User blog comment:TsurugiFan16/MSPD: Inazuma Debaters!/@comment-4893771-20130711124611/@comment-4893771-20130711161250

I just googled 'Libero' and found out what it actually means. At first i thought it just meant being a defender but now i see that it's a little diferent

1/ It's not like an all-rounder role. The basic purpose is to steel the ball if the opponent passes the defence line and help in counter attacking. That means to helpget the ball forward to the forwards of the team and, that doesn't mean to go score the goal after stealing the ball. After the counter has begun and the midfeilders and forwards are moving the ball along, the libero doesn't need to go score so just as i said the kick stat is not of importance. One more thing you misunderstood is that the counter attack doesn't begin with the libero using immense dribbling techinques to get past the opposition but it starts with the libero moving the ball a little forward and then passing it away. So dribbling isn't as important as ball control and passing ability

2/ Yes your correct Fire Totnado TC consumes a lot of TP and if it's used twice she can't use any defence hissatsu. This is a libero round so what we mainly have to check is how they perform at defence and how well they help in counter attacking. So we don't need to look at the shoot hissatsu. Kinako can still use her defence hissatsu more times than Fran can use air bullet or Magical flower. and even if she uses thrice she can still use sky walk once and help in the start of a counter attack whereas Fran does not have a dribble waza so her dribbling stat is the only thing she can depend on for counter attacks which is not as helpful as a waza

3/ Your correct on that note. One Keshin battle and Kourin no ya will only be able to be used three times. However the same applies to Chaos. If Chaos comes into a battle it will also lose KP. It all depends on how much KP you lose with ever Keshin battle. Even after loosing one or two keshin battles Amaterasu can use Kourin no ya three times which is equal to that of mystic thorn. But in the end it comes down to how much KP you lose and how many keshin battles you encounter.

4/ Like i've already stated that shooting is not a property of a Libero. If you want to give an example of Endou in this matter saying he uses megaton head to score keep in mind he does that out of free will. It's not compulsory for all liberoes to attack and sscore goals as it is to help in counter attacking