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PatrickMahomes posted...

I liked Kratos more for sure but when I was younger my bud told me that technically zelos DPS is a little faster. It's marginal

Of course that was probably 15 years ago so that may have changed

Zelos' regular no input regular attack is a bit faster than Kratos', but Kratos' no input regular attack covers a bit more range to his right side and even his back and can work better defensively against more than one enemy. Kratos' down input regular attack is a bit faster than his no input regular attack. With aerial attack related EX Skills Kratos can easily match Zelos' speed because his aerial attacks come out as fast as Lloyd and Zelos. Endgame Kratos has a easily spammable Shining Bind(Kratos' Shining Bind doesn't require Overlimit to activate) trivializes groups of regular enemies and can give you a nice advantage at the beginning of boss fights too. Endgame Zelos can get the OP Gilgamesh title(Tower of Druaga reference) which gives him big HP, ATK and DEF increases on level up.

Optimal builds for Kratos involve making him balanced with his Conqueror title, or going as much into INT as possible with his War God title for stronger Aerial Spell spam. Optimal build for Zelos is making him mainly physical with the Gilgamesh title, but if you want better more TP and higher INT for Aerial Spell damage then use the Grand Champion title. That said, I prefer Kratos as a character and spamming Shinning Bind feels amazing endgame, but the Gilgamesh title is too OP and gives Zelos a considerable edge when it comes to his ATK and DEF growth on New Game + playthroughs.