Shanks Black Clad Emperor

Shanks Black Clad Emperor
Captain of the Red-Hair Pirates, and one of the Four Emperors, a group that is one of the world’s three major powers. He dislikes unnecessary conflict and is greatly respected, even by the Marines. Also known as “Red-Haired Shanks.”

Details
No.	530
Type	PSY
Class	Slasher
Class 2	Cerebral
Rarity	★★★★★★
Max Lv.	99
Cost	55
EXP to Max	5.000.000
Sockets	5

Stats (before LB)
HP	3140
ATK	1400
RCV	418
CMB	5

Skills (before LB)
Special: Conqueror’s Haki: Emperor Click to see characters with matching specials	Deals 35x character’s ATK in PSY damage to all enemies and reduces their DEF to 0 for two turns
	Cooldown
	Level	Turn
	1	25
	MAX - 6	20
	Manual Location
	Captain T-Bone's Absolute Justice Count Butler and the Island of Strange Animals
Captain Ability: Emperor’s Haki – Shanks	Increases chances of getting PSY slots and boosts PSY characters’ ATK. The higher HP is before attacking, the greater the ATK boost The exact multiplier used to compute the damage is proportional to the crew's remaining HP and is higher the higher the HP is. The multiplier is calculated as 2 + 0.75 * (remaining HP) / (total HP). At full health the boost is equal to 2.75x, with 1 HP left to 2x.
Sailor Ability:	N/A
Support Ability:	N/A

Switch Effect: For dual units only	N/A

Rumble Stats
Rumble Special:	N/A
Rumble Ability:	N/A
Rumble Resistance:	N/A
Rumble Speed:	N/A
Rumble Defence:	N/A

Limit Break Upgrades
HP	ATK	RCV	Slot	CD
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Post-LB Captain Ability:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 1:	N/A
Post-LB Sailor Ability 2:	N/A
Post-LB Potential Ability 1:	N/A
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 November'18): Tier rank: 2/5 (No longer even average, plain weak). The 6th Legend, Shanks hasn't aged well. 2.75x ATK boost at most, and a niche special on a terrible CD. Just Super Evolve him ASAP for a slightly better if still underpowered upgrade. Captain ability: Weak (2/5). 2.75x boost is OK, but Shanks' boost is HP dependent. Also, the current meta is more based on Classes than Types. Special: Bad (1/5). Terrible CD for a niche effect that won't even kill tougher mobs. Limit Break NA Detailed review and other notes SW Shanks has a reputation as one of the weaker legends. Still, he will be a decent choice for clearing most content with an INT boss. It is estimated that a single SW Shanks will roughly double the chance of matching orbs (from 18% to 34%) and consequently slightly lower tha chances of bad orbs (from 16% to 13%). Another estimate for Double SW Shanks, with lv 3 matching orbs (a 7% increase in itself), plus Red Force ship, should give you a slightly over 80% chance of PSY orbs. As a rule of thumb, one Shanks should give you ~2 PSY orbs, and double Shanks, ~4-5. This has been confirmed by mechanic analysis here: When using two Shanks captains, having Level 3 matching orb sockets, and are using the Red Force ship, PSY/Cerebral characters will have an 87% chance to get a PSY orb every turn! His super evolution Red-Haired Shanks Emperor is of course considered superior, and while there are small differences (this Shanks does damage to all units, and has +1 turn of 0-DEF), they are not really major. His SE will GUARANTEE all matching orbs for the burst (no need to gamble anymore), doesn't look ATK power with lower health, and you don't have to stall for the ridiculous min 20 turns anymore. Ok, if you get a dupe Legend Shanks, you may keep him, through it is hard to say he will ever be useful, given the option of using his SE instead. For your first Shanks, super evolve him ASAP with no regrets. Team building See notes on the 6+ version Trivia Also known as SW Shanks because... (quite possibly for the same reason Portgas D. Ace Black Clad Division Commander is known as SW Ace, see explanation there - and comment if this is right or wrong here). The 6th Legend and the last global legend of 2015 Farmable socket locations See notes on the 6+ version Other guides/reviews Reddit