I hate how shitty it feels to teambuild with Hong Lu. The fact that he only has two (sometimes three) usable frontliner IDs made Canto 8 feel worse than it really was. Kong Lu is slated to a summoner-type ID so his release won't help unless you're specifically running the Heishou team.
>LCB
One of the better base IDs but outclassed by everyone else.
>Kurokumo
Needs to be used alongside the other Kurokumo jobbers, where their main gimmick is smashing themselves into enemies and applying debuffs so Ishmael and Heathcliff can hit harder.
>Liu Lu
Burn team benchwarmer that gets outclassed by LCB Hong Lu if you're using Dawnclair.
>W Corp Lu
Essential shield monkey for a full W Corp team because they lose clashes so often.
>Hook Lu
Fun ID but his rolls aren't great nowadays even with speed conditionals.
>Fanghunt Lu
Doubly handicapped by being both a 15/3 era Rupture ID and one of the last 00s
>Tingtang Lu
Funny S2 and S3 but his age is starting to show.
>K Corp
Boring ID during a period when PM thought MMO-like aggro tanks would work with Limbus's combat.
>Dieci Lu
Suffers from Middle Syndrome where there aren't enough good IDs to make use of their main gimmick. No longer used in Sinking teams either.
>Yuropoor Lu
Capable of gaping bosses with his S3 but can barely maintain his own Tremor count conditionals. Tremor is also way too dependent on EGO and your units attacking in the "correct" order right now.
>Full-Stop Hong Lu
Deals shitloads of damage but awkward to fit in other sinners you want, because he REALLY wants to be deployed with FScliff.
>Reindeer Hong Lu
Thematically his best standalone ID. Becomes a monster of a charge/sinking unit when given enough turns to ramp up, but for the first 5 turns he has a shitty S1, a great S2 you'll never have enough Charge to use, and a great S3 that only appears when you need it the least. Has a FAT guard but his combination of Pierce/Wrath/Envy Fatal resistances causes him to explode against most Season 8 enemies regardless.