Man-Eating Bartolomeo, Straw Hat Grand Fleet: Son's Cup

Man-Eating Bartolomeo, Straw Hat Grand Fleet: Son's Cup


Captain of the Barto Club Pirates. He has a strong adoration of the Straw Hat Pirates. Upon learning why Luffy wanted to become King of the Pirates, he gave a tearful speech. After raising up their "Sons' Cups" and sharing a drink with his fellow comrades in arms, he was able to fulfill his dream of becoming Luffy's underling.

Skills (before LB)
Special: Pledge of Body and Soul Click to see characters with matching specials	Cannot be KO'd for 1 turn (effect cannot be used multiple times), and boosts Driven and Striker characters' ATK and slot effects (by 1.5x) for 1 turn. The protection only works when attacked by one single enemy and will leave the team with at least 1 HP; the effect will not work when attacked by multiples enemies at once.
	Cooldown
	Level	Turn
	1	22
	MAX - 6	17
	Manual Location
	N/A
Captain Ability: Loyalty to Unrestrained Freedom	Boosts Driven and Striker characters' ATK by 3x and reduces damage taken on turns character doesn't attack (30%)
Sailor Ability:	N/A
Support Ability:	N/A

Switch Effect: For dual units only	N/A

Limit Break Upgrades
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
4,072 (+470)	1,730 (+220)	465 (+85)	N/A	(-4)
Post-LB Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 1:	Boosts base ATK and HP of Striker characters by 60 Completely resists Paralysis on this character
Post-LB Sailor Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 1:	DEX Damage Reduction Reduce damage taken from DEX characters by 2% (at Level 5, Reduce damage taken from DEX characters by 7%) Enrage Boosts base ATK by 30 (at Level 5, Boosts base ATK by 150) Enrage is activated when your crew took damage from your enemies or map effects in the previous turn or if you reduced your own HP in the same turn RCV Bind Resistance Reduces RCV Bind duration by 1 turn (at Level 5, Reduces RCV Bind duration by 5 turns)
Post-LB Potential Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 3:	N/A
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post-LB Key Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Sailor Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Key Potential Ability:	N/A

Tandem
N/A

Evolution
Chain
Materials

How to Obtain		Only through Evolution

This character entry on official Bandai OPTC page (en)/(jp) Some links may be broken due to en and jp having different numbers for some characters This character entry in OPTC-DB Sample teams using this character as a captain: Nakama Network list

Notes:

Summary (as of March'19): Tier rank: 2.5/5 (Below average). After SE, Barto becomes an ok but still underpowered unit.

Captain ability: Below average (2.5/5). 3x boost for two classes. Well, he is much better than his pre-SE version - but there are much better Striker, Driven, and plain rainbow captains.
Special: Average (3/5). Replacing useless damage with a minor ATK boost for two classes, Barto special is a bit better... but still mostly forgettable. If you need to survive a KO single hit, yes, Barto is fine. But other than this he is still very niche.
Limit Break Below average (2/5). To add insult to injury, Barto doesn't get anything memorable (team-boosting) in his LB outside minor stat improvements.

Detailed review and other notes

The problem with Barto is that he is a jack of few trades, and neither of them is particularly impressive. Want a better Striker Captain? Cat Viper: King of the Night. Better Driven? Heavenly Demon Doflamingo, Ruler of the Birdcage. Better Striker+Driven? Take a rainbow captain that works for more than 2+ anyway like Legend Lucy, Whitebeard v2, or of you really really want a Striker Driven Golden Tesoro. And as for his special, 1.5x ATK boost for 2 classes is ok hardly good; heck, even earlier legends provided 1.75x-2x ATK boosts, and now we are only excited about 2.25x. So bottom line, Barto is still really interesting solely due to his 'survive a KO hit, once'. And that's a pretty niche ability, and even here, Legend Robin generally does it better as she can absorb any amount of hits in one round, but Barto takes just one. Or Legend Hody, since 90% reduction is generally enough, plus he kills barrier mobs. And so on. Barto doesn't even does his unique thing particularly well :(
Bottom line, Barto seems almost zero play these days, being relegated to a super niche role (minor ATK boost for 2-classes and tank a single hit).
Sometimes used as a Zombie captain, particularly when paired with Legend Hoshi

Team building

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