My honest opinion is he ' s overrated . He is a good unit and after his EE he is almost unquestionably the best elemtal reduction totem . But by no means is he without faults . I believe the product of his success comes mostly from the fact that the setup around him , the WW backline in general , is the reason he thrives so much . First off , he shares the common weakness of having a useless skill when he ' s not against Ardor or Thunder strikers . This is a weakness that all elemental totems suffer , but since Ardor and Thunder are two popular elements for strikers Magnus less so . But as a Kirin user , I can say without a doubt that I ' d rather see Magnus then say a Kevin or even a Nerua who is widely considered to be weaker . Second Magnus ' s is not going to be a strong offensive unit . Simply put , other units outshine him in that regard with less investment . No offensive skills make him a suicidal duck when he tries to pen , so he can really only be put to tank . In that refard he is okay , he has HP to survive and with leader AI he likely isn ' t going to suicide into a striker on a steal attempt unless the striker has low hp . I still think Silk would be better than Magnus in this regard too . His chains are also not the best , though since his job is only a totem , it doesn ' t really matter . Saramir is nice unit to have with him though . His active can be put in a similiar basket useable , but not by much . The biggest strength he has is his rainbow totem . It ' s extremely powerful , but they ' re are by no means a shortage of strong totems that may be better . My opinion is that unless you ' re making use of his ekemental reduction totem , he is outclassed by other units with totems that simply offer more since they have skills that they can use in play . I would rather put in a Silk , Kevin , Nikita , or even something like an Elua with her revive and long pass . This is my opinion a great unit , but not a must have by any means .