DEF and the activation chance of her Talent. The Skill’s automatic activation means it cannot be timed, but the long duration and short cooldown help to make up for this. Skill 2, Magnetic Hammer, is her big-payout Skill, pushing enemies away from her in all directions and Stunning them for a few seconds. Using Magnetic Hammer, Croissant can serve the same Pushing role as a Specialist like Shaw while also being an immovable tank.  Be careful when using this Skill, however, as enemies can easily be launched in unintended directions!

Unfortunately, Croissant does have some shortcomings compared to a pure tank or a pure Pusher. Magnetic Hammer doesn’t help Croissant to mitigate damage and Auto Defense is not guaranteed to be used when you need it, so she can sometimes struggle as a tank. Meanwhile, she costs more DP to deploy than most Push Specialists and can only be deployed on ground tiles, which sometimes limits her pushing options. Magnetic Hammer also has a long cooldown, so she may not be able to push enemies as often as you’d like. That being said, all Doctors need good Defenders, and raising Croissant gives you both a good Defender and a Push Operator – a two-for-one deal! How can you say no?

Skill	Mastery	Story	Advanced	Roguelike
	S1M3	None
	S2M3	None

Note: This unit does not have Mastery grades. This means the unit is generally not one worth spending the resources of Mastery on. However this write-up should help with skill selection, should you want to use the unit regardless.

You could really go with either skill for Croissant with the best option really depends on what you want out of her. She can be a very powerful pure Defender with S1M3, rivaling (and occasionally even beating) Hoshiguma and Nian while her skill is up. However, the fact that it’s auto-activation makes her less consistent, which is even worse when you consider that pure tanking is not a very valuable niche these days. Still, it's a good Mastery target if you want Croissant to be your regular mainline Defender. Mastery provides a big boost to her up-time and dodge chance, which is important when considering her consistency issues.

However if you're looking for something a bit more unique, consider her S2 instead. It has some pretty big Mastery gains including an important force increase at M3. There aren’t a ton of places where it’s especially useful, but it’s a very fun skill in the right spots.