Quote Originally Posted by DaulBan View Post
Uses for Holm exist outside of 8S (I didn't talk about clownka but it's a similar case to godka, just more strict) but are significantly weaker and accomplish little other than letting you go down to 1 for fun when you could have just mitigated properly and had more HP to work with after a hit anyways. Holmgang's effect in those fights is minimal at best or functionally pointless compared to proper mitigation at worst.
I agree with this. Most of the time when I've tried to use it in 5/6/7 the busters don't even take me to 1 HP. Now, I probably have shields and possibly intervention at times, but there's really nothing worse than using it and not even getting to 1 HP lol