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Kirito from Sword Art Online Variant Showdown
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Best Characters to Battle With in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown

Not every character can be a winner!

Sword Art Online Variant Showdown is the latest Sword Art Online game released by Bandai Namco Entertainment, in celebration of the anime’s 10 year anniversary. There’s no better way to celebrate an anniversary than with a video game, and this game is one of the best! Keep reading to find out which characters are the best to battle with in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown!

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Best Characters to Battle With in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown

There are many great characters to choose from in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown, but they can’t all be the best! Here are the very best characters to battle with in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown:

Kirito

Kirito is an amazing Attacker with a Fire attribute. Kirito is a downright dangerous character to have on your team; he’s fast, he’s strong, and he’s tanky. In addition to being an unexpectedly heavy hitter, Kirito has a special ability that allows his STR to be boosted by a whopping +20% and his switch cooldown reduced by -10% when his health is at 100%. Kirito is the only character in the game with an advantage like this, it’s nearly impossible to beat him when he’s at full health!

Silica

Silica is a surprisingly competent Ranger with a Wind attribute. When switched out with another character, Silica has a special ability that allows her and the replacement party to recover 20% of all lost HP! If that wasn’t amazing enough, she also boosts the entire party’s STR by +5% when her HP is at 100%; Silica is one of the best characters in to have if you want your entire team to become stronger.

Leafa

Leafa, like Kirito, is an Attacker, though she has a Wind attribute rather than Fire. When you’re switching Leafa, her STR will be boosted by +10% for 10 whole seconds! In addition to this, Leafa is ridiculously fast; she may not hit quite as hard as Kirito, but she moves faster than nearly any other character in the game. Landing a hit on her is almost impossible! Leafa is definitely one of the best characters to battle with in Sword Art Online Variant Showdown.

Sword Art Online Variant Showdown Characters
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Lisbeth

Lisbeth is a surprisingly beefy Attacker with a Fire attribute. Lisbeth is an extremely hard hitter with a lot of fire power, she’s a great character to have if you need a tank on your team. When Lisbeth is switched out of a battle, she has a unique special ability that gives the replacement character a Fire attribute; in addition to this, she will also boost the replacement character’s Fire attribute skill power by 5% for 30 seconds!

Asuna

Asuna is a strong Defender with a Water attribute. Asuna, like Silica, is a great character to have if you want to make your entire team stronger; she has a special ability that allows her to boost the entire team’s STR by +5% and increase rush by +20% when she is at 100% health. In addition to this, Asuna can take a lot of damage and still be okay to fight. She may not hit as hard as Kirito or Lisbeth, but she eats enemy attacks for breakfast.

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Sword Art Online Variant Showdown is a great game with a lot of fantastic characters, but if you want to have the most unstoppable team in the game, you’ll definitely need to recruit some of these wickedly strong characters. If you love playing Sword Art Online Variant Showdown and would love to learn about more games just like it, check out Gamer Journalist’s guides for One Punch Man: The Strongest and Dragon Ball Legends!

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Allysen Pierce
Allysen Pierce is a freelance writer with a passion for gaming who has been a part of the Gamer Journalist team since May 2022. Her main passions are horror games and dating sims (especially combinations of the two), but she has been known to play literally anything that is put in front of her. Her current favorite games include Skyrim, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Cult of the Lamb, Slaughter Horse, and Dragon Age: Inquisition. When she's not playing games (or writing about them), she can be found reading, baking, watching horror movies, or playing with her cat.