Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27473528-20160701095605/@comment-25737724-20160703131404

Yeah. The reason Bellamy/Noland/Kaku/Coby are good is waiting even 14 turns is too long for Fortnights. Sometimes 10 is even too long so cooldown sockets on these units make Bellamy usable at 8 turns. That's usable for Fortnights. Nice to have when you're high enough damage output.

In raids, I've only ever used Kaku for dual Enel or Aokiji reasons. Otherwise Doffy is king.

For those reasons they are much better than a poor man's Doffy. But by no means required if that makes sense.